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Better Business Bureau Announces 2008`s Top 20 Inquiries and Complaints

Find Out What Industries Consumers Are Asking About.

(LAKE OSWEGO, Ore.) - In an effort to guide consumers to make more-informed buying decisions, your Better Business Bureau announces the Top 20 industries that received the highest volume of consumer inquiries and complaints, for Oregon, in 2008.

BBB receives thousands of requests for information on local businesses and industries everyday. Each year, your BBB reveals a list of its Top 20 most-inquired-about industries and its Top 20 most-complained-about industries.

With the release of the Top 20 statistics, consumers are encouraged to get a BBB Reliability Report before doing business with a company.

Air Canada to Launch San Diego-Calgary and Portland-Calgary Daily Non-Stop Flights

Calgary service expands with four new routes‏.

(SAN DIEGO, Calif. and PORTLAND, Ore.) - Air Canada to launch San Diego-Calgary and Portland-Calgary daily non-stop flights; Expands Calgary service with four new routes.

Members of Congress Seek Changes in State Department`s Gay and Lesbian Policies

Baldwin, Feingold, Wyden, Ros-Lehtinen want change in same-sex domestic partners policies.

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Congressional and Senate legislators have asked Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to address inequities in employment practices concerning gay and lesbian State Dept. employees and to take remedial action.

Possibility of Refinery Strike Impacts Gas Prices

Gas prices continue to creep up, with the national average for regular unleaded jumping another five cents in the past week and the Oregon average going up half a cent.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Pump prices show increases over the past week on anxiety over a possible refinery strike by the United Steel Workers Union that would impact about a third of the nation's plants that refine crude oil, according to Oregon AAA.

Fear and Loathing at MCAS El Toro: Report From the Restoration Advisory Board

“There’s something happening here, what it is ain’t exactly clear.” - For What It’s Worth Buffalo Springfield

(LAGUNA BEACH) - After attending the preliminary tech Sub-Committee (SC) meeting, followed by the general stakeholders congregation last week, here are my personal observations and perceptions, for what THEY’RE worth. The leaders proved the adage about power corrupting absolutely.

Reporters Without Borders Presses UN Over Political Prisoners

As UN conducts universal periodic review, 205 political prisoners, including 23 journalists, await release.

(PARIS) - As the UN Human Rights Council prepares to hold its universal periodic review of the situation in Cuba on 5 February in Geneva, Reporters Without Borders points out that the Cuban government, for all its denials and claims to have a “clear conscience,” continues to hold 23 journalists solely because of their dissident views and still refuses to permit an independent press.

DUII Arrests Over Super Bowl Sunday Weekend More Than Double Last Year`s Number

State troopers made 23 arrests during last year's Super Bowl weekend. Two years ago, troopers reported 42 DUII arrests. This year the number was 50.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Oregon State Police troopers more than doubled the number of DUII arrests this year over Super Bowl weekend than what was reported last year.

Evergreen International Airlines Selects Pratt & Whitney for Long-Term Service Agreement

Evergreen International Airlines has been providing global passenger and cargo air services for more than 40 years.

(EAST HARTFORD, Conn.) - Pratt & Whitney, a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) company, and Evergreen International Airlines, Inc., a global cargo operator headquartered in McMinnville, Oregon, have signed a four-year aircraft engine maintenance agreement.

10 Car Care Tips for Tough Economic Times

The faltering economy means some people are postponing or even forgoing maintenance on their vehicles as a way to save money. AAA says ignoring these things can impact your safety and cost more in the long run.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - The troubled economy is making many consumers think twice about their expenditures, and some may consider delaying or even foregoing maintenance on their vehicles.

El Toro Marines Ask Navy for Help

Veterans start on-line petition to request the Navy's Public Health Center to evaluate the risks of occupational exposure to TCE and other contaminants at MCAS El Toro.

(SOMERDALE, N.J.) - El Toro Marine veterans are asking the Navy Marine Corps Public Health Center, Occupational Health Department, to address the occupational risks of exposure to Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), radionuclides and other contaminants at former MCAS El Toro.

On January 2, 2009, the Agency of Toxic Substances Registry (ATSDR) recommended that the Navy be contacted to address the potential exposure to workers to chemicals used in the occupational environment at former MCAS El Toro.