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UN Secretary General Sees Gaza Devastation

Health care, food distribution, water and sanitation were gradually improving, although sewage was still bubbling up on the streets in some northern areas, posing a potential health hazard.

(GAZA) - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited the war-shattered Gaza Strip today to demonstrate solidarity with the population and assure them of the full support of the United Nations and the international community.

“I am just appalled,” he said on visiting the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) compound that was bombed by Israel last week.

“It is an outrageous and totally unacceptable attack against the United Nations,” he added, reiterating his call for a full investigation and to make those responsible accountable.

Crude Prices Fall while Gas Prices Keep Climbing

As a new U.S. president begins his term, there seems to be a disconnect between oil and gas prices. Crude oil has been hovering below $40 per barrel, yet we've seen pump prices increase. In fact, our Oregon average is up 23 cents in the past month to $1.96 a gallon.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Oregon AAA's Marie Dodds says gas prices seem to be defying gravity as they continue to rise, even though crude prices have been hovering below $40 per barrel.

Last Friday, crude closed at $34.78, the lowest price since April 2005, when the nationwide average for regular unleaded was $1.76 per gallon. The national average now is $1.84, up five cents in the past week. Oregon's average increases four cents to $1.96.

Inaugural Balls Will Help Fight Hunger

‏Celebrate the inauguration of Barack Obama as President of the United States, Tuesday, January 20th, while helping to fight hunger.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - To emphasize Obama's call to community service, a number of local inaugural events ask attendees to bring food or fund donations to benefit Oregon Food Bank.

"These tough economic times affect us all, but our low-income neighbors are hardest-hit," says Rachel Bristol, OFB's executive director and CEO.

"We need the support of the entire community to respond to this dramatic increase in need, especially after the holidays when donations usually drop off."

Obama Becomes 44th U.S. President (VIDEO)

The festivities will continue throughout the evening and into the night, with the Presidential Inaugural Committee hosting 10 official inaugural balls.

(SALEM, Ore.) - The hour has arrived, and the United States has a new President. It is an amazing story to say the least, as this nation stands, united, and takes it's first step on this new day.

After attending morning worship, per the tradition set by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933, Mr. Obama met outgoing president George W Bush and the two went together to the US Capitol, where there were performances by Aretha Franklin, composer John Williams, and the US Navy Band and Marine Band.

As Barack Obama took the oath of office today, he became our 44th president and the first African-American to serve in the highest office in the land.

Veterans Use Internet to Wage Battle

The Department of Defense is the biggest owner of EPA Superfund sites with 133 at last count. Marine veterans and dependents use websites and internet to spread the word of contaminants to others. Government actions with few exceptions have been to ignore concerns or “pass the buck” to others. Lejeune website recommends alternative to government Public Health Assessments.

(SOMERDALE, N.J.) - One of the things that parents most fear is the death of a child. For most of us, this is only a vicarious experience. We hear or read about an accidental death or even murder of someone’s child, sympathize, maybe offer a prayer, then go on with our lives. We haven’t had to endure the pain.

President-Elect Obama on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: `Our separate dreams are one` (VIDEO)

The next U.S. President comments on one of the nation's greatest Civil Rights leaders.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - President-elect Obama joined Americans across the country today in honoring the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. by joining in one of the 11,000 public service planned for today. This morning he released an official statement honoring Dr. King:

"Today, we celebrate the life of a preacher who, more than forty-five years ago, stood on our national mall in the shadow of Lincoln and shared his dream for our nation. His was a vision that all Americans might share the freedom to make of our lives what we will; that our children might climb higher than we would...

Investigators Seeking Pursuit Suspect Who Rammed Patrol Vehicle

The vehicle that was rammed is from the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office.

(CLACKAMAS, Ore.) - A Clackamas County deputy avoided injury Saturday night when a suspect in a Chevy Blazer rammed his patrol vehicle.

Clackamas Sheriff Spokesman Detective Jim Strovink, says it began Saturday evening at 10:19 PM, when a Clackamas County Sheriff's Patrol deputy, accompanied by his canine partner "Nero" attempted to conduct a traffic stop of a white, Chevrolet, Blazer, with one male occupant; which, this deputy reports seeing traveling southbound on Hwy 214, at Union School Road - operating this vehicle with no license plate lights, no license plates and no temporary permit displayed.

2000 Attend `Children`s Inaugural Ball` Saturday to Welcome Obama

The Every Child Matters Education Fund (ECMEF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, non-partisan organization focused on making the needs of children and youth a national political priority.

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Two thousand children and family members attended the Every Child Matters Education Fund (ECMEF) "Children's Inaugural Ball" taking place Saturday at the Historical Society of Washington, 801 K Street, NW at Mount Vernon Square, Washington, D.C.

Oregonians Turn Out for Service of Major Thomas Egan (VIDEO)

Thomas Egan had been living alone and without a roof over his head when he died. He had friends and at least one distant relative, but this vet passed away as a forgotten man.

(EUGENE, Ore.) - Maj Thomas L. Egan was a retired Oregon National Guard officer who the world seemed to forget, and then remember, but just a little too late. The 60-year old veteran was found in mid-December frozen to death on a Eugene, Oregon sidewalk, near the corner of West First Avenue and Blair Boulevard.

This veteran was remembered and honored Saturday at the Oregon Guard Armory in Eugene at 1:30 PM. One of the people sure to attend events like this is Q Madp of IraqWarHeroes.org.

Coast Guard Airlifts Crewman 150 Miles Offshore (VIDEO)

The Coast Guard conducted a medevac of a crewmember off the 623-foot container ship Dapenghai 150 miles west from the entrance of the Columbia River Saturday.

(SEATTLE) - In this video released by the Coast Guard, an HH-60 helicopter crew from Air Station Astoria, Ore., conducts a medevac of a crewmember off the 623-foot container ship Dapenghai 150 miles west from the entrance of the Columbia River. The rescue was completed Saturday, Jan. 17th 2009.

Officials say the rescue helicopter crew transported the crewmember to an awaiting Life Flight helicopter crew at Astoria Regional Airport.

Around 8:30 AM Saturday, the Coast Guard Air Station Astoria, Ore., launched an HH-60 rescue helicopter crew to the scene, after receiving a report of a 36-year-old male crewmember suffering a possible stroke.