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Two Die in Crash on Highway 51 South of Highway 22‏

Oregon State Police troopers from the Salem Area Command office are continuing the investigation at the scene.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Highway 51 remains closed following a Friday morning three-vehicle double fatal crash about one mile south of the Highway 22 junction west of Salem, State Police say.

Preliminary information indicates that this morning at approximately 6:45 AM, a passenger car with two occupants was southbound on Highway 51 near milepost 1 when it lost control and slid broadside into the northbound lane where it was struck in the driver's side by a pickup. The passenger car caught fire and both occupants were pronounced deceased at the scene.

Investigators say the impact caused a canopy on the pickup to eject into the air and then hit another passenger car.

Could Western Propaganda About Iran Spark a Third World War?

After years of negotiating with a paranoid U.S., Iran stops discussing imaginary nuclear weapons.

(SALEM, Ore.) - In a time when the highest powers in our nation create lies to justify military action, it makes sense to polish up on history and discover the truth about Iran's nuclear ambitions, or lack of them.

Police Investigate Fatal Crash Involving Pedestrian Northeast of Medford‏

Oregon State Police say media reports helped locate the man's next of kin.

(MEDFORD, Ore.) - Police say a 61-year old man died Tuesday evening when he was struck by a vehicle on Highway 62 after reportedly walking into the vehicle's lane of travel.

"Following media reports earlier today with our plea to locate next of kin, Oregon State Police has been contacted by relatives and notification was completed," OSP Spokesman Lt. Gregg Hastings said.

According to Oregon State Police Sergeant Jeff Fitzgerald, on November 18, 2008 at approximately 6:30 p.m. a 2003 Chevrolet Impala driven by 51-year old Kathy Lynn Schaecher of Central Point, was eastbound on Highway 62 near Vilas Road outside the Medford city limits when she struck 61-year old Timothy Jay Frizzell as he was walking across the roadway.

Salem Police Bomb Squad Investigating Fake Explosive Device

The hoax led to the evacuation of three apartment buildings and several other nearby buildings, with 60-100 people temporarily displaced.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Salem's Police Bomb Squad was activated today over a report of a large explosive device that was found near a South Salem apartment complex. What appeared to be an explosive device, as it turns out, was a fake bomb created to look like convincingly real, according to Salem Police Lt. Dave Okada.

The call came through at 9:00 AM from the apartment complex on Liberty Road S, where the suspicious device was observed on a garbage can. Okada says the device, "was comprised of several tubes that resembled sticks of dynamite with an electronic detonator placed among the sticks and a timing device on top".

He says the initial responding officers immediately secured the area and contacted the Bomb Squad.

Oregonians No Longer Gobble Up Locally-Grown Turkeys

Once thriving Oregon turkey industry long gone despite a few niche market birds.

(SALEM, Ore.) - The distinct sound of gobbling turkeys in Oregon has generally grown silent the past 15 years. What was once a thriving agricultural industry left the state– a rarity among Oregon's diverse list of commodities.

FBI Seeks Missing Girl From Dallas 14 Years After Disappearance

FBI and Father of Ashlyn Wilson Mark Her 14th Birthday.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Thursday, November 20th 2008, marks Ashlyn Wilson’s 14th birthday. She has been missing since she was an infant. The FBI holds a federal fugitive warrant for her mother, Tara Suzanne Wilson, and agents are still, despite the years, actively pursuing this case.

To this end, the FBI is featuring this case in the fugitive section of its national web site at fbi.gov/wanted.htm and on its local home page at fbi.gov today.

The FBI's Beth Anne Steele in Portland, says Ashlyn was born in Dallas, Oregon. After her birth, her father, Dan Wilson fought for legal custody. (Although Dan and Tara Wilson share the same last name, they were never married.) Tara Wilson failed to appear at a series of legal hearings in 1994, and she fled with Ashlyn 1995. Although the courts later awarded full custody to Dan Wilson, he has never seen his daughter.

Progressive States Network Applauds Daschle Nomination (VIDEO)

Health and Human Services Nominee Daschle's 2008 remarks forecast crucial role for federal-state collaboration in health care reform effort.

(NEW YORK) - The Progressive States Network warmly applauds Wednesday's announcement that Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle will be nominated as the Secretary of Health and Human Services in President-Elect Barack Obama's future cabinet.

As a luminary voice on the urgent issue of health care reform, Mr. Daschle understands far more than most the key role progressive state leaders have played over the past decade in keeping the struggle for reform alive in the face of stiff opposition from entrenched conservative leadership in Washington D.C.

As Daschle very eloquently put it at Progressive States Network's Annual Gala this June, "Without the progressive movement in the states, the movement for health care in this country for all intents and purposes would be dead."

Willamette Professor Named Oregon Professor of the Year

Ellis’ students and colleagues attest that his teaching style and willingness to mentor others are as deserving of recognition as his scholarship.

(SALEM, Ore.) - The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education have named Richard Ellis at Willamette University the 2008 Oregon Professor of the Year.

Daschle Will be Next Secretary of Health and Human Services

"Tom Daschle is not just an expert on health policy, he is a skilled legislator and an inspiring leader." - Sen. Ron Wyden

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle will become the new U.S. Health and Human Services secretary under the Barack Obama presidency. The South Dakota Democrat had previously stated that he was not interested in the vice presidency or in serving as chief of staff if Democratic Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois is elected president, but "is interested in universal health care and might relish serving as HHS secretary."

Daschle had been under consideration for White House Chief of Staff in Barack Obama's new administration; but that post ultimately went to Rahm Emanuel. Daschle's nomination to be Health and Human Services secretary is pending Senate confirmation.

U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.,) released the following statement applauding President-Elect Obama’s selection of former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle to be nominated as the next U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Virtual Reality Vs. Cannabis Therapy Continued

Phillip Leveque has spent his life as a Combat Infantryman, Physician Pharmacologist and Toxicologist.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - Dozens of my readers have emailed in comments, questions and approval of my postings. It is very much appreciated. As a pharmacology research scientist, I learned long ago to be certain of what I was writing about. I must believe in my own writing or I wouldn’t do it.