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Oregon Election Results for 2008 Signify Change

A long, hard fought campaign for Oregon ballot measures and political candidates is finally over. Here is a list of some of the winners and losers.

(SALEM, Ore.) - A number of measures were up in front of Oregon voters in the November 4th Election. Voters chose to increase penalties against criminals including more mandatory minimum sentences. They voted against a controversial plan to disregard teacher seniority, and they decided not to limit how long a student can be taught in a foreign language.

Voters decided that 15% of lottery proceeds will not be going toward public safety fund for crime prevention, investigation and prosecution. They elected to creates an unlimited deduction for federal income taxes on individual taxpayers Oregon income-tax returns.

It has been a long campaign leading up to this day and many important decisions were made. The election of Barack Obama to the Presidency has been the center of the emerging news from the 2008 Elections but there is also a great deal of news in Oregon.

Barack Obama Sweeps Presidential Race in a Landslide

The United States elects its first African American President in history.

(SALEM, Ore.) - The polls on the east coast had only been closed for a couple of hours when it became clear that Barack Obama would be the next President of the United States.

Just seconds after the polls on the west coast closed at 8:00 PM, CNN called the race for Obama.

"Nobody knows how to behave, this never happens to us," one Democratic voter at a Salem election party said just after the announcement. Flags flew and televised tears flowed from live cameras at rallies all over the nation in the moments following the word that the race would go to Obama.

November 4th 2008 will go down in history as the day that the United States achieved the unexpected; and set a course to steer the nation away from eight years of fiercely dominated Republican policies and decisions.

Oregon Braces for National Election

Eight years of George W. Bush will come to a close tonight, or will they?

(SALEM, Ore.) - The United States is just hours away from electing a new President. Political polls have shown Democratic Senator Barack Obama leading the race over Republican Senator John McCain. Americans have learned by now though that polls can be deceiving and some say the numbers do not always show an accurate picture.

Barack Obama's past association with Pastor Jeremiah Wright and a professor remembered as a domestic terrorist of the 1960's, William Ayers, have been his sticking points.

McCain has been attacked for his switch stance position on issues ranging from support for the current U.S. President George W. Bush to abortion. Many hard right GOP members had a hard time coming to terms with McCain as a presidential choice, but the party found unity in support of this "maverick" man from Arizona.

Placebos: Fake Medicines and Fake Doctors

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

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - I can’t say I was surprised to read in the Oregonian newspaper October 24th 2008 that 62 percent of doctors believe that placebo “treatment” was ethically acceptable. It is really surprising to me that so many doctors admit it – bravado, maybe!

Placebo is Latin for "I Please". Back in the “old days” a placebo was perhaps sugar pills with a bit of quinine, a very bitter substance or strychnine, equally bitter, but an overdose is terribly lethal.

This story exposes a very well kept doctors secret.
One that's been working for centuries.

Opinion: New Leadership Must Address Global Warming

It is time to kick-start a new green economy with millions of new jobs that can’t be exported abroad.

(SALEM, Ore.) - It seems like everyday we hear about the soaring cost of energy and how it threatens to cripple the American economy, which is already suffering.

There is no question that our next leaders will face some big choices regarding energy and the economy as a result. That's why it is so important to understand that we can have a strong economy and a clean environment. These two things are not mutually exclusive.

Salem will soon be home to a solar plant, which will bring hundreds of more jobs into the area. Developments like this solar plant can help bring up the economy, and in order to get more of them, we need to take a stronger stand against climate change.

Halloween Party Rape Suspect Arrested in Corvallis

A 19-year old Corvallis resident faces a charge of first-degree Rape, Coercion and Sexual Abuse II.

(CORVALLIS, Ore.) - Police say a woman was raped in the early morning hours of Saturday, November 1st in Corvallis and a suspect is under arrest.

Lieutenant Dave Henslee with the Corvallis Police Department says the 21-year old female resident of Portland reported she had been forcibly raped during a Halloween costume party at Phi Kappa Psi fraternity located at 140 NW 13th Street, Corvallis.

"Reportedly, a male member of the fraternity, wearing a green beer bottle costume, was identified as the suspect by the victim. Corvallis Police Department detectives investigated the allegation and identified the suspect living at the fraternity," Henslee said.

PTSD Virtual Reality Therapy:
Fraudulent High-Priced Boondoggle: Part One

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

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - I was abjectly stunned and stupefied when I first read of Virtual Reality Therapy for PTSD Veteran victims. What it first suggested to me was that the VA Psychologists (and Social Workers) didn’t have the slightest comprehension of who and what they were presumed to be treating.

Is John McCain the Ultimate Infidel? (VIDEO)

People instantly associate the word "Infidel" with Islam, but in reality it, like the word infidelity, simply refers to someone who is not faithful or "Nunquam Fidelis".

(SALEM, Ore.) - I have been contacted by many people over John McCain's war record. Many believe important facts about the senator's history are being overlooked while his campaign speaks of integrity and honor.

This is not something to tread upon nonchalantly, but the amount of questions from viewers led us to research many facts and theories. Some findings have been shocking, others not so much. Either way, it is information worthy of your knowledge.

Recognizing that John McCain has used his former POW status as a platform for his election campaign, it seemed only fitting to shine a light on McCain's other accomplishments, the ones that are less than flattering.

The list of less than faithful actions by McCain tend to make former President Bill Clinton's indiscretions look tame.

Time Change is a Good Time for Household and Car Safety Checks

Some businesses gain an hour of alcohol sales when DST ends.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Oregonians will officially move their clocks backward one hour at 2:00 AM Sunday, November 2nd as Daylight Saving Time ends. As a result, some nightclubs, bars, taverns and other licensed premises that stay open until 2:00 AM or 2:30 AM will gain an extra hour of alcohol sales.

According to the Oregon Liquor Control Commission, some liquor licensees lost a half hour of liquor sales in March when Daylight Saving Time began.

Twice a year, when Daylight Savings Time begins or ends, you should make it a habit to not only change your clocks, but do a few other semi-annual tasks that will improve safety in your home...

If You Need to Vote Your Pocketbook, Vote Obama

Hard facts that closely tie the GOP to today's current economic crisis.

(MISSOULA, Mt.) - The three great stock market crashes (1929, 1987 and 2008) have happened at the end of long periods of Republican presidencies. 1929 happened at the end of eight, 1987 after six, and 2008 after seven years of Republican rule. So it's hard to argue that Republicans have some magical touch when it comes to the economy.

The problem, as former Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan acknowledged recently to Congress, is that banks and investment houses don't automatically act to ensure the safety of their investors. So, with regulation loosened or missing as it has been during several Republican presidencies, some financial institutions exploited public trust with greedy and fiscally unsound schemes that worked only for salespeople and corporate officers—like, oh, say, $516 TRILLION dollars in outstanding derivatives worldwide.