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5 Salem Children Attacked by Dogs

If anyone has information regarding the dogs or the owner of the dogs please contact Deputy Jeremy Landers, at (503) 588-5032.

(SALEM, Ore. ) - On Friday afternoon, Marion County Sheriff's Deputies responded to the area of Meadow Park Loop, near Fisher Road, regarding the report of 5 children who were bitten by dogs.

The children were on their way home from school when 2 dogs attacked and bit them on the legs. Two of the children, ages 9 and 10 were transported to Salem Hospital with non life threatening injuries.

Senators Inouye and Corker Sponsor Healthy Americans Act

They say it is a bipartisan effort to guarantee quality, affordable health care for every American now has 14 Senate sponsors.

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The bipartisan Senate effort to fix the nation’s ailing health care system grew today as U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Bob Bennett (R-UT) welcomed two key Senate sponsors of the Healthy Americans Act (S. 334).

Introduced by Wyden and Bennett, the Healthy Americans Act is the first bipartisan, comprehensive health reform bill in more than 13 years.

Sex Abuse Victims Blast Catholic Officials for Not Releasing Secret Records

"They burned us pretty bad. Here is an organization just out of bankruptcy, spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to not let these records get released." - Catholic sex abuse survivor Bill Crane

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Almost a year after they were promised, secret records with the Catholic Church in Portland, Oregon are still secret.

A group representing sex abuse victims from the Catholic Church says the blame lies squarely with Portland's archbishop, John George Vlazny.

Number of American Soldier Deaths in Iraq Jumps in Recent Days

The combat related deaths of eight soldiers have been announced in the last two days.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Reports of casualties in Iraq had seemed much lower in recent weeks, but that is definitely not the story this week for American forces serving there.

Today the Department of Defense announced the death of Staff Sgt. Laurent J. West who was 32-years old. He is from Raleigh, N.C. Sgt. West died March 11th near Kishkishkia, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device.

President Bush Visits the Economic Club of New York

Find out what the commander in chief had to say today at the Economic Club in New York.

(NEW YORK) - Could President George W. Bush, the lame-duck U.S. President, still be considering a pre-emptive military attack on Iran? Apparently the answer is yes.

Chinese Police Clash With Tibetan Protesters; 2 Dead

A Han Chinese resident of Lhasa said cars and shops had been torched, while another said the situation was "very messy.”

(KATHMANDU) - Chinese police fired on rioting Tibetan protesters in Lhasa on Friday, killing at least two people, as Tibetans torched cars and shops and anti-Chinese demonstrators surged through the streets of the regional capital, Radio Free Asia reports.

Witnesses who spoke to RFA’s Tibetan service reported seeing two bodies in the central Barkor area of Lhasa, while unconfirmed reports set the death toll higher.

Oregon, California Ocean Chinook Salmon Season Closed

A decision on any April seasons will be made at the Pacific Fishery Management Council meeting April 6-12.

(NEWPORT, Ore. ) - With northern California chinook salmon runs forecast to be at historic lows, the sport salmon season south of Cape Falcon scheduled for March 15 through April 30 has been closed.

“Chinook salmon forecasts for runs that contribute to ocean salmon fisheries off Oregon are estimated to be at very low levels,” said Eric Schindler, ocean salmon supervising biologist for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Marion and Polk County Spring Break Free Lunch Sites

Any child needing lunch during Spring Break between the ages of 1 and 18 qualify -- Lunch is served from noon to 12:30 p.m.

(SALEM, Ore.) - When schools close for spring break, March 24-28, school lunch programs take a vacation too.

Some 7,000 lunches were served to area children in high-needs areas of Salem in 2007. This year, there will be sites in Salem, Keizer, Silverton, Scotts Mills, Mt. Angel, Aumsville, Hubbard, Woodburn, Dallas, Monmouth, Independence and Grand Ronde.

Oregon Manslaughter Conviction Revisited by Appeals Court (VIDEO)

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(SALEM, Ore.) - An African American university student serving time behind bars for Manslaughter may have another shot at justice.

Arguments were heard today in an Oregon Court of Appeals in the case of Darrell Sky Walker. His mother Alesia Williams, says she her support for her son has never faded.

Drug Czar`s Inhalant Press Conference `Window Dressing` for Failed Strategy, MPP Charges

The group says real problems are being ignored in the pursuit of marijuana, which is now legal for medical purposes in several states.

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Drug Czar John Walters' scheduled appearance at a press conference this morning to announce a new SAMHSA report on the dangers of teen inhalant abuse flies in the face of his office's misplaced priorities, officials of the Marijuana Policy Project in Washington, D.C. said today.

MPP noted that Walters' just-released National Drug Control Strategy virtually ignores deadly inhalants while continuing Walters' obsessive focus on marijuana, the least dangerous of illicit drugs.