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7 Days Later: Manhunt for Eve Carson`s Killer(s) Continues

A person of interest has been detained in Eve Carson's murder. See our top stories for the latest information.

(CHAPEL HILL, NC) - The search continues today for the suspect(s) in the tragic and senseless murder of former University of North Carolina student body president Eve Carson.

The 22-year old was found shot to death in a suburban neighborhood not far from the UNC campus at about 5:00 a.m. last Wednesday. Police have recovered Carson's cell phone, which was found at a shopping center about a mile and a half from where her body was found.

Space Shuttle Endeavour to Dock With ISS Tonight

It will take the crew of Endeavour more than two weeks in space and five spacewalks to accomplish the goals of the mission.

(CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.) - Circling the globe aboard space shuttle Endeavour, the STS-123 crew members have completed their first full day in space.

The astronauts inspected the orbiter’s heat shield and prepared for their arrival at the International Space Station tonight at 11:25 p.m. EDT. Crew members used the shuttle’s robotic arm and Orbiter Boom Sensor System to check out the underside of Endeavour and the leading edges of its wings.

Martin Luther King Jr. Family Photos Discovered in Abandoned House

In a rare coincidence, the block on which the auction house stands is the Underground Railroad, a Revolutionary War-era pocket of freedom for slaves. Part of the block is threatened with destruction to make room for an apartment house.

(YONKERS, N.Y.) - An album with over two hundred original snapshots of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s family, found in an abandoned house, will soon be crossing the auction block.

Media Training Seminars with Paul Hanson

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(PORTLAND, Ore.) - This popular, state-of-the-art Media Training Seminar with veteran broadcast journalist Paul Hanson – offered since 1986, continues to help clients who need to understand and succeed in the real world of media relations to best represent their organizations.

Paul explores the changing and challenging realities facing mainstream print and broadcast media in an era of expanding power and influence of "new media."

Study Finds Personal and Web-Based Support Equal Weight Loss Success

Kaiser Permanente Helps Members Achieve Weight Loss with Education & Outreach.

(OAKLAND, Calif.) - Findings in the Journal of the American Medical Association on the largest weight loss maintenance study to date reinforce Kaiser Permanente's approach to obesity prevention.

The combination of both personal contact and web-based support are identified as the key to successful, long-term weight management. Kaiser Permanente's Center for Health Research in Portland, Ore., was the coordinating center for the Weight Loss Maintenance Trial of 1,032 overweight and obese adults and provided five of the study co-authors.

Check Into Cash Closes Remaining Oregon Locations

Efforts to operate under 36% APR cap prove to be unsustainable.

(CLEVELAND, Tenn.) - Check Into Cash, one of the nation's largest payday advance companies has closed its remaining 13 stores in Oregon. The action comes one year after the Oregon legislature passed a law imposing a 36 percent annual percentage rate cap on payday loans.

Gesik Report Launches With Quick Forecast on Northwest Economic Realities

Strong Northwest Economy plus Weak Dollar equal Increase in Foreign Investment- Political Upheaval, New Economic Hubs, Coming International Investment in Northwest.

(SALEM, Ore.) - The new quarterly Gesik Report launched today according to the staff at elainegesik.com will focus on the economic and political forecasts of Elaine Gesik, the Northwest's premier regional real estate advisor and a handful of her confidants in banking, real estate development, and politics.

"We anticipate the report, with initial distribution of 7,000 Northwest investors and businesses, will provide a tool for people and companies to make the best economic decisions based on realistic practical forecasts," said Elaine Gesik.

Medical Marijuana: Oregon`s Flaming Success

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

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - It's difficult for me not to be a bit flamboyant about this but as Oregon's number one leading marijuana doctor with more than 4,000 patients, I do feel exuberant about it.

The Oregon Department of Human Services estimated that only about 500 patients would be eligible for the marijuana permits. (they are not prescriptions) If I remember correctly in the first year we registered one thousand marijuana patients and about 500 were mine.

Salem`s Shortfall: Some Tall Thinking

We need to avoid shortsighted solutions whenever an unwelcome revenue shortfall visits our doorstep.

(SALEM, Ore.) - They say Salem's projected revenues are falling flat. If I were in Mayor Taylor's shoes, I'd ask the council to look at the potential areas of community service that lesser-level misdemeanors and felonies could fulfill in budget areas in which staff is overstretched.

Some may be for easing city govt. workloads and others for specified work with contractors. Chief Moore and Lt. Okada would likely be part of such discussions.

UN Ties Growing Number of Mercenaries to Serious Human Rights Abuses

Private security companies lack oversight and regulation – UN working group

(GENEVA) - A growing number of private security and military companies are operating domestically and internationally without effective oversight or accountability, the United Nations working group on the use of mercenaries warned today.

Presenting its report to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, the working group said that private security companies in such conflict-wracked countries as Iraq, Colombia and Afghanistan are recruiting former policemen and members of the military from developing countries as "security guards" in their operations.