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De Palma`s Redacted Sizzles Emotions Over Iraq

One of eight movies on the Iraq war scheduled for release over the next year, Redacted by Brian De Palma sheds light on a night of gruesome crimes, while Bill O'Reilly organizes protests.

(SALEM, Ore.) - 'Redacted' is more than a shocker of a movie, it's a beyond brutal, no-holes-barred journey through the camera lens and into the minds of two twisted soldiers in Iraq who raped a young girl before murdering her and the rest of her family.

The release of the new film later this week has the FOX network's Bill O'Reilly agitated and running at near boiling point.

Breakthrough Called a Significant Step forward in Stem Cell Therapies

The breakthrough follows several previously unsuccessful attempts by the OHSU and other scientific teams worldwide.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University’s Oregon National Primate Research Center have made a significant breakthrough in efforts to develop human stem cell therapies that may be used to combat numerous devastating diseases.

300 to 400 People Evacuate West Salem High School

The fire had been caused by a malfunction of the boiler.

(WEST SALEM) - Hundreds were evacuated from West Salem High School tonight just before 7:00 AM, as Salem Firefighters responded to an alarm sounding at the school located at 1776 Titan Drive NW in West Salem.

White Supremacist from Oregon Sentenced for Attack on Synagogue

The men conspired to intimidate the Jewish congregation at Eugene's Temple Beth Israel.

(SALEM, Ore.) - An Oregon man has been sentenced to six months incarceration with a work release and probation for his role in a 2002 rock attack on a Jewish Synagogue.

During the attack, a group of men threw stones etched with swastikas through the synagogue's windows during a religious service.

Meteorologist Predicts Winter Conditions Will be Warmest on Record

But not for Oregon. Like the Winter of 1949-50, cold and snowy weather is expected in the Pacific Northwest, with warmer temperatures from Texas to New England.

(STATE COLLEGE, Pa.) - The Chief Long-Range Forecaster of AccuWeather.com, Joe Bastardi, issued an updated 2007-08 Winter Season Forecast today reiterating that all signs point to 2007-08 becoming one of the warmest winters on record.

"There will be bouts with major winter events, which are typical even in the warmest of winters. We may see some of our wildest winter weather over the next month and then again in March or April," Bastardi said.

Meetings Underway in Myanmar with UN Rights Expert

The Special Rapporteur, who had not been allowed into the country since 2003, returns to Yangon tomorrow to wrap up his five-day visit.

(RANGOON) - The independent United Nations human rights expert probing recent events in Myanmar continued his visit today holding meetings with a number of Government officials, as well as members of the diplomatic corps and the UN Country Team.

Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, the UN Special Rapporteur for Myanmar, arrived in Yangon on Saturday on a mission to verify allegations of abuses during the recent Government crackdown on peaceful demonstrators, determine the numbers and whereabouts of those detained or killed, and collect testimony about what happened.

Two Reynolds High Students Arrested on Weapons Offense

At this time, Watson says, there is no evidence that a weapon was brought into the school building.

(TROUTDALE, Ore.) - Troutdale Police arrested two male Reynolds High students after a gun was reported and discovered near a restaurant over the weekend.

Police say the freshman and a junior students were arrested Tuesday, over the firearm that was discovered behind a dumpster at El Tapatio Restaurant on Sunday, November 11th.

Blue Ghost Recorded on Ohio Gas Station Camera (Video)

The owner told Salem-News that this isn't the first time he has been witness to something that defied explanation.

(PARMA, Ohio) - Could an Ohio gas station be built atop an old Indian burial ground? That's what one man says in Parma, Ohio, an incorporated city southwest of Cleveland, where a gas station owner caught something he wasn't at all trying for.

A security camera caught a blue ghost on video, and it seems to be in no apparent hurry; the recording lasted half an hour.

ebay Corporate Headquarters Evacuated Due to Suspicious Package

No injuries were reported, and bomb squad units remain on scene at this hour.

(SAN JOSE, Calif. ) - EBay Inc. evacuated one building at its corporate headquarters Wednesday morning after mailroom employees received a suspicious package, a spokesman said.

The building, located on Hamilton Avenue in San Jose, California houses 200 employees and contains the mailroom for the online auction company

Threat at Newberg School Determined Non Credible

A note was sent out Tuesday, advising parents and students of the situation.

(NEWBERG, Ore.) - In spite of a spate of school shooting tragedies in the United States and abroad, a story from Newberg's Chehalem Valley School may serve as a reminder that kids will be kids, and every situation does not end in tragedy.

Claudia Stewart with Newberg Schools says the story is about having good policy and good communication. "What this is a result of is good people doing their work," she said. But she added that "enough misinformation got out" and that caused more than one Portland news agency to take note.