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Arizona Diamondbacks Minor League Prospect Arrested on Rape Charge

The charges stem from the victim being unable to consent to sexual activity due to her age and not due to force.

(SALEM, Ore. ) - Early Thursday morning, police detectives in Salem, Oregon arrested 21-year-old Norman Joel Melendez-Ramos on charges of Rape in the Third Degree.

Melendez-Ramos allegedly met the 15-year-old female victim following the baseball game at Volcanoes Stadium on Tuesday, July 24th.

Minor League Baseball Player Arrested on Rape Charge

The charges stem from the victim being unable to consent to sexual activity due to her age and not due to force.

(SALEM, Ore. ) - Early this morning, Salem Police Detectives arrested 26-year-old Norman Joel Melendez-Ramos on charges of Rape in the Third Degree.

Melendez-Ramos is a baseball player for the Yakima Bears Baseball team that is currently in Salem for a series of games against the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes.

Melendez-Ramos allegedly met the 15-year-old female victim following the baseball game at Volcanoes Stadium on Tuesday, July 24th.

Dow Falls 311 Points on Housing, Credit Market Fears

The Dow plunged 416 points on February 27th on fears about slowing global growth.

(NEW YORK) - Worry about housing and credit markets sent the Dow industrials tumbling 311 points in its second-biggest point loss of the year.

The 30-share Dow Jones industrial average plunged as much as 449 points earlier in the session before moving off its lows and closing down about 2.3 percent.

Salem Man Pleads Guilty to Killing Florence Boatwright

Boatwright was found strangled the day after she celebrated her 60th wedding anniversary.

(SALEM, Ore. ) - A 23-year-old Salem man has admitted that he killed a 77-year-old woman while burglarizing her home on November 28th, 2006.

Darius Pittman could spend the rest of his life behind bars after pleading guilty yesterday in the death of Florence Boatwright.

Pittman also pleaded guilty to burglary, stealing a car and meth charges.

Future of MySpace Could Become More Restrictive

MySpace came under attack over the past year after some of its young members fell prey to adult predators posing as minors.

(MORRO BAY, Calif.) - The profiles of more than 29,000 sex offenders have been tossed out by MySpace, the increasingly popular, worldwide social networking site.

Op-Ed: Does Bush Feel Bad About Afghanistan? (VIDEO)

Soldiers in Afghanistan believe they are fighting a 'forgotten war.'

(MORRO BAY, Calif.) - When the war there first began, the United States was touting a clear position of victory. George W. Bush and his team had a mission, and they have from a leadership aspect, failed miserably.

Senate Committee Approves Mt. Hood Wilderness Expansion

Agreement includes protections for nearly 125,000 additional acres, added National Recreation Areas and 80 miles of wild and scenic rivers.

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Gordon Smith (R-OR) announced that their efforts to expand permanent protections for wilderness surrounding Mount Hood and the Columbia River Gorge took a big step forward Wednesday when the U.S Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee passed the “Lewis and Clark Mount Hood Wilderness Act of 2007.”

Oregon’s Largest Dam Removal Starts

Marmot Dam demolition is major step in Sandy Basin restoration.

(SANDY, Ore. ) - A blast of explosives cracked the concrete face of Marmot Dam on Tuesday, beginning its demolition and ushering in a new era for Oregon’s Sandy River Basin.

The Marmot Dam demolition on the Sandy River will be the largest dam removal in the Pacific Northwest in 40 years and the largest ever in Oregon.

Salem Man Pleads Guilty to Advertising Child Pornography

Salem resident's computer held over 4,000 images of child pornography.

(PORTLAND, Ore. ) - Christopher Mark Mills, age 37, of Salem, Oregon has been sentenced to 210 months imprisonment following his guilty plea to one count of Advertising Child Pornography.

In August, 2006, FBI agents in Montana and ICE agents in Portland discovered Mills was advertising child pornography on the internet.

Holman Wayside State Park to Close Due to Sex Crimes, Drugs

The closure, which is temporary, was prompted by persistent problems with crime in the small day-use wayside.

(SALEM, Ore. ) - Holman Wayside, five miles west of Salem on Highway 22, will close Thursday morning at 9:00 AM.

Park staff will lock the restroom and place barricades across the parking lot entrance off Doakes Ferry Road.

A bicycle trail between West Salem and Monmouth that passes through the wayside will remain open.