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Documentary is an Indictment of Current U.S. Administration

Documentary "911 Loose Change" is nearing the top of the charts in Google's video section.

(SALEM) - To sum it up, information revealed in the new documentary `911 Loose Change,` could be called nothing less than a damming charge against the Bush administration. Unlike Michael Moore`s Fahrenheit 911, this narrator does not throw casual insults out against the president or use the storyline for entertainment. Instead, he delivers a point that will leave most red-blooded Americans angry and seeking answers.

For years, Americans have voiced opinions about how too many things about 911 don`t fit. This team may be the first to take the pieces and put them into their correct place.

Perhaps the biggest lesson in all of it is that blind dedication to any political leadership can lead down the darkest of roads, an ironic thought in this so-called information age.

Op-Ed:
Saxton Seeks
Education Actions
Delayed, Thus Denied

Oregonians demand dollar-based action-NOW.

(SALEM) - Amazing how demeaning the depths to which strong political pressures drive conscientious competent professionals, sometimes. Money cannot be single-motivation here --not for a competent corporation counsel.

Must be commitment-and-concern; unfortunately, to corporate interests, despite high State office now sought; as Saxton’s ATR-PLEDGE must clearly communicate to all.

Marion Road SE Under Construction September 11th-13th

(SALEM) - Motorists should expect 15-minute delays on the north-south section of Marion Road SE from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Monday, September 11th, 12th and 13th.

The road will be open with flaggers directing traffic as River City Excavation will install a cross tile on the north-south section of Marion Road SE 130 feet south of the “Y” intersection with Mill Creek Road SE, southeast of Turner.

Monday and Tuesday the base course will be paved on the east-west section of Marion Road.

Horse Dies After Falling Out of Trailer on I-205

The horse was a ten-year old Morgan Arab.

(SUNNYBROOK) - A horse died Friday morning after falling out of the back of its trailer northbound on Interstate 205 at the Sunnybrook overpass south of Portland.

Preliminary investigation indicates the horse kicked at the back door causing the door to open and the horse fell out onto the freeway.

911 calls about the injured horse in the northbound lanes of Interstate 205 near milepost 14 started coming in around 8:20 AM, drawing response from Oregon State Police troopers, Clackamas County Sheriff's deputies and Highway Department crews.

Upon arrival, deputies and troopers found a critically injured horse in the center northbound lane. Due the severity of the horse's injuries and obvious suffering, officers stopped traffic and put the horse down.

Traffic was getting through the area using the left freeway shoulder until all lanes were reopened about 9:25 AM.

Wyden: Intelligence Reports Overclassified, Public Should Have Access to More

“Parts of these reports read like a dictionary with the definitions cut out,” Wyden said.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Following the Senate Intelligence Committee’s release of two of five planned reports on pre-war Iraq intelligence, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden today criticized the excessive classification of the report and said he would urge an independent board that oversees classification of information to review the documents to determine if in fact too much was kept secret.

Murder Victim Identified

Anyone with information on this case should contact Detective Dan Tallan at 503-588-6050 ext 7132.

(SALEM) - The man found dead in car in the parking lot of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on Madison St N.E. Wednesday, has been identified as 62-year old James Michael Spaise of Portland. Police say they have been able to reach his next of kin.

Salem Police Lt. Bill Kohlmeyer says an autopsy was performed Thursday in Portland at the State Medical Examiners Office.

Huge Pot Bust Worth Almost $10 Million Near Scio (NEW PICS ADDED)

Police have raided a huge marijuana growing operation in the mountains between Scio and Lyons that they say had a street value of over $9 million.

(ALBANY) - Linn County Sheriff Tim Mueller says members of the Linn Drug Task Force have eradicated the large outdoor marijuana operation that was discovered in a remote area.

Beginning Wednesday and continuing through Thursday, Linn County deputies, along with members of the DEA and the Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue Post pulled and destroyed 4,707 mature marijuana plants.

Keizer Fire District Ceremony Set to Remember 9-11 Attack

(KEIZER) - The Keizer Fire District will remember the tragic events and those who lost their lives during the terrorist attacks in New York, Washington D.C. and Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001

A remembrance ceremony, on the fifth anniversary of this tragic event, will be held on Monday, September 11, 2006 and is scheduled to begin at 7:00 am. The time of the ceremony is to coincide with the time the two towers of the World Trade Center collapsed.

The memorial is to honor those whose lives were lost in the attacks.

Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin Dies in Freak Accident on Barrier Reef

Steve Irwin's TV show had brought him as much fame among American audiences as in his Austrailian homeland.

(QUEENSLAND, Aust.) - The man the world recognizes as the world famous television Crocodile Hunter, Steve Irwin, has died on the Great Barrier Reef in an apparent stinging incident involving a stingray

Irwin was filming an underwater documentary when he was struck by a stingray barb. He was diving off Port Douglas when the accident happened.

"He probably died from a cardiac arrest from the injury," local officials said, adding that Mr. Irwin's body is being flown to a morgue that is located in Cairns.

Oregon Turns the Heat Up on Hollywood Over Smoking Disclaimers

Oregon Attorney General Hardy Myers Provides Hollywood with Anti-Smoking Messages for DVD's... again.

(SALEM) - Attorney General Hardy Myers today announced that for the second time he has called upon Hollywood’s major motion picture studios to insert anti-smoking public service announcements in all DVDs, videos and other newer home viewing formats of movies in which smoking is depicted.

This time, however, Myers and 40 other Attorneys General sent each studio three "classic" truth® anti-smoking campaign messages that were created by the American Legacy Foundation and that are available at no cost for the studios’ unlimited use.