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John Rocker Goes to Bat for Veterans

Former major leaguer's organization helps homeless re-enter society

(WASHINGTON DC WND) - Conducting interviews on this topic is John Rocker, a Major League Baseball pitcher for six years, is the author of "Scars and Strikes."

After retiring from baseball, Rocker embarked upon a successful career in real estate development.

Road Warrior Crossroads: Taking Veteran`s Issues to the Street

Announcing Tim King's plan to visit different regions of the U.S. to raise awareness of Veteran's health issues and motorcycle rider's civil rights.

(SALEM / SACRAMENTO) - Tim King is taking a new military assignment and you can help.

He isn't reporting from Iraq or Afghanistan this time, Tim's covering an ongoing war here at home where Veterans are fighting for their rights, and he'll be checking in with motorcycle riders who are busy defending their civil rights in regard to club membership and other issues.

U.S. Backed Syrian Rebels Massacre Christian Village

Government forces had launched an offensive against the city in April this year, in an attempt to hit the main supply lines of the insurgents.

(DAMASCUS (Free Syrian Press) - On Monday (27 May 2013) Free Syrian Army commandos affiliate, the largest armed force of the Syrian resistance against Assad, massacred the entire population of al-Duvair, a Christian village on the outskirts of Homs, not far from the border with Lebanon.

The news was the Syrian news agency Ahlul Bayt, who stressed that the killings did not spare women and children, until the intervention of the Syrian army.

Congressman Walden Stands Idly By as Defense Workers Receive Furlough Notices

“Congressman Walden and his fellow House Republicans are so dysfunctional that they won’t even stop the tremendously unpopular furloughs that are a result of sequestration,” - Emily Bittner of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

(WASHINGTON DC) - While three-quarters of a million defense workers received furlough notices this week, Congressman Greg Walden continued to ignore hardworking Americans in favor of his rigid political ideology.

Congressman Walden could have spent the past several weeks working with Democrats to avoid the defense furloughs, but instead he voted against halting the sequester furloughs in order to protect tax breaks for millionaires and corporate special interests.

Netanyahu and `Acts of Hooliganism`

Since 2000, at least 8,000 Palestinian children have been arrested by the IDF. Have they, and all Palestinians, not also been ‘exposed to terrorist attacks and developed post-traumatic symptoms’?

(WASHINGTON DC) - One knows things are bad in Palestine when even Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, known for his brutal heavy-handiness against the Palestinians, has to decry what he calls ‘acts of hooliganism’ against them.

These behaviors, known as price-tag attacks, are committed against Palestinians and Israeli security forces by Jewish youth living in violation of international law in Israeli settlements on Palestinian land.

3D Printing: The Future Has Arrived

This may be the single most amazing thing I have ever seen...

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - My son Christian who is 13, was shown a video in school today, that seemingly redefines the future. It is called 3-d printing. Machines now have the ability to literally "print" a replica of any item that can be scanned. Confused yet? It is perfectly OK, this is something that most of us could not have predicted.

It isn't exactly brand new. As you will note by the date on the YouTube video, this technology has been around in its usable form for a couple of years.

Three Oregon Prisons Targeted by Bomb Threats (VIDEO)

Three Oregon prisons have been targeted with bomb threats. Law enforcement is responding. The Oregon Department of Corrections says they're taking steps to ensure the safety of the staff and adults in custody while the police are investigating.

(SALEM) - On June 5, 2013, beginning at approximately 12:50 p.m., the Oregon Department of Corrections received three bomb threats. The Oregon State Police have been notified.

At approximately 12:50 p.m., Oregon State Penitentiary, located in Salem, received a phoned-in bomb threat.

Marion County Inmate Hospitalized After Assault

Officials at this point are withholding the names of the inmates, and they will not elaborate at this time as to where the victim was stabbed.

(SALEM) - One inmate is hospitalized and another is being questioned following an assault that took place in the Marion County Jail yesterday afternoon.

Marion County detectives say they are continuing their investigation into the assault which occurred at about 2:00 p.m. The victim inmate was transported by helicopter to the Oregon Health and Science University Hospital in Portland.

US Discloses Israel`s Top-Secret Military Base Outraging Tel-Aviv

According to the bid requests, the Arrow 3 system will include six interceptor missiles in vertical launch positions to be placed at the base, with a gantry crane to be erected for further missiles.

(MOSCOW RT) - The US government has inadvertently revealed the details of a top-secret Israeli missile base in published bid requests, leaving military officials in Tel-Aviv in the state of shock.

Israel has turned to the US government with its plans to build a state-of-the-art facility to host the new ballistic-missile defense system, the Arrow 3, McClatchy's Washington Bureau reports.

U.S. Policy in Syria is a Disaster for Christians

Backing jihadist radicals in Syria contradicts the American efforts to supposedly rid the world of terrorism.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - Originally from Damascus, Syria, Fadida, a California business owner, offers a startling look at how Syrian Christians view the unrelenting U.S. effort to disrupt another secular, Middle East govt.

She says the people of Damascus deserve to live in peace. Instead, the U.S. backed Free Syrian Army mercenary jihadists and their daily heinous crimes against civilians are a constant threat to their safety, and their future.