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New Alliance is Forged in Italy to Stop Child Rape and Trafficking

Joint Campaign to Commence in Rome on September 20.

(SAVONA, Italy) - An important announcement was issued at an historic press conference yesterday in Italy about the safety of kids.

Two groups fighting to end church terror against children formally joined forces and announced the launching of a public campaign commencing in Rome on September 20.

If I could Just Save One

“We honor the dead best by treating the living well." ~Jennifer M. Granholm

(PORTLAND, OR) - I would arrive to work, coffee in hand, and my brain in screen-saver to sit in the same spot in the report room below a paper pinned to the wall that read “You know you are a nurse if…”

I stared at the bottom of the nurse bucket-list that read, “Your next project is writing a book titled “Suicide: How to do it right the first time.”

Washington Bridge Packed With Cars Collapses Into River

Those who were recovered were sent to a number of different local area hospitals.

(MT. VERNON, WA) - The Associated Press reports that the Interstate 5 Bridge over the Skagit River in Northwestern Washington State collapsed tonight, dumping vehicles and people into the river.

State troopers are not certain as to how many people were injured.

5.9 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Northern California

About 30 seconds ago, the ground in Northern California began to shake.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - The ground in Sacramento had been shaking about 90 seconds when I initially published this story, I brought it onto the front page with very little information, since I had no idea when it was going to stop!

The quake was felt from Sacramento to as far south as Lodi, Stockton and the city of Oakley.

The Silver Lining

Let us not oversell. The complete inability of tribes and religious rivals to resolve their conflicts in Syria hardly bodes a future without war.

(PORTLAND, OR) - If the brutal and tragic agony of Syria today has one small glimmer of hope, it is that the great powers are completely stymied, blocked, paralyzed in their ability to resolve anything by military action.

Were this 1914 and had we possessed nuclear weapons, the Syrian situation might have led to a war that ended the world.

Love Denied: The Psychology of Materialism, Violence and War

Violence is simply an extreme form of attention-seeking behaviour.

(TASMANIA, Aust.) - The individual who uses violence does so because they are very frightened that one or more of their vital needs will not be met.

In virtually all cases, the needs that the individual fears will not be met are emotional ones (including the needs for listening, understanding and love) and the violence is simply a dysfunctional attempt to have these needs met.

SYRIA: Nobel Peace Laureate Seeks International Community for Dialog and Rejection of Intervening War

The future of those who are not supportive of fundamentalists like moderate Muslims, Christians, minorities, and other Syrians is in great danger.

(DUBLIN) - Mairead Maguire, Nobel peace laureate and Spokesperson for Mussalaha International, has issued a report and appeal to the international community to support a process of dialogue and reconciliation in Syria between its people and Syrian government.

She's asking world leaders to reject outside intervention and war.

Penguin India Brings Out Diary of LTTE Captain

The account, rich in observations on battle and war, shows the oppression that Tamil civilians lived through under the Sri Lankan occupation.

(CHENNAI TamilNet) - The English edition of ‘War Journey: Diary of a Tamil Tiger’ authored by the late Capt. Malaravan has been published and released by Penguin Books, India this month.

The work originally written in Tamil by Malaravan as a first-person account of the battlefield was first published by the LTTE as ‘Poar Ulaa’ posthumously in 1993.

VOTE ALERT: Congressman Walden Supports `Students Pay More Act`

Republicans move forward with student loan plan that could mean higher rates later - Associated Press headline

(WASHINGTON DC) - Congressman Greg Walden just joined House Republicans to approve the “Students Pay More Act.”

This measure will force already financially strapped college students to pay more interest for their education loans.

Oregon Ready to Add Sexual Orientation Question to College Forms

The bill has already passed the House on a vote of 40 to 19.

(SALEM) - An Oregon Senate committee will consider legislation Thursday that would require colleges and universities to ask students about their sexual orientation.

The goal of the bill is to collect data that would help address the issues lesbian, gay, transgender and bisexual students may face during college.