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Second Shooting This Week for Marion County Deputies

The names of the deputies and the man the shot have not yet been released.

(SALEM) - A man was shot by deputies this morning south of Salem in Turner, Oregon. A spokesman for Marion County called the injuries non-life threatening.

According to initial reports, it began when a man was observed sitting in a red Chevy Nova on the Illahee Bridge near Enchanted Forest. The man was shot shortly after being confronted by deputies.

The Cluster Bombs of Boston and Drone Strikes of Yemen

Terrorism is committed with our tax dollars, in our name.

(ONTARIO Rabble.ca) - One day last week, I was in a Shawarma shop as the wall-to-wall TV coverage of the Boston manhunt provided the soundscape for lunch.

The gentleman behind the counter and I exchanged words of sadness about the sickness infecting those who would commit the kind of violence we saw at the end of the world-famous marathon.

Police Raid Wrong House, Shooting 61 Year Old Homeowner to Death

These violent raids are what the government does to to rescue people from their own actions. And they can't even figure out which home they should be terrorizing.

(LEBANON, Tn) - 61 year-old John Adams was watching TV and thought that he was experiencing a (non-police) home invasion.

His wife saw two men who were banging on the door, Loraine Adams, who is 70, says the men did not identify themselves as police.

People Rise Up Against SL Military Seizure of Valikaamam in Jaffna

Mahinda Rajapaksa says he liberated Tamils. But, from whom is not clear... - Dr Vickramabahu Karunaratne

(JAFFNA, Srl Lanka TamilNet) - Hundreds of people braved the hurdles put up by the Sri Lankan military Wednesday in front of the District Secretariat in Jaffna.

They protested the systematic seizure of their already SL-military occupied lands in Valikaamam North, transforming the former ‘High Security Zone’ area into a permanent Sinhala Military Zone (SMZ).

Documentary Explores Students Bringing Water to Kenyan Community

Prgram is a collaboration between OSU's College of Engineering and University Relations and Marketing.

(CORVALLIS) - In July of 2012, a group of Oregon State University students traveled to the small village of Lela, Kenya, to help the community gain access to safe water.

The story of their journey will be told in Kel Wer ("to bring song" in the native Dholuo language), a documentary that will debut at Kearney Hall on Tuesday, April 30.

Indian News Magazine Highlights Accelerated Sinhalization of Sri Lanka`sTamil North

Already 165 Sinhala families have been resettled in Kokkachchaankulam, which is to be renamed...

(CHENNAI TamilNet) - Sinhalisation of the Tamil Homeland takes several shades.

One is land grabbing and changing the names of villages and roads. The next is replacing Hindu temples with Buddhist temples.

Twice Vandalized NJ Memorial to Clergy Sex Abuse Victims Rededicated in Special Ceremony

Now, female victims are the focus as two national advocates, Jill Starishevsky and Angela Rose, pay tribute to survivors in honor of Child Awareness Abuse Month.

(MENDHAM, NJ) - Blue Sunday at the Millstone Memorial, the nation’s first memorial in remembrance of clergy sex abuse survivors which was destroyed by a vandal for the second time in less than two years.

It happens Sunday, April 28, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. with a reception at Black Horse Inn following the ceremony.

Drones and President Obama, the A-Bomb and President Truman

The A-bomb saved my life.

(PORTLAND, OR) - I am very troubled by the current debate about the military use of drones and the "collateral damage" which is a polite way of saying that the civilians including children are being "taken out" when we bomb enemy leaders and their bodyguards.

"War is hell" was presumably uttered by William William T. Sherman as his infantry marched to the sea and destroyed everything in their way.

MY LAST POST: Final Thoughts on Zionism`s Success and Arab Failure

A review of a lifetime dedicated toward raising awareness of the suffering of Palestinians.

(LONDON) - I am withdrawing from the battlefield of the war for the truth of history as it relates to the making and sustaining of the conflict in and over Palestine.

More than three decades ago when I made my commitment to this war effort, in the full knowledge that it would make me persona non grata in the eyes of the mainstream...

Domestic Terror and Police-State

Reflections of a tired activist... (EXTREMELY GRAPHIC PHOTOS)

(LOS ANGELES) - I went to school in that area, Boylston Street used to be a favorite hangout in my student life when I wished to get away from MIT.

And last year I was going to be at the Boston marathon right there at the finish line waiting with water bottles and bananas, where the tiny bombs exploded this year.