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McMinnville`s `Drag the Gut` Cruise Event Sees Outstanding Turnout

Possibly the single best cruise night in America for a town its size.

(MCMINNVILLE, Ore.) - This year's 'Drag the Gut' cruising event in McMinnville was absolutely fantastic and it saw a much larger turnout than last year's gathering.

Desperate Families Say Soviets Reacted More Efficiently to Chernobyl, than Japan to Fukushima

This could happen to anybody's little civilized community anywhere...

(FUKUSHIMA / SALEM) - When officials want to investigate what you do in your private life, they order a urine test.

But when urine tests might reveal high levels of nuclear radiation contamination, government suddenly loses interest in inspecting your bodily fluids, why is that? More importantly, is what is happening in Fukushima a Japanese problem, or everyone alive on this earth's problem?

The Truth about Israel`s Attack on the Mavi Marmara, as Opposed to what The BBC Reports

Does The BBC have its own Rupert Murdoch? Is it Jane Corbin?

(SALEM, Ore.) - Has The BBC become one of the world's least credible broadcasters? Some believed that to be the case after last summer's Panorama program, 'Death in the Med'.

It contained so many factual errors about Israel's attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, that it is an apparent violation of the British Broadcasting Corporation's own charter on non-partiality.

The King David Hotel Blast that Shook the World

This grand hotel in Jerusalem is a constant reminder of the best and worst in humanity.

(SALEM, Ore.) - ‎65 years ago, The King David Hotel in Jerusalem was blown up and nearly 100 people killed by Euro-Zionist-Immigrant-Terrori​sts.

This is not a case of "they've been fighting there for thousands of years", as is so often the easy cliche for those too distracted to comprehend the set up to the event. No. This was a case of pure, unadulterated, strategic mal-intent by an organized body.

M.I.A. - A Beautiful Reflection of the Besieged Tamils of Sri Lanka

"It was about bringing information to the people, I knew something and I had experienced it" - M.I.A.

(SALEM, Oregon) - I am the first to admit that I'm extremely judgmental of entertainers who have the attention of large numbers of people but fail to do the right thing with it.

Singer and actress M.I.A. is the only frontline entertainer today of Tamil heritage and after seeing her talk about the struggle of her people, I'm convinced she can be a real force in demanding change and accountability.

Roger Waters` (Pink Floyd) Song for Gaza

New version of "We shall overcome" is a tribute to the suffering in Gaza.

(NEW YORK) - Over the new year 2009-2010, an international group of 1500 men and women from 42 nations went to Egypt to join a Freedom March to Gaza.

They did this to protest the current blockade of Gaza. To protest the fact that the people of Gaza live in a virtual prison. To protest the fact that a year after the terror attack by Israeli armed forces destroyed most of their homes, hospitals, schools, and other public buildings, they have no possibility to rebuild because their borders are closed.

Natural Gas Line Fire in Salem, Big Flames, No Injuries

Fortunately, nobody was hurt.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Construction equipment was apparently behind the rupturing of a natural gas line in Salem Tuesday night.

It happened around 9:30 p.m. near the Salem Paint Company, at 702 High Street NE.

Israeli Navy Takes Over Dignity Ship

There are thirteen persons onboard the Dignity ship, including a French Parliamentarian and reporters of the Qatar-based, Al Jazeera.

(ASHDOD PORT IMEMC & Agencies) - Israeli sources reported that the Israeli Navy stopped, on Tuesday, the Dignity solidarity ship that was heading to deliver humanitarian supplies to the Gaza Strip, no clashes were reported.

Israeli Radio, Reshet Bet, reported that around 10:30 in the morning, the Navy controlled the ship without any clashes, and that the ship will be towed to the Ashdod Port.

Researcher calls Fukushima Radioactive Steam - `Nuclear Hell on Earth`

The news is far worse than what the governments and companies are revealing.

(SALEM, Ore.) - For almost three months the bad nuclear news has been shouting at us, warning us, but even the professionals in the area of toxicity are not abandoning their lives or homes.

Is it an everyone-goes-down-with-the-ship paradigm that has a hold on these people?

Israel Convicts Most Stone-Throwing Palestinian Children

Civil rights group B'Tselem, says says nearly 100% of Palestinian children charged with rock-throwing are convicted, because of overwhelming pressure to plea bargain.

(TEL AVIV Ha'aretz) - Only one Palestinian minor of 853 charged with rock-throwing between 2005-2010 was acquitted, according to a new report by the human rights group B'Tselem.

B'Tselem based its report, which is being released Monday, on data it obtained from the Israel Defense Forces spokesman about minors who were arrested during those six years and charged solely with rock-throwing; it does not relate to those charged with other crimes.