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So I Went back to Ohio...
Declaring a Public Health Emergency Over Oxycontin

Peter Finch may have shouted the line "I'm mad as hell -- and I'm not going to take it anymore" in the movie Network, but Ohio is madder over an OxyContin epidemic killing their kids.

(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) - Scioto County, Ohio, in a pocket of Appalachia -- is thought by some to be 'lower class' -- maybe even uneducated -- but Scioto County is losing families

The biggest challenge; losing their kids to prescription narcotics -- namely OxyContin.

Al-Nakba Awareness Week

The first episode of the Chronicles of a Refugee series, “The Nakba Dailies,” recounts the events of 1947-48 in Palestine as experienced by those who lived them.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Every year Palestinians commemorate the Nakba ("the catastrophe"): the expulsion and dispossession of hundreds of thousands Palestinians from their homes and land in 1948.

In violation of International Law, Israel continues to prevent the return of those Palestinian refugees to their homes or villages.

Israel Fires on Unarmed Demonstrators in Gaza- Third Intifada is On

The people of the world not in a complete coma are rising, and it all heads to Palestine. There will be justice in Palestine!

(GAZA / SALEM) - There is bravery in the world today. After 63 years of occupation and oppression from Israel, the people of Palestine have had enough.

The Third Intifada launched as scheduled today and the bullets were flying, people were falling, being carried by their brothers to waiting ambulances.

The Birth of Israel and Pain of Palestine

Recalling the tragedy of the Nakba in 1948.

(CLERMONT, Fla.) - The wailing of families throughout Majd Al Krum could be heard for miles that cold night in October 1948.

In single file, under the cover of darkness, Khaled, his sister, two cousins and hundreds of neighbors guided by only the light of a crescent moon trekked through the Galilee to Lebanon fearing for their lives, for the Israeli army had surrounded their village.

Residents Escape Injury in Salem House Fire (Video)

"I started hearing this, 'boom boom boom' - Neighbor Daniel Notman

(SALEM, Ore.) - A residential fire broke out in a south Salem home on Croisan Creek Rd S. Thursday.

There were no injuries. However two people are reportedly displaced.

Breaching Whale Strikes Sailboat Near Astoria

Nobody was injured, the vessel had been participating in the Oregon International Offshore Race to Victoria, B.C.

(ASTORIA, Ore.) - A sailboat was struck by a breaching whale near the coast of Astoria, Thursday. The vessel and its crew were taking part in a race to Victoria, B.C., when the whale surfaced.

Coast Guard Sector Columbia River received a report from the 38-foot sailing vessel L'Orca at 9:30 a.m. after the whale breached the surface of the water and crushed the rigging and mast of the boat when it fell back into the water.

Project Takes WWII Vets to National Memorial

Let’s get this mission done!

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Can you help spread an important message?

Send this touching two-minute video about World War II veterans to FIVE friends and family to remind them that every day alive in this great, free country is truly a bonus.

Military Veterans Face Filmmaking Challenge

A Navy reservist wrote the short film “Last Call at Mac’s” about the range of emotions facing a group of Marines on their last night before a combat deployment.

(LOS ANGELES) - Military Veterans Face Filmmaking Challenge Los Angeles - May 10, 2011 – A short film about service members and their families filmed by veterans’ overcomes real life challenges to get their stories told.

"The theme of the film is ‘what’s worth fighting for’”, said Michael Hjelmstad, Producer and Marine Corps Veteran.

Government Intrusion

My husband is a medical hostage for profit.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Where does one turn when you become disabled, vulnerable or old and become unlawfully a victim of the system?

There are no kind words for the injustice that Chemung County New York has visited upon my husband, Gary Harvey and me. My husband a veteran who served his country and fought for our freedom is being denied his.

Elder Abuse, Neglect Rampant in US

They are a small but growing movement called the National Association to stop Guardian Abuse.

(WASHINGTON D.C. Press TV) - They say the disabled and elderly are being preyed upon by the legal system, by crooked lawyers and courts who scam millions of dollars by having older people declared Guardians of the courts depriving them and their families of their rights and taking their assets.

Protesting in front of the Justice Department, they met with a few members of Congress demanding something be done.