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Salem Breaks a Leg at Show-Biz 2009 (VIDEO)

"It's a great event, a great time to really celebrate the business and the local community connection..." - Mike McLaran, Salem Chamber of Commerce

(SALEM, Ore.) - Thousands flocked to the 2009 Show-Biz Trade Show Thursday, proving once again that Salem area businesses can snag the interest of local residents by offering an endless and varying array of products and services.

Salem Chamber of Commerce Director Mike McLaran is the Salem business community's point man. "We've got a lot of interest and energy inside as businesses show off their wares to literally thousands of Salem area citizens."

And the Walls, Come Tumbling Down... on Dick Cheney (VIDEO)

It feels pretty good in life to discover that you have been on the right team.

(SALEM, Ore.) - I believe we at Salem-News.com have been on target for years with our criticism of the Iraq War and the last Presidential administration, our advocacy for state laws that protect medical marijuana users, and in our steadfast and unwavering position that there is never a time that Americans should use torture on its enemies.

The world is certainly reflecting the trends that we have devoted time to, up to and including the use of cannabis now with both Israeli and Canadian combat veterans suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and the months long investigation of torture authorized by the Bush Administration.

Coin Shop Owner That Was Tased and Robbed Talks to Salem-News.com (VIDEO)

Police have not yet caught up with the suspects; two white male adults in their late 20's to early 30's.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Salem Police are continuing their investigation of the takeover of a coin shop where the owner was tased, handcuffed and had duct tape placed over his eyes and mouth, as robbers spent half an hour cleaning out his shelves.

Car Crashes Into Portland Business Injuring One (VIDEO)

The woman who was injured was transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - An ‘elderly male driver' mistakenly accelerated instead of braking today in Happy Valley, and his car plunged into a commercial establishment doing business as Johnny's #2, located at 11322 SE 82nd Avenue, investigators say.

"Consequently, this out-of-control vehicle accelerated through the front of this establishment and injured a female working inside the premises," Clackamas County Sheriff's Office Spokesman, Detective Jim Strovink said.

Who is the Enemy in Iraq?

While five Americans were recently shot to death by a PTSD stricken soldier, four other deaths have taken place that were not combat related.

(SALEM, Ore.) - The same story plays out day after day, year after year and war after war. Governments that possess great intelligence and review endless amounts of data, still place human beings in situations that the most basic assessments should have prevented.

It's the fallout of a war that should have never been fought, by a country whose leaders blatantly lied in order to wage the campaign. The ambitions of the last U.S. President have left up to a million Iraqi's dead, as well as an escalating number of our own. They were sent to war in woefully inadequate vehicles, without a real plan.

Who Will Stop the AIPAC Before it is Too Late?

Opinion and historical review from one of Code Pink's top activists about Israel, the treatment Americans received at AIPAC, and reactions that western media ignored.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - While I was being tackled by security guards at Washington's Convention Center during the AIPAC conference for unfurling a banner that asked "What about Gaza?," my heart was aching.

I wasn't bothered so much by the burly guards who were yanking my arms behind by back and dragging me-along with 5 other CODEPINK members-out of the hall. They were doing their job.

Soldiers Killing Soldiers in Iraq: an Established Problem

Gunfights between U.S. soldiers have been taking place in Iraq for years.

(SALEM, Ore.) - The news about five American soldiers killed and three injured by one of their own at Camp Victory in Baghdad, Iraq was like a kick in the gut. The news follows last week's soldier suicide in the Oregon Guard parking lot.

Sadly, it takes numbers to get people's attention. We constantly publish stories about casualties whose deaths were "not combat related" and the details are always left out. I wonder how many of those are Americans killed by other Americans? I also wonder how many happen because of the repeated combat tours that no person should be asked to endure.

California`s Firefighters Battling Jesusita Blaze See Progress

Flames destroyed 77 homes, while damaging another 22.

(SANTA BARBARA) - Fire crews near Santa Barbara, California have made serious progress in their fight to contain the Jesusita Fire. So far 8,733 acres have been burned by a wildfire that threatened more than 500 homes.

Texting to Death? (VIDEO)

25 people were recently added to the list of those killed as a result of phone texting.

(SALEM, Ore.) - What are the electronic manufacturers and marketing guru's trying to do to our fair society? Weren't things bad enough before texting became the unexplainable phenomena that it is?

I was driving down the freeway last week in Portland and when I looked at the BMW in the lane to my immediate right, I saw that the driver was busy texting away without an eye on the road. I'm sure this driver has no ill will toward the world, but if he hit somebody and killed them, would it be any different from a DUII?

Groups Staunchly Oppose `The Mother`s Act` Saying it Strips Freedom and Rights

New Mental Health Test Bill is no Mother's Day present for American moms.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Groups advocating to help maintain the basic freedoms of American mothers are speaking out loudly against legislation known as "The Mother's Act".