Marine Spouse Battles Navy Over Contamination at Naval Base in Japan
Robert O'Dowd Salem-News.comShelly Parulis, wife of a retired Marine Master Sergeant, is engaged in a running battle with the Navy over dioxin and other toxins at NAF Atsugi, Japan.
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No one assigned to Naval Air Facility (NAF) Atsugi, the home of Carrier Air Wing 5, would have suspected that duty in Japan could exposed them to toxic chemicals, including deadly dioxin, the carcinogen infamously associated with Agent Orange.
Shelly Parulis, a spouse of a retired Marine Master Sergeant who was stationed at Atsugi from 1995 to 1998, and her family suffered the results of toxic exposure and leads the effort to obtain compensation and health benefits for Atsugi veterans, dependents ad civilian workers.
American Forces Continue to Imprison Reuters Photographer in Iraq
Salem-News.comAdvocates say Ibrahim Jassam's detention is illegal as the Iraqi central criminal court dismissed all charges against him last November.
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As US forces continue to withdraw from Iraq, a Reuters photographer remains detained despite court order, the group FreeDetainees.org says.
They report that as the US troops withdraw from Iraqi cities, many questions remain about the people still being held by the American military.
BREAKING NEWS: Oregon Highway 18 Blocked Due to Injury Crash
Salem-News.comThe often busy coastal route closes down on one of the biggest tourism days of the year.
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Oregon State Police say they are on the scene of a multiple vehicle crash on Highway 18 just west of Van Duzer Corridor.
The wreck near milepost 8 has temporarily closed the Corridor as emergency crews, police and other crash responders make their way to the scene.
Highway 18 is a mostly rural highway that spans from the Willamette Valley in McMinnville, to the coastal town of Lincoln City and other points north and south.
Father and Son Found Dead From Traumatic Injuries in McMinnville
Salem-News.comMcMinnville Police Officers Investigating two males found deceased in apartment.
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Police in McMinnville are investigating the deaths of two men, a father and son, whose bodies were found this morning at about 10:30 a.m.
Captain Dennis Marks with McMinnville PD, says Officers responded to the report of the two deceased males at 915 SW Cozine Lane #16. Upon arrival, they found 59-year old Thomas D Marshall and his son, 22-year old Sean T Marshall deceased from obvious traumatic injuries.
Oregon Guard Prepares for Iraq Deployment (VIDEO)
Tim King Salem-News.comA large percentage of these "citizen soldiers" comprising this Tigard, Oregon based National Guard unit, are highly experienced and decorated combat veterans.
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Oregon National Guard soldiers with the 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team were honored during a special sendoff ceremony Friday in Fort Stewart Georgia.
The roughly 3,500 41st IBCT Oregon soldiers are preparing to spend about a year in Iraq, where the U.S. presence is quickly drawing back after the recent July 1st deadline to vacate Iraq's major cities.
Give Meaning Back to Independence Day
Daniel Johnson Salem-News.comIf you believe in democracy, we need freedom of the press. Support it with your modest amounts—tens and twenties or more if you can afford it—and know that you’re doing something for the world in which your children will live.
(CALGARY, Alberta) - 
We all know what self-censorship is. On a daily basis we routinely censor ourselves knowing that we should not say certain things to co-workers, friends, or family, just to keep relationships running smoothly (or, often, to keep our job). It’s not, in principle, a bad thing to do even though it’s sometimes just a way to put off unpleasant things until the future.
Where self-censorship is bad, even harmful to democracy is in our news media.
Tylenol, Liver Destruction & Death
Dr. Phil Leveque Salem-News.comI have heard that the drug manufactures lobby to congress is very strong and very generous with its money (bribes??). Did Vioxx, FDA approved, cause several thousand deaths??
(MOLALLA, Ore.) - 
The FDA has the most miserable record of monitoring for safe and unsafe medicines in the world. Vioxx and thalidomide come to mind but they also approved tobacco (as being harmless???).
The lethal toxicity of Tylenol has been known since at least 1975 when it appeared in the most prominent Pharmacology book by Goodman & Gilman. The Chinese took note of this and it has been illegal to import Tylenol into China for many years.
Op Ed for Salem-News
Op Ed: `D-I-Y` Governance
Now Demanded For Second `New Deal`
By Henry Clay Ruark for Salem-News.com
Where’s the strong, impassioned, continuing and overwhelming true “public opinion” which was so forceful a strong factor in New Deal days, surely felt by the Congress?
(EUGENE, Ore.) - 
Long-prevailing conservative myth-making states that “the New Deal failed to end the Depression, with World War II the real factor for eventual return to prosperity.”
That erroneous story is now recognized as a canard, distorted Far Right propaganda to denigrate the New Deal and its far-reaching changes of American lifestyle and inevitable impact of democracy on the whole world.
Michael Jackson`s Friend & Former Promoter Remembers Their Last Conversation (VIDEO)
Tim King Salem-News.comLife wasn't roses all of the time for Michael Jackson, but he performed in a way that none of us will soon, if ever forget. This is part-3 in our special 4-part series.
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Pete Bennett granted what ended up being an extremely candid interview about his long-term relationship with the later entertainer Michael Jackson, the "King of Pop."
Michael Jackson walked a long, hard road to stardom with major pressure from his father and also his brothers, who pushed for the highest level and achieved it, but with a cost that would ultimately claim the band itself.
New Room at Providence Center Provides Sensory Stimulation for Medically Fragile Children
Salem-News.comSnoezelen rooms are used widely in education and care settings for children with disabilities and autism spectrum disorders.
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Bubble tubes, fiber optic strands, flashing colors, mirrors, sound, lights and vibration – put it all together and what do you have? A Snoezelen room! This multi-sensory environment was built specifically for the residents at Providence Center for Medically Fragile Children.
A combination of lighting effects, shapes, textures, music and colors are strategically placed in the room to stimulate the senses for people with severe sensory impairment or neurological challenges.
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