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25, 35 or 45 - A Second World Record Based On Team Work & No Performance Enhancing Drugs

New world record a result of team work over a 12 month period, and 16 years of core weightlifting.

(NIAGRA FALLS) - On September 29th 2012 I attempted to set another Guinness World Record for the most amount of weight sumo deadlifted in one minute at the age of 54!

At the Guinness World Records Museum in Niagara Falls I established a new world record by lifting a 215 lb weightlifting bar 49 times for a total of 10,535 lbs in 60 seconds!

Traveling Dignity Memorial Vietnam Wall Comes to Portland

Community Invited to Pay Respects to America’s War Veterans

(PORTLAND, OR) - The Dignity Memorial® Vietnam Wall, a three-quarter-scale traveling replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., will be open for public viewing November 9 – 12 at Skyline Memorial Gardens.

Free and open to the public 24 hours a day from Friday, November 9 through Monday, November 12 the replica is eight feet high and 240 feet long. Its black, reflective surface is inscribed with the names of more than 58,000 servicemen and women who died or are missing in Vietnam.

Professor Mahmoud Ayoub Receives 2012 Distinguished Scholar Award from the International Institute of Islamic Thought

A noted scholar in the history of religion, the beloved Professor has been an extremely valuable resource in my research.

(BOSTON / HARTFORD) - Professor Mahmoud Ayoub, Faculty Associate in Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations at Hartford Seminary, is a rare and valuable man.

I am so pleased to bring our readers this news about his receiving the 2012 Distinguished Scholar Award from the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT).

Hindus Upset with TV Host Colbert for Depicting Them as Primitive Furred Creatures

"The Colbert Report" is an Emmy Award-winning series hosted by Stephen Tyrone Colbert on Comedy Central television channel, owned by Viacom.

(RENO, NV) - Hindus are highly upset with American political satirist & TV host Stephen Colbert for depicting them as a tribe of some stocky primitive furred creatures jumping in the woods.

Talking about diversity at the recent Democratic National Convention in "The Colbert Report", Colbert said: Everywhere you looked, there were black people, Asian people, Latinos, Jews, Sikhs, Hindus…and simultaneously showed the picture of an African-American, an Asian, a Latino, a Jew and a Sikh.

Marine in Hospice Helps Other Veterans

Marine dying of pulmonary lung fibrosis reached out to help other veterans.

(HOLUALOA, HI) - There are no causality records of the dead and injured at Camp Lejeune. The Navy and Marine Corps strongly disagree that there’s any scientific evidence to support that the organic solvents and benzene in Lejeune’s wells caused injuries and deaths.

Critical Needs for Salem-News.com`s Tim and Bonnie King

Truth is a hard sell... don't let the bad guys beat us.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - Those familiar with the history of Salem-News.com know that it has been a long, hard road for Bonnie and I. Truth is a hard sell in the advertising world and that is a hard fact.

Now we are in different places; I am in California planning to go back to Afghanistan to cover the remaining part of the war, while Bonnie is in Oregon.

Medical Student Cheating- Is it Institutionalized?

"Cooperate and Graduate": When cheating is the norm.

(PORTLAND, OR) - The New York Times, September 15th 2012, reports “125 Harvard University students cheating on a final exam” by Rebecca Harrington, Harvard 2008. Other reports from all over the country report similar shenanigans even at West Point, Annapolis and the Air Force Academy. What gives?

Best grades get best internships!!! It doesn’t seem to make any difference where one is or what university, grades are the ONLY thing that matters.

One of the Most Important Voices in the World - Ken O`Keefe, TJP - Dig It- Live it!

"With truth, we can find justice, and only then is peace possible" - Ken O'Keefe

(BOSTON / SACRAMENTO) - Few voices in this world carry the impact of Ken O'Keefe, the Gaza activist and Salem-News.com reporter who has made world headlines time and time again while exposing the war crimes of Israel in the most direct terms.

Ken O'Keefe speaks words other men wish they had the courage to deliver. Most are far too weak of will and spirit.

U.S. Marine Arrested for Facebook Posts

Feds retaliate against another critic of the U.S. government.

(SALEM / RICHMOND) - A former U.S. Marine who is decorated for service in two wars, Brandon Raub, of Richmond Virginia, was arrested for Facebook posts this weekend.

Give It Up For Ya Boy: Muhsin `The Technician` Corbbrey

Aldin Entertainment Release NEW TJP RIDER!!!!

(EAST JERUSALEM / SAVANNAH) - The spirit of Palestine is one of great strength, so it is logical that this attribute would represent Palestinians everywhere, and it does.

This article is about a sports athlete that embraces the example of a fighter in and outside of the ring, Mohammed Ali. Muhsin Corbbrey is a full contact-fighting world champion in multiple organizations with experience competing in the Shidokan, ISCF, and UFC.