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Purdue Pharma Markets Deadly Drugs Through Facebook

Might be a good time for the FDA to make Purdue Pharma "honest" and require the word "addictive" along with "abuse liability" on their OxyContin label.

(MYRTLE BEACH, Calif.) - As the FDA finalizes their "Opioid Recommendations" by 2011, Purdue Pharma is "marketing directly to consumers" in Facebook - a social networking website

Gary Ruskin, Executive Director and Co-Founder of Commercial Alert, was quoted in 2005 as saying "Direct-to-consumer marketing of prescription drugs should be prohibited...

Demonstrators Protest Local Newspaper Over Racism

Former prison guard's determination for fighting prison racism sees a new front.

(SALEM, Ore.) - A group of demonstrators in Salem are angry with a local newspaper for ignoring racism, corruption and Civil Rights violations against African Americans; both inmates and guards, in the state prison.

The protest was led by former Corrections Officer William Coleman of Salem, who suffered extreme retaliation over blowing the whistle on racism in Oregon Corrections.

Terrence Aym Takes Aym on Salem-News.com

Salem-News.com welcomes Terrence Aym aboard.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Salem-News.com is extremely proud to join forces with one of the nation's top writers; Terrence Aym Takes Aym at some of the most cutting edge stories in the world, concentrating on subjects that potentially have great effect on mankind.

This Chicago writer's work is followed all over the world. One of his recent articles published on Salem-News.com brought over 160,000 visitors in a two day period and it is continuing.

Salem-News.com Goes Online in Russia

Increasingly going global...

(MOSCOW / SALEM) - It isn't every day that you have the pleasure of discovering that your product is reaching a whole new culture.

Salem-News.com was notified this week that the site is now being translated for a Russian audience, which is very convenient to learn, since Oregon has a sizable Russian and Ukrainian immigrant community.

Radio Free Asia Wins Major Environmental Reporting Prize

Mekong River series takes top honors.

(SALEM, Ore.) - The Society of Environmental Journalists today awarded Radio Free Asia (RFA) First Prize for Outstanding Online Reporting on the Environment for its 2010 multimedia series “The Last Untamed River.”

Salem-News.com Asks Viewers for Support

Salem-News.com and a few reasons why viewer support is more than meaningful, it is crucial to our existence.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Salem-News.com exists after six years because it has a good mission, and a lot of drive. The site's founders left established mainstream media careers to start the nation's first independent Internet news group in 2004.

They have given everything possible to meet the demands of daily news for over half a decade and they need your help to continue.

Op Ed: Deceitful Dialog, Doubtful-Named, Damages Democracy

No Latitude for Lying About Facts In Comments Here.

(SEASIDE, Ore.) - From Day One Salem-News has stood up for full, open, honest --and thus democratic-- American dialog.

Our Comments format was shaped to encourage and permit precisely that kind of full statement, strong and potent precisely because it reflects REAL PEOPLE --in their own words, after cogitation on strong feelings.

Iranian President Honors Salem-News.com Writer Kourosh Ziabari

We extend our warmest congratulations to a writer who consistently educates our readers about the realities of Iran.

(TEHRAN) - A Salem-News.com writer who consistently generates thought provoking articles about Middle East affairs, Kourosh Ziabari in Tehran, was honored by his nation's President at a special event that honors youth achievement in Iran.

We are very happy to hear of this extremely significant honor paid to our dedicated multi-linguistic journalist, whose work always brings a side of the story to American news consumers, that they miss entirely with mainstream media.

Wikileaks Releases `The Afghan War Diary`

We hope the impact will lead to a comprehensive understanding of the war in Afghanistan and modern warfare in general. - Wikileaks

(SALEM, Ore.) - WikiLeaks has released a document set called the Afghan War Diary (AWD), an extraordinary compendium of over 91,000 reports covering the war in Afghanistan from 2004 to 2010.

The reports, while written by soldiers and intelligence officers mainly describing lethal military actions involving the United States military, also include intelligence information, reports of meetings with political figures, and related detail.

Gubernatorial Candidate Launches New Business Start Ups in Minnesota - A Global Campaign

Catching up to FaceBook and surpassing its 500 million viewers is our corporate goal for the current set of three sites - John Uldrich

(MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.) - John Uldrich, Independence Party candidate for Minnesota Governor has launched a state/region/nation and international advertising campaign to solicit new business start ups throughout the State.