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Stephen Schneider and Linda Schneider Trial - Day 1

Jury selection will be completed tomorrow morning with the attorneys' opening statements after the lunch break.

(WICHITA, Kansas) - Two Years After Being Arrested Jury Selection Begins in Trial of "Pill Mill" Doc and Nurse Wife.

Jury selection is taking place today in a Federal Courthouse in Wichita, Kansas of Stephen Schneider, a former doctor, and his wife, Linda Schneider, a Licensed Practical Nurse who managed their medical clinic.

Louis Maxwell (In Memorial)

Poetic verse about the tragic friendly fire casualties in the current wars, and the accompanying lack of justice.

(LOS ANGELES) - Salem-News.com conveys and expresses news and information in ways that most Americans are not accustomed to, but still need. We use video, photographs, words, slideshows, audio clips and more to help tell a story.

We see poetry becoming a bigger aspect of Salem-News.com over time and we also plan to develop a special section just to showcase this work.

Is Iran Really a Threat?

The Obama administration ratchets up the rhetoric about Iran, but Ray McGovern wonders if this is just another dangerous hype.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said publicly that Iran “doesn't directly threaten the United States.” Her momentary lapse came while answering a question at the U.S.-Islamic World Forum in Doha, Qatar, on Feb. 14.

Fortunately for her, most of her Fawning Corporate Media (FCM) fellow travelers must have been either jet-lagged or sunning themselves poolside when she made her unusual admission.

The Wellbeing of Women: The Indecency of Man

Open letter to President Obama from an Australian Justice of the Peace.

(MT MORGAN, Aust.) - Everything in nature is intended to be in balance. The value of womanhood is intended to balance the insufficiency of Man. But this has been suppressed for centuries by the domination of male ego and self-indulgence.

While this persists, we as a species will never reach our potential or womanhood its respected security.

Trial of Kansas Pain Doctors Will be on Our Radar

"A lawyer's performance in the courtroom is responsible for about 25 percent of the outcome -- the remaining 75 percent depends on the facts." Melvin Belli (prominent American attorney July 29, 1907 – July 9, 1996)

(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) - Beginning Monday, April 26 I will be writing about the a trial taking place in Wichita, Kansas.

It is expected to run six to eight weeks. The 69 page indictment against the Schneiders suggests a serious pattern of questionable drug dealing and a large number of related deaths.

The Mexican History and Geography Gap

Juarenses are a tough lot, and many people are hunkering down and doing all they can to survive in and improve a place they call home.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - Mexico and the border are once again big news. Stories fill the press about Michele Obama and Hilary Clinton traveling south of the border to show their support for an embattled government.

Report after report comes in about the latest atrocities in the so-called narco-war.

What Does the Israel-Backed UAE Say?

Mr. Nahyan and his family members can take sovereignty of three islands they claim to be the owner of, and the United Arabic Emirates will be returned to Iran. That's a fair swap!

(TEHRAN) - Speaking or writing as an Iranian citizen makes it difficult to weigh in on the latest remarks made by the UAE Foreign Minister, Abdallah Bin Zayid Al Nahyan.

He likened Iran's legal sovereignty of it's Persian Gulf islands to the Zionist regime's occupation of Syria's Golan heights.

Pharmaceutical Scents

Purdue's scent strategy involves a balmy bouquet smell in its exhibits.

(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) - With the time to develop a drug taking 10 to 15 years, and the cost to create it soaring more than 300 percent since 1987, the pharmaceutical industry is a competitive landscape.

Purdue Pharma, manufacturer of analgesics and other drugs, likes to create a sense of ease in its trade show exhibits and capture attendees’ attention by prescribing a bit of aromatherapy.

California and Oregon Nurseries Prevail in South Carolina Trade-Restraint Lawsuit

"If the principle of federal preemption had been undermined, then the door would swing open to a patchwork of regulation among the states and marketplace chaos would ensue" - OAN executive director John Aguirre

(SACRAMENTO) - The California Association of Nurseries and Garden Centers and the Oregon Association of Nurseries successfully resolved a federal lawsuit against South Carolina today.

The two associations filed their lawsuit on March 10 challenging a regulation that disrupted shipments of plant material from California and Oregon growers.

Worldwide Screening of Marijuana Documentary on Defacto Pot Holiday

The film starts in the heavily guarded fields of Northern California’s Emerald Triangle where the longtime growers of “Pineapple Kush” make the transition into the legal world of Medical Marijuana.

(LOS ANGELES) - For years now, Marijuana enthusiasts have adopted April 20th as their own holiday.

This year they celebrate in style with a worldwide screening of How Weed Won the West with its LA screening at Paramount Studios and a 30,000-person march in Toronto, Canada.