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Cycle Oregon 2013 Weekend Ride: `Summer Bike Camp`

Weekend event returns to Oregon State University in Corvallis with family-friendly focus and multiple route options.

(PORTLAND, OR) - Cycle Oregon’s Weekend Ride started in 2004 as a shorter alternative to the original week-long event – an effort to appease teachers and parents of school-age children who couldn’t make it in September.

But over its nine-year lifespan it has evolved with an identity of its own, summed up in its newly announced theme: “Summer Bike Camp.”

Legendary Lensman Dives Into Surfline`s Photo Universe

Iconic photographer Aaron Chang set to judge Surfline’s annual User Photo Challenge.

(HUNTINGTON BEACH) - Aaron Chang, one of the most prolific surf photographers of all time, is once again judging Surfline.com’s annual User Photo Challenge, and – along with Surfline's Jeremiah Klein and Billy Watts -- selecting the $1,000 winner.

Amateur photographers who upload to Surfline.com’s User Photos section will have their work ultimately judged by Mr. Chang himself in the yearly contest.

Activist Violently Arrested For Filming At Oregon Rodeo

SHARK’S video of horse tripping at the 2012 Big Loop Rodeo inspired Sen. Mark Hass, D-Beaverton to introduce a horse-tripping ban.

(JORDAN VALLEY, OR) - Animal Rights volunteer Adam Fahnestock was monitoring the Big Loop Rodeo Saturday when rodeo personnel and a deputy approached him.

After a very brief conversation, the deputy suddenly grabbed Fahnestock and threw him violently to the ground where rodeo personnel then also set upon him.

Updates on Investigation Into Multiple Explosions in Boston

FBI Special Agent Richard DesLauriers issues the latest information.

(BOSTON) - Since Monday’s bombings, the FBI and our law enforcement partners have been working around the clock and are fully committed to investigating this matter to bring those responsible for justice.

Our collective law enforcement team has pursued thousands leads and tips. As I said two days ago, we are working methodically and with a sense of urgency to identify those responsible...

European Football Determined to Reward Racism

Please ask your MP to write to Hugh Robertson, Minister for Sport, to complain.

(LONDON) - Israel has an unsporting record of sheer bloody-minded obstruction towards Palestinians’ efforts to participate in a wide range of sporting activity.

It is quite outrageous for the British government, to applaud and reward their racist behaviour.

Another Terror Attack; Another Terror Drill

For the first time since the Oklahoma Bomb in 1995 it seems that white extremists may be held responsible for a high profile terrorist attack.

(LONDON) - If whistleblower Ali Stevenson is correct, it appears that yet again a terrorist attack, this time the Boston bomb, occurred at the same time as an official exercise was taking place.

The Norwegian attack, the London 7/7 bombings and the 9/11 attacks all turned out to be running in tandem with exercises which were eerily similar to the real terrorist attacks.

Boston Massacre, Modern Style Artillery Barrages and Instant PTSD

From a Combat survivor, this is it...

(PORTLAND, OR) - About a million or more military Combat Veterans have PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). Whether they were able to watch the carnage of this recent Boston massacre is improbable.

For me, it brings back my WWII crossing of the Rhine River when about 150 members of my battalion were ravaged and many killed by artillery and every other kind of weapon the Germans had.

VIDEO: Explosive Blast at Finish Line of Boston Marathon

It happened at the Fairmount Copley Plaza Hotel.

(BOSTON) - It is described as pure mayhem. TV cameras from FOX News are showing the aftermath of two apparent bomb blasts at the finish line of the Boston Marathon.

Witnesses reported hearing two separate blasts, many people were in the area of the blast, there are no casualty numbers at this point.

Big Wave Season Wrap Up, XXL Biggest Wave Entry and Upcoming Hip Surgery

Includes the XXL entry photo shot by Bryn Forbes and my GoPro Hero 2 footage that was shot from a board mount of that ride.

(GIG HARBOR) - I would like to take a moment to thank you all for your continued support during my big wave adventures.

For over 13 years now, most of you have been following and or supporting me in some way, shape or form.

Fitness and the Value of Everyday Activities

From a fitness perspective, shoveling is one way to increase physical activity.

(NIAGRA FALLS) - After experiencing the Snow Storm of 2013 I realized the importance of fitness in relation to everyday activities as well as the value of everyday activities in relation to fitness.