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Prosecutors Indict Woman in MySpace Cyberbully / Suicide Case

Missouri authorities have been investigating, but they have opted not to charge Lori Drew. The federal authorities in California are the first to move forward with legal charges.

(LOS ANGELES) - A Los Angeles federal Grand Jury indicted a Missouri mother whose actions through an online hoax may have led to a 13-year-old girl's suicide.

Lori Drew is alleged to have become closely involved in her teen daughter's love life, and that may be where the problems began. Prosecutors say she helped create a false MySpace page to contact Megan Meier who thought she was talking with a 16-year-old boy named "Josh Evans."

Oregon Man Pleads Guilty to Selling Counterfeit Software Worth $1 Million

According to documents filed in court, between December 2005 and October 2007, Mondello initiated thousands of separate online auctions, using more than 40 fictitious usernames.

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - An Oregon man pleaded guilty today to selling counterfeit computer software with a retail value of more than $1 million, in addition to aggravated identity theft and mail fraud, announced Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Alice S. Fisher and Karin J. Immergut, U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon.

This case is part of the Justice Department's initiative to combat online auction piracy.

Investors Can Help Salem-News.com Change the Way America Receives News

It is time to seize the future of news in America.

(SALEM, Ore.) - If we as a society are not careful, then the same media groups that supply your evening news will soon be the only ones bringing Americans Web news, and the big business corporate media nightmare continues.

Salem-News.com Sees Technical Problems Tuesday

An update on today's downtime, email problems and our scheduled trip to Iraq.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Technical issues have been the order of the day here at Salem-News.com today. Everything fortunately, has been resolved due to the teamwork of Matt Lintz, David Duncan and Bonnie King who were able to save the day and get the site mostly back online by 8:30 AM Pacific time.

When a site has a technical problem it can take many hours to the site to "repropagate" on the World Wide Web. Our apologies to our regular visitors who have had to go more hours without us.

New Telecommuting Website Enables Job Seekers to Rate and Review Employers

The site helps people find legitimate work at home jobs and offers social networking.

(VACAVILLE, Calif.) - Telecommuting is a growing trend as more employees look to work from home to save on commuting costs, spend more time with loved ones or to pursue job opportunities that would otherwise not be available to them in their region.

A new web site, TeleCommuteReview.com has recently launched that offers people the ability to rate and review companies who employ telecommuter and socialize with other people who work from home using a social networking feature that is similar to the popular Facebook Website. Additionally, employers can post free job advertisements.

Letter to the Salem-News.com News Editor

Use your new power wisely and fairly. For if not, with the introduction and advances in artificial intelligence in super computers, future leaders may be robots with lap tops.

(TROUTDALE, Oregon) - The evolution of communications to the masses has evolved from street rallies, the pulpit, to the printing press, to radio to TV and now computer Internet-news has become the leading source of information in the USA and most of the world.

Northern Coast 10-digit Dialing Goes Into Effect for Residents

The 14 coastal exchanges to join the 503/971 area code overlay in 2008 are Astoria, Cannon Beach, Seaside, Warrenton, Bay City, Beaver, Cloverdale, Garibaldi, Pacific City, Rockaway, and Tillamook and Nehalem.

(SALEM, Ore.) - In case you haven’t heard, seven-digit dialing will no longer work for local telephone calls for customers in fourteen north Oregon coast telephone exchanges beginning this coming weekend.

New Technology in the Field Means IED Threats Should Finally be Reduced

Iraqi Security Forces obtain new counter IED system.

(BAGHDAD, Iraq) - Coalition military police forces here will soon be freed up on extra convoy duties that Iraqi security forces will take over. As of 2006 the Government of Iraq has engaged in a $51 million contract to purchase 411 Symphony counter-improved explosive device jammers.

After numerous technical and administrative delays the new units are finally going into the field, in the Baghdad area of operation.

Complete Tektronix DisplayPort Test Solution Certified by VESA

Tektronix First to Receive Certification for DisplayPort.

(BEAVERTON, Ore.) - Tektronix, Inc. a leading, worldwide provider of test, measurement and monitoring instrumentation, announced Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) certification for Tektronix test solution for the DisplayPort 1.1 standard covering source, cable, and sink testing.

The solution represents a complete test bench for engineers wanting to optimize and validate the performance of their DisplayPort designs.

VisionGate Selects MathStar to Help Deliver Innovative Cell-CT(TM) Cellular Characterization Platform

Medical Imaging Company Employs the Arrix(R) Field Programmable Object Array (FPOA) Chip for its Industry-Leading Performance.

(HILLSBORO, Ore.) - MathStar, Inc. has been selected by VisionGate, Inc. to help develop a potentially groundbreaking medical imaging solution for cellular characterization employing 3D computed tomographic scanning on intact cells from patients at risk of cancer.

After extensive evaluation and benchmarking against other computing architectures, VisionGate selected MathStar's Arrix FPOA chip as the processing engine for its Cell-CT platform, which is entering investigational clinical trials.