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How Doctors Harm Us & Get Away With It

I recommend that all patients request copies of their patient files and that they read them carefully.

(EUGENE, Ore.) - I once read that more people in the US die each year due to doctor mistakes than in automobile accidents.

More recently I talked with a medical malpractice attorney who told me that doctor mistakes were the leading cause of death in the United States. Of those who do not die due to these mistakes, many are maimed and go on to lead miserable lives.

First-of-Its Kind Mobile Sensor Technology Revolutionizes Road Maintenance Industry

Industry Leader Vaisala Launches Cross-Country Tour.

(SALEM) - For the first time, road maintenance departments now have the ability to access weather data from their entire networks of roads with mobile sensor technology developed by Vaisala, a global leader in environmental management.

To coincide with the announcement of its Condition Patrol technology, the company is launching Vaisala Across America, a cross-country tour to start February 1 from the company’s U.S. headquarters in Louisville, Colo.

Beekeeper`s Discovery, Funding Open New Path of Inquiry for WSU Colony Collapse Research

"The truth is out there” - The X-Files

(PULLMAN, Wash.) - For longtime commercial beekeeper Eric Olson of Yakima, no sting is as painful as the one he felt last winter when he discovered his hives had gone silent.

Peering into each box, he saw the queen and a mere scattering of her worker-bee offspring; tens of thousands of adult bees - gone.

Take Action to Stop Use of the Military Against Unions and Workers

The U.S. has chided governments for unleashing the armed forces against their own citizens...

(LONDON / OAKLAND) - Monday, Occupy Oakland and labor organizations have called a demonstration to protest the use of armed Coast Guard cutters and helicopters to escort a ship into the port of Longview, Washington to load grain from the EGT terminal.

The terminal is being picketed by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU)... this is a struggle for their survival.

Peace activists occupy nuclear sub base entrance to honor MLK

Trained peacekeepers from Ground Zero ensured the safety of all participants during the vigil and action, and communicated with base security personnel as needed.

(SEATTLE) - Activists from a local peace group blocked entry to the main gate at the Navy’s West coast Trident nuclear submarine base Saturday for nearly a half hour in an act of civil resistance to nuclear weapons.

Substantial Snow Headed for Seattle This Week

By the end of Tuesday, at least 3 to 6 inches of the white stuff will be on the ground around the Emerald City.

(STATE COLLEGE, Pa.) - After a modest round of wintry weather over the weekend, more snow, including a potentially historic winter storm will target the Pacific Northwest this week, with heavy accumulations expected, even in Seattle.

In the Cascades of Washington and Oregon, snow will be measured in feet and along some western-facing slopes, it could take multiple yard sticks to total up the powder!

North Carolina Firm Recalls Diced Beef Products that May Contain Foreign Materials

The problem occurred as a result of a conveyor belt being damaged during production.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - RSW Distributors, LLC, is recalling approximately 3,104 pounds of seasoned diced beef products that may contain foreign materials, the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced today.

Faces of Oregon war dead

Oregonians from 70 towns have been killed in the fighting overseas...

(PORTLAND) - The Sunday Oregonian rightly welcomed an Oregon Army National Guard battalion home from Afghanistan.

But we need also note that, according to the Pentagon, at least 93 military members who claimed home towns in Oregon have died in the Iraq and AfPak wars. The Oregonian counts 111 because its criteria is that a GI need only have "some tie" to Oregon or SW Washington to be counted.

Activists have their Say in Court for Abolition of Nuclear Weapons

A retired Navy nuclear submarine commander testified that national security strategy based on the threat of nuclear annihilation is dangerous...

(SEATTLE) - Peace activists made their case for the abolition of nuclear weapons, specifically the Trident nuclear weapons system, while on trial in a Kitsap County courtroom on January 4th and 5th for blocking the entrance to a local nuclear weapons base.

The ten defendants in two separate trials were charged with being “pedestrians on Roadway Unlawfully,” a traffic infraction.

Toxic chemical releases increased in 2010 throughout the Pacific Northwest and Alaska

Includes TRI data broken out by industry, chemicals, and facilities for Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Recent data from the federal Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) shows that toxic chemical releases rose in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. The 2010 TRI reports how over 600 chemicals on the TRI list were managed, where they ended up, and how 2010 releases compare to 2009.

The 2010 TRI National Analysis shows that TRI releases rose 16 percent across the nation between 2009 and 2010, reversing a downward trend from recent years.