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The Willamette Humane Society Spay and Neuter Clinic is Purrrrr-fect

Getting fixed makes for a long and happy life

(SALEM, Ore.) - The most important reason to spay or neuter your pet is that it will literally save lives. That is the message heard loud and clear when one enters the Willamette Humane Society's Spay and Neuter clinic in Salem.

A little known fact to most Americans is that pet overpopulation is a serious problem, reaching a crisis point in our country.

The Pool Party Scandal

An incident involving the corruption of minors is leading to a new resolve.

(CIUDAD, Juarez Mexico) - Alerted about a loud gathering at a big house in the Real de San Jose neighborhood known as “The Mansion,” local cops broke up a party last June 29 and detained 115 people, including 77 minors.

Of the detained youth, an estimated 75 percent were 14 or 15 years of age. Police reportedly discovered an intoxicated 12-year-old girl at the scene. The officers also confiscated three kegs of beer and 72 large bottles of brew.

Michelle Teheux: Proposed circumcision ban brings discussion

We don’t let parents decide to give their infants tattoos or similar body modifications. We quite rightly say these sorts of decisions should only be made by the individual upon adulthood...

(HAWLEY, Pa.) - The proposed circumcision ban in San Francisco has at least accomplished one thing: It has brought attention to an issue that is seldom talked about outside childbirth and parenting circles.

We got a letter to the editor from a reader upset about the proposed ban. People are talking about it, and that’s a good thing.

Two-Year-Old Child Injured After Fall From 4th Story Window

The Portland Police Bureau would like to remind people to consider using a window safeguard to control the height or width of your window openings, especially in residences with small children.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Portland Police officers assigned to Central Precinct responded to a residence in the 3600 Block of Southeast 28th Avenue on the report that a 2-year old child had fallen out of a 4th floor window.

It happened this afternoon shortly after 3:00 p.m.

In defense of foreskins

Cord Contributor Amelia Calbry-Muzyka argues that circumcision is simply mutilation and should be banned

(SAN FRANCISCO Cord) - San Francisco will vote on an issue that has raised a number of strong voices and opinions.

The circumcision ban would make it “unlawful to circumcise, excise, cut or mutilate the whole or any part of the foreskin, testicles, or penis of another person who has not attained the age of 18 years.”

Supreme Court Violent Video Games Ruling

The court ruling stems from California's attempt to ban the sale of violent video games to minors.

(CLEVELAND) - Under a brand new Supreme Court ruling, video games legally qualify as art.

The news dashes the hopes of those who wished to restrict and censor games, particularly over graphic violent content that many suggest can have a very negative impact on kids.

Queens Zoo Welcomes Four New Pronghorn Antelope Fawns

The pronghorns live alongside the zoo’s bison herd – two species that share the same landscape in nature.

(QUEENS, N.Y.) - The pronghorn antelope is the lone member of the family Antilocapridae.

They are true American natives that do not occur anywhere else in the world and are the second-fastest land animal in the world – second only to the cheetah.

An Ode to Life!

For every 800 births, one is diagnosed with Down Syndrome in women of ages 30-34. What is curiously shocking is that there are hardly any Down Syndrome births today!

(MADRID) - Sarah Palin did not separate from Trig Paxson, her Down Syndrome diagnosed son, during the entire US Election Campaign.

She would kiss him and stare at him with pride, knowing that the results of the election would directly affect their future.

El Grito de El Paso (The Cry of El Paso)

Defending Mexican refugees has emerged as a big issue in El Paso and other places.

(EL PASO) - On Memorial Day, Albuquerque resident Michael Brown embarked on a run of more than 260-miles to the US-Mexico border.

The long-distance runner began his marathon at the spot where the bodies of 11 murdered women were found on Albuquerque’s West Mesa back in February 2009. Headed south, the US Navy veteran stopped at a grave site to honor his fallen military brethren and then visited the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park in Truth or Consequences, NM.

The I-HATE-MY-FATHER Generation

Walking the tight rope of moral uprightness is a huge challenge these days.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - There is a generation in Africa and beyond that is utterly confused. Of course the word “confused” has a power to evoke some really strong feelings or reactions. But the confusion here is not of this generation’s own making - at least according to the way they look at things.

It is their fathers’ fault that they are confused, or so they say and that’s the sad part about the so-called fatherless generation.