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Book self-publishing interests surges among new writers

Writing, they say, is easy. Getting the manuscript published is the hard part. While you may consider your manuscript a gem of a material, getting big name publishing houses interested in your book is not easy at all. Your option? Publish your own book. Do you have great...

HOLIDAY OF GUILT AND GIFTS: "MERRY SICKMAS!"

HOLIDAY OF GUILT AND GIFTS: MERRY SICKMAS!By Rein D. Gillstrom (12/25/09)Global Warming, Climate Change, and businesses “Going Green” is merely a mutual Conspiracy Reality committed to the formulation of a...

Stephen King Paid $12,999 to Bring Troops Home for Christmas

Stephen King and his wife Tabitha are donating $12,999 to bring 150 soldiers from an Indiana camp to Maine back for Christmas. Stephen King was originally asked for a donation of $13,000, but the author thought 13 was an unlucky number. Thus King pitched in for $12,999, and...

The End of the War, And Then What?

     The recent news, while President Obama is across the pond accepting his award of the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize, like it or not, is that the U.S. is in for another buildup...

"Pink Glove Dance" YouTube Video Promotes Breast Cancer Awareness

If you haven't seen it yet, you must check out the "Pink Glove Dance" YouTube video for breast cancer awareness. Staff at the Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland, Oregon recently made this uplifting...

Prisoner Grows Pot Plant in Jail Convinces Guards It's Tomato

28 year-old Mohamed Jalloh, a prisoner at Verne Prison, grew a pot plant in his cell for five months after convincing the guards at the facility it was merely a tomato plant. Jollah, who is serving an eight year sentence for supplying class A drugs, garnered admiration from...

Greg Oden Injury Video: Blazer to miss the rest of the season

Greg Oden fractured his left kneecap in a game against the Houston Rockets and will miss the rest of the season.  With 7:49 remaining in the first quarter, Oden went to block a shot by Aaron Brooks but the two...

First Cannabis Café in United States Opens in Portland, Oregon

The United States' first-ever Cannabis Café opened in Portland, Oregon last Friday, November 13, at 4:20 p.m. The concept behind the cafe, located at 700 N.E. Dekum St., is to serve as a catalyst for the...

Cannabis Cafe opens in Portland, Oregon , 'smoking on premises'

In a salute to the  the Obama administration’s ceasing  of federal raids on  all medical marijuana dispensaries in compliance with state law,  the Cannabis Cafe has been opened by a...

Tualatin Shooting At Drug Test Lab: One Person And Gunman Dead

Tualatin shooting at Legacy Medical Laboratories near Portland, Oregon, has left two people dead. An unidentified woman was killed and two more people were injured. The name of the woman is not being released. The gunman died from a self-inflicted wound. The shooting took...

Mary George Art, Camouflage Party Invades Frieze Art Fair 2009

In the last hours of the Frieze Art Fair, London’s most prestigious venue for edgy artists, Mary George crashed Club Nutz Gallery with Camouflage Party. Just two weeks prior, Camouflage Party opened at Rocksbox...

Summit Gives "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn" The Green Light

A press release today states that "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn" has been given the green light to begin initial production by Summit Entertainment. There is still speculation as to whether "Breaking Dawn"...

A Yellowstone Adventure for the Ages

Yellowstone National Park, WY -- Nick Buck-Niehaus and Tony Kau of Portland, Oregon explored Yellowstone National Park on motorcycles last week.  As they prepare to journey around the world on their...

Brother Speed Motorcycle Club Members in Accident on I5

23 members of the Brother Speed Motorcycle Club have been involved in an accident this morning on Interstate I5 in Portland. Witnesses say that the cars were slowing down because of traffic build-up, when 3 bikes...

Maine Catholic Church vamps up anti-gay marriage platform

I first came upon this news item when reading America blog Gay.  It said that the gay church was stepping up its "gay bashing and hate",  so I linked to the article and found this in the Boston Herald....

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