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Mom Allegedly Watched Her Underage Daughter Strip

Posted 03.18.2012

In December, Christina Lopez complained to police that her 17-year-old daughter was stripping. Now, the 42-year-old Oregon woman faces charges beca...

Food Stamps Can Now Buy You a Frappuccino

The Huffington Post | Tara Kelly | Posted 12.06.2011

A recent investigation by Oregon Fox affiliate KPTV has found that Frappuccinos can now be bought with food stamps at Starbucks stands located within ...

Salem Witch Trials Get A Second Look

Posted 01.08.2012

By G. Jeffrey MacDonald Religion News Service SALEM, Mass. (RNS) For centuries, scholars have wondered how a farming village in 1692 could have be...

Movie Review: The Green

Marshall Fine | Posted 12.18.2011

Marshall Fine

Every teacher's nightmare is being accused of violating the trust they've been given: doing something to abuse or harm one of their students. And, in...

Salem Citizens Win Against Big Coal

Philip Radford | Posted 07.13.2011

Philip Radford

The people of Massachusetts have paved the way for change across the country. They've shown us that if we're determined, if we're organized, and if we don't give up, we can stand up to Big Coal.

WATCH: Warlocks Hold 'Magical Intervention' For Sheen

Posted 05.25.2011

Charlie Sheen has alternately confused, delighted, mesmerized, aggravated, embarrassed and occasionally bored most of America over the last week. But...

The Reincarnation of Joseph McCarthy -- Congressman King

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 05.25.2011

Christopher Brauchli

America is not at war with Islam. But if Mr. King's hearings go as planned, it is a safe bet that lots of Muslims will believe the Republican party is.

Salem County soaked with at least 7 inches of rain; power outages persist from huge storm

NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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SALEM -- Soggy.That's perhaps the best way to explain conditions throughout Salem County after a storm more than a day-long dumped an estimated 7 ...

County Register of Deeds Picks Fight with MERS

Richard Zombeck | Posted 05.25.2011

Richard Zombeck

Assuming an average of 500 mortgages per week, this year alone, Southern Essex County has lost a potential $1.95 million in recording fees because of the MERS system of "avoiding" recording assignments.

Father-Son Bank Bombing Exposes Anti-Government 'Underworld'

AP | JEFF BARNARD | Posted 05.25.2011

SALEM, Ore. — People who knew Bruce Turnidge and his son say they loved their guns, hated President Obama, and fantasized about starting a milit...

Multiple gunshot wounds killed Salem man found dead in home, authorities say

NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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Staff photo by Britney LillyaPolice conduct their investigation Thursday outside the home of Agnel Montes who was found dead inside the residence ...

Calvin Hoover, of Salem, Oregon, charged with drunk driving after 911 call

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

SALEM, Ore. — Oregon police have charged a man with drunk driving after he called 911 to report his marijuana as stolen but the dispatcher could...

Nurse accused of stealing drugs, abusing patients faces prison term

NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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SALEM -- A former nurse accused of stealing medications and abusing patients throughout the county pleaded guilty to theft and two counts of elder...

If Torture is Not Punished, Charles Manson Should be Freed

Doon Baqi | Posted 05.25.2011

Doon Baqi

I don't know if the term "witch hunt" can be applied to the torturers of today. Unlike the women of Salem, these guys actually are the "witches", they did do what they are accused of.