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ReconTrust Drives up Foreclosures in Oregon

Washington saw a 12.1 percent slip in Notice of Trustee Sale filings from March, and were down 25.4 percent year-over-year.

(DISCOVERY BAY, Calif.) - More than twice as many Oregon homeowners received notices of default in April as in March, due to a flurry of filings by a single lender.

Notices of Default were up 236.2 percent from March and 72,27 percent over a year ago.

Border History Lives On

Museo Urbano opens new intellectual doors for understanding El Paso’s historical roots and cultural legacies.

(EL PASO, Tx.) - Dancing to the soaring cumbia sounds of Frontera Bugalu, a large crowd inaugurated El Paso’s newest gem this month.

#16 UO Beats #9 Arizona, 12-6

No. 16 Duck Softball Routs No. 9 Wildcats, 12-6

(TUCSON, Ariz.) - The No. 16 University of Oregon softball team (35-11, 7-7) banged out a season-high 16 hits Saturday night to beat No. 9 Arizona (36-13, 7-7) for the second straight game.

Special Report The Great Immigration Stalemate

SB 1070's momentum could be dissipating, but immigration controversies are still stewing.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - Five years ago, possibly millions of people marched across the US demanding justice for the nation’s estimated 12 million undocumented residents.

Hitting a high point with work stoppages on May Day 2006, the pro-immigrant protest was the largest social movement in the US since the civil rights and anti-Vietnam War years.

Immigration News: Nobody`s War, Everybody`s Struggle

Kidnapping, extortion, torture, even kidney and eye extraction; tough to fight with gangs, police and local residents working in collusion.

(LA CRUCES, N.M.) - Shrouded in burka-like attire, the anonymous woman was suddenly transformed into “nobody.”

Buy Cable TV, Get a Free Gun

Meanwhile GOP presidential contenders support a moral crusade to save America.

(APTOS, Calif.) - Guns in churches, schools and bars. Immigrants expelled to solve financial problems. Morality praised as the key national issue.

American politics are getting more bizarre and in some cases, borders on the nutty. Current politics include Republican legislatures in Texas, Arizona, Georgia and Minnesota fighting for their "rights" to reject energy efficiency light bulbs, while South Carolina will manufacture their own state's rights incandescent bulbs.

The Columbus Indictment...

Federal Agency’s “Good Story” Spin Conceals Ugly Underbelly of the Drug War; ATF’s PR Gun Busts Perpetuate Drug-War Fairy Tale.

(COLUMBUS, N.M. The Narcosphere) - The ATF is in the hot seat now because of its alleged investigative practices that have allowed thousands of illegally purchased firearms to be smuggled into Mexico by warring narco-trafficking organizations.

An ATF whistleblower contends at least 1,800 firearms illegally purchased in the U.S. were allowed to “walk” across the border.

Jesse Kelly`s Three Round Burst

Profit from Participating in an illegal unjustified war.
Encourage violence against an elected American official.
Watch the the people fall.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Are we done with dangerous politicians and media pundits yet? Is it not illegal for Beck, Palin and others to call for violence and then watch it happen?

If you don't believe me, maybe you will believe a disabled American Veteran named Eric Fuller who was shot the same day that six people died in Tucson.

Tucson: Memories and the Impact of Unspeakable Tragedies on our Hearts and Minds

My purpose in documenting this is to follow up on the many unanswered questions about the tragedy that occurred that day.

(TUCSON) - This week the 25th anniversary of the space shuttle Challenger disaster passed. I will never forget where I was that tragic afternoon.

It is a remarkable human trait that we benchmark tragic events and remember precisely where we were and what we were doing. Who can forget where they were when JFK was murdered? Who can forget where they were when the WTC can down.

`Cognitive Rehabilitation Therapy` for Wounded Politicians, But Not Injured Troops?

Though top brain specialists have endorsed cognitive rehabilitation as an effective treatment for brain injury, Tricare officials have said that scientific evidence does not justify providing it comprehensively to troops.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was transferred today to TIRR Memorial Hermann, a premier rehab hospital renowned for its treatment of traumatic brain injuries.

The hospital calls itself “one of very few hospitals in the country designated as a model system for traumatic brain injury.” One technique is cognitive rehabilitation therapy. The treatment is denied to America's war injured...