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Random Acts: the Man from Iron Mountain... Up In Michigan

There's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end. ~Scott Adams

(DAYTONA BEACH, FL) - The year was 1959. We were driving, in fact moving, my wife and I and our two small boys, from Edmonton to Toronto.

Second day out, in Manitoba, we pulled into a rest area a few miles from Portage La Prairie.

Israel-Palestine Talks in Windsor, Ontario, Canada and Throughout Oregon

Rich Forer's talks will focus on the psycho-spiritual dimensions of the Israel-Palestine conflict.

(SALEM) - Throughout the month of March I will be speaking at venues in Canada, only minutes away from the Detroit, MI area, and Oregon.

If you're in the area I hope you can attend. If you know people in those areas please make this information available to them.

Countering Slurs: Hollywood`s Anti-Arab Propaganda

Very few films or TV programmes portray Arabs in a favourable light. Those that do need to counter the negative images reflected in the bigotry of a century in Hollywood.

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - Fordson High School is a secondary school in Dearborn, Michigan. At times Dearborn has been a victim of hostility toward its Muslim community. The city has the largest concentration of Arabs outside of the Middle East.

The school and its football (American football) team is the setting for the new film “Fordson: Faith, Fasting, Football”.

Stripped of Liberty for Avenging Drug Dealer`s Sex Crimes Against an 11-Year Old Girl

An update on Former Political Prisoner Ali Khalid Abdullah

(DETROIT, Mich.) - A most unique and distressing story has been under investigation by Civil Rights Advocate William Coleman, a former Oregon Prison Guard who blew the whistle on racism and hate crimes at the Oregon State Penitentiary and barely escaped the ordeal without a prison sentence of his own.

White House issues `FACT SHEET: Fueling American Innovation`

A National Program to Build the New, More Efficient Cars and Trucks of the Future.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Today, President Obama will travel to Holland, Michigan to tour the Johnson Controls Inc. advanced battery facility.

While at Johnson Controls Inc., the President will highlight the key role innovative technologies will play in helping automakers achieve the historic fuel economy standards, establishing U.S. leadership in advanced vehicle manufacturing, spurring economic growth, and creating high-quality domestic jobs in cutting edge industries across America.

Police Say Israeli Stabbed at Least 18 African-American Men

Serial Stabbing Suspect Nabbed Before Flying Home to Israel; the mental health counsellor is suspected in a string of stabbings of US citizens.

(SALEM, Ore.) - 33-year Elias Abuelazam, an Israeli citizen, has been arrested in a string of 20 stabbings of mostly black men, in three states. Five were killed. Authorities have no idea how many more victims there may actually be.

Abuelazam was nabbed by US Customs and Border Protection as he attempted to board a plane in Atlanta bound for Israel. The suspect was apparently based in Flint, Michigan.

Michigan Leading the Way for Veterans and Medical Cannabis

The very serious problem for veteran patients who qualify for the MI State Medical Marijuana Program, is that they are caught in a "Catch-22" trap.

(DETROIT, Mich.) - Michigan citizens demonstrated overwhelming support for medical cannabis in the November election in 2008.

Since then, three VA Medical Center directors, with the determination by the VA Regional General Counsel, have made the use of medical cannabis an acceptable adjunct therapy.

Amazing Tribute to Edmund Fitzgerald Features Real Footage

"But it looks from the information that we have that it's, uh, fairly certain that the, uh, Fitzgerald went down" -

(SALEM, Ore.) - A tribute to the 29 men who died November 10, 1975, aboard the Edmund Fitzgerald in Lake Superior has been posted on YouTube.

It is a heart wrenching piece and it really puts the viewer into the story of these men who all were lost due to tragic circumstances and bad timing.