Michael's Reference

Opponents of an Islamic community center and mosque planned to be built near ground zero say it would desecrate hallowed ground. But suspicion has greeted proposed mosque projects in places less hallowed than ground zero -- in Murfreesboro, Tennessee; Sheboygan, Wisconsin; Temecula, California; and elsewhere.

Iraq is suddenly back at the top of the news.

It has been dubbed India's version of the Hollywood blockbuster "Avatar." And just like the movie, the indigenous group fighting to save its sacred homeland has won a major fight.

The Somali government has pledged to fight back against militants who have launched a campaign to rid the nation of African Union troops that are propping up the transitional government.

The statistics are devastating, but for aid workers like Faisal Kapadia and Awab Alvi, witnessing the despair from the Pakistan flooding was far more tragic than they imagined.

A single engine aircraft carrying 11 passengers and three crew members crashed south of Kathmandu while flying to the Everest region Tuesday morning, government officials said.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is planning to go to North Korea this week in the hopes of securing the release of an American man imprisoned for illegally entering the communist nation, officials said.

A former Marine who was convicted of killing a pregnant female colleague felt the wrath of the victim's mother.

The hostage crisis in Manila that left eight Hong Kong tourists dead has generated sorrow and anger as well as raised many questions over the handling of the situation by the Filipino authorities.

A nurse, charged with murder in the deaths of five newborns killed in a fire at a Romanian hospital, is expected to appear before a judge Tuesday.

A Portland man suspected in a string of car and gas thefts stretching across the nation was arrested Sunday along the Rogue River near Gold Hill after leading police on a high-speed chase.

GRANTS PASS — A contestant for Miss Oregon's Outstanding Teen said her crown and sash were stolen along with $2,000 worth of personal items at the Josephine County Fair Saturday.

If it's Fish Lake and it's in Southern Oregon, the water's fine.

After two years of work, the city of Ashland has a plan to redevelop one of the largest blocks of unused land in town.

The decision by the Siskiyou Crest Goat Dairy owners to terminate their top-rated Grade A license to adopt an alternative ownership model marks a first for the Oregon Department of Agriculture, said agency director Katy Coba.

Forest Service fire bosses came out swinging to beat down a small wildfire discovered Sunday in remote Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest land 15 miles east of Brookings.

Felony arrests

Is there any chance of either a flashing caution light or regular traffic signal coming to the intersection of Foothill and Cedar Links roads? That's a pretty bad intersection, especially turning left off of Cedar Links onto Foothill.

A Medford man was charged with illegal possession of a gun after a revolver with a scratched-off serial number fell out of his waistband and shot him in the leg Saturday night.

One man is charged with public indecency and another with menacing after a confrontation at a skinny-dipping spot near Howard Prairie Lake Monday.