Cottonwood Man Hit By Train

A Cottonwood man is in critical condition after being hit a Union Pacific Train in Red Bluff just after 2 am Saturday morning.  Red Bluff Police say 39-year old Gregory Guyton was lying on the tracks just north of Breckenridge Road when the engineer noticed him and sounded the train’s horn.  Police say the engineer tried to [...]

Campaign Roundup

     WASHINGTON (AP) – Barack Obama will be campaigning in Oregon
today a day after hauling in nine more superdelegates toward the
Democratic nomination.
     One of the superdelegates is the head of a 600,000-member
federal workers union, which has also thrown its support behind
Obama.
     Hillary Clinton picked up two delegates yesterday.
     The new superdelegate tally has Obama within [...]

Aid To Myanmar Comes With Propoganda Twist

 

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     YANGON, Myanmar (AP) – Myanmar’s military regime is apparently
trying to turn aid distribution to cyclone victims into a
propaganda exercise.
     State-run television has continuously run images of top generals
handing out boxes of aid to survivors at elaborate ceremonies.
     The director of Burma Campaign UK, which campaigns for human
rights and democracy in the country, says regional [...]