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Mount Hood Climbers Missing: 3 Climbers Reported Lost In Oregon

AP | WILLIAM McCALL | Posted 12.13.2009 | Home

Read More: Mount Hood Climbers, Climbers Missing Mount Hood, Mount Hood, Mount Hood Climbers Missing, Missing People, Climbers Missing Oregon, Oregon, Missing Climbers, Home News

PORTLAND, Ore. — Crews on Saturday found the body of a climber missing on Oregon's Mount Hood but two others were still missing more than a day ...

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"Geek Love" Author Fights Off Purse Snatcher

The Oregonian | Andy Dworkin | Posted 12.09.2009 | Books

Read More: Trader Joe's, Purse Snatchers, Katherine Dunn, Portland, Geek Love, Authors, Oregon, Books, Muggers, Books News

Author Katherine Dunn spent more than 10 years training with the fighters of Knott Street Boxing Club in Northeast Portland's Matt Dishman Community C...

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A Public Option That Won't Break the Bank

Burton L. Wise | Posted 12.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Medical Care, Health Care Public Option, Oregon, Politics News

A similar program to Oregon's could be established nationally, with the priority list determined by the Institute of Medicine, the CDC, or another appropriate agency.

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Jennifer Lee And Keith Lee Missing: Search Is On For Christmas Tree Cutters Missing In Oregon

AP | JEFF BARNARD | Posted 12.03.2009 | Home

Read More: Cut Your Own Christmas Tree, Christmas Tree Cutters, Snowmobile, Keith Lee, Jennifer Lee, Medford, Oregon, Christmas Tree, Home News

MEDFORD, Ore. — Searchers combed dark and snowy forests near the crest of the Cascade Range in southern Oregon on Wednesday night for a couple w...

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Hospital Gets Down In "Pink Glove Dance" For Breast Cancer Awareness

Posted 11.18.2009 | Impact

Read More: Breast Cancer, Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, Portland, Oregon, Breast Cancer Awareness, Pink Glove Dance, Pink Glove Video, Providence Pink Glove Dance, Pink Gloves Dance, The Pink Glove Dance, Youtube Pink Glove Dance, Breast Cancer Hospital Dance, Pink Glove Dance for Breast Cancer, Impact News

There are lots of ways people decide to promote awareness of breast cancer: by wearing little ribbon pins, buying sponsored pink products, doing a run...

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10 States Face Looming Budget Disasters: Pew Report

AP | JUDY LIN | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: States Fiscal Crisis, Wisconsin, California, States Budgets, Florida, Illinois, Nevada, Arizona, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Michigan, Oregon, Politics News

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In Arizona, the budget has grown so gloomy that lawmakers are considering mortgaging Capitol buildings. In Michigan, state ...

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Tualatin Shooting: 2 Dead, 2 Others Injured In Suburban Portland Shooting (VIDEO)

AP / Huffington Post | Posted 11.10.2009 | Home

Read More: Drug Testing Center, Strip Mall Shooting, Tualatin Shooting, Portland, Tualatin Oregon Shooting, Legacy Metro Drug Testing Center, Portland Shooting, Tualatin Drug Testing, Oregon, Home News

UPDATE 7:45PM: Tualatin Police Chief Kent Barker told HuffPost that the male shooter was in a relationship with the female victim, who worked at Legac...

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Calvin Hoover Charged: Oregon Man Accused Of Drunk Driving After 911 Call

AP | Posted 11.07.2009 | Home

Read More: Drunk Driving, Marion County Sheriff, Salem, Dui, Stolen Pot, Calvin Hoover, Oregon, Crime, Marijuana, Alcohol, Home News

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...

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An Historic and Emotional Moment

Rep. Earl Blumenauer | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Hate Crimes, Barack Obama, Earl Blumenauer, Oregon, White House, Matthew Shepard, Human Rights Campaign, Mike Quigley, Politics News

Today, after too many years of delay, President Obama signed into law a bill that makes it a federal hate crime to assault people based on sexual orientation.

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Cost of Beer Unlikely To Fall Despite Plummeting Hops Prices, Crop Surplus

oregonlive.com | John Foyston | Posted 10.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Farming, Beer, Agriculture, Washington, Crop Shortage, Oregon, Hops, Harvesting, Business News

The hops shortage of 2007 is over, buried in a glut of unsold hops. Don't expect craft beer prices to follow -- the $5 pint and $9 six-pack are likely...

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Meet the New Health Care Reform, Same as the Old Health Care Reform

Aaron E. Carroll | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Uninsured, Minnesota, Public Option, Tennessee, Washington, Health Care Reform, Vermont, Massachusetts, Oregon, Maine, Politics News

We will get the incremental health care reforms we were promised. Things will likely get better in the short term. Then, since we didn't contain costs, we'll need to enact real reform. Or, things will go right back to the status quo.

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Legalize It and I Will Industrialize It: Industrial Hemp Is the Engine to Kickstart This Economy

Anna Brones | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Vote Hemp, Oregon, North America, Hemp, Living Harvest, Marijuana, Drug Enforcement Administration, Industrial Hemp, Reefer Madness, Livity, Naturally Advanced Technologies, Ecotextiles, Green News

Multipurpose and versatile -- hemp makes its way into everything from ice cream to paint to clothing -- hemp could be called the wonder resource.

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Hummer's Now History -- Here's How It Started

Steve Parker | Posted 10.10.2009 | Business

Somewhere, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has tears in his eyes. His favorite vehicle, Hummer, has left the building. Its sale was announce...

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Why Is Obama Trying to Crush Primaries That Would Help Him Overcome His Legislative Obstacles?

David Sirota | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, Michael Bennet, Kirsten Gillibrand, Joe Sestak, Oregon, Ned Lamont, Barack Obama, Politics News

The most significant news about Obama's democracy-crushing efforts in Pennsylvania, Colorado and New York is not what it says about his integrity, but what it says about his political priorities.

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"Mercy Killing": When Love & Law Conflict

Jacob M. Appel | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Murder, Medical Ethics, Jim Fish, Politics, Montana, Right to Die, Crime, Assisted Suicide, Jack Kevorkian, Washington, Oregon, Paul Weinstein, Euthanasia, Bioethics, Health Care, Politics News

The blame in two murder cases rests squarely with a society that forces devoted husbands and wives to choose between the welfare of their spouses and the letter of the law.

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Brooke Wilberger: Woman's Remains Found After Killer Cooperates

AP | WILLIAM McCALL | Posted 11.21.2009 | Home

Read More: Oregon, Joel Courtney, Crime, Corvallis, Brooke Wilberger, BYU, Bringham Young University, Home News

CORVALLIS, Ore. — Five years after college student Brooke Wilberger disappeared, a man arrested in her abduction pleaded guilty to murder and po...

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A Double Whammy for Animal Shelters

Michael Markarian | Posted 11.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Taxes, Pets, Animals, Recession, Economy, Voting, Oregon, Lincoln County, Animal Shelters, Green News

Most people wouldn't imagine living in an area with no school, no hospital, no police, no road maintenance, or no trash collection. An animal shelter, too, is a community institution, and shouldn't be allowed to go under.

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LeGarrette Blount Suspended For Season By Oregon

AP | ANNE M. PETERSON, AP Sports Writer | Posted 10.21.2009 | Home

Read More: LeGarrette Blount Suspended, Sports, LeGarrette Blount, Legarrette Blount Punch, LeGarrette Blount Sucker Punch, Legarrette Blount Video, Oregon, Home News

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Foreclosure Woes Spreading To Good Borrowers In Unexpected States

npr.org | Kevin Whitelaw | Posted 09.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Foreclosures, Foreclosure Idaho, Oregon, Utah and Illinois, Realtytrac, Business News

Amid record levels of home foreclosures nationwide, there are worrying signs that the foreclosure crisis could be spreading to parts of the country th...

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Age, Writing and Workshops

Marcia DeSanctis | Posted 08.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Literature, Tin House Books, Portland Oregon, American Literature, Media, Tin House, Career Change, Oregon, Writing Tips, The Balanced Life, Literary Culture, Fiction, Poetry, Living News

Any idea that I was still a young woman was temporarily dispelled the first few days of the annual Tin House Writers Conference at Reed College in Portland Oregon.

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US Congress: Keep Your Word to Abused Women

Meghan Rhoad | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Women's Rights, Women, House of Representatives, Abuse, Violence Against Women, Emergency Shelter, Portland, Budget, Economic Crisis, Oregon, Appropriations, Pregnancy, Joe Biden, Women's Health, Family Violence, Domestic Violence, Politics News

When Michelle arrived at the shelter in Portland, Oregon, staff members had to help her remove her earring because the side of her face was so swollen from the last beating by her abuser.

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Michigan: Surging Unemployment, Shrinking Safety Net

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 07.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Welfare, Unemployment, Welfare Reform, South Caroline, Unemployment Rate, Michigan, Oregon, Business News

Welfare rolls are swelling in states across the country as unemployment rates surge -- except in Michigan. With an unemployment rate of 14.1 percent...

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Health Care: Lobbyists, Blue Dogs and the 'No, We Can't Coalition'

Deepak Bhargava | Posted 07.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Ron Wyden, Universal Health Care, Health Insurance, Lobbyists, Oregon, Politics News

A surprising number of Democrats are saying no to real health care reform.

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Oregon's $175M Stimulus Puts People To Work

News for Portland Oregon and SW Washington | Posted 06.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Economic Stimulus Package, Stimulus Package, Oregon's Stimulus, Stimulus, Oregon, Business News

SALEM, Ore. (AP) -- Roughly 80 percent of the 547 projects funded by the state's $175 million stimulus package have started putting people to work and...

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State Fairness

Kate Clinton | Posted 05.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iowa, State Fair, Dc, Gay Marriage, Oregon, Politics News

Beneath the surface of our national marriage equality state map, the collaborative effort of national LGBT and legal organizations has engineered a strategic sequencing.

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