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Indigeous People Ask: "Where is the Outrage?"

Tim Giago | Posted 03.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Elsie Boudreau, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Alaskans, Catholic Church, Jesuit Priests, Native Americans, Indian Affairs Committee Report, Diocese of San Diego, Alaska, Native American, Sexual Abuse, Indian Mission Boarding Schools, Jesuits, Oregon, Politics News

When the victims of these heinous crimes were white, the horror was on every front page of every major newspaper and on the prime time news of every television station in America.

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Time to Stop the Nationalization Rhetoric, and Let the System Work

David Paul | Posted 03.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Tarp, Fdic, Nationalization, Henry Paulson, Ben Bernanke, Banks Bailout, Sheila Bair, Citigroup, Oregon, Nationalizing Banks, Economy, Economic Crisis, Obama Nationalization, Wall Street Crisis, Bank Nationalization, Financial Crisis, Banks, Business News

For years, America has told other countries how to deal with financial crises -- cut your losses. Clean up your balance sheets. Get on with it. This week, the stock market said the same thing.

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Holder, Race and Obama's 10% of the White Alabama Vote

Paul Jenkins | Posted 03.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Al Gore, Brooklyn, George W. Bush, Oregon, Colorado, Race, Missouri, Dc, Eric Holder, Rural Issues, Virginia, New Jersey, Oklahoma, John Kerry, Racism, Republican Party, Mississippi, Suffolk County, North Carolina, African-American Issues, Alabama, Massachusetts, Congress, Kendrick Meek, Minnesota, New York, Barack Obama, Education, Mexican-American Issues, South, Michigan, Arkansas, Tennessee, Jimmy Carter, Hillary Clinton, Senate, New Orleans, Palm Beach, Morris County, Washington, Immigration, Democratic Party, Pittsburgh, Artur Davis, California, Nashville, Jewish Issues, New Hampshire, Ohio, Boca Raton, Long Island, Northeast, Philadelphia, Anthony Weiner, Latino Issues, Florida, John McCain, Appalachia, South Central US, St. Louis, Kamala Harris, Louisiana, Montgomery County, Birmingham, Presidential Election, Kentucky, Texas, Queens, Pennsylvania, New York City, Deep South, Young Voters, Memphis, Governors, Cleveland, Iowa, Georgia, South Carolina, San Francisco, White Voters, Rnc, Michael Steele, Broward, Hip Hop, Duluth, Politics News

The complicated picture of how America came to vote for its first black president reflects the country's multifarious attitude towards race

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Silver Falls Bank, Small Oregon Bank, Becomes 14th Bank To Fail This Year

AP | MADLEN READ | Posted 03.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Bank Failure, Banks, Silver Falls Bank Fails, Silver Falls Bank, Oregon, Business News

NEW YORK — Regulators on Friday closed Silver Falls Bank in Silverton, Ore. _ the 14th federally insured institution to fail this year, and the ...

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Western Salmon Counts Down 90 Percent In 7 Years

AP | JASON DEAREN | Posted 03.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Animals, California, Fish, Salmon, Food, Environment, Water, Oregon, Green News

SAN FRANCISCO — A record-low number of chinook salmon returned to rivers in California's Central Valley last year, indicating that severe restri...

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History Repeating and Why it Matters that Milk Win an Oscar

Steven Stamstad | Posted 03.22.2009 | Entertainment

Milk understood the power of grassroots organizing, the power of the media and the power of his own charisma to raise awareness, shape public opinion and create action.

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Jobless Hit With Bank Fees On Benefits

AP | CHRISTOPHER LEONARD | Posted 03.22.2009 | Home

Read More: Benefits Bank Fees, Unemployment Benefits Bank Fees, Benefits Debit Card Charged Fees, Oregon, Home News

First, Arthur Santa-Maria called Bank of America to ask how to check the balance of his new unemployment benefits debit card. The bank charged him 50 ...

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Economic Stimulus, Clean Energy and the Scale of Our Challenge: Grading the Stimulus Energy Investments

Jesse Jenkins | Posted 04.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Obama Energy Policy, Energy, Electricity, Economic Stimulus Package, Smart Grid, Stimulus Package, Renewable Energy, Climate Change, Clean Energy, New Energy Economy, Plug-in Hybrids, Energy Policy, Global Warming, Barack Obama, Oregon, High Speed Rail, Green News

What does $80 billion really mean in the context of the 21st century United States energy system?

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Escape From California!

Lee Stranahan | Posted 03.21.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Gray Davis, California Gay Marriage, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, Oregon, Comedy News

California is so great it's impossible to live here. Putting a roof over your head is way too expensive. Everything is too crowded. California's budget problems are national news.

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Conservationists, Farmers At Odds Over Collateral Damage In Coyote Trapping

AP | SCOTT SONNER | Posted 03.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Animals, Farming, Coyotes, Coyote Trapping, Usda, Oregon, Green News

RENO, Nev. — Conservationists argue in a new report that U.S. taxpayers should stop subsidizing a $100 million program that kills more than 1 mi...

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Massachusetts May Pay For Roads By Charging Drivers' Mileage

AP | GLEN JOHNSON | Posted 03.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Massachusetts, Cars, Green Cars, Massachusetts Mileage Law, Oregon, Green News

BOSTON — A tentative plan to overhaul Massachusetts' transportation system by using GPS chips to charge motorists a quarter-cent for every mile ...

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10 Places Not to Yell: "Thom Yorke Is Retiring" (He's Not)

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 03.19.2009 | Entertainment

The one place you could yell it is Iceland, let Sigur Ros know if they ever had a chance of touring American stadiums, getting Yorke out of the way could be it.

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Oregon Beer Tax Of 1,900 Percent Proposed, Sparks Outrage

Huffington Post | Posted 03.19.2009 | Home

Read More: Beer Tax in Oregon, Oregon Beer Tax, Oregon Beer Tax of 1900%, Oregon Beer Tax of 1900 Percent, Beer Tax, Oregon, Portland Oregon, Home News

Beer brewers are warning that a proposal by five Oregon state lawmakers to tax each barrel of beer by a whopping 1,900 percent would essentially put t...

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Will Charlie Ever Get Off That Train?

Peter Dreier and Jim Vrabel | Posted 03.18.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Kingston Trio 50th Anniversary, Folklore, Folk Music, Folk Songs, Mta, Protest Music, Kingston Trio, Oregon, Entertainment News

Since the Kingston Trio's self-censored version became a hit fifty years ago, "M.T.A." has become a part of American folklore.

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A Crème Brûlée to Knock Your Socks Off

Bridget Moloney | Posted 03.16.2009 | Style

Read More: Caramel, Dessert, Recipes, Bon Appetit, French Cuisine, Creme Brulee, Oregon, Style News

This week I made crème brûlée for the first time as part of Bon Appetít's Project Recipe, and let me tell you, this is a recipe to knock your socks off.

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Foreclosures Fall From December To January

AP | ALAN ZIBEL | Posted 03.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Foreclosures, Economy, Oregon, Business News

WASHINGTON — The number of Americans on the verge of losing their homes fell in January but was still up from the same month a year ago. The num...

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Esther Reed: How an Ordinary Girl Faked Her Way Into the Ivy League

Vicky Ward | Posted 03.14.2009 | Style

Read More: Esther Reed Identity Theft, Esther Reed Sentenced, Esther Reed, Identity Theft, Faking Girls Schools, Huffington Post Esther Reed, Oregon, Portland Oregon, Style News

Reed, who has spent eight of the last ten years on the run, entering Ivy League schools under adopted fake identities, and evading cops along the way, was sentenced today to over four years in prison.

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Wealth Without Wall Street

Don McNay | Posted 03.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Small Business, Wall Street Bailout, Main Street and Wall Street, Cnbc, Too Big to Fail, Enron, Main Street, Don McNay, Insurance Companies, Cirtigroup, Small Business Administration, Wall Street Crisis, Bailout, Wall Street, Charlie Gasparino, Citigroup Bailout, Deregulation, Banks, Kentucky, CEO Compensation, Entrepreneurship, Bonuses, Entrepreneur, Wall Street Bonuses, Personal Finance, Soviet Union, Citigroup, Oregon, Business News

There has been a long and irreversible trend toward small, entrepreneurial businesses, located far from money centers. Instead, Washington keeps throwing money at these "too big to fail" money losers.

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How To Save Newspapers

Sally Duros | Posted 03.12.2009 | Chicago

Newspapers could find a lifeline to solvency and a return to social purpose in a new kind of corporate structure.

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Climate Change May Encourage Invasive Species To Spread

AP | MIKE STARK | Posted 03.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Effects of Climate Change, Invasive Species, Weeds, Global Warming, Climate Change, Oregon, Green News

SALT LAKE CITY — Climate change will likely shuffle some of the West's most troublesome invasive weeds, adding to the burden faced by farms and ...

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CYCLE OREGON ROUTE 2009 Announced:

oregonlive.com | Posted 03.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Bike Culture, Cycle Oregon Route 2009, Bikes, Cycle Oregon, Oregon, Portland Oregon, Green News

Biking events are great. They pull together a community and celebrate one of the most efficient methods of transportation mankind has found. One of th...

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Creating Jobs Is Not "Wasteful"

Sen. Jeff Merkley | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

America voted for a change of direction last November, not more of the same. Republicans should listen to the American people and work in a bi-partisan fashion to help get our country on the road to recovery.

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Icemelt Could Shift Earth's Rotation, Moving Water Northward

AP | Posted 03.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Global Warming, Climate Change, Icemelt, Antarctic Icemelt, Rising Sea Level, Oregon, Green News

WASHINGTON — Long-term sea level increases that could have a devastating effect on southern Florida and highly populated coastal areas may be ev...

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Where the Devil is Dr. Dean?

Pia Sawhney | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care, Health, Recession 2008, U.S. Economy, Small Business, Economic Downturn, Economic Stimulus Package, Job Cuts, President Obama, Economic Crisis, Recession Fears, Howard Dean, Democratic Presidential Candidate, Washington DC, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Election, Politics, Netroots, Breaking Politics News, Paul Krugman, Presidential Election, Tom Daschle Hhs, Tom Daschle Health Care, Senate, Tom Daschle, Tom Daschle Health and Human Services, Financial Crisis, Obama Cabinet, Rahm Emanuel, Oregon, Politics News

After learning more about Daschle's decision to pull out, I posted an OpEd, published weeks earlier in The Nation, to my Facebook page. It was titled, "Missing Howard Dean."

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Daschle Replacement Buzz: Bradley, Dean, Rendell, Sebelius

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill Bradley Hhs, Tom Daschle Bradley, Codey Bradley, Bradley Daschle, Health and Human Services, Nomination Health Care, Bill Bradley, Richard Codey, Daschle Replacement, Replacement for Daschle, Tom Daschle Replacement, Daschle's Replacement, Daschle Rendell, Daschle Replacements, Replacement for Tom Daschle, Bill Bradley for Director of Health and Human Services, Bradley Hhs, Howard Dean Replace Daschle, Bill Bradley and Hhs, Daschle Replacement Hhs, Oregon, Portland Oregon, Politics News

With Tom Daschle removed from his planned role as chief architect of President Obama's health care policy, the search has already begun for his replac...

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