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Al Meyerhoff and the Chemistry of Life and Death

Diane Dulken | Posted 03.05.2009 | Green

This environmental lawyer reminded us that the vast majority of commercial and industrial chemicals in circulation today are not tested for longterm health effects before being put on the market.

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Middelfart, Crotch Crescent: 15 Towns With Ridiculous Names

Oddee.com | Posted 03.03.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Weird Town Names, Funny Town Names, Funny City Names, Crotch Crescent, Sexual Town Names, Strange Town Names, Bizarre Town Names, Penistone, Dildo, Crapstone, Oregon, Comedy News

Penistone, UK Middelfart, in central Denmark Dildo, Newfoundland, Canada Fucking, Austria Crotch Crescent, UK Crapstone, UK Intercourse, Pennsylvania ...

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Super Bowl Purity

Simon Maxwell Apter | Posted 03.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Nfl, Arizona Cardinals, Super Bowl, Professional Football, Pittsburgh Steelers, Fox, Cbs, Nbc, Sports, Oregon, Portland Oregon, Living News

The NFL has only let me down on three occasions -- all three affronts to my ideals of "purity" -- and I haven't missed a Super Bowl or Wild Card Weekend in two decades.

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Throwing Wolves to the Wolves

Michael Markarian | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Wolves, Gray Wolves Endangered Species List, Rahm Emanuel, Animals, Endangered Species Act, Great Lakes, Oregon, Politics News

Should gray wolves be stripped from the Endangered Species list, they would be subjected to widespread killings at the hands of hostile state wildlife agencies.

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Craig Robinson's "A Game Of Character": Michelle Obama's Brother Writing Book

AP | Posted 03.01.2009 | Media

Read More: A Game of Character, Craig Robinson Book, Craig Robinson, Michelle Obama, Michelle Obama Brother, Craig Robinson a Game of Character, Books, Oregon, Media News

NEW YORK — Michelle Obama's brother is working on a book, part tribute to his family and part inspirational guide. "I've been privileged to kno...

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Obama and the California Way On Climate

William Bradley | Posted 02.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barack Obama, Fran Pavley, Climate Change, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Greenhouse Gases, Fabian Nunez, Gray Davis, Global Warming, Jerry Brown, California, Solar, Renewable Energy, Wind, Oregon, Green News

This president isn't going to sacrifice the environment for short-term economic expedience. In fact, he seems to view environmental progress as key to economic progress.

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Bailout Recipients Hosted Call To Defeat Key Labor Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Marcus Call, Employee Free Choice Act, Conference Call, Rick Berman, Bank of America, Efca, Audio Employee Free Chioce Act, Key Labor Bill, Employee Free Choice Act Fight, Employee Free Choice Act Call, Marcus Berman Call, Bailout Recipients Hosted Call to Defeat Key Labor Bill, Bailout Bandits, Berman Call, Anti-Union, Bank of America Bailout, Bernie Marcus, Oregon, Politics News

Three days after receiving $25 billion in federal bailout funds, Bank of America Corp. hosted a conference call with conservative activists and busine...

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President Obama On Global Warming: Finally Part Of The Solution

Dan Becker and James Gerstenzang | Posted 02.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Fuel Efficiency, Clean Air, Green News, Climate, Environment, Cars, Clean Energy, Obama, Cafe, Global Warming, California, Bush, 100 Days, Oregon, Green News

On his fifth full day in office, the president did what he said he'd do on a central environmental question. Excellent. Now, on to why it matters, and, most important, what's next.

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Intelligence Investigations Should Target Top Deciders

Frank Naif | Posted 02.25.2009 | Politics

Making sure that ordinary national security drones aren't vilified or set up to take the fall for their bosses today will strengthen tomorrow's national security.

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Sam Adams, Portland Mayor, Won't Resign Over Lying About Sex With 18-Year-Old

AP | WILLIAM McCALL | Posted 02.25.2009 | Home

Read More: Mayor Sex Teenager, Mayor's Relationship With Teen, Mayor Won't Resign, Sam Adams, Portland Mayor Sam Adams, Sam Adams Relationship With Teen, Portland Mayor Sex Scandal, Sam Adams Won't Resign, Oregon, Portland Oregon, Home News

PORTLAND, Ore. — The mayor of Portland, Ore., said Sunday he would not resign despite calls for him to do so after he admitted he lied and asked...

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Study: Women Less Able To Suppress Hunger Than Men

AP | RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | Posted 02.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Women's Health, Food, Personal Heath, Diet, Oregon, Living News

WASHINGTON — Faced with their favorite foods, women are less able than men to suppress their hunger, a discovery that may help explain the highe...

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Portland Mayor's Affair With Teen Investigated By AG

AP | WILLIAM McCALL and MARY HUDETZ | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Portland Mayor, Portland Mayor Affair, Portland Mayor's Affair, Sam Adams, Portland Sam Adams, Sam Adams Affair, John Kroger, Oregon, Portland Oregon, Politics News

PORTLAND, Ore. — A confession by Portland's first openly gay mayor that he lied about having sex with a teenager is dividing this famously progr...

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Thousands -- Including Me -- Shut Out of the Inauguration: Heartbreak at the Blue, Silver, and Purple Lines

Dan Brown | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: South Standing, Blue Ticket, Washington Post, Blue Line, Barack Obama, Inauguration, Obama Inauguration, President Obama, Obama's Inauguration, Barack Obama Inauguration, Oregon, Politics News

An unmanaged crowd of thousands pressed toward the gate from all sides. Nobody knew what was going on; there were no signs, announcements, or crowd control.

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Greening Hollywood: Santa Barbara's Film Festival, An Eco-Heaven-By-The-Sea

Paige Donner | Posted 03.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Backyard Bowls, Paraffin Hand Treatment, Fake Bake, Kate Winslet, Naturopathic, Santa Barbara International Film Festival, Couples Massage, Angels List, Veuve Clicquot, Jurlique, Champagne Facial, Le Reve, Organic Spas, Clint Eastwood, Penelope Cruz, Cielo Spa, Soy Candles, Roger Durling, Eco-Tourism, State Street, Aromatherapy, Green Spas, Barefoot Massage, Bazil Essentials, Sbiff, Talulah, Eminence, Gran Torino, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Revolutionary Road, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Oregon, Living News

Santa Barbara is an eco-tourist's heaven. There are many organic food restaurants and a few outstanding organic spas for the travel and film-screening-weary.

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Sam Adams, Portland Mayor, Admits Relationship With Teen Following Year Of Denial

AP | JOSEPH B. FRAZIER | Posted 02.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mayor, Portland, Sam Adams, Oregon, Sam Adams Portland, Sam Adams Portland Mayor, Portland Mayor Sam Adams, Portland Oregon, Politics News

PORTLAND, Ore. — The mayor of Portland apologized Tuesday for lying about a sexual relationship with a male teenager he was mentoring three year...

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What Today's Bailout Vote Says About the New Senate

David Sirota | Posted 02.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics News, Obama Bailout, Wall Street Bailout, Obama Senate Vote, Obama Bailout Money, Wall Street, Bailout, Obama Tarp Funds, Obama Money, Economy, Economic Crisis, Senate Bailout Vote, Obama Tarp Money, TARP Money, Barack Obama, Oregon, Politics News

What we've learned from today's bailout vote is that lots of our new senators - even those who campaigned as populists - are already under the spell of "the most exclusive club in the world."

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Lisa Jackson: Music to My Ears

Josh Dorner | Posted 02.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Barbara Boxer, California Waiver, Jeff Merkley, Clean Energy, Lisa Jackson, Sierra Club, Global Warming, Barack Obama, Environmental Protection Agency, Clean Air Act, Confirmation Hearings, Stephen Johnson, Oregon, Green News

EPA Administrator-designate Lisa Jackson was in the dock before the Senate today and I agree with Barbara Boxer that Jackson's answers to many questions were "music to my ears."

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High Priced Republican Party Propaganda Campaign Seeks To Undermine Workers' Free Choice

Howie Klein | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Efca, Eric Massa, Union-Busting, Alan Grayson, Blue America, Tom Geoghegan, 100 Days, Oregon, Employee Free Choice Act, Politics News

Big Business interests-- the greed and selfishness wing of the Republican coalition-- has been panic-stricken since then, putting all their energy and resources into stopping the Employee Free Choice Act.

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New Senate Boosts Wilderness Protection Across US

AP | MATTHEW DALY | Posted 02.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Bill Clinton, Virginia, Wilderness Protection Bill, US Senate, Little Rock, Oregon, Colorado, Wilderness, Wilderness Bill, California, Green News

WASHINGTON — In a rare Sunday session, the Senate advanced legislation that would set aside more than 2 million acres in nine states as wilderne...

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A New Day For Gun Violence Prevention

Paul Helmke | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Gun Show Loophole, George Bush, Democratic Congress, Congress, Assault Weapons, National Rifle Association, Chris Cox, Antonin Scalia, President Obama, George W. Bush, Brady Law, Gun Control, Virginia Tech, Heller Decision, Illegal Guns, Eric Holder, Wayne LaPierre, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, Dc v Heller, Hilda Solis, District of Columbia v. Heller, Barack Obama, Rahm Emanuel, Janet Napolitano, Hillary Clinton, Obama Transition, Virginia Tech Massacre, Oregon, Politics News

Last year at this time, I said that America was turning a corner on the gun issue, and the watershed events of 2008 confirmed that prediction. The pa...

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Tom Udall, Jeff Merkley Join Busy Senate Environment Committee

Grist | Posted 02.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Barbara Boxer, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Jeff Merkley, Tom Udall, Oregon, Green News

Two new senators, Oregon's Jeff Merkley and New Mexico's Tom Udall, will be joining the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, chair Barbara B...

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WASHINGTON FLOOD: Rain And Melting Snow Force Residents From Homes

AP | GENE JOHNSON | Posted 02.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Washington Flood, Floods, Puyallup River, Puyallup Flood, Weather, Extreme Weather, Oregon, Green News

SNOQUALMIE, Wash. — More than 30,000 people were urged to leave their flood-endangered western Washington homes as snowmelt and rain swelled riv...

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Melting Snow Causing Heavy Flooding In Wash. State

AP | GENE JOHNSON | Posted 02.07.2009 | Home

Read More: Storms, Flooding, Washington State, Weather, Extreme Weather, Oregon, Home News

SNOQUALMIE, Wash. — Rain and high winds lashed Washington state Wednesday, causing widespread avalanches, mudslides, flooding and road closures ...

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America's Scientific Dream Team

James M. Gentile | Posted 02.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Harold Varmus, Steven Chu, Obama Cabinet, U.S. Science, Jane Lubchenco, Eric Lander, John Holdren, Climate Change, Science Literacy, Science, Evolution, Technology, Science Education, Barack Obama, Government Science, Oregon, Green News

It was just over a year ago that at one presidential debate three candidates identified themselves as not believing in the theory of evolution.

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Labor of Love: A Midwife's Memoir

Joe Antol | Posted 02.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Cara Muhlhahn, Birth, Labor of Love, Pregnancy, Child Birth, Midwife Memoir, Midwives, Books, Oregon, Living News

For Muhlhahn, birth is a transformative and poetic experience for the mother. But perhaps she forgets that it is first and foremost a transformative experience for the child.

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