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Portlanders Push For Barrier At 'Suicide Bridge'

AP | STEVEN DUBOIS | Posted 06.10.2013 | Politics

PORTLAND, Ore. -- On a sunny January afternoon, 12 stories above a busy street, a newly engaged 19-year-old woman jumped to her death from a spectacul...

Catherine New

Why There's A Waiting List To Get This Checking Account

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine New | Posted 05.24.2013 | Small Business

At many big banks, customers say they want out. But with Simple, a new kind of free online checking account, there is a two-week waiting list to get i...

They're Putting Billboards On Beards And Calling It..

The Huffington Post | Catherine New | Posted 05.23.2013 | Small Business

Attention lumberjacks and hipsters: it's time to put that beard to work. A Kentucky-based advertising agency is offering $5 per day to men willing to ...

Portland Voters May Block Fluoridation

AP | STEVEN DUBOIS | Posted 05.22.2013 | Healthy Living

PORTLAND, Ore. — Residents are voting to keep Portland, Ore., as the largest U.S. city without fluoride in the water or any plans to add it. Wi...

America's Best French Fries

U.S. News Travel | Posted 05.21.2013 | Travel
U.S. News Travel

A disappointing french fry is hard to come by, but which eateries make the cut as America's finest potato-handlers?

Meatless Monday: Ivy Manning -- Mixed Marriage, Adaptable Feast

Ellen Kanner | Posted 05.13.2013 | Green
Ellen Kanner

She grew up in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, where a meal meant "the three-point landing -- a huge hunk of meat and two little piles of something vegetable-ish." She moved to Portland for culinary school but kept her Sheboygan mindset. Food meant "midwest fare -- always meatcentric," she says.

TSA Fines Airport Stripper $1,000

AP | Posted 05.11.2013 | Travel

PORTLAND, Ore. -- John Brennan, who stripped naked last year to protest a security check at Portland's airport, said he expects to lose the first roun...

Temptation

Nir Eyal | Posted 05.08.2013 | Technology
Nir Eyal

Temptation is more than just the promise of reward. Recent advances in neuroscience allow us to peer into the brain, providing a greater understanding of what makes us want.

Get Ready for Gatsby With These 8 Great Gatsby-esque Hotels

Joy Pecknold | Posted 04.30.2013 | Travel
Joy Pecknold

With The Great Gatsby. hitting theaters May 10, 2013, I've rounded up some Gatsby-inspired luxury lodgings. Before cinematically whisking off to West Egg, live it up Art Deco-styles in New York, London and even Lucerne, Switzerland.

What to Do When You're In Portland

Oyster | Posted 04.27.2013 | Travel
Oyster

With beautiful, natural surroundings mixed in with its trendy shops and bars, Stumpdown doesn't disappoint. Take a look at some our of favorite things to do in the gorgeous Oregon city.

America's Best Doughnuts

U.S. News Travel | Posted 06.18.2013 | Travel
U.S. News Travel

As emporiums across the country continue to invent novelty confections, we can't help but think these gourmet delights are replacing cupcakes as the go-to sweet indulgence.

The 10 Best Farmers' Markets In The U.S.

Oyster | Posted 06.17.2013 | Travel
Oyster

We've picked out our 10 favorite farmers' markets across the states, so no matter where your spring and summer vacations take you, you'll have plenty of tasty treats to bring home.

Why the World Needs Bridgetown

Barbara Holm | Posted 06.10.2013 | Comedy
Barbara Holm

This is the sixth year of the Bridgetown Comedy Festival, a bundle of the best stand up comedy shows you've ever seen, mostly compiled along Southeast Hawthorne. It's the brainchild of very funny comedians Andy Wood, Matt Braunger and awesome comedy fan Kim Brady.

Studies Suggest Bike Commuting One of Best Ways to Stay Healthy

Jay Walljasper | Posted 06.04.2013 | Healthy Living
Jay Walljasper

The key advantage of traveling by bike over working out at a fitness center is that most people find it easier to do. Instead of vying for scarce free time with many other fun and important things, exercise becomes something we do naturally as part of daily routine.

For the Love of Cheese: An Urban Goat Farm (VIDEO)

Rebecca Gerendasy | Posted 05.27.2013 | Green
Rebecca Gerendasy

Portland, Oregon Ed Arcement and his wife Nancy love cheese. Indeed, their mutual enthusiasm for this processed food is why, in 2005, they chose to a...

Oregon High School's Groundbreaking Move For Transgender Students

Posted 03.25.2013 | Gay Voices

An Oregon high school is being praised after creating gender-neutral restrooms for its transgender students and staff. As The Oregonian is reporti...

Pizza Shop's Anti-Transgender Menu Item Angers Community

The Huffington Post | Glennisha Morgan | Posted 03.20.2013 | Gay Voices

An Oregon-based pizzeria has renamed their breadsticks after some members of the local transgender community deemed the menu item's name offensive. ...

Cookie Crumbs! Girl Scouts Scammed By Huge Fake Order

The Huffington Post | Ron Dicker | Posted 03.20.2013 | Business

Give two Oregon Girl Scout troops a merit badge for resilience. Stung by a fake order of 6,000 boxes of the organization's signature cookies, the ...

SXSWedu Launches Next Big Idea: Inclusive Competitiveness

Mike Green | Posted 05.04.2013 | Black Voices
Mike Green

No inclusive innovation framework or economic transformation can be developed without strong support from local institutional powers.

PHOTOS: Portland Or Portlandia

Global Yodel | Posted 05.04.2013 | Travel
Global Yodel

There's more to Portland than bike valets and artisan knot shops.

The Evangelist of Hash and His Dining Escapades (video)

Rebecca Gerendasy | Posted 05.01.2013 | Taste
Rebecca Gerendasy

Clark Haass is bent on world domination, but not in the evil-overlord, bwa-ha-ha sense. He wants to bring the world to the table over a heaping plate ...

Starbucks and Opportunity Finance Network: Taking Action to Reduce Unemployment in America

Create Jobs for USA | Posted 04.07.2013 | Impact
Create Jobs for USA

2012-11-13-jrlogo300x60.gif As the fishing and logging industries left the area, many jobs were lost in Seaside, Ore. Two men wanted to rebuild the town's reputation as a coastal destination. They envisioned opening a small brewery that captured the essence of the state's thriving culture.

Why We Travel?

Sharr Prohaska | Posted 04.02.2013 | Travel
Sharr Prohaska

From students to seniors, the interest in travel to discover and taste new foods, observe how food is grown, processed, and prepared has become a fascination of people of all ages.

The 25 Healthiest Cities For Women

Posted 01.30.2013 | Women

It turns out that one of the best U.S. cities for men is even better for women. In its annual list of the best and worst cities in America, Men's Heal...

WATCH: 'Portlandia' Shuts Down Gay Wedding

Posted 01.30.2013 | Comedy

Even in the beacon of progressivism that is Portland, gay marriage is regrettably not legal. Or, as this "Portlandia" clip proves, even weddings that ...