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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, 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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Young CNN Hero Teaches Girls to "Just Yell Fire"

Michelle Bart | Posted 11.16.2009 | Impact

Read More: Cnn, Jane Velez, Michelle Bart, Helping Heroes, Dallas Jessup, CNN HERO, Portland, Trafficking, Sex, Sia, Chris Hansen, Dallas, Soroptimist, Impact News

Dallas Jessup is 17-year-old expert martial artist who grew a community service project to fight predators into a Million Girl Revolution with her non-profit, Just Yell Fire.

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9 In Oregon Van Crash Return To Colorado

CBS4Denver | CBS 4 Denver | Posted 11.15.2009 | Home

Read More: Portland, Home News

Nine of the 14 survivors of a church van crash in Oregon that killed two young people have returned to Colorado. They were among 16 young men a...

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9 In Ore. Van Crash Return To Colorado

CBS4Denver | CBS 4 Denver | Posted 11.15.2009 | Home

Read More: Portland, Home News

Nine of the 14 survivors of a church van crash in Oregon that killed two young people have returned to Colorado. They were among 16 young men a...

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Portland Bloggers To Livestream 30 Hours Nonstop For Charity

Posted 11.12.2009 | Impact

Read More: Charity Telethon, Telethon, Technology, Livestreaming Podcast, Portland, 30 Hour Day, Podcast, Impact News

In a modern update of the telethon fundraiser so often seen on TV stations like PBS, two Portland technology bloggers will be livestreaming for 30 hou...

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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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Maine Voters To Decide Future Of Gay Marriage Law Tuesday

AP | DAVID SHARP | Posted 11.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gay Rights, Maine-Gay-Marriage-Bill, Same-Sex Marriage Law, National Organization for Marriage, Maine Gay Marriage, Goldfarb Center for Public Affairs and Civic Engagement at Colby College, Maine Voters, Portland, Gay Marriage, Gay Marriage Law, Popular Vote, Maine, Politics News

PORTLAND, Maine — Gay marriage has lost in every single state in which it has been put to a popular vote. Come Election Day, gay-rights supporte...

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Real Food Rehab: Save The Deli

Dana Joy Altman | Posted 11.03.2009 | Style

Read More: Save the Deli, Kenny and Zuke's, Chicago Deli, Interview, David Sax, Portland, David Axelrod, Books, Corned Beef, Pastrami, Nostalgia, Quality, Manny's Deli, Style News

Frankly, I'd just be devastated if I couldn't get a bowl of matzo ball soup or a great corned beef sandwich with chopped liver on a whim. Luckily, author David Sax knows how to save the deli.

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Cities Long For Streetcars For Public Transport

nytimes.com | Colin Miner | Posted 10.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Government Funding, Obama Administration, Federal Transit Authority, Portland, Green Technology, Streetcars, Transportation, Green News

The federal government has delivered on its promise to provide Portland with $75 million for a major streetcar extension. The funds represent redouble...

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Driven: 2010 Subaru Outback

The Car Connection | CarConnection | Posted 10.26.2009 | Home

Read More: Portland, Seattle-Washington, Home News

In Portland and Seattle, or throughout the coastal or mountain backcountry of the Pacific Northwest, you won't have to look long to find a Subaru ...

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105 boats, 4 walkie talkies, 1 bull horn and lots of cameras = a 350 action in Portland Today.

Wend | Wend | Posted 10.24.2009 | Home

Read More: Portland, Home News

We couldn't have had a more beautiful day for the Portland River Of Action 350 action today. At least 105 kayaks, sea kayaks, stand up paddle ...

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Chelsea Cain Creates a Killer Woman

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 10.19.2009 | Books

Read More: Fan Obsession, Female Serial Killer, Cult Followings, Horror Novels, Portland, Gretchen Lowell, Archie Sheridan, Mystery Novels, Chelsea Cain, Evil at Heart, Cain Trilogy, Heartsick, Sweetheart, Books News

Chelsea Cain is a writer who knows no fear. She manages to break all the rules of mystery writing by being as gruesome and gory as possible.

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Boulder City Council Election

David Thielen | Posted 10.15.2009 | Denver

Read More: Tim Plass, K.C. Becker, Jyotsna Raj, Portland, Suzy Ageton, Macon Cowles, Charleston, Livable Cities, Development, George Karakehian, Sierra Club, Matt Appelbaum, Barry Siff, Denver News

We need to think about whether we want to foster Boulder as a place for innovative work and groundbreaking research, or whether we want to see that slowly move elsewhere as we lock the city in time.

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What a Swedish Train Station Parking Lot Looks Like

Wend | Wend | Posted 09.30.2009 | Home

Read More: Portland, Stockholm, Home News

And you thought Portland had a lot of cyclists... This photo was taken at the Central Station in Uppsala, a city about an hour north of Stockh...

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The Top 10 U.S. Cities For Biking (SLIDESHOW, POLL)

Huffington Post | Ami Cholia | Posted 09.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Slidepoll, Madison, Bikes, Austin, Minneapolis, Boulder, Bicycling, Green Living, Portland, Chicago Bicycles, Bicyclists, Cyclists, Cycles, Bicycles, Bicycle Culture, Bicycle, San Francisco, Cycle, Green News

Americans overwhelmingly continue to drive alone to work. With more than nine out of 10 workers favoring driving. But these 10 cities are definitely t...

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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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Iranians Worldwide Roll Out Green Scroll Against Ahmadinejad (SLIDESHOW, UPDATES)

Diane Tucker | Posted 08.19.2009 | World

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Cn Tower, Iran Election, Vaclav Havel, Iran, Velvet Revolution, Radio Free Europe, Diane Tucker, Iran Protests 2009, Green Scroll Movement, Dubai, Eiffel Tower, Shah of Iran, Slideshow, Toronto, Portland, Zurich, Stockholm, Hamburg, austinforiran.org, portlandstandswithiran.org, Antone's, India, Germany, Canada, Switzerland, Sweden, Alfred Hitchcock, Women and Politics, Wall for Peace, Ali-Akbar-Hashemi-Rafsanjani, France, Paris, World News

Updates, and video screen grabs from the ceremony in Paris, follow the post. AUSTIN, TX -- When a reporter asked Vaclav Havel to comment on Iran's p...

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Portland Tries a CAP-and-Prosper Plan for Climate Change

Diane Dulken | Posted 07.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Local Food, Copenhagen 2009, Portland, Climate Change, Renewable Energy, Bicycle Culture, Community, Bicycling, Global Warming, Mayors, Climate Action Plan, Green News

Real climate solutions are about turning a dire threat into new opportunities for restoring stability and also creating new prosperity, economic and community health and well-being.

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Area Girlfriend, Boyfriend Achieve Perfect Mother-Son Relationship

The Onion | The Onion | Posted 06.02.2009 | Home

Read More: Portland, Home News

PORTLAND, OR—After dating for nearly three years, area couple Peter Mazursky and Janet Hyams have finally achieved the perfect semblance of a mo...

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Portland Mayor To SF Mayor: We're Better At Electric Cars

gas2.org, Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 06.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Sam Adams, Green Cars, Gavin Newsom, Green Technology, Electric Cars, Cars, Poll, Portland, San Francisco, Green News

The electric vehicle smackdown has begun in earnest. Portland Mayor Sam Adams is responding to the perhaps higher-profile San Francisco Mayor Gavin...

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The Race to an EV Future: Being First to an Electric Vehicle Grid

Gavin Newsom | Posted 05.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Gavin Newsom, Green Jobs, Portland, President Obama, Electric Cars, Green, Environment, Jobs, Cars, San Francisco, Mayor Newsom, California, Video, Green News

Portland and San Francisco have been battling for the title of the most sustainable city for years. We welcome Portland's latest challenge and hope that this EV competition will spread across the country.

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Industry Moves: Former Yahoo Music GM Goldberg to Lead SurveyMonkey

Dygest.net | Dygest.net | Posted 05.21.2009 | Home

Read More: Portland, Los Angeles-California, Home News

Former Yahoo Music boss Dave Goldberg has a new job: He's joining SurveyMonkey, an online survey service, as CEO, AllThingsD's Kara Swisher reports. G...

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First Solar Powered Electric Charging Station Is in Use in Chicago

Dygest.net | Dygest.net | Posted 05.10.2009 | Home

Read More: San Francisco-California, Campbell-California, Portland, Chicago-Illinois, Home News

San Francisco and Portland might be engaged in some electric vehicle pissing contest, but I think both cities just got seriously spanked by Chicago. "...

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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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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