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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
Vicky Ward

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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Cops Find Comfort In Verse

John Lundberg | Posted 03.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Poetic Life, Cop Rock, Police Poetry, Portland Police Calendar, Featured Contributor, Portland Oregon, Living News
John Lundberg

The Arts and Equity Initiative, a non-profit program which pairs city workers with artists, recently decided that the Portland, Maine Police Departmen...

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No, Seriously: Republicans Don't Get It

Rep. Earl Blumenauer | Posted 03.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Bike Paths, Congress Stimulus, U.S. Economy, Congress, Republicans Stimulus, Obama Stimulus, Bikes, Economy, Bike to Work, Economic Crisis, Bicycling, Commuting, Obama Economy, Congressional Budget Office, Stimulus, Obama Stimulus Plan, Economic Stimulus Package, Gop Stimulus, Green Commuting, Economic Stimulus, Portland Oregon, Green News
Rep. Earl Blumenauer

Investment in bike paths will not only improve our economy, and take our country in the right direction for the future; it is exactly the kind of investment the American people want.

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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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Michael Phelps Sponsor Kellogg To Drop Him Over Pot Smoking Photo

AP | Posted 03.08.2009 | Business

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PORTLAND, Ore. — Cereal and snack maker Kellogg Co. said it won't renew its sponsorship contract with Olympic swimming star Michael Phelps becau...

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Indiana Republicans To Obama: Don't Send Us Guantanamo Detainees

AP | Deanna Martin | Posted 03.06.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Indiana Guantanmo Resolution, Guantanamo Detainees, President Obama, Indiana Guantanamo Detainees, Gitmo Detainees, Gitmo, Portland Oregon, Chicago News

Republican state legislators are working on a resolution they hope could keep Guantanamo Bay inmates from being moved to the federal prison in Terre H...

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Sam Stein

Daschle Replacement Buzz: Bradley, Dean, Rendell, Sebelius

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics

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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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Al Meyerhoff and the Chemistry of Life and Death

Diane Dulken | Posted 03.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Organic Farming, Pesticides, Lawyers, Toxic, Organic Farmers, Nrdc, Organic, Memories, Death, Toxic Chemicals, Natural Resources Defense Council, Leukemia, Food Quality Protection Act, Tribute, Al Meyerhoff Leukemia, Al Meyerhoff, Organic Food, Memory, Cancer, Memorial, Oregon, Portland Oregon, Green News
Diane Dulken

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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Pirates New Focus Of US Seamen Training

AP | CLARKE CANFIELD | Posted 03.05.2009 | World

Read More: Anti-Piracy, "International Maritime Bureau", "Massachusetts Maritime Academy", Pirates, Hijacking, "Merchant Ships", "California Maritime Academy", Portland Oregon, World News

PORTLAND, Maine — With an alarming number of tankers and cargo ships getting hijacked on the high seas, the nation's maritime academies are offe...

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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
Simon Maxwell Apter

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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DOJ Sent Hoax Email To Test Employee Loyalty

AP | ELLIOT SPAGAT | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Justice Department, Department of Justice, Doj Hoax Email, Hoax Email, Doj, Obama Justice Department, Bush Justice Department, Portland Oregon, Politics News

SAN DIEGO — The Justice Department doesn't have to look far to find a scam that preys on people whose retirement plans have been crippled by the...

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Why Old Media Can't Deny New Media

Ari Herzog | Posted 02.25.2009 | Media

Read More: Janis Krums, Television, Newspapers, Twitter, Online Media, US Airways Crash, New Media, Aviation, Media News, Journalism, The Internet, Us Airways Hudson River, US Airways Plane Crashes, US Airways Crash Photos, Plane Crash Hudson River, Hudson River, Plane Crash in Hudson River, Old Media, Iphone, Internet, New Jersey, Old Media Death Watch, Hudson River Plane Crash, Technology, Hudson River Crash, Citizen Journalists, Old Media vs. New Media, US Airways, Citizen Journalism, Tweets, Plane in Hudson River, Portland Oregon, Media News
Ari Herzog

Twitter is a subset of new media. Your evening news and morning papers aren't quite there, lacking internet technologies, commenting, and synchronous interactivity.

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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

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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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Lobbyists Get Around Obama's Ban On Earmarks

AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 02.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: President Obama, Earmarks in Stimulus Package, Ban on Earmarks, Obama's Ban on Earmarks, Obama Ban on Earmarks, Obama Bans Earmarks, Obama and Lobbyists, $825 Billion Stimulus Package, Portland Oregon, Politics News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's ban on earmarks in the $825 billion economic stimulus bill doesn't mean interest groups, lobbyists and law...

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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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"Double Trouble" for Bones This Week: Two New Episodes

Jamie Frevele | Posted 02.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: John Francis Daley, Michaela Conlin, David Boreanaz, Emily Deschanel, Bones, TJ Thyne, Luc Robitaille, Eric Millegan NBA, Hart Hanson, Bones Fox, Tamara Taylor, Bam, Portland Oregon, Entertainment News
Jamie Frevele

Bones is in no way typical. It's a bit off the beaten path and features a family of accessible characters with good stories, blood and guts, comedy and drama.

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Americans Gather Together Across The Nation To Cheer Obama

AP | JOANN LOVIGLIO | Posted 02.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Supporters, Crowds Celebrate Obama Inauguration, Obama's Inauguration, Portland Oregon, Politics News

PHILADELPHIA — From the boisterous streets of New York to the suddenly silent casinos in Las Vegas and virtually everywhere in between, American...

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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

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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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EPA Agrees To Regulate Mercury From Cement Plants

AP | JOHN FLESHER | Posted 02.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Cement, Mercury, Water, Water Pollutants, Pollution, Epa, Portland Oregon, Green News

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Federal regulators have settled a lawsuit with environmental activists and nine states over standards for mercury emissio...

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Poetry & Politicians: For Better or Verse

Margo Hammond and Ellen Heltzel | Posted 02.16.2009 | Style

Read More: Blagojevich, Mark Foley, Mitch McConnell, Clinton, John Boehner, Politicians, Palin, Dobson, Cheney, Mccain, Larry Craig, Richardson, Jeb Bush, Poetry, Bush, Rove, Portland Oregon, Style News
Margo Hammond and Ellen Heltzel

For Jeb Bush: "They fuck you up, your mum and dad./They may not mean to, but they do./They fill you with the faults they had/And add some extra, just for you."

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Tattletale House Knows When You're Not Green (And So Do Neighbors)

New York Times | Steven Kurutz | Posted 02.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy Efficiency, Green Insulation, Solar, Green Architecture, Green Building, Green Buildings, Leds, Portland Oregon, Green News

Most homeowners have a general sense of whether or not they are being energy efficient, a hunch confirmed or disproved when the monthly bills arrive. ...

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Bicycle Caucus Sees Great Opportunity In Bad Economy

New York Times | CORNELIA DEAN | Posted 02.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Bike Culture, Bicycles, Earl Blumenauer, Construction, Green Economy, Green Stimulus, Stimulus Package, Congressional Bicycle Caucus, Portland Oregon, Green News

Mr. Blumenauer, a passionate advocate of cycling as a remedy for everything from climate change to obesity, represents most of Portland in Congress, w...

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Whole Foods, Wild Oats Integration Challenged By FTC

AP | SARAH SKIDMORE | Posted 02.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Whole Foods, Wild Oats, Whole Foods Wild Oats, Ftc, FTC Whole Foods Wild Oats, Portland Oregon, Business News

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Federal Trade Commission on Monday asked a federal judge to halt the integration of Wild Oats and Whole Foods Market as par...

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Beyond "Team of Rivals": Books to Stock on Air Force One

Margo Hammond and Ellen Heltzel | Posted 02.09.2009 | Media

Read More: Book Suggestion for Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Portland Oregon, Media News
Margo Hammond and Ellen Heltzel

Enough already with Kearns' "Team of Rivals." Obama and company will need more than history books to get them through the dark nights to come. They need to stock up on self-help books.

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Merle Haggard's Green Train Involvement Exaggerated, He Says

AP | JOHN GEROME | Posted 02.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Merle Haggard, Green Train, Merle Haggard Forgery, Merle Haggard Lawsuit, Green Train Lawsuit, Portland Oregon, Green News

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Country star Merle Haggard has sued an environmental awareness group, claiming it illegally used his name and likeness to rai...

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