mccain decides on running mate republican presidential candidate john mccain decided on a running mate early today and one top prospect minnesota gov. tim pawlenty abruptly canceled numerous public appearances. the arizona......
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heres the multnomah county counsels opinion that we alluded to the other day the one that says that in order to be sheriff a candidate must be an experienced law enforcement officer. as we noted and as the opinion itself acknowledges other legal minds disagree including one of the countys own deputy district attorneys.......
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note from anastasia i think our comments feature may be buggy on ypulse books but we are giving away three free copies of kaimira the sky village to the first three commenters who let us know their thoughts on ya scifi. you can leave your comments here. also were gone through monday back on tuesday have a great labor day weekend direct to students retailers are setting up popup stores on college...
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first we couldnt figure out whether its legal for the county to spend the car rental tax on something other than roads. now we cant figure out whether you need to be a law enforcement officer in order to be elected sheriff. state lawyers say one thing county counsel says another. what a goofy place sometimes.......
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i have only one personal kevin duckworth story. it was the heyday of the drexler blazers and i sat at the next table from duck at a fancy sunday brunch i believe it was in the restaurant at the thenstillprettynew riverplace alexis hotel. the guy was huge. he was there with a young gal of about the same age whom he absolutely dwarfed. in those days i ate and drank all i could at any sort of al...
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wow.a anyone with two open eyes saw this coming for a while now.a duck had clearly gone over five full spins on the scale.a as another big guy this definitely gives me pause.a as a friend of mine said a couple of weeks ago we have to start getting serious about this.a 44 is way too young to go.a way too young. you know i was at duckworths first game as a blazer back in 1986.a i cant remember who t...
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if i had to base my vote on how his supporters have treated us id be voting for mccain. how bitter and selfish. how very very clinton.......
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this looks to be an improvement of the oregonians web site which has taken a lot of flack over the last few years. but well see for sure once installed. prelaunch page says our new home page is wider less cluttered and loaded with links to all of the great content featured on our site. weve chosen typestyle thats easy to read and bright and bold without overwhelming the page. btw note the new r...
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... which im not id be asking why my local police are hanging around the state fair in salem busting people for selling fake rolexes.......
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the first oregon rural congress a gathering of representatives from cities and state agencies legislators and individual citizens met in cascade locks this week to workshop proposals and develop a unified voice on issues affecting rural oregon.its fivepoint agenda pdf format natural resources rural finance economic development telecommunications and human services.the editors of the oregonian who...
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heres a weird portland connection to the dead anthrax suspect. but hey what about that case isnt weird......
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...wspaper now gives for its products the oregonian is the largest daily news outlet in the northwest reaching more than 700000 readers in print every day and more than a million unique viewers through oregonlive.com every month.when last we heard the paid circulation of the daily o was just over 300000 and heading steadily downward. how does that translate into more than 700000 readers do they figur...
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to put it another way with conception something begins. what do you think it is a car a 1948 buick thats a good one. this next one is kinda weird in its redundancy. but sad. fatal accident kills woman may she have found grace. and so may the others affected by this tragedy.......
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gay marriage is banned in oregon and the most states in the u.s. but if you are gay and native indian you are lucky the coquille indian tribe on the southern oregon coast recently adopted a law that recognizes samesex marriage. the law extends to gay and lesbian partners all tribal benefits of marriage even if a coquille marries an italian or pakistani ap and the oregonian report. according to...
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two women one of whom is coquille will be getting married next may with the coquille indian tribe as a federally recognized sovereign nation the tribe is not bound by the oregons constitution. the tribe recently adopted a law that recognizes samesex marriage and extends to gay and lesbian partners at least one of whom must be a coquille all tribal benefits of marriage. the coquilles whic...
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because the andrew jackson face looks vaguely like that of a confused portland creative class slacker waking up after a long hard night capped off by too many voodoo donuts.......
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bobby king the portland cop union chief who never saw a dead suspect who didnt deserve to die may be back in a real police job soon.......
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if you havent checked out the new oregonlive you should. is it the same site repackageda maybe.a but i like it.......
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the coquille a native american tribe in southern oregon have become the first in the united states to decide to recognize samesex marriage the oregonian. as a federally recognized sovereign nation the tribe is not bound by oregons constitution. and on may 8 the tribe adopted a law that recognizes samesex marriage and extends to gay and lesbian couples all the tribal benefits of marriage. and whil...
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oregon looks into spill at smiths plant violation wastewater from processing corn gets into pine creek and could harm fish wednesday august 20 2008 scott learn the oregonian staff milky wastewater from smith frozen foods the company owned by u.s. sen. gordon smith has again reached a creek next to the eastern oregon plant a scenario that has cost smith political points in the past. the company ...
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when the city of portland overpays nearly 1000 police and fire pensions including those of the mayor and a city councilman to the tune of more than 3 million whats the story in a nutshell the system is working. no kidding.......
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abit parochial maybe but itd be a heck of a deal of those few of us in the country west or south of hillsboro oregon a commuter rail that could run between forest grove and cornelius and this is the key part could link p with the max line at hillsboro. that would effectively extend maxs reach a dozen or so key miles out of town to pacific university and to the wine country. the talks for so doin...
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...ve it to you to decide if you want to be offended.......
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heres an interesting way to host a dinner party hire a servant to do the work and get your neighbors to pay. but to call that a potluck only in the o.......
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old mike erickson certainly is busy with his humanitarian projects. driving damsels in distress to doctors appointments delivering food to needy countries the guys a male republican mother teresa aint he i never smoked a whole cigar too farookin funny. and of course he never inhaled.......
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