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Woman gets probation for setting tow truck on fire
A 20-year-old woman received two years probation for setting a tow truck on fire as it was rolling away from an apartment complex with a car.
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Oregon crabbing season off to healthy start
Oregon crabbers are hauling in sizable catches despite earlier concerns the year would be a bust after the disappointing start to Central California's crab season.
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California man arrested in Oregon for toddler's death
A 23-year-old California man is awaiting extradition after Oregon authorities arrested him in connection with the death of a 3-year-old boy.
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Smoker's widow seeks $79.5M at high court
A cigarette maker and a smoker's widow squared off for the third time at the Supreme Court today over a $79.5 million punitive damages award, but the real battle was between the justices and their counterparts ...
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Activists want AWOL soldiers welcome in Portland
Peace activists want the Portland City Council to declare Portland a sanctuary for soldiers absent without leave.
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Former Ore. governor doubts he'll get Cabinet job
Former Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber says he thinks it's "extremely doubtful" he'll be picked to be interior secretary in the Obama administration.
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OSP: Southern Oregon Thanksgiving DUII Arrests Second Only to Portland, Salem
Preliminary information from a state agency shows fatal accidents on the state's highways were down this year to the lowest reported level since 1999 as two people were reported killed in traffic-related ...
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Notorious child killer Diane Downs up for parole
Twenty-five years later, Diane Downs still insists that she is innocent of shooting her children, one fatally, in a crime that riveted Oregonians and was recounted in an Ann Rule book and a TV movie starring ...
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University of Oregon football coach Bellotti to become athletic director
University of Oregon President Dave Frohnmayer and Athletics Director Pat Kilkenny today announced their succession plan for several key positions in the UO athletics department.
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Governor Delivers 2009-2011 Recommended Budget to the Legislature
Oregon's Governor says the budget focuses on the future, elevating education as top funding priority, makes key investments in health care, climate change, transportation and jobs.
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Barking banned in Oregon State Capitol
Lawmakers can't end the partisan bickering, but they're going to stop the barking.
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Bill Sizemore ordered to jail for contempt of court
Judge Janice Wilson spent more than two hours unraveling what she called Bill Sizemore's web of lies, ultimately ordering the Oregon political figure jailed after finding him in contempt of a previous court ...
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Tax packages prop up governora s budget plan
Gov. Ted Kulongoski proposed four tax-increase packages Monday as part of his 2009-11 state budget proposal, which he said would stimulate the creation of 30,000 jobs by boosting spending on transportation, ...
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OHSU to cut staff, freeze salaries
Oregon Health and Science University announced a wide-ranging plan to cut costs after patient numbers fell short of projections.
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Governor's budget calls for cuts in state services
Gov. Ted Kulongoski proposed today to hold state spending to just under $16 billion for the next two years, leaving about $100 million unspent as an ending balance.
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Is Oregon hostage to Measure 57?
In March, the Oregon Department of Corrections expects to welcome the first of what will become known as its "Measure 57 inmates." The timing of their arrival could not be worse.
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Tanner Creek Energy Announces Oregon's Largest Wine Industry Solar...
Tanner Creek Energy announced today the completion of a 94.5 kilowatt solar energy system at Domaine Drouhin Oregon, the famed winery in Oregon's Dundee Hills .
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Archdiocese documents offer no 'smoking gun'
Documents released by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Portland this week fall short of implicating higher-ups in trying to hide sexual abuse of young people by priests, a leading victim advocate said Friday.
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Oregon to advertise video gambling
SALEM - Beginning in December, a TV actor dressed as a knight will urge more Oregonians to try their hand at video gambling.
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Oregon roads and highways: No money, no projects
Is a new bridge about growing government, or growing the economy? The Republican legislators decrying proposed gas tax and car registration fee increases to fund road and bridge projects need to say clearly ...
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