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Jul 7 2008, AP

An adult adoption involving lesbian partners and a claim on one of America’s premier business fortunes has been annulled.

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Jun 30 2008 by AP0 Comments

Two people caught skinny dipping in a Portland reservoir that is a main source of water for the city nearly caused officials to dump millions of gallons of water and close the facility.

 
 
Jun 30 2008 by AP0 Comments

Two people caught skinny dipping in a Portland reservoir that is a main source of water for the city nearly caused officials to dump millions of gallons of water and close the facility.

 
 
Jun 28 2008 by AP0 Comments

A federal judge says a doctor being extradited to Australia on manslaughter charges can’t go free in the United States for the next few weeks.

 
 
Jun 27 2008 by AP0 Comments

A doctor charged in Australia with manslaughter in the deaths of three patients signed an extradition agreement Thursday but wants to be free for the weeks before he’s taken from the U.S.

 
 
Jun 25 2008 by AP0 Comments

Republicans usually demonize Barack Obama in their political advertising, but GOP Sen. Gordon Smith aligns himself with the Democratic presidential candidate in a new ad, citing legislation they worked on to improve fuel efficiency standards.

 
 
Jun 21 2008 by AP0 Comments

When Oregon education officials set out to devise a graduation testing requirement for high school students, they looked to other states for inspiration _ on what not to do.

 
 
Jun 19 2008 by AP0 Comments

With no buyers in sight, MetroFi Inc.’s free wireless projects in Portland and in cities in California and Illinois appear to be ending.

 
 
Jun 12 2008 by AP0 Comments

Barbra Streisand, Mary Tyler Moore and Stephen King have a financial stake in Maine’s high-profile U.S. Senate race. So does a founding member of the Grateful Dead and an actress who starred as a James Bond girl.

 
 
Jun 9 2008 by AP0 Comments

It was a fortuitous typo for the Fred Meyer retail chain.

 
 
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Jun 27 2008 by Arpita Mukherjee0 Comments

Instead of choosing printed-paper or the screens on the TV if the actual product was used as the real advertising model, then the appeal would perhaps be more forceful. This farmers’ market ad created by agency Owen Jones & Partner of Portland...

 
 
Mar 18 2008 by Atul0 Comments

I had a word on the series thingy but sadly people we are a blog and that hurt me even more when I came across another one of those incomplete or rather more specifically in the making tattoos. Travis got this tattoo inked on his arm from the Oddball...

 
 
Mar 7 2008 by attitude0 Comments

Parking meters are most often more of a headache than anything else. While they might be necessary, they also are the easiest way to get a ticket against your name. Miss putting a coin by a minute and boom, you have a piece of paper in your hand the...

 
 
Aug 30 2007 by Rajni0 Comments

If unusual and unique places around the world make you go hum, then you just can’t miss the world’s smallest park in Portland. Named Mill Ends Park, it’s a 24 inch circular park that is just 2 feet in diameter and a much-beloved city...

 
 
Aug 16 2007 by Jolly0 Comments

Portland will soon have a 22 story tower that will house all the crap you’ve been collecting over the years. In an effort to conserve valuable riverfront land the tower will enclose a giant mechanical arm capable of lifting 40,000 pounds.
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Jun 28 2007 by Rajni0 Comments

While on move, do you ever find yourself desperately looking for a clean toilet in the city? Here’s a solution to your problem. MizPee is a new site promising to help you find the closest, cleanest toilet and gives you entertaining reading material...

 
 
Dec 20 2006 by Kanchan0 Comments

Is she ready to blow? Not likely. But experts always warn that it is active. It was most probably was caused by growth of the new lava dome inside the crater. Cold weather combined with the volcano’s ongoing release of water vapor to make the...

 
 
Aug 19 2006 by Zodingliani0 Comments

Owing to its “green image and sustainability leadership”, Portland was chosen recently as one of the eight U.S. cities to stage a press introduction of Ford Motor’s new Escape Hybrid SUV. The 2005 Escape Hybrid fleet, in the form of taxis have been...

 
 
Jun 17 2006 by Ankita0 Comments

Want to spend a long weekend to regenerate your lost energy with your girlfriend and get away from the hectic schedule to a secluded place. But don’t know in which city...

 
 
Mar 18 2006 by Irani0 Comments

Branch has placed these beautiful pieces of handmade glass pitcher on its shelves for sale. Designed in 2004, they are handmade in Portland by Esque. Such structures are available in the market in various shapes. But this one deserves a place in the...

 
 
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In this June 4, 2008 file photo, Chrysler and Dodge vehicles are lined up at a Chrysler dealership in Portland, Ore. Analysts at JPMorgan painted a bleak picture for Detroit’s automakers Thursday, July 2, 2008, suggesting General Motors Corp. might need...