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Occupy Portland’s impact is unclear, but it includes rodents.


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Occupy Portland protester Cameron Whitten is camped out in front of City Hall, where’s he’s been on a hunger strike for 40 days. As many as three dozen people have joined him, living and sleep   More
 
Wednesday, July 11, 2012 AARON MESH

Faking It

Internet killed the laminator.


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“Pete” made thousands selling fake IDs. Using a laminator, basic Photoshop skills and a roll of double-sided tape, he charged University of Portland students up to $100 for cards that cost $   More
 
Wednesday, July 4, 2012 CODY NEWTON

Boarding by the Ban

Can Arlington Heights ban skateboarding down the Zoobomb run?


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Robin McGuirk is taking what he fears may be his last ride down Southwest Fairview Boulevard. It’s 1 pm on June 26 and the 35-year-old owner of Eastside Longboards is cruising down the West Hi   More
 
Wednesday, July 4, 2012 CODY NEWTON

Spice World

Synthetic marijuana is more illegal than the real stuff—and easier to buy.


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A decade ago, synthetic marijuana hit shelves at skate and head shops with two big advantages over real grass: It was legal and it wouldn’t show up in drug tests. A decade later, fake pot could    More
 
Wednesday, July 4, 2012 ALEX TOMCHAK SCOTT

Red Card

Jefferson Smith says he regrets acts of unsportsmanlike conduct that have gotten him banned from the court and field.


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Politics is a rough business—but it’s light duty compared to lining up against Rep. Jefferson Smith (D-Portland) on the basketball court or...   More
 
Wednesday, July 4, 2012 NIGEL JAQUISS

Know Your Rights


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People with badges are used to getting their way—even if the badge was issued by Blart Security. Teenagers aren’t always crazy about people telling them what to do. So when the guy in the unif   More
 
Wednesday, July 4, 2012 KATY SWORD

Grass Ceiling

Elected with pot money, Ellen Rosenblum, Oregon’s new attorney general, faces many legal conflicts of her own making.


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Ellen Rosenblum will make history June 29 when she takes office as Oregon’s first female attorney general. But...
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Wednesday, June 27, 2012 NIGEL JAQUISS

Spying the Friendly Skies

Drone aircraft used for recon in Afghanistan are now in Portland.


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Military surveillance drones of the kind used to spy on Taliban targets for U.S. forces in Afghanistan are now based in Portland, but U.S. government officials are unclear how or when they might   More
 
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 COREY PEIN

The Toll Under the Bridge

Seattle’s experience shows the CRC’s projections are flimsier than ever.


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It’s human nature: Start charging people for something they’ve been getting for free, and many won’t want it anymore. Take, for example, a new toll for a bridge. In the Seattle area, one out   More
 
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 NIGEL JAQUISS

Wireless Waste

Portland schools have had to spend $172,000 fighting a parent's lawsuit over Wi-Fi.


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 One year ago, the parent of a Portland Public Schools student sued the district with claims a new Wi-Fi network in his daughter’s middle school was poisoning her and potentially harming other students.
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Wednesday, June 20, 2012 COREY PEIN
 

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