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I guess we have Sarah Palin to thank.
About two weeks ago, local actor, vocalist/voice actor Michele Mariana (pictured above she won a Drammy for Portland Center Stage's Cabaret , and is doing voice work for Laika Film's upcoming Coraline ) reached her McCain campaign inan...   More

News Last spring, Madison High School administration opted to cut its part-time library assistant, Wendy Giesler. And that decision left the 940-student school with one overwhelmed full-time librarian. So when class resumed this August, Madison's teachers agreed that the library aide position shouldn't have been expendable, and vowed to bring back their beloved Giesler – by figuring out how to ...   More

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Last night, I got in touch with my feminine side at a women-centric fundraiser for Barack Obama. But enough about me. The most interesting woman among the 200 who gathered in the candlelit Southeast Portland warehouse known as The Plant to drink wine, eat desserts, make T-shirts ...   More

News A recent Web search conducted by students at Portland State University for all things Oregon revealed that only 17 percent of the people in the results were women. The Oregon Encyclopedia Project hope ...   More

Rogue of the Week In a very busy news week—from the first presidential debate to Wall Street’s meltdown—The Oregonian made its own headlines by inserting a DVD in its Sunday editions that managed to t ...   More

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Demonstrators gathered this morning – homemade signs in tow – to protest the Oregonian 's decision to distribute a DVD called “Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West ...   More

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How much does a get-out-of-plague-free card run these days? Apparently somewhere in the neighborhood of $119,000. That's how much the state's Legislative Emergency Board pledged today in an effort to eradicate the worst grasshopper infestation Eastern Oregon has seen in decade...   More

News Your Obama shirt is nice and all, but he's not gonna appreciate your wearing it unless you're registered to vote. So go make sure you're registered right now. The state Election Division set up this site today; to ...   More

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In an unsurprising yet highly controversial move today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission granted conditional approval to Houston-based NorthernStar Natural Gas in constructing and operating the Bradwood Project, a...   More

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Wednesday, Sept. 17 marks the two-year anniversary of the death of James Chasse Jr., and the Mental Health Association of Portland wanted to be sure today that your outrage hasn't waned.
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