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Fish advocates cheered when federal Judge James Redden stuck it to the Bushies again last week, ordering that dams on the Snake and Columbia rivers release large amounts of water this summer to help salmon pass unscathed. The feds said the forgone hydro could cost ratepayers up to $67 million.

Local enviros gave a 21-Prius salute last week after officials revealed that carbon-dioxide emissions, a.k.a. "greenhouse gases," in Portland have dropped 13 percent per capita from 1990 levels-a change reportedly unmatched elsewhere. Hey, Portland: You know the U.S. didn't ratify the Kyoto Protocol, right?

After months of bad pub generated by thuggish football players, O regon State University can justifiably brag about its Beavers baseball team. Relying heavily on in-state talent, the Beavs advanced to the College World Series for the first time since 1952.

LOSERS

Baby-faced politicians got low marks in recent studies of voter preferences. That explains why grandfather Tom Potter is mayor, and may give thirtysomething Commissioner Erik Sten something new to worry about.

Hey, community leader and pastor Rev. Roy Tate-Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness! At the center of a civil suit that claims he raped a 16-year-old parishioner, Tate failed to show up in court last week. He claimed he was in Cali but was spotted working his rent-a-cop beat at Lloyd Center. He appeared in court Monday and admitted a sexual relationship, but said he didn't know the girl's age.

Why steal music from the Internet when the Multnomah County Library is just down the street? Officials tell The Oregonian that lax security measures have allowed 18,786 items-25 percent of them CDs-to disappear from the shelves in the past six months.

Michael Jackson court-watchers must now find other worthy pursuits until the next "trial of the century." Try getting a life.

WWeek 2015