News Sporting dark sunglasses, traditional Arab headgear and a brown-and-white smock, Ibrahim Mubarak looks like a smiling, sun-drenched sheik as he gives Secretary of State Bill Bradbury a tour of Por ... More
the duke of dignity village
IBRAHIM MUBARAK HAS LEARNED THAT A HOMELESS UTOPIA IS EASIER TO CONCEIVE THAN TO ACHIEVE.
News Sporting dark sunglasses, traditional Arab headgear and a brown-and-white smock, Ibrahim Mubarak looks like a smiling, sun-drenched sheik as he gives Secretary of State Bill Bradbury a tour of Por ... More
Hey Buddy, Can You Spare a Few Mil?
A helping hand from Sen. Gordon Smith may not be enough to save Brett Wilcox's business.
News Oregon's homegrown aluminum king has enlisted U.S. Senator Gordon Smith in an effort to get out of a public-power contract that last year was giving him huge profits. So far, it hasn't paid off. P ... More
The Battle over Kelly Bruun's Bumps
News City Commissioner Jim Francesconi is facing off against Multnomah County Sheriff Dan Noelle in a spat that has some wondering about their motives. The issue, however, is not jail beds or the use o ... More
Mistaken Identity
Computer error sends man to jail for 43 days. Lawyer says it could happen to you.
News The plot is familiar: A police computer confuses a guy with someone else, he's thrown in jail and assaulted by thugs, and prison guards laugh when the innocent victim says there's been a mistake.B ... More
Salem's Drinking Problem
News Early this year, as state lawmakers frantically tried to patch an ever-widening budget hole, it looked like a no-brainer to raise Oregon's beer and wine tax--which, at less than a penny per 12-oun ... More
Cop Watchpuppy Takes a Nap
News On the night of Sept. 4, 1999, two Portland police officers knocked on the door of 24-year-old Merrick Bonneau's home on Northeast Hancock Street and placed him under arrest. "You've got the wrong ... More
Hate Crime...or Love Crime?
News Earlier this week, reporters were told that a local gay man was victimized by a brutal hate crime--repeatedly run over by a car. It was a compelling story that now seems increasingly questionable. ... More
Policing the Records
News Three months ago, a county grand jury cried "Coverup!" in the case of two off-duty cops accused of a brutal beating downtown. Now, WW has learned, detectives are investigating a new set of allegat ... More
Cop-Tracking System Off Track
News Does the Portland Police Bureau have the ability to spot bad cops before they are charged with crimes?With three separate indictments of Portland police officers in the past three months, it's mor ... More
JUDGE DREAD
Dorothy Baker is scaring drivers sober--but is she veering over the line?
News It is all about endorphins, as Judge Dorothy Baker proselytizes to anyone who will listen--and some who won't. This is clear one early-July afternoon in the third-floor courtroom that for Multnoma ... More
Top Articles from Nick Budnick
Leif's Auto Body Experience
Under the hood of a Portland collision-repair business. The Murder that WOULD NOT DIE
Columnist Phil Stanford is obsessed with a decade-old conspiracy theory. What if he's right? "Dirty old [money] man"
GOP bankroller Loren Parks hit with sexual-harassment charges. True Lies?
Polygraph expert questions Francke investigation tactics. Randy Richardson was a hotshot criminal- defense lawyer. Now he needs one.
Good Cop, Bad Cop
The city wants to rein in officers like Lt. Todd Wyatt. The Rapper and His Rapsheet
Keary Watson says he's shaken his tawdry past. Portland cops sure hope so. SNITCH-SLAPPED
How a Serbian con artist scammed Portland's Russian "godfather" and the FBI. Kindred Killing
Police are investigating the murder of a black man as a potential hate crime. Swimming with Sharks
How a brutal drug trafficker convinced local prosecutors that someone else murdered Vincent Pawloski and Jodie Schneider.
Under the hood of a Portland collision-repair business. The Murder that WOULD NOT DIE
Columnist Phil Stanford is obsessed with a decade-old conspiracy theory. What if he's right? "Dirty old [money] man"
GOP bankroller Loren Parks hit with sexual-harassment charges. True Lies?
Polygraph expert questions Francke investigation tactics. Randy Richardson was a hotshot criminal- defense lawyer. Now he needs one.
Good Cop, Bad Cop
The city wants to rein in officers like Lt. Todd Wyatt. The Rapper and His Rapsheet
Keary Watson says he's shaken his tawdry past. Portland cops sure hope so. SNITCH-SLAPPED
How a Serbian con artist scammed Portland's Russian "godfather" and the FBI. Kindred Killing
Police are investigating the murder of a black man as a potential hate crime. Swimming with Sharks
How a brutal drug trafficker convinced local prosecutors that someone else murdered Vincent Pawloski and Jodie Schneider.
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