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Furor over revelations that the Oregon Zootraded away ownership of a newborn elephant was soothed somewhat last night by the California traveling show that will own the calf saying it has More
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Not so fast with the elephant birthday party.
Two days after Asian elephant Rose-Tu gave birth to a 300-pound baby girl at the Oregon Zoo—the third elephant born in captivity nationwide this year—The Seattle Times unleashed a devastating two-part investigative seri...More
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Mayor-elect Charlie Hales has chosen a chief of staff: Former state Rep. Gail Shibley.
Shibley, who currently runs the Oregon Office of Health Licensing, was the first out lesbian to serve in the state legislature, holding office from 1991 to 1996.
The Mayor-elect is charging donors up to $2,500 to attend a pre-inaugural party.
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The invitation to the Dec. 4 reception at the Gilt Club
makes it clear this would be a fundraiser for a winner: The red “Charlie
Hales for Mayor” logo is amended with...
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Feel that nip in the air? That's the chilling realization that the nation's cultural critics have begun releasing their 2012 top 10 lists. Don't they even have decency to wait until December?The list released by AdWeek today won't comfort anybody w...
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Mayor-elect holding big-ticket fundraiser to pay off campaign debt
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Even after the race is over, Portland Mayor-elect Charlie Hales keeps finding new ways to break his promise of campaign financing limits.
Hales is paying off his campaign debts with a reception at Old Town restaurant Gilt Club on Dec. 4, with tickets starting at $50 and "sponsorship levels" ranging from $200 to $2,500. That's well over the $600 cap Hales placed on indiv...
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The online sports magazine Grantland is making a habit of finding former Trail Blazers to tell stories about how miserable they were in Portland.
In May, the ESPN-owned long-form journalism site revea...More
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More than 200 people huddled under the Hawthorne Bridge on Sunday evening at a candlelight vigil to remember "Working" Kirk Reeves—the 56-year-old street musician who for a decade played trumpet at the bridge's onramp in his dist...
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