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A man whose wife was given the wrong type of fuel at a Chevron station in east Multnomah County is suing the station's owner for allegedly ruining his fuel injectors.

In a lawsuit filed Dec. 8 in Multnomah County Circuit Court, Tom Young claims his wife drove his 2003 Ford E-350 Econoline van to the Chevron station at 17411 SE Powell Blvd. on Sept. 11, 2010.
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News   The police blotter last month featured a couple from Lents who canned their own beets and blogged as “urban survivalists.” They were arrested Nov. 10 on suspicion of holding up two banks in the Woodstock and Cully neighborhoods This month, it’s    More

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The police blotter last month featured a couple from Lents who canned their own beets and blogged as "urban survivalists." They were arrested Nov. 10 on suspicion of holding up two banks in the Woodstock and Cully neighborhoods

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News   After a last-minute intervention in Portland Mayor Sam Adams‘ office by a friend of a man fatally shot in 2005 by Portland Police Officer Leo Besner, it appears Besner will be promoted today to sergeant. (Update 1:23 pm: Police spokesman Sgt. Pete Simpson confirms Besner was promoted in a ceremony this morning.)    More

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After a last-minute intervention in Portland Mayor Sam Adams' office by a friend of a man fatally shot in 2005 by Portland Police Officer Leo Besner, it appears Besner will be promoted today to sergeant.

(Update 1:23 pm: Police spokesman Sgt. Pete Simpson confirms Besner was promoted in a ceremony this morning.)

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TriMet faces a lawsuit from the family of a pedestrian run over and killed by one of its buses on April 24 in Old Town and from another pedestrian injured in the incident.

The lawsuit seeks $10 million from the public transit agency for each of the...   More

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A 26-year-old man from Boring, Ore., has filed a $3 million federal lawsuit against Clackamas County and Taser International alleging he suffered serious injuries from being Tasered.

According to the lawsuit filed Dec. 1 in U.S. District Court, Paul Streeter was at Clackamas Town Center with his father on Dec. 2, 2008. The suit says Streeter's dad called 9-1-1 as a r...   More

News Two facts are clear from looking at a trio of cases similar to Mohamed Osman Mohamud’s alleged plot to attack Pioneer Courthouse Square. What the feds include in their initial account sometimes ...   More

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Oregonian columnist Susan Nielsen on Sunday took a whack at explaining the difference between the Pioneer Courthouse Square ...   More

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As Portland city officials consider whether to rejoin the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force, it's worth noting not all federal terrorism stings end like the Nov. 26 arrest here of Mohamed Osman Mohamud.

The Washington Post had an interesting piece on Sunday about an anti...   More