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Located in Southeast Portland on 50th and Foster, The Smoke Shack's storefront sign has attracted the attention of our always attentive WW readers.

The sign reads: Glass Pipes, Brawndo, Hookahs and… Cocaine. Whoa. That's worth a trip to check ou...   More

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Today John McCain is 72. And as a birthday present to himself, he chose Alaska Gov.    More

News Portland banks on Monday started issuing dollar coins featuring the United States’ seventh president, Andrew Jackson. The move is part of a pilot program by the U.S. Mint to wean Americans off p ...   More

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Today, the orange tape was cut. Sixty-eight condemned trees along Northeast Portland's Bridgetown levee began to be removed at 10 o'clock this morning as part of FEMA's post-Katrina levee certification program.
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Lookin' for a hot date Friday night? Thanks to rising gas prices, Portlanders need look no further than a TriMet line. July's new record-breaking ridership stats reveal taking a ride on TriMet's MAX or bus lines, especially during rush hour, cou...   More

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On Aug. 2, Bettie Ford Lounge closed her doors to Portland's aspirant VIPs and overaged dancefloor grinders for the last time. The “part intimate, part sexy nightclub” spot (as described on Bettie's website) is closing forever so for...   More

Q & A Before moving to Portland in 2004, Julius Achon had already lived a full life of Olympian highs as an adult and unspeakable horrors as a child in his native Uganda. Achon (pronounced AYCH-wahn) was 12 ...   More

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(see an expanded version below, and more of Matt Bors' work here)

Thought this was funny? So did Guantánamo Bay captive Salim Hamdan, a Yemeni...   More

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The Oregon Public Utility Commission has cleared the way for third-party solar projects after PacifiCorp had sought to clarify those projects' legality.

For the couple dozen solar projects in Oregon, the...   More

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Before Saturday's Live Wire taping at the Aladdin Theater, WW had the opportunity to speak with one of the nights' guests:    More