News RUNNING ON EMPTY: Jeff Taylor, who got 1.6 percent of the vote in the May 2008 mayor’s race, looked ready for another run. (left) STAMP OF DISAPPROVAL: Rally volunteer Diane Manser paid to have ...   More

News Senate Bill 796 targets 15 women whose knowledge makes them dangerous: They know, for instance, that it is not illegal in Oregon to bury a dead relative in the backyard. At issue in SB 796: whether th ...   More

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There were three TV news vans out front of Nick's Coney Island restaurant Thursday evening by 5:30pm, a half hour before the first rally for the Recall Sam Adams political action committee. Too many bulky cameras, micropho...   More

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Your move, President Obama.

As previously reported, retired 94-year-old Dr. Charles Grossman spent a week in Cuba as a tourist to challenge America's ban on trade and travel to Cuba. Grossman return...   More

News I’m sitting on the toilet, reading the stall-wall wisdom in one of Reed College’s restrooms during this year’s Renn Fayre extravaganza. The scrawl was obviously written a few days be ...   More

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Mark your calendars, skateboarders.

The official opening ceremony for the Ed Benedict Skate Plaza is Saturday, May 30, and it will be...   More

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News Did you buy loads of hand sanitizer last week? Or hold your breath every time someone coughed on the bus? As of May 5, there were 21 reported cases of swine flu in Oregon, or about one for every 180,0 ...   More

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On April 13, President Obama lifted a U.S. ban that had made it illegal for Americans to visit family in Cuba or send them money.

While a big st...   More