Cover Story You thought it was a victimless crime, a Portland rite of passage. You drive across the Columbia River, fill your trunk with powerful fireworks that are legal in Washington, and then smuggle the   More

News Here's something to chew on this Fourth of July: Men's Health magazine has ranked Portland as America's most patriotic city, nosing out Salt Lake City and Kansas City. The magazine said it calculated the rankings based on percentage of registered voters who turned out for state and federal elections from 2004 to 2008 (Portland was ninth); money spent on military veterans per capita (Portland ...   More