News We're happy to learn Elmo and his cronies from Sesame Street are coming to Portland in mid-May for a three-day stint.According to a blurb for this "Elmo's Healthy Heroes" musical coming to the Memorial Coliseum, "When Super Grover loses his superness, Sesame Street needs a hero! Never fear, Elmo and his team of Healthy Heroes are here. Teaching lessons of healthy habits through song and dance, Elmo, ...   More

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News  Once you're done reading the piece in today's WW about the reasons for the latest delay in a City Council decision on whether Portland police officers should be part of the federal Joint Terrorism Task Force, there's another piece worth reading.It's a report in the New York Daily News from a couple days back on internal squabbles inside New York City's JTTF, a dispute that may give fodder to ...   More

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Cops and Courts Last week, Mayor Sam Adams canceled for the third time a hearing on whether Portland should rejoin the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force.  And so far, Commissioner Randy Leonard is the only p   More

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News Supporters of more than 50 groups plan to turn out this Saturday, March 19 at Pioneer Courthouse Square to protest the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The date marks the eighth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Saturday’s rally of labor, faith-based, peace and environmental justice organizations will highlight the link between the economic downturn and the ongoing wars in the Middle East, ...   More