News Saturday's forecast looks nice, not that a monsoon would matter to Portland soccer fans as they organize a rally to bring Major League Soccer to Portland. According to a post on a Soccer City message board, the march to City Hall is an attempt to show community support in bringing MLS to Portland, an idea being pressed by Merritt Paulson, owner of the minor-league Timbers soccer team and Beavers ...   More

News Two new movies opened today, neither screened for critics by WW press time. Better to flunk them tardily than let them pass... The Proposal Now there's a title for a romantic comedy. The premise is similarly grand: A Manhattan career woman (Sandra Bullock) blackmails her emasculated assistant (Ryan Reynolds) into a sham wedding engagement, to save herself from sudden deportation as a Canadian ...   More