Moneyville is for sale! So is “Engineer It!” I know you’ve been wondering what to do with your extra 5,000 square feet. Lucky for you, OMSI is having a sale on its retired exhibits. You could have a “highly interactive exhibition” of your very own. Hat tip to Nathalie Weinstein.
Angela Webber
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Good Morning, News!
This morning, Congress passed what people are calling “the most sweeping overhaul of U.S. financial regulation since the Great Depression.” Taliban commanders in Afghanistan say the firing of Gen. McChrystal is “another victory” for their side. The general’s firing will also embolden Pakistan in their attempts to make a political settlement in Afghanistan that is […]
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Middle School Kids Build Greenhouse For Homeless
It’s the perfect Portland story: a young artist brings together kids and a homeless community to build a greenhouse out of recycled materials. Ten middle school kids, most of them from Da Vinci Middle School, have spent six weeks of after-school time, and the beginning of their summer vacation, planning and building a greenhouse for […]
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Tea Party Ruins The Tea Party For Everyone
The Tea Party Bookshop in Salem, Oregon is changing its name to “Tigress Books,” because associating itself with dangerous animals is much, much safer than associating with the likes the Teabaggers. Owner JoAnne Kohler told the Washington Post: “People would be calling us asking where the rallies were,” Kohler said. And those on the other […]
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Now Hiring: Netflix Customer Service Representative
It’s a scary world. When I graduated college, I walked off the stage an into a crowd of friends, recent graduates, who were still looking for work. But there have to be jobs somewhere…. And there are, and all you have to do is sell out a little bit. If you’re up for something mindless, […]
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Good Morning Afternoon Evening, News!
Ok, I’m a failure of an intern. But there is news. I promise. And most of y’all just woke up anyway. There may be a Glee movie. China’s says it will make its currency (the yuan) more flexible, which makes other countries happy kinda. In other China news, at least 90 have died in flooding […]
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Good Morning, News!
Secretary of state Hilary Hillary Clinton says the Department of Justice will sue Arizona over their immigration law. She said it on TV in Ecuador. Utah executed an inmate by firing squad, the first such execution in the states in 14 years. Toy Story 3 is bigger than you can imagine. Reviews are raving, money […]
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PedalPalooza Pic of the Day!
It’s PedalPalooza day seven, folks! The two-week festival of bikes and bikey fun is getting to the halfway mark… so take out your bike and your camera and put your photos in the Mercury’s Flickr pool. Today, jupiterjupiter provides this hit from the Sunset Mystery Ride:
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Portland Transplants: Where Do They Come From?
This map shows who moved to Multnomah county, and who moved away, in 2008. forbes.com using irs data (from Forbes, via Reddit)
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Journalism Lessons: Make Your Headlines Specific
You may not know this about me, but I have had a passionate love affair with hilarious and poorly written headlines. At at the risk of making light of a serious situation, I will submit the following to this category: Boy spotted in Walmart is not Kyron Horman A boy spotted in a Walmart in […]
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David Douglas High: A Bunch of Freaking Over-Achievers
David Douglas High School, the largest high school in the state, where 75 percent of students are on free/reduced lunch, continues to impress. Last month, David Douglas won a national award for its music program. And now they’ve won an award for graduating way more kids than demographics would predict. In the recently released Diploma […]
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Now Hiring: Liason For Police, Public And Mayor
We imagine it could be fun working over at the Mayor’s place, what with the Modest Mouse and the incessant twittering. But here’s a job I don’t want… Mayor Sam Adams and Portland Police Bureau Chief Mike Reese believe that our police officers are peacekeepers. Our officers are most effective when they help keep the […]