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Dan Savickas
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“It’s The Shoes”

Classic Air Jordan Sneakers Aren’t Just a Fashion Statement, They’re an Obsession. Just Ask the Guys Who Will Do Anything to Get Them
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It’s 6:30 in the morning, pouring rain, and I’m standing outside Niketown with 20 other people watching a man in a shirt and tie hand out copies of The Watchtower. I’m under-caffeinated, wet, and amused by the fact that this Jehovah’s Witness doesn’t realize this crowd already has a god to worship—the Air Jordan. “I […]

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Refer Madness

Gay Rights on the Ballot?
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Just last week, Governor Ted Kulongoski signed two landmark bills into law: One would allow same-sex couples in Oregon to register as domestic partners, with all of the state rights and responsibilities usually reserved for married couples. The other outlaws discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. But if three men from Southern Oregon […]

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Hotel Hell

Police Tackle Troublesome NE Portland Hotel
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For years, the Coliseum Budget Inn on NE San Rafael—a few blocks from NE MLK—was better known to neighbors as a safe house for criminals. Drug deals, guests arguing in the streets, prostitution, and cars pulling up and leaving at all hours of the night were standard fare at the run-down motel. Alan Sanchez, a […]

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