A timeline of Portland’s upcoming cataclysmic earthquake.
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In Afghanistan, a US service member has reportedly freaked-out and killed 16 Afghan civilians, including several children. The rampage, which occurred earlier today, follows the burning of the Koran on a US military base last month. The service member is being held by US authorities. In Moscow, thousands of Russian protestors continue to shake their […]
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More News on PSU’s Bad Bookkeeping
Jeff Sheridan Since our blog and print story detailing a series of student layoffs following budget problems in PSU’s Office of Information Technology (OIT), we have received numerous comments and emails saying we were correct in suspecting things weren’t quite right with the department’s books. Sources told us OIT head Sharon Blanton hadn’t fully reviewed […]
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The Worst Sex Myths Kids Are Spreading These Days
Sex educators on the dumbest sex myths kids are telling these days.
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Protesters at Home Forward Fight Elderly Couple’s Eviction
This afternoon, a small group of protesters showed up outside the Old Town office of Home Forward, (formerly known as the Housing Authority of Portland), to protest an elderly couple’s eviction from a housing complex on North Vancouver Avenue. The 11 or so protesters came from the Portland Solidarity Network, an activist group that focuses […]
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US and Afghan officials are investigating the Koran burning that brought on weeks of riots that left 29 Afghans and six US soldiers dead. The individuals involved in the burning are expected <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/03/world/asia/5-soldiers-are-said-to-face-punishment-in-koran-burning-in-afghanistan.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha2“>to be disciplined. Syrian authorities have reportedly blocked the Red Cross from delivering aid to the rebel stronghold of Homs. Early results […]
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Workers Say PSU Covered up Source of $300,000 Budget Shortfall
PSU official misleadingly blames internal accounting troubles on state budget cuts.
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Today marks the sixth day of riots in Afghanistan following news that the Koran had been burned at a NATO base in Bagram. Syrians are voting right now on a new constitution that could end five decades of one party rule. If the constitution is approved, President Bashar al-Assad says he will play nice and […]
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Portland State Lays Off Student Workers Says Don’t Talk to Media
Last week the Mercury received a tip that about half of the student employees were being laid off at Portland State University’s Office of Information Technology (OIT). (Update: 4:50 pm Scott Gallagher PSU communications said the number of laid off students was 34 out of 175, 12 of whom he said have found other work).Under […]
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In Portland last night, the Trial Blazers beat the Atlanta Hawks. Also in bridge town, police are investigating a fatal shooting outside Grand Central Bowl in Southeast early this morning. One man is reported dead. In Egypt the date has been set for the trial of 19 Americans. Egyptian Cabinet Minister Faiza Abu El-Naga has […]
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Different Problems Plague City’s Latest Emergency Test
On January 26 the city tested its new citywide emergency notification system. It failed. On February 9, officials tried again. And this time it worked—for the most part. Yesterday, Mayor Sam Adams and Carmen Merlo, director of the Portland Bureau of Emergency Management (PBEM), gave a press conference about both tests and all the possible […]
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When Hearts Attack!
Lilliput Station … and his Magic Band! Nothing says I love you like a nice big heart, right? Some pour souls who live on the 2300 block of NW Flanders might beg to differ. They wound up calling the cops this morning, the day after Valentine’s Day, after finding exactly that on their doorstep: a […]