A US Navy destroyer has collided with an oil tanker near the Persian Gulf. Neither ship was badly damaged. The incident is under investigation. Elsewhere in the region, Iran’s two earthquakes are now believed to have killed 300 people. The US Geological Society says yesterday’s quakes measured in at magnitude 6.4 and 6.3. In case […]
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Fear of a Black Bloc Planet
FBI Raid Portland Homes, Looking for Anarchist Materials
FBI raid of North Portland homes was targeting anarchists.
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Anarchist Threat or Just a Bunch of Kids Breaking Stuff?
Today, the Mercury published a story on the recent FBI raids carried out on Portland activists. As Sarah reported earlier, the police were looking for all things “anarchist” including, “anarchist literature” flags, and—what else?—lots and lots of black clothing. This isn’t the first time in recent months law enforcement has gotten worked up over “anarchists.” […]
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Writer Gore Vidal died yesterday. He was 86. President Obama Scores in Battleground States. According to a new poll, voters in Ohio, Florida, and Pennsylvania prefer Obama over money-hiding Mitt Romney. And Whitey Gets It. With just three months to the national elections, an Iowa professor wanted to know what percentage of the vote Obama […]
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When Space Nerds Attack
NASA’s Curiosity Rover. It’s looking like a good week for space nerds. NASA’s budget has shrunk for the last five decades. And while the exploration of the great big starry vacuum that surrounds our tiny world is now considered unimportant by many politicians and policy makers—and perhaps much of the general public—nonetheless, earlier this week, […]
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Let’s start with Portland. More on last night’s officer involved shooting here. What Plan to Attack Iran? Israel officials are denying rumors an Obama aide shared with them the administration’s plans to attack Iran. As Apple Goes, So Goes the World’s Economy. The crappy economy must be real, even the tech giant Apple is feeling […]
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Sellwood Slip-Up
Mayor Adams Slams Last-Minute Changes to Sellwood Bridge Design
Mayor Adams slams last-minute change to Sellwood Bridge design.
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Heart breaking stories from the Colorado shooting continue to come in. President Obama will be in the state later today to comfort victims’ families. Meanwhile, Warner Bros. has canceled two more premieres of “The Dark Knight Rises”, out of respect for victims and their families. And, Norway is marking the one-year anniversary of its own […]
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Council Okays Report on Gun Ordinances’ Racial Impact
This morning, the Portland City Council unanimously approved the findings of a committee in charge of studying the effects of Mayor Sam Adams’ 2010 gun ordinances—setting aside concerns raised by committee and community members that the centerpiece of the laws, exclusions for gun criminals, might be disproportionately affecting black Portlanders. As the Mercury reported Monday, […]
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Watching the Investors. The Justice Department is building possible criminal cases against those interest rate fixers including—you guessed it—the good folks at Barclays. You Can’t Keep a Good Mogul Down. Silvio Berlusconi will be running for Italian Prime Minister again. No, really. The media mogul will run again, and this despite all that sex scandal […]
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Inside the Occupy Files
Internal Reports Reveal What Cops Think of Protests
Internal reports offer rare glimpse at police bureau’s approach to protests.
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Occupy Portland Trial Dates Set
Paul Cone Defense Lawyer Robert Callahan and Judge Albrecht It finally happened. On Friday, July 6, after members of Occupy Portland once again packed the courtroom of Multnomah County Judge Cheryl Albrecht, the seemingly unthinkable occurred: Albrecht finally set trial dates for the first set of mass Occupy arrests. Unless the dates change, they are: […]