Illegal immigrants’ fingerprints are now a fast track to deportation.
Stefan Kamph
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Police Report on Al Gore Sex Case
Earlier we said we were waiting for the report from the Portland Police Bureau’s 2009 investigation of alleged sexual misconduct by Al Gore… …here it is. Hat tip to @LisaLoving at the Skanner. UPDATE II: The New York Times quotes Portland Police spokesperson Mary Wheat as saying that the woman contacted the Police Bureau earlier […]
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Portland Police: We Investigated Al Gore Sex Abuse Allegations Last Year
As Steve noted in Good Morning News, the National Enquirer reports that Al Gore was accused of attacking a masseuse here in Portland in 2006. Turns out there could be some truth to this story—and there’s definitely been a real investigation. Today, for the first time, the Portland Police Bureau told the county District Attorney […]
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Mayor, Police Respond to N Portland Shootings
Mayor Sam Adams, Portland Police Chief Mike Reese and other police officials gathered this afternoon in North Portland to discuss a number of recent shootings in the area, which were allegedly gang-related. The most recent death was that of Billy Moore, a 17-year-old who Reese said “appears to have been an innocent victim in the […]
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School Board on Terminating High Schools: “We’ll Be Back”
After months of negotiations, false starts, scares, controversies, rallies, impassioned speeches, tears, speculation, and secrecy, Portland Public Schools’ High School Redesign is officially… tabled until next year. [record scratch] What? At a meeting last night where Jefferson and Marshall Supporters, as well as Sam Adams, were prepared to weigh in on the closing of Portland’s […]
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Coffee in a Bus Shelter? Why, Yes!
New from the city that excels in turning every little nook and cranny into a full-featured espresso bar: a disused bus shelter will become a coffee shop! Yes, it’s true! This combination of public transit, creative reuse and fancy caffeine should give the New York Times a big, big boner: djcoregon.com The DJC has the […]
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Warning: “U” Might Die in this Building!
Have you noticed any of those red, square-shaped “U” signs that have been appearing above the entrances of buildings around town? Wondered what they could mean? Me too. I first saw one a few months ago, above the side entrance of Union Jacks club on East Burnside Street, and then another outside the Kingston pub […]
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Good Morning, News!!
Happy Sunday, folks! Hope you’re having a good weekend. Did you go to the Naked Bike Ride last night, along with 13,000 other chilly citizens? I didn’t, but I did go to a jail and a sex club in the same day. Keep an eye on the paper for more on those hijinks. I bring […]
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Live-Tweeting an Execution by Firing Squad
Ronnie Lee Gardner, a convicted murderer, made history at midnight last night by being the first person in 14 years to be executed by firing squad in the US. He specifically requested the form of execution, which garnered the case some last-minute national attention. Then there was a series of Twitter updates from Utah Attorney […]
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Portland Neighborhoods Seek Nirvana through “Main Streets”
So what has “four points,” and “eight principles,” and results in a better, more harmonious life? No, silly, it’s not Buddhism—it’s the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Main Streets program, which announced partnerships this morning to fix up the Alberta, Hillsdale and St. Johns neighborhoods according to said noble precepts. To qualify, each neighborhood had […]
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Texas Congressman: Sorry, BP
Watch as Texas Rep. Joe Barton apologizes to BP CEO Tony Hayward for the “tragedy” of making the company establish a relief fund. Also: this. (via @scottmoorepdx) Update 4:15 pm: Barton backpedals. “What I really meant to say…”