Multnomah County Sheriff Dan Staton is backing off a contract provision that would have eliminated face-to-face visits in the county’s two jails in favor of video kiosks. That decision, announced today, comes after a Street Roots report earlier this month highlighted the change, suggesting it might be a sweet deal for a technology company the […]
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Coats for Cubs
The annual Buffalo Exchange fur-donation program is right around the corner, kicking off on the 14th of this month through April 22nd. For those unfamiliar with the “Coats for Cubs” program, it’s a drive to collect authentic fur and shearling pieces—even just trims and collars—for the Humane Society to use as bedding for injured and […]
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I DEMAND A TAUNTAUN SLEEPING BAG.
This high-quality sleeping bag looks just like a Tauntaun, complete with saddle, internal intestines and glowing lightsaber zipper pull. Now when your kids tell you their favorite Star Wars movie is Attack of the Clones you can nestle the wee-ones snug in simulated Tauntaun fur while regaling them with the amazing tale of Empire Strikes […]
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BREAKING NEWS: Amnesty Recommends Cops Limit Taser Use
A new report issued by Amnesty International is recommending that Police Departments around the country either stop using Tasers, or limit their use to situations where guns would otherwise be used. The report, coincidentally titled “Less Lethal Weapons?”, which was the title of my feature on Tasers last month, probes the growing use of Tasers […]
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Vocabulary Lesson of the Day
Boy, was I wrong about this one. Wrong, wrong, wrong. Apparently, “petard” is not a kind of leotard. And to “hoist by one’s own petard” is not to be given some sort of atomic wedgie. Nope. In fact, according to the American Heritage Dictionary: pe-tard n. 1. A small bell-shaped bomb used to breach a […]