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		<title>Whole Foods to report third-quarter results Tuesday</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 05:21:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. — Investors will be watching Tuesday to see how Whole Foods Market Inc. is faring as the recession drags on.

The down economy has taken a toll on the Austin, Texas-based natural and organic grocer, which reports its third-quarter results Tuesday after the market closes. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial expect the company to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Washington deputy arrests suspect in Oregon triple slaying</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:33:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ELGIN, Ore. — An Oregon house painter wanted for the murders of three acquaintances, including a woman whose severed hand was found by a child catching goldfish, has been captured in Washington state.

Union County District Attorney Tim Thompson said Monday 42-year-old Gregory Alvin Cook was taken into custody in Thurston County, Washington.
The capture came just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oregon governor signs bills to reduce foreclosures, verify mortgage originators&#8217; backgrounds</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:07:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Cain</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SALEM, Ore. — Gov. Ted Kulongoski signed two new consumer protection bills Thursday, including one aimed at reducing the number of home foreclosures in Oregon.

The legislation, passed in the closing hours of the 2009 Legislature, requires lenders to notify homeowners facing foreclosure of their right to hold a meeting with the lender.
It also forces lenders [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another day of high temperatures expected in Seattle as Pacific Northwest heat wave continues</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:27:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Kost</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. — &#8220;Brutal&#8221; temperatures are predicted for the Seattle area on Wednesday as a record heat wave afflicting the Pacific Northwest continues to bake everything west of the Cascades, a National Weather Service meteorologist said.

The high temperature could easily tie or break the all-time record temperature of 100 degrees set July 20, 1994, at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grants Pass, Ore., man grabs shotgun, kills bear that climbed in through window</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:57:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Everett Skinner and his family have started keeping their windows closed at night after a bear broke into their southwest Oregon home and he fatally shot it.

The bear ripped off a window screen and climbed into their den Saturday night, Skinner said.
Skinner&#8217;s daughter Nicole awoke at about 11:30 p.m. to a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pacific Northwest sweats through heat wave as demand for air conditioners and shaved ice rises</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:18:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Kost</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. — It&#8217;s feeling more like Phoenix in the Pacific Northwest this week, with temperatures throughout the region spiking along with demand for the cool comforts of air conditioning, water fountains and icy treats.

The National Weather Service reported the temperature at Portland International Airport reached a record 106 degrees, well past the previous airport [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pacific Northwest faces heat wave as temps in Portland edge close to all-time highs</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pacific-northwest-faces-heat-wave-as-temps-in-portland-edge-close-to-all-time-highs-123542/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:09:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Kost</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. — It&#8217;s feeling more like Phoenix in the Pacific Northwest this week, with temperatures throughout the region spiking along with demand for the cool comforts of air conditioning, water fountains and icy treats.

Downtown Portland&#8217;s temperature reached 105 degrees Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service, and a similar reading was expected Wednesday. That&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supervalu 1st-qtr profit plunges, co. lowers forecast, but adjusted results top expectations</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/supervalu-1st-qtr-profit-plunges-co-lowers-forecast-but-adjusted-results-top-expectations-123145/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:56:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Skidmore</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. — Supervalu Inc. said Tuesday that its profit dropped 30 percent in the first quarter as it cut prices to stay competitive in the tough economy, but the grocery chain&#8217;s adjusted results beat Wall Street expectations and its shares rose.

The operator of Albertsons, Jewel-Osco and Save-A-Lot stores earned $113 million, or 53 cents [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SPIN METER: Under pressure to show job creation, politicians strain to make numbers look good</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:02:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Kost</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. — How much are politicians straining to convince people that the government is stimulating the economy? In Oregon, where lawmakers are spending $176 million to supplement the federal stimulus, Democrats are taking credit for a remarkable feat: creating 3,236 new jobs in the program&#8217;s first three months.

But those jobs lasted on average only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Voter-approved measures again collide with states&#8217; desperate need to cut costs, pols pushback</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:33:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Cain</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SALEM, Ore. — There may be no state more in love with letting residents vote on ballot measures than Oregon. They have voted hundreds of times over the past century and brought the state a property tax limit and nation&#8217;s first state assisted-suicide law.

In good times, Oregon lawmakers, like those in the 23 other states [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FAA says it will take years to consider proposal for Crater Lake helicopters</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:28:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GRANTS PASS, Ore. — A company wants to fly helicopter tours over Crater Lake National Park, but the Federal Aviation Administration says it will take &#8220;several years&#8221; to consider the proposal.

Managers of the nation&#8217;s deepest and clearest lake want to see whether flights will significantly disrupt one of the rarities of national parks — silence.
Park [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ore. faith-healing parents acquitted in sick girl&#8217;s death; dad guilty of criminal mistreatment</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ore-faith-healing-parents-acquitted-in-sick-girls-death-dad-guilty-of-criminal-mistreatment-119397/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:26:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Mccall</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[OREGON CITY, Ore. — The jury forewoman in the trial of an Oregon couple acquitted of manslaughter in their daughter&#8217;s pneumonia death says she felt the pair were &#8220;loving people&#8221; who didn&#8217;t mean to harm the 15-month-old girl.

The jury knew Carl Brent Worthington and his pregnant wife, Raylene, &#8220;had no intentions of ever harming their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Safeway&#8217;s sales fall 6.5 pct in second quarter, company lowers outlook for the year</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:58:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Skidmore</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. — Budget-conscious shoppers and falling fuel and commodity prices took a toll on Safeway Inc. during its second quarter, and the grocery chain, which doesn&#8217;t expect the picture to improve soon, lowered its earnings forecast for the full year Thursday.

Safeway fell $1.59, or 8 percent, to close at $18.35 in Thursday trading.
Safeway reported [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Correction: Barnes &amp; Noble e-bookstore story</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:29:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. — In a June 20 story about Barnes &#038; Noble Inc.&#8217;s electronic bookstore, The Associated Press reported erroneously that trade and traditional titles would be sold for $9.99. Their prices will vary. The $9.99 price applies to new releases and best sellers.
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		<title>Correction: Barnes &amp; Noble electronic bookstore</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:03:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. — In a June 20 story about Barnes &#038; Noble Inc.&#8217;s electronic bookstore, The Associated Press reported erroneously that trade and traditional titles would be sold for $9.99. Their prices will vary. The $9.99 price applies to new releases and best sellers.
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		<title>Precision Castparts posts 13 percent drop in fiscal 1st-quarter profit as sales tumble</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:05:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. — Precision Castparts Corp., which makes metal components and products, said Tuesday its fiscal first-quarter profit fell 13 percent as sales tumbled on a volatile aerospace market and soft overall demand.

For the quarter ended June 28, net income attributable to common shareholders fell to $240.4 million, or $1.70 per share, from $275.8 million, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oregon bank reopens 7 months after bombing that killed 2 officers, wounded police chief</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:29:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WOODBURN, Ore. — An Oregon bank that was the scene of a bomb explosion that killed two police officers and severely wounded a police chief has reopened after seven months.

About 100 people attended Monday&#8217;s opening of the West Coast Bank in Woodburn, about 30 miles south of Portland. Bouquets, balloons and a catered buffet marked [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal grant goes to bumblebee habitat projects near farms in California, elsewhere in US</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:08:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Barnard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GRANTS PASS, Ore. — With bumblebees and other native insects that pollinate crops dying off, scientists are working on the best ways to restore natural habitat on or near farms.

The Xerces Society, based in Portland, announced this week it has received $458,000 from the Natural Resources Conservation Service to do some of the work.
Part of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interior finds Bush plan to boost Oregon logging violates Endangered Species Act</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:41:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Barnard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GRANTS PASS, Ore. — The Obama administration on Thursday scrapped the Bush administration&#8217;s last-ditch attempt to boost logging in Northwest forests by scaling back protection for the northern spotted owl.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Thursday that a plan to increase logging on federal lands in western Oregon could not stand up to challenges under the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal judge denies pro online poker player&#8217;s request to win back USGA amateur status</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:19:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne M. Peterson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. — A federal judge has denied a pro online poker player&#8217;s request to have his amateur golfer status reinstated.

Dusty Schmidt had filed a complaint seeking a preliminary restraining order that would have allowed him to keep his USGA amateur status and play in a series of events in the Pacific Northwest.
The USGA has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal grant aims to retrieve some of the thousands of fishermens&#8217; lost crab pots</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 02:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Barnard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEWPORT, Ore. — During his 35 years as a commercial fisherman, Jeff Feldner lost his share of crab pots when storms blew them out of position, a passing boat propeller sheared off the buoy, or a bank of kelp overwhelmed everything and dragged it away.

As a result, thousands of crab pots litter the ocean floor, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal project to help Ore. fishermen retrieve lost crab pots, but thousands more will remain</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:35:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Barnard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEWPORT, Ore. — During his 35 years as a commercial fisherman, Jeff Feldner lost his share of crab pots when storms blew them out of position, a passing boat propeller sheared off the buoy, or a bank of kelp overwhelmed everything and dragged it away.

As a result, thousands of crab pots litter the ocean floor, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oregon WWII veterans honored with French award for valor</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. — Three World War II veterans have been awarded the Legion of Honor by France for their military service.

The French consul general on Friday presented the award to 88-year-old Dale Reynolds of Lake Oswego, 84-year-old William Tankersley of Gold Beach and 87-year-old George Insley of Roseburg.
A fourth Oregon vet, Donald Malarkey of Salem, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comcast employee arrested after bloody Portland, Ore., robbery at check-cashing store</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:14:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. — Police have arrested a 25-year-old Comcast Corp. employee after a check-cashing store in Portland was robbed and a female employee was clubbed in the head with a crowbar.

At first police thought the man in a Comcast uniform who fled the robbery scene in a company van was posing as an employee. However, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Portland, Ore., renames street to honor labor leader Cesar Chavez after 2 years of wrangling</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. — The City Council voted Wednesday to rename 39th Avenue as Cesar Chavez Boulevard after a two-year debate that brought charges of racism and government heavy-handedness, and groans from residents who wanted the late Hispanic labor leader honored elsewhere.

There are about 650 homes and many small businesses along the street that runs seven [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study finds Bush owl plan based on false conclusion that fire increasing threat to habitat</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:32:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Barnard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GRANTS PASS, Ore. — A new study challenges a basic justification about the threat of wildfires that the Bush administration used to make room for more logging in old growth forests that are home to the northern spotted owl.

The study, appearing in the journal Conservation Biology, found no increasing threat of severe wildfires destroying old [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oregon woman obsessed with rabbits sent back to jail after she&#8217;s found in hotel with bunnies</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/oregon-woman-obsessed-with-rabbits-sent-back-to-jail-after-shes-found-in-hotel-with-bunnies-98525/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:45:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. — An Oregon woman obsessed with bunnies has been ordered back behind bars after police found her in a hotel room with more than a dozen rabbits.

Washington County Circuit Judge Gayle Nachtigal ruled Thursday that 47-year-old Miriam Sakewitz violated her probation by having the rabbits. The judge sentenced the woman to 90 days [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judge overturns Bush administration change to rule protecting spotted owl habitat</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/judge-overturns-bush-administration-change-to-rule-protecting-spotted-owl-habitat-96197/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:35:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Barnard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GRANTS PASS, Ore. — A federal judge has struck down the Bush administration&#8217;s change to a rule designed to protect the northern spotted owl from logging in national forests.

U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken ruled from Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday that the U.S. Forest Service failed to take a hard look at the environmental impacts of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lost wallet returns after 63 years behind school bleachers, rekindling memories for Oregon man</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/lost-wallet-returns-after-63-years-behind-school-bleachers-rekindling-memories-for-oregon-man-95571/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:16:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BAKER CITY, Ore. — Bill Fulton doesn&#8217;t remember losing his wallet, but getting it back more than 60 years later helped him remember the past.

The leather stayed smooth and the zipper moved as easily as it did in 1946, when he apparently dropped the wallet behind the balcony bleachers in the Baker Middle School gym [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forest Service claims it&#8217;s done better job thinning forests to protect homes than study said</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/forest-service-claims-its-done-better-job-thinning-forests-to-protect-homes-than-study-said-93266/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/forest-service-claims-its-done-better-job-thinning-forests-to-protect-homes-than-study-said-93266/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 06:38:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Barnard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GRANTS PASS, Ore. — The U.S. Forest Service says it has done a lot more forest thinning to protect rural homes from wildfire than a study by outside scientists indicates — though it still falls short of the goal set by Congress.

National Fire Director Tom Harbour said Friday that by its count 43 percent of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judge tells Ore. woman who fed bears she has to stay away from her home for 3 years</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/judge-tells-ore-woman-who-fed-bears-she-has-to-stay-away-from-her-home-for-3-years-92384/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/judge-tells-ore-woman-who-fed-bears-she-has-to-stay-away-from-her-home-for-3-years-92384/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 06:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEWPORT, Ore. — Karen Noyes often fed the black bears that came to her home near the Oregon coast. Then things got out of hand. One hungry bear stormed a neighbor&#8217;s barn and killed 60 turkeys. Another got stuck in a doggie door. Noyes asked wildlife officers to help remove the bears, but it was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oregon Congressional GOP candidate says his mother is the pollster</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/oregon-congressional-gop-candidate-says-his-mother-is-the-pollster-92286/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/oregon-congressional-gop-candidate-says-his-mother-is-the-pollster-92286/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:33:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SALEM, Ore. — After the state Democratic party filed a complaint, the Oregon secretary of state&#8217;s office has asked Republican Mayor Sid Leiken of Springfield for records of campaign filings. Leiken plans to challenge Democratic U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio next year for Oregon&#8217;s 4th Congressional District seat.

Among the records sought are those documenting $2,000 from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nike&#8217;s profit drops in 4th quarter on costs to cut jobs; sees &#8217;swoosh-shaped&#8217; global rebound</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/nikes-profit-drops-in-4th-quarter-on-costs-to-cut-jobs-sees-swoosh-shaped-global-rebound-91388/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/nikes-profit-drops-in-4th-quarter-on-costs-to-cut-jobs-sees-swoosh-shaped-global-rebound-91388/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:27:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Skidmore</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. — Nike Inc. said Wednesday it is betting on a &#8220;swoosh-shaped&#8221; global economic recovery and that the athletic shoe and clothing maker is poised to benefit as the gradual rebound begins.

Nike, like many companies, has seen its sales soften during the recession as consumers around the globe limited their spending. But the Beaverton-based [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nike&#8217;s profit drops in 4th quarter on costs to cut jobs; adjusted earnings top expectations</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/nikes-profit-drops-in-4th-quarter-on-costs-to-cut-jobs-adjusted-earnings-top-expectations-91190/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:35:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. — Athletic footwear and apparel company Nike Inc. reported Wednesday that its profit dropped in its fiscal fourth quarter on costs to cut jobs, but adjusted results beat Wall Street expectations.

However, Nike also said orders for the next several months are down sharply compared with last year, and investors sent shares down $3.61, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hackers post message supporting Iranian regime on Oregon University System home page</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/hackers-post-message-supporting-iranian-regime-on-oregon-university-system-home-page-91038/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:02:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph B. Frazier</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. — Hackers defaced the home page of the Oregon University System, posting a caustic message telling President Barack Obama to mind his own business and stop talking about the disputed Iranian election.

Attempts to access the university system&#8217;s Web site were automatically redirected to another page, where readers viewed a message said to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hackers post pro-Iranian message on Oregon University System home page</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/hackers-post-pro-iranian-message-on-oregon-university-system-home-page-90962/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:47:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. — Hackers got into the computers of the Oregon University System and posted a message telling President Barack Obama to mind his own business and not to comment on the disputed Iranian election.

The message was up for 90 minutes before state technicians took it down Wednesday morning.
Diane Saunders, spokeswoman for the system that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One cell leads to another: Ring tone leads Salem, Ore., police to hiding suspect</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/one-cell-leads-to-another-ring-tone-leads-salem-ore-police-to-hiding-suspect-90065/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:13:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SALEM, Ore. — When a suspect being chased by police rolled his car over police spike strips and his tires went flat, he dashed into a field of grass where he thought he could hide. The police called out a dog and handler to find the driver. And then they heard a cell phone ring.

The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Court papers: Oregon woman whose fetus was cut out died after violent struggle with attacker</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Dubois</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. — Court documents in Oregon say a woman whose unborn son was cut from her body died following a violent struggle.

Washington County Sheriff&#8217;s Detective Murray Rau wrote in an affidavit released Monday that Heather Snively had bite marks on the back of her elbow. He said the woman accused of attacking her, Korena [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Correction: Forest Cease-fire story</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:21:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TAKILMA, Ore. — In a June 22 story about a federal forest thinning project, The Associated Press erroneously reported its name. It is the Hope Mountain Stewardship Project, not the House Hope Stewardship Project.
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		<title>Ore. attorney general clears Portland mayor of criminal wrongdoing in affair with teenager</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:44:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SALEM, Ore. — There&#8217;s no credible evidence that Portland Mayor Sam Adams broke the law in his 2005 relationship with a teenager, Oregon&#8217;s attorney general said Monday.

Adams, who is openly gay, has admitted that while campaigning for mayor, he lied about his relationship with Beau Breedlove, but he denies they were involved in a sexual [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forest restoration project brings together old enemies in logging wars</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Barnard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TAKILMA, Ore. — On a steep slope of the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, a crew of young men with chain saws and hardhats worked their way through an old neglected clearcut, cutting brush and young trees and piling the remains to be burned later.

Freshly trained and closely supervised, the crew took care to leave behind [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Correction: Pregnant Woman Killed story</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:20:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HILLSBORO, Ore. — In a June 16 story about an Oregon woman accused of murdering a pregnant woman and cutting her unborn child from her womb, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the suspect — Korena Roberts — had not entered a plea during her indictment hearing. Her attorney entered a plea of not guilty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ore. woman obsessed with rabbits arrested again; police say bunnies found in her hotel room</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:19:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph B. Frazier</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. — Washington County&#8217;s &#8220;Bunny Lady&#8221; is back in the hutch after violating a court order banning her from owning animals for five years.

Miriam Sakewitz, 47, was arrested Tuesday at a hotel in the Portland suburb of Tigard after an employee reported finding rabbits hopping around in her room.
Problems for Sakewitz started in October [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oregon woman obsessed with rabbits arrested again after police find more bunnies in hotel room</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:13:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. — Washington County&#8217;s &#8220;Bunny Lady&#8221; is back in the hutch after violating a court order banning her from owning animals for five years. Miriam Sakewitz, 47, was arrested Tuesday at a hotel in the Portland suburb of Tigard after an employee reported finding rabbits hopping around in her room.

Problems for Sakewitz started in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pretrial hearing begins for Ore. couple accused of failing to seeking help for sick daughter</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:35:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OREGON CITY, Ore. — An Oregon couple accused of praying over their ill 15-month-old daughter rather than seeking medical treatment are in court to present arguments that they shouldn&#8217;t face trial on manslaughter charges in her death.

A judge will consider the motions Monday in a pretrial hearing for Carl and Raylene Worthington. They belong to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Proposed Oregon project would break down old tires, manure to capture methane for energy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:27:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOARDMAN, Ore. — An Oregon company is seeking permits for a facility on the Columbia River that would harness methane gas for energy by collecting it from decomposing old tires and cow manure.

Portland-based Northwest Biogas proposes an anaerobic digester project at a large dairy farm and is seeking a permit from the Oregon Department of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ore. legislator proposes prosecution for murder, manslaughter of the unborn in some cases</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:33:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SALEM, Ore. — In the wake of an attack on a woman who died along with her unborn child, a state lawmaker wants Oregon to join 36 states and the federal government in making it a crime to harm a fetus.

Republican Sen. Bruce Starr said Tuesday he is drafting a bill that would create a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study: Federal effort to protect homes from wildfire is lacking</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 06:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Barnard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GRANTS PASS, Ore. — While more than 1,000 homes across the West burn each year in forest and brush fires, only a fraction of federal efforts to reduce fire danger in the region has been concentrated in the communities at greatest risk, a group of scientists found.

The scientists analyzed a database containing the locations of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oregon investigators say a pregnant woman was cut open and her baby taken from her womb.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:57:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Kost</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HILLSBORO, Ore. — A pregnant 21-year-old newcomer to Oregon who was found dead in a crawl space of a home had been cut open and her baby taken from her womb, investigators said Monday. It couldn&#8217;t be determined if the infant son of Heather Snively died before or after he was removed, the Washington County [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Autopsy: &#8220;Blunt force&#8221; killed pregnant woman found in Ore. home crawl space</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Kost</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. — An autopsy report on an Oregon woman who had been eight months pregnant says she died of blunt and sharp force injuries, but a medical examiner won&#8217;t say how her infant died.

Police say the woman charged with killing 21-year-old Heather Snively claimed Snively&#8217;s baby was her own.
Authorities haven&#8217;t said how 27-year-old Korena [...]]]></description>
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