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Dave Chappelle puts on a rare show
PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) — Thousands of people who learned through text message, Twitter and word-of-mouth that comedian Dave Chappelle would hold a free show filled a downtown Portland square late...
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Cheerleading squad quits after alleged racial discrimination
The cheerleading squad and coaches at Portland, Oregon’s Lincoln High School have resigned. Principal Peyton Chapman confirmed that coaches Tori Cotton and Cher Fuller quit over a disciplinary decision...
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Mayor backs fed probe of Ore. police in shooting
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland Mayor Sam Adams joined black leaders Friday to support a federal civil rights investigation into the shooting death of a black man by a white police officer. Adams told a...
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More Portland police stops for African-Americans
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Traffic stops of African American motorists in 2009 accounted for 12 percent of all Portland police traffic stops, a disproportionately high rate considering they make up about 6...
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High School football player dies and comes back to life
A high school football player in Portland, Oregon, had a heart attack during a game Friday and was brought back to life by a cardiac nurse who just happened to be in the stands. Hayward Demison, Jr....
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Somali-born US teen arrested for Portland car-bombing plot
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Undercover agents in a sting operation stopped a Somali-born teenager from blowing up a van full of explosives at a crowded Christmas tree lighting ceremony in downtown Portland,...
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Somali terror suspect indicted in car bomb plot
PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) — A 19-year-old Somali-American man was indicted Monday on federal charges that he tried to blow up a car bomb at a Christmas tree lighting ceremony in downtown Portland. The...
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7-year-old choked by classmates with jump rope
The Portland Oregon school district is investigating a case of bullying at an elementary school. The mother of a 7-year-old says last week 2 second graders held her son down and choked him with a jump...
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Oregon man arrested, accused of threatening Obama
PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) — An Oregon man has been detained for a mental health evaluation after appearing in federal court Tuesday to face charges that he threatened to kill President Barack Obama and the...
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Death of Ore. teen linked to white supremacists
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The paths of a teenager who called his mother daily and two white supremacists fleeing a murder scene in Washington state crossed in Western Oregon’s Willamette Valley less than a...
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Suspect writes he targeted 'non-white' Calif. man
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Oregonian newspaper reports it received a letter from one of the suspects in a Northwest killing spree indicating a racist motive in one of the slayings. David Joseph Pedersen...
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Woman fights off would-be car thief (VIDEO)
A Portland, Oregon woman dragged a thief out her car Monday evening as he sat behind the wheel ready to drive away. Juri Chaney had run into a Radio Shack store for a quick errand, leaving her engine...
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Mother saves 6-year-old daughter from attempted abduction
A Portland, Oregon mother says she punched a man who was trying to abduct her 6-year old Sunday night. The girl had been playing outside at a friend’s house when the young man grabbed her just before...
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Oregon basketball coach accused of kidnapping 1 of his players
People who heard the yells of a boy shouting for help in a Portland, Oregon building led to the arrest Sunday evening of a basketball coach on assault and kidnap accusations. Police were dispatched...
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Pimp sues Nike for not warning shoes could be dangerous if used to beat people
NBC News – A Portland pimp is suing Nike for not placing a warning label in their shoes specifying that they could be used as a dangerous weapon — after he was sentenced to 100 years in prison for...
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Trader Joe’s drops black-neighborhood store plan
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Trader Joe’s grocery-store chain has dropped a plan to open a new store in the heart of the city’s historically African-American neighborhood after activists said the...
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Teen stops violent assault, makes citizen’s arrest
KGW – Roshawn Lenkau loves those video games where he can pretend to be a police officer. He has been fascinated with law enforcement since he was a young kid. He even enrolled in an explorer program...
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