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Protesters across globe rally against Monsanto
Protesters rallied in dozens of cities Saturday as part of a global protest against seed giant Monsanto and the genetically modified food it produces, ...
Ore. teen accused of planning to attack school
An Oregon teenager intended to blow up his school in a plot "forged and inspired by the model of the Columbine shootings" and he will be charged with ...
Portland, Ore., rejecting water fluoridation
The mayor of Portland, Ore., has conceded defeat in an effort to add fluoride to the city's drinking water. With more than 80 percent of the expected ...
Damian Lillard is NBA Rookie of the Year
It's unanimous: Damian Lillard is the NBA's Rookie of the Year. No, it never was in question. Lillard, the sixth overall pick in last June's draft out ...
Ore. shooter bought 6 boxes of ammo before attack
The man who killed two people and wounded another at a suburban Oregon mall bought more than 100 rounds of ammunition in the days before the December ...
Judge rules against Ore. jail's mail practices
For two years, the Columbia County Jail north of Portland restricted inmates' personal mail to the sending and receiving of postcards. The practice ...
Judge: Limiting inmates' mail unconstitutional
A federal judge in Oregon has determined limiting inmates' mail to only postcards is unconstitutional, throwing into question the legality of a ...
Documents: Oregon proposed 2-year probation
The University of Oregon has acknowledged major NCAA violations in connection with football recruiting and proposed a self-imposed two-year probation ...
Timbers' Johnson answers slur with winning goal
After Earthquakes forward Alan Gordon directed a slur at Will Johnson, the Timbers midfielder responded with the game-winning goal. Johnson's goal on ...
Organic apples, pears to be antibiotic-free
The organic apples you buy in the grocery store will soon be free of a widely used antibiotic. The National Organic Standards Board late Thursday ...
Bryant has 47 in Lakers' 113-106 over Blazers
It didn't matter that it was the Rose Garden. The "M-V-P!" chant for Kobe Bryant was loud and clear. Bryant scored a season-high 47 points and carried ...
Dilemma for bike-crazy Portland: Parking for cars
Though Portlanders are remarkably united when it comes to protecting the environment, a property on aptly named Southeast Division Street has provoked ...
Man sought in 2 deaths captured in Ore. motel
Police stormed a motel room in a seaside town Tuesday evening and captured a Washington state man suspected of killing his grandparents, ending a ...
Oregon man charged with helping bomber in Pakistan
FBI agents on Tuesday arrested a Portland city worker on allegations that he provided support to a suicide bomber who participated in a 2009 attack ...
Wash. terminal declares lockout, cites sabotage
A Pacific Northwest grain terminal owner imposed a lockout on longshoremen Wednesday after saying an "independent former FBI investigator" determined ...
On a hunch, fishermen find crash site, 2 sisters
As their mother lay dead in the middle of the night, a 4-year-old Oregon girl dragged her seriously injured younger sister from a crashed car and the ...
Sanitizer, oil, static blamed in hospital fire
A combination of hand sanitizer, olive oil and static electricity likely caused an accidental fire that burned a young patient at a Portland hospital, ...
Suns hold off Blazers 102-98
Goran Dragic had 16 points and a career-high 18 assists and the Phoenix Suns snapped a four-game losing streak with a 102-98 victory over the Portland ...
Conductor, Juilliard emeritus James DePreist dies
James DePreist, one of the first African-American conductors and a National Medal of Arts winner, died Friday at his home in Scottsdale, Ariz., his ...
Jury: Oregon car-bomb suspect guilty of terrorism
Three hours before they handed down a sentence that could put an Oregon man in prison for life, deliberating jurors sent a note to a trial judge with ...
Ore. suspect's jihadi magazine writing highlighted
In a slow, dispassionate monotone, an FBI agent on Thursday read selections from an Oregon terrorism suspect's contributions to a jihadi magazine as ...
Prostitution sting lures woman straight to police
Authorities say a 20-year-old Portland woman drove 50 miles to reach the man she thought was her client after being solicited for prostitution through ...
Jury hears Ore. terror suspect's dramatic takedown
At a darkened train station, the teenager and the purported jihadi pulled into a quiet lot where months of planning were to culminate in this: a plot ...
Defense: FBI terrorism sting targeted 'a kid'
For days, prosecutors in an Oregon terrorism trial have hammered jurors with recording after recording in which undercover agents gave the target of ...
Ore. terrorism suspect portrayed as inexperienced
A defense attorney for an Oregon terrorism suspect used her cross-examination of an FBI agent on Wednesday to raise the idea that Mohamed Mohamud was ...