http://www.mail.com/locations/2882-oregon.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/2882-oregon.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2105914-study-amphibians-disappearing-alarming-rate.html GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — A new study has determined for the first time just how quickly frogs and other amphibians are disappearing around the United States, and the news is not good. The U.S. Geological Survey said Thursday that populations of frogs, salamanders and toads have been vanishing from places where they live at a rate of 3.7 percent a year. Th... Thu, 23 May 2013 19:44:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2105914-study-amphibians-disappearing-alarming-rate.html 2013-05-23T19:44:57Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2101676-portland-ore-rejecting-water-fluoridation.html PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — 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 ballots counted late Tuesday night, the Multnomah County election website showed the fluoride proposal failing, 60 percent to 40 percent. Mayor Charlie Hales supported fluoridation and ... Wed, 22 May 2013 06:58:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2101676-portland-ore-rejecting-water-fluoridation.html 2013-05-22T06:58:47Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2093312-funeral-bicycle-hearse-1-ride.html EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon funeral home in Eugene offers natural burials where the ride to the person's final resting place is on the back of a three-wheeled bicycle. Sunset Hills Cemetery and Funeral Home director Wade Lind says he got the idea from bikers and designed the pedal-powered hearse himself. It has an electric motor to give him a little hel... Fri, 17 May 2013 16:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2093312-funeral-bicycle-hearse-1-ride.html 2013-05-17T16:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2089662-investigation-powell-disappearance-close.html SCOTTS MILLS, Ore. (AP) — After a two-day search in rural Oregon failed to yield any trace of missing Utah mother Susan Powell, authorities said Thursday they may close the investigation. "The leads have become fewer and farther between," said Wayne Pyle, the city manager for West Valley City, Utah. "If nothing comes from it, we do feel like we are close ... Thu, 16 May 2013 21:01:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2089662-investigation-powell-disappearance-close.html 2013-05-16T21:01:57Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2086466-man-dribbling-soccer-ball-to-brazil-killed-car.html A Seattle man trying to dribble a soccer ball 10,000 miles to Brazil in time for the 2014 World Cup died Tuesday after being hit by a pickup truck on the Oregon Coast. Police in Lincoln City, Ore., said 42-year-old Richard Swanson was hit at about 10 a.m. while walking south along U.S. Highway 101 near the city limits. He was declared dead at a hospital. ... Wed, 15 May 2013 06:02:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2086466-man-dribbling-soccer-ball-to-brazil-killed-car.html 2013-05-15T06:02:27Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2085870-us-judge-ore-dismisses-movie-pirating-lawsuit.html MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a movie company's Internet piracy complaint against 34 Oregonians, saying the company was unfairly using the court's subpoena power in a "reverse class-action suit" to save on legal expenses and possibly to intimidate defendants into paying thousands of dollars for viewing a movie that can be bought or rented for less than $10. Tue, 14 May 2013 21:37:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2085870-us-judge-ore-dismisses-movie-pirating-lawsuit.html 2013-05-14T21:37:49Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2084764-top-prep-prospect-andrew-wiggins-signs-with-kansas.html HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — Top prep basketball prospect Andrew Wiggins told a small gathering of family and friends at his high school gym Tuesday that he will play at Kansas. Then the Huntington Prep star signed his letter-of-intent and officially became a Jayhawk. No big speech. No bands, live TV coverage or props. Just the way Wiggins wanted it. And just... Tue, 14 May 2013 21:26:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2084764-top-prep-prospect-andrew-wiggins-signs-with-kansas.html 2013-05-14T21:26:47Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2083564-vt-poised-to-allow-lethal-meds-terminally-ill.html MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont is poised to join three other states permitting doctors to prescribe lethal doses of medication to terminally ill patients after the state House approved a compromise bill similar to Oregon's 1997 law. The bill, approved on Monday, now goes before Gov. Peter Shumlin, a strong supporter of the legislation. It marks the first ... Tue, 14 May 2013 06:33:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2083564-vt-poised-to-allow-lethal-meds-terminally-ill.html 2013-05-14T06:33:05Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2075480-ore-smokejumpers-skydive-illegal-pot-garden.html MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — A team of smokejumpers parachuting into a fire in the mountains of Southern Oregon landed in an illegal marijuana garden being prepared for growing season. The six smokejumpers from a base in Redmond found the site Monday evening, when there was a rash of lightning strikes. Jackson County sheriff's spokeswoman Andrea Carlson says the ... Thu, 09 May 2013 23:20:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2075480-ore-smokejumpers-skydive-illegal-pot-garden.html 2013-05-09T23:20:28Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2067846-gun-control-forces-struggle-to-issue-alive.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Gun control forces are targeting Sens. Kelly Ayotte, Max Baucus and others as they struggle to persuade five senators to switch their votes and revive the rejected effort to expand background checks to more firearms buyers. With Congress back from a weeklong recess, the bottom line remains familiar: Advocates of broadened checks lack the... Tue, 07 May 2013 14:15:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2067846-gun-control-forces-struggle-to-issue-alive.html 2013-05-07T14:15:17Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2060354-timber-forest-service-asks-to-return-cash.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service is in the business of preventing fires, not starting them. Yet the agency set off alarms in Congress and state capitols across the West by citing automatic spending cuts as the basis for demanding that dozens of states return $17.9 million in federal subsidies. And it's all come down to a bureaucratic squabble ove... Fri, 03 May 2013 16:48:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2060354-timber-forest-service-asks-to-return-cash.html 2013-05-03T16:48:34Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2057996-day-activists-cheer-immigration-laws.html SALEM, Ore. (AP) — As Congress debates the first national immigration overhaul in decades, a state-level push advancing rights for people in the U.S. illegally has picked up momentum across the country. Among the patchwork changes to state law taking effect from Maryland to Oregon are provisions that lower tuition rates, advance employment opportunities a... Thu, 02 May 2013 16:41:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2057996-day-activists-cheer-immigration-laws.html 2013-05-02T16:41:56Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2058430-2-pounds-loose-skin-removed-fat-oregon-dog.html PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Obie the formerly obese dachshund is recovering after surgery at an Oregon veterinary clinic that removed 2 1/2 pounds of loose skin. Owner Nora Vanatta told KGW (http://bit.ly/YdQvgy ) the surgery this week at the Emergency Veterinary Clinic of Tualatin went well. The loose skin was dragging after the dog lost 40 pounds in eight mon... Thu, 02 May 2013 14:10:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2058430-2-pounds-loose-skin-removed-fat-oregon-dog.html 2013-05-02T14:10:38Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2057470-damian-lillard-nba-rookie-year.html PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — 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 of Weber State, led all rookies with a 19-point scoring average. He also averaged 6.1 assists and 3.1 rebounds, playing in all 82 games this season. Thu, 02 May 2013 01:30:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2057470-damian-lillard-nba-rookie-year.html 2013-05-02T01:30:31Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2056624-ore-shooter-bought-6-boxes-ammo-attack.html PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — 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 attack as well as four high-capacity ammo magazines for the semi-automatic AR-15 rifle he used, according to a sheriff's report released Wednesday. Jacob Roberts, 22, fired into crowds ... Wed, 01 May 2013 20:16:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2056624-ore-shooter-bought-6-boxes-ammo-attack.html 2013-05-01T20:16:38Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2046218-judge-rules-ore-jails-mail-practices.html PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — For two years, the Columbia County Jail north of Portland restricted inmates' personal mail to the sending and receiving of postcards. The practice went on until U.S. District Court Judge Michael Simon issued an injunction that stopped it in May 2012. Now, in a ruling made public Thursday that raises questions about the approach used... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 08:47:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2046218-judge-rules-ore-jails-mail-practices.html 2013-04-26T08:47:36Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2045684-judge-limiting-inmates-mail-unconstitutional.html PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge in Oregon has determined limiting inmates' mail to only postcards is unconstitutional, throwing into question the legality of a practice used for years in jails across the country. For two years, the Columbia County Jail north of Portland restricted inmates' personal mail to the sending and receiving of postcards unti... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 05:37:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2045684-judge-limiting-inmates-mail-unconstitutional.html 2013-04-26T05:37:35Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2043056-ore-departments-concrete-police-pig-pink.html ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) — The Astoria Police Department's concrete pig is back in the pink and ready for another 20 years of duty. The Daily Astorian reports (http://bit.ly/ZPr4hW ) the pig was dropped off at the station in 1993 by someone who didn't stay to explain the gift. Unoffended, the police promptly adopted the animal and left it in place. ... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 01:02:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2043056-ore-departments-concrete-police-pig-pink.html 2013-04-25T01:02:47Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2039836-search-oklahoma-teen-turns-to-sightings-nw.html GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — Sheriff's deputies on Tuesday followed up on reported sightings around the Northwest of an Oklahoma teenager whose truck was found on a remote volcanic mountain after he set out to test himself against the southeast Oregon wilderness. But another search of the mountain will have to wait a month or so until the snow melts. Dustin S... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:19:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2039836-search-oklahoma-teen-turns-to-sightings-nw.html 2013-04-23T19:19:30Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2030014-oregon-juror-jailed-texting-trial.html SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A judge in Oregon noticed an unexpected glow on a juror's chest while the courtroom lights were dimmed during video evidence in an armed-robbery trial. The juror, it seemed, was texting. Marion County Circuit Judge Dennis Graves cleared the courtroom and excused all jurors except 26-year-old Benjamin Kohler. According to a news release ... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 02:48:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2030014-oregon-juror-jailed-texting-trial.html 2013-04-19T02:48:11Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2027580-air-search-finds-trace-missing-okla-man.html GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — A short break in windy weather on Thursday allowed a rancher with a helicopter to search a rugged mountainside in southeastern Oregon for a young Oklahoma man who set out to test himself against the wilderness. However, rancher Patty Jenkins saw no trace of Dustin Self, who was last heard from a month ago after being inspired by t... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 23:34:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2027580-air-search-finds-trace-missing-okla-man.html 2013-04-18T23:34:15Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/2023094-documents-oregon-proposed-2-year-probation.html PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The University of Oregon has acknowledged major NCAA violations in connection with football recruiting and proposed a self-imposed two-year probation with the loss of one scholarship in each of the next three years, according to documents released by the school. The revelations were made in a summary disposition report included in th... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 19:06:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/2023094-documents-oregon-proposed-2-year-probation.html 2013-04-16T19:06:13Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2019812-timbers-johnson-answers-slur-with-winning-goal.html PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — After Earthquakes forward Alan Gordon directed a slur at Will Johnson, the Timbers midfielder responded with the game-winning goal. Johnson's goal on a free kick in the 78th minute gave Portland a 1-0 win on Sunday night. It was the Timbers' second straight victory, moving the team to 2-1-3 under new coach Caleb Porter. Gordon was ej... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 10:05:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2019812-timbers-johnson-answers-slur-with-winning-goal.html 2013-04-15T10:05:59Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2016200-organic-apples-pears-to-antibiotic-free.html PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — 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 rejected a petition to allow growers to use the antibiotic oxytetracyline beyond the existing expiration date of Oct. 21, 2014. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's labeling standards gener... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:23:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2016200-organic-apples-pears-to-antibiotic-free.html 2013-04-12T17:23:08Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2012322-bryant-47-lakers-113-106-blazers.html PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — 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 the Los Angeles Lakers closer to a playoff berth with a 113-106 victory over the short-handed but tenacious Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday night. The Lakers mo... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 05:50:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2012322-bryant-47-lakers-113-106-blazers.html 2013-04-11T05:50:56Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2012100-thirsty-ore-burglars-left-telltale-juice-carton.html MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — Authorities in southwest Oregon say two burglars took silver ingots, collectible coins, electronics and jewelry in a break-in last fall. They also took a carton of orange juice from the refrigerator, shared it and left the carton on the garage floor. Uh, oh. The Jackson County sheriff's office says the state police crime lab was able ... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:34:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2012100-thirsty-ore-burglars-left-telltale-juice-carton.html 2013-04-11T00:34:17Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/2006704-oregon-police-to-probe-alaska-coach-hit-player.html JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A police department in Oregon will investigate whether an Alaska assistant high school football coach assaulted a player on a school-sponsored team trip to a summer camp last year. Police in Juneau announced Monday they are turning the investigation over to the Gold Beach, Ore., Police Department to determine if a Thunder Mountain Hi... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 00:56:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/2006704-oregon-police-to-probe-alaska-coach-hit-player.html 2013-04-09T00:56:55Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1998014-suspect-wva-sheriff-slaying-charged.html WILLIAMSON, W.Va. (AP) — State Police have charged the man accused of killing a West Virginia sheriff with attempted murder for allegedly pulling a gun on a deputy who chased and eventually shot him. State Police Sgt. Michael Baylous said charges for the slaying of Mingo County Sheriff Eugene Crum will be filed separately by the Williamson Police Departme... Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:21:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1998014-suspect-wva-sheriff-slaying-charged.html 2013-04-04T14:21:35Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1987756-smith-leads-louisville-to-77-69-victory-ducks.html INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Louisville coach Rick Pitino is baffled by Russ Smith. Not by the star guard himself, who is managing to outdo himself each time he steps on the court. No, Pitino doesn't understand why the rest of the country isn't as impressed with Smith as he — and every opponent who's faced him — is. "I look at (player of the ye... 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