Get a Life band marches in Obama’s big parade

The Portland Tribune
Mon, Jan 5, 2009

President Obama, cue the band. Portland’s wacky Get a Life Marching Band has been selected to march down Pennsylvania Avenue during the Jan. …

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Portland agencies pull in property taxes

By Jim Redden /
The Portland Tribune
Mon, Jan 5, 2009
Updated 9.5 hours ago

Although property tax collections in Multnomah County only increased 2.5 percent last fiscal year, the growth was much greater in two Portland …

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Region slowly recovering from floods, slides The Portland Tribune Thu, Jan 1, 2009 Updated 1.7 hours ago Storm-related problems declined through the weekend, easing the Monday morning commute. Tuesday morning was expected to be a little less …

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Kulongoski task force takes aim at foster care disparities

The Portland Tribune
Mon, Jan 5, 2009
Updated 8.3 hours ago

Gov. Ted Kulongoski signed an executive order Monday setting up a state task force that will come up with ideas to reduce racial disparities in the …

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So long 2008 By Tribune staff / The Portland Tribune Wed, Dec 31, 2008 Updated Dec 31, 2008 We won’t think about the end too much. You know, of 2008. The debilitating winter storms. The retailers howling in pain and lonesomeness. The …

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Accidental shooting leads to man's arrest

The Portland Tribune
Sun, Jan 4, 2009
Updated 12.6 hours ago

A Northeast Portland man was arrested early Sunday morning for accidentally shooting his neighbor. Alvert O'Neal Jr., 45, was charged with …

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- Oh (s)no(w), not again!

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- Potter urges aid for small businesses

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- Anxiety creeps onto the menu

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- Man linked to Washington homicide arrested in Portland

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In Character with Jennifer Lane

By peter korn / The Portland Tribune
Wed, Dec 31, 2008

Jennifer Lane may be the only woman alive who can say she found a career by trying out Happy Hours. The 39-year-old Southeast Portland resident was …

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Sources Say • Tired and haggard, but Fish shows up

The Portland Tribune
Wed, Dec 31, 2008

At about 9 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 21, Patrick Nolen, a community organizer with Sisters of the Road, had a surprise visitor at the nonprofit homeless …

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Eagle Creek woman’s body found in Clackamas River

The Portland Tribune
Sun, Jan 4, 2009
Updated 15.5 hours ago

The Clackamas County Sheriffs Office has confirmed that Eagle Creek resident Debra Mae Bennett, 46, died when her pickup truck crashed into the …

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Workers reach a tipping point By Peter Korn / The Portland Tribune Wed, Dec 31, 2008 Nobody is sitting at the rack at Mary’s Club on a Friday afternoon. The rack is the counter that lines the stage at Mary’s, an …

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- Bonny Slope West: Who's in charge around here?

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- TriMet to fix MAX freezing problems

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- Storm stresses city budget

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