There are 413 benches in the city. (Well, in downtown Portland anyway). This is a few hours in the life of one. The glossy green bench recently showed up on a bumped, scraped and rusted block of downtown Portland. Just…

Wilsonville man drowns on wedding trip to Maui
A Wilsonville man visiting Maui for his wedding drowned Tuesday afternoon while trying to rescue friends caught in a riptide, authorities said. Kuon Phou, 29, went into the water off Polo Beach on the island’s south side to help about…

Traffic alert: Two lanes of I-205 to be closed tonight
The two right lanes of southbound Interstate 205 prior to the Killingsworth Street/westbound Columbia Boulevard exit in Northeast Portland will be closed from 11 p.m. tonight to 3 a.m. Thursday to allow crews to off-load windmill equipment from a broken…

Police seek crucial witness in Portland homicide
Portland police are seeking a crucial witness in a fatal attack on a 30-year-old man who was found a week ago unconscious in a wrecked car and died of stab wounds. About 3:30 a.m. May 3, an officer found two…

Fixing a fire station to survive the Big One
Portland’s landmark Fire Station 1 is about to get some bracing. City structural engineer Kent Yu is working to figure out how to retrofit the 1952 station at 55 S.W. Ash St. so it survives a quake. The problem, Yu…

The Confessions Tour - Live from London (CD+DVD)
The Confessions Tour - Live from London (CD+DVD) The Confessions Tour, filmed at London’s Wembley Arena during her worldwide sold-out 25-city Confessions Tour (2006’s top-grossing tour world-wide), features songs from throughout the dance diva’s career but largely focuses on Confessions On A Dance Floor. Bonus Footage on DVD: Je suis […]

How to Avoid Trouble
How to Avoid Trouble While planning your website promotion strategy, it is wise to remember that the search engines are very capable of sniffing out when someone is trying to trick or deceive them. A certain road to disaster is to consciously try to fool search engines into giving you a better listing. While this may […]

Casino Royale (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition)
Casino Royale (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition) Casino Royale introduces James Bond before he holds his license to kill. But Bond is no less dangerous, and with two professional assassinations in quick succession, he is elevated to “00″ status. “M” (Judi Dench), head of the British Secret Service, sends the newly-promoted 007 on his first […]

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Park divides neighbors in Sabin
A proposal to open greenspace around two city-owned water tanks in the Sabin neighborhood has parents envisioning a new park and those with green thumbs looking forward to an expanded community garden. But residents who live next to the site…

Memorex 2-Disc DVD Movie Cases (10-Pack)
Memorex 2-Disc DVD movie Cases (10-Pack) Package of 10 / Color: Black / Each case holds 2 DVD discs Customer Review: Very Practical Good quality. Good price. It would be nice if they offered a version that was slimmer, but this standard size case really has little to complain about. - Sat, […]

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