
Bryant scores a season-high 47 points and the Lakers beat the Trail Blazers
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Los Angeles Lakers shooting guard Kobe Bryant (24) leaves the court after scoring 47 points against the Portland Trail Blazers after their NBA game in Portland, Oregon, April 10, 2013. (STEVE ...
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Curry sets 3s mark Warriors beat Blazers 99-88
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Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard, right, reaches in on Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry during the first quarter of an NBA basketball game in Portland, Ore., Wednesday, April 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Don ...
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Wash. makes swift changes to definition of pot
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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Washington finalized swift changes to the state's definition of marijuana Wednesday after prosecutors and crime lab scientists expressed concern about the technical aspects of a voter-approved legalization initiative. Gov. Jay Inslee approved the revision, which was also supported by the Seattle lawyer who drafted the initiative that legalized recreational marijuana ...
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Plan debated to make voter registration automatic in Oregon
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SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Oregon's chief elections official wants almost everyone with a driver's license to be automatically registered to vote. The plan, proposed by Democratic Secretary of State Kate Brown, would significantly redesign Oregon's voter-registration practices and potentially add hundreds of thousands of newly registered voters to the state. Combined with ...
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Predatory sex offender not breaking law by living near school
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MCMINNVILLE, Ore. – A man listed as a registered predatory sex offender is living just hundreds of feet from an elementary school. An alert KATU viewer emailed the newsroom, saying Jeffrey Kevin Hanson lived ...
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Federal Funding Slashed And A Woman In Oregon Is Raped As A Result
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@OPB.org The one thing everyone thinks they can count on is assistance when you call 911, right? You have a problem, your life is in danger, and you call 911 for help. We are taught to do this from childhood; you expect that your calls for help will always be answered, but what happens if you call for help and police are not able to come to your rescue? The very concept seems foreign but, ...
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US Finds Unapproved Genetically Modified Wheat in Oregon
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WASHINGTON A strain of genetically engineered wheat never approved for sale or consumption by authorities was found sprouting on a farm in Oregon, the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Wednesday.The wheat was developed years ago by biotechnology company Monsanto Co. but never put into use because of worldwide opposition to genetically engineered wheat.The most recent field ...
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Man 19 killed after vehicle hes working on falls on him
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PORTLAND, Ore. – A 19-year-old man was killed Wednesday night when the vehicle he was working on fell on him, according to the Portland Fire Bureau. Spokesman Rich Chatman said the man was working on a vehicle at an auto repair shop ...
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