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Um, yeah, ya think? The Northeast Portland man who sought more than $800 million from Michael Jordan and Nike founder Phil Knight because he said he was tired of being mistaken for the famous basketball player is giving up his defamation lawsuit. See Man throws in towel on Jordan lawsuit

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So fantastic.  What a great use of our limited law enforcement… ALOHA, Oregon (AP) — A woman who called 911 to get “the cutest cop I’ve seen” sent back to her home got a date all right — a court date. The same sheriff’s deputy arrested her on charges of misuse of the emergency dispatch [...]

Original article can be found here: 911 call for ‘cute’ deputy gets woman arrested

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Woo whee!  Now here’s something fun to try! It’s a stretch to break the record, but Steve Milton wants to make the world’s largest ball of rubber bands. Milton, 26, an estimator for a local insulation company, was showing his 6-year-old son how to wrap rubber bands into a sphere last year, and the project [...]

Original article can be found here: Giant rubber band ball idea circles back around again

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Woo hoo!  Lets go fast now, ya hear? Police say they nabbed a speeding BMW on Interstate 84 near Troutdale Thursday after the car posted an eye-popping 146 mph on their speed detection equipment. Police clock I-84 speeder at over 140 mph

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This is what happens when you are nice to strangers!!! FLORENCE, Ore. — After Gordon Weaver left his wife for dead in their White Bear Lake (Minn.) home, he decided his own life would go on. He jumped $300,000 bail and made his way to the West Coast, where he called himself “David Carson” and [...]

Original article can be found here: Murderer deceived residents of Oregon town

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Are you kidding me? A crossbow? Who hits up a bar with a CROSSBOW??? Oregonians, apparently. PORTLAND — Police are looking for two men who robbed a Portland bar this weekend with a handgun and a crossbow. Crossbow-Wielding Robbers Hit Portland Bar

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I love it! Lets sue everybody! Whee!!! Members of a high school basketball team can sue over their suspensions after they protested a verbally abusive coach, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Monday. Eight students on the Clatskanie High School basketball team in Clatskanie, Oregon, during the 2000-2001 season signed a petition seeking the removal [...]

Original article can be found here: Oregon students can sue over tough coach dispute

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Ohhh…the irony! I love it! OLCC makes it difficult and expensive for business’ to get licenses and offer some of the most stringent policies in the country. Obviously, they have some internal issues to work out… The director of the Oregon Liquor Control Commission abruptly resigned Thursday after she was charged with drunken driving. Teresa [...]

Original article can be found here: OLCC Liquor Chief Charged With Drunken Driving

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Not technically Oregon, but I like to claim Washington (sometimes…) BELLINGHAM, Wash. – Instead of enduring a day of inattention and spring fever, Bellingham Christian School declared a “sun day” and gave everyone the day off. School cancels classes due to nice weather

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Now that’s what I call an embarrasment… APRIL 25–Meet Dusten Jacob Williams. The 20-year-old Oregon man was arrested yesterday afternoon for brandishing what appeared to be a handgun outside a school…Now as for the face paint, apparently the 6′ 4″ Williams was going for a devil/”Revenge of the Sith” look, surmised one law enforcement official. [...]

Original article can be found here: Revenge Of The Sick?