Former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris was rebuffed in the U.S. Senate today as he tried to enter the venerated chambers and take his seat, as the successor to president-elect Barack Obama appointed by embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. "My credentials were not in order, I will not be accepted, I will not be seated," Burris, 71, told a reporters who had followed him across the street for a news conference in a cold and steady rain outside the Capitol.
The former Illinois attorney general said he was "not seeking to have any type of confrontation" over taking the seat that he was appointed to by embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich. But Burris, who would be the Senate's only Black member, also said he was considering a federal lawsuit to force Senate Democrats to seat him ...
The school has raised over $125,000 in recent weeks through a grassroots campaign seeking donations from the community and across the country. The money raised Saturday included a bag full of quarters totaling $100 from 13-year-old Terrence McKenzie, who gave because his mother had gone to the college ...
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The office of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak warned Israel of the consequences of the invasion and says it places the responsibility on Israel for any civilians that are killed or wounded ...
Shipwreck Hunting
Beachcombers find endless treasures along the Oregon coast, from seashells to shipwrecks...
Ski Areas Open
... now, with an abundance of snowfall brought by December’s record winter storms, many ski areas are expected to remain open well into the spring ...
Single Speed Mountain Bikes
... the increasing number of mountain bikers in Oregon and elsewhere on single-speed bikes ...
One Portland businessman has just landed the account of a lifetime. Chad Brown, founder and owner of Chado Advertising and Design, will be developing an advertising and branding program for international clothing manufacturer Epic Group. In October, Brown was invited to make a pitch at the apparel giant’s headquarters in Hong Kong. “It was pretty intense ...
Ten separate instances of civil fraud were cited by an investigator hired by the Port, including that of a staff member who changed contracting rules to ensure that all minority contracts would go to only one company – a company identified by the U.S. Department of Justice in 1996 as a “sham minority business."
Port officials refused last week to fire the staff responsible for the fraud, or to file any criminal charges against them.
An FBI investigation is reportedly still pending ...
Westlund, a Democrat, says he wants to start a prepaid college tuition program that would allow parents to lock into current tuition rates by paying into a savings account.
“We’re not talking corporate bonds,” ...
The Bethel AME Church hosts a musical tribute to Edgar (Ed) Mitchell, who will be the guest of honor. Performers include the Bethel Cathedral Choir, the Men’s Choir, and the De La Salle Choir. Mitchell is the much-loved former vocalist of many years for the Cathedral Choir who has recently fallen ill ...This kind of cold-blooded action on their part strikes me as just the kind of narrowly conservative, mean-spirited and reckless decision making that the nation voted against in electing Barack Obama. ...
Kevin Howard, Leroy Haynes, Norma Trimble and Mark Knutson, a group of leaders from Portland’s faith-based community gathered around the Martin Luther King Jr. statue on the namesake boulevard to sign a commitment against tobacco.
Yugen Farad Rashad, of LifeWorks NW’s African American Tobacco prevention program, organized the group of faith leaders as part of an ongoing campaign against smoking.
With the downturn of the economy many stores are struggling. Though they may be operating through December, some businesses could close locations or file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the future ...
Meanwhile, the nonprofit Oregon Center for Public Policy issued its own report showing that families statewide have been crushed by the recession – in part because they failed to make economic gains during the boom times earlier this decade.
“The recession has intensified the pressure that was already squeezing working families ....
Colon and rectal cancer death rates are now nearly 50 percent higher in Blacks than in Whites, according to American Cancer Society research being released Monday ...
Downhill skiing can be something of a luxury – especially in hard times, admits Tricia Tillman, the membership director for Portland’s only African American skiing club. The sport can also be valuable time spent with family, she says. As one of the lead organizers with the Ebony Rose Ski Club ...
The Clayton brothers pay tribute to other jazz-playing brothers on this fabulous release ...
The Who’s Who of Portland jazz now includes Kate Davis, the super talented, gracious teenage singer and bassist....
Back in the day (1956-57), Dave Brubeck made these live radio broadcast recordings in two of the nations top jazz clubs ...
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