SEATTLE (AP) -- A teenage girl beaten in a Seattle bus tunnel as three security guards who were following company orders looked on said Friday that she sought help from the guards and police but was rebuffed.

Portland Community College student Damani Proctor has been selected one of 105 students nationwide for the NASA Student Ambassador Program.
Ambassadors will interact with the agency while sharing information, making professional connections and collaborating with peers. They also will represent NASA in a variety of venues and help the agency inspire and engage future interns and fellows. Proctor is working on his associate's degree in Microelectronics Technology Program at the Rock Creek Campus. After college he aspires to use his two degrees to find work in the solar electronics industry.

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) -- The students stomped their feet, heckled and then stood and turned their backs as the speaker at the University of Oregon defended red-baiting Sen. Joseph McCarthy and called Martin Luther King Jr. a communist dupe. With more than 30 security officers assigned to keep the peace, the 90-something patriarch of the group sat in a wheelchair next to the speaker, silently observing the spectacle while at times half-asleep.

Washington state voters in the Special Elections balloting this week overwhelmingly approved a slate of regional school funding levies, just two weeks after a King County Superior Court judge ruled that "basic education" is not adequately funded and relies too much on passage of local funding levies.

In December, the Rev. W.G. Hardy of Highland Christian Center brought together a multi-faith group of religious leaders to collaborate on the problems facing urban congregations.

Although a vote last week on the long-awaited Portland Bicycle Plan for 2030 was delayed in part due to concerns about financing, supporters say the plan will likely come to pass this week.

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) -- Seven legislators and an aide have been told to pay back up to $18 each for box lunches they ate at a discussion of marijuana laws.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Prompted by the death of a 15-year-old girl, Oregon's Department of Human Services is studying whether age plays a factor when welfare workers choose which cases to investigate.

The newest African American theatre company in Portland opens their new play "Rocket Man" with a preview on Thursday, Feb. 4 at 8 p.m. at the Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, 5340 N. Interstate Ave. in Portland...