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Harassed Black worker gets job, compensation and promises

A Black employee who found a noose over his workstation in a predominantly Latino company has won a full-time job and a financial settlement from his employers, the Oregon Attorney General's office announced this week.

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Coinciding Japanese disaster made event a 'teachable moment'

Give it to the gods of timing.                -
For this year's Red Cross Breakfast of Champions event in Portland, the organization decided to put their focus on earthquakes. If you didn't know any better, one might think the Red Cross organized the annual event in response to the earthquake that struck Japan on Saturday. But no, it was pure coincidence.

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Supporters: flying the flag on his pickup truck while it was parked at the bus yard is protected by First Amendment right to free speech

GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) -- An Oregon school bus driver fired after he refused to remove a Confederate battle flag flying from his pickup truck has enlisted the help of a conservative civil liberties group in hopes of getting his job back.

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The measure sought by University President Richard LaRiviere would endow the school with $800 million and make it an independent public body like the Port of Portland

SALEM, Ore. (AP) -- Oregon's public universities have asked the Legislature for more power to manage their affairs as they face a future that promises fewer taxpayer dollars and increased pressure to raise tuition.

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Community heartsick as 80-year Rose fest tradition is broken

Word that Jefferson High School won't be fielding a single Rose Festival princess this year – the first time any school has ever missed out on the venerated institution – has outraged and saddened local boosters

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Despite crime rates at lowest rate in 40 years, many still live in constant fear

A new study on the public's perception of crime reveals some troubling disconnects between reality and fantasy. Despite having the lowest crime rates since the 1960s, a majority of Oregonians wrongly believe that crime rates either rose or stayed stagnant.

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Start-up takes Groupon, Cellfire strategies to new level

Portland-based uLynk — riding the wave of digital coupons, texting software and social media strategies for small businesses – is a blossoming startup that was galvanized by failure.

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Technologies that reveal hidden faults and measure the scrunching of the Earth's crust down to the millimeter have propelled a decade of remarkable discovery in the Northwest

SEATTLE (AP) -- The biggest surprise about the Nisqually earthquake was that it wasn't worse.

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'The bicycle trip itself unified the 25th Infantry as well as the Pacific Northwest because they were appreciated as colored soldiers'

Of all the remarkable stories told about the U.S. Army's Black cavalries known as the Buffalo Soldiers, the most remarkable is surely that of the 25th Infantry Brigade Bicycle Corps.

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