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Missing Portland woman was last seen on May 16

Ivanice Harris, who went missing in Hawaii last week, has been found dead, according to Honolulu police.

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Unofficial results show Portland Children's Levy and METRO Levy pass. Gonzalez out Buel in on PPS School Board.

Portland Special Election Results May 2013: UNOFFICIAL: No on Water Fluoridation Portland Children's Levy and METRO Levy pass. Gonzalez out Buel in on PPS School Board.

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This year's festivities will run from May 24 through Jun. 9

The Rose Festival begins Friday, May 24. Highlights of this year's festivities include the Queen's Coronation and the honoring of the WHL Champion Portland Winterhawks.

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Hall's 2011 arrest in Seeznin's Bar and Grill was one of the reasons why the bar closed

Police have arrested Emmanuel "Manny" Hall in connection with an exchange of gunshots  may 18 outside Diamons Gentlemans club on Northeast Sandy Boulevard.

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News Editor Lisa Loving brings home two prizes in statewide journalism contest

The Skanner's News Editor Lisa Loving has won two journalism awards in the Oregon Society for Professional Journalists 2012 Contest.

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The former Rwandan peacekeeper – who admittedly failed -- devotes his life to ending the use of child soldiers in Africa

Canadian Senator Romeo Dallaire is in Portland this weekend to deliver the commencement address for Lewis & Clark's College of Arts and Sciences graduation ceremonies Saturday, May 18. The event will be livestreamed so anyone with computer access can watch it as it happens and hear Dallaire's speech.

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Renovations include new amenities and art commemorating neighborhood's historic Black community

Dawson Park is a 2.02 acre neighborhood park located between N. Williams and N. Vancouver Ave. next to Legacy Emanuel. It is within the boundaries of the Interstate Corridor Urban Renewal Area.

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Cameras can clear the innocent but ACLU finds they are watching people of color most

Video surveillance cameras are just about everywhere. They watch us at the bank, in the mall on the street and on light rail. In theory they're supposed to prevent crime. But civil liberties activists say they don't work. And what's worse, constant surveillance has put us on a slippery slope to complete loss of privacy.

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Elizabeth Britton counseled the children: 'You have to know who you are'

Students at Chief Joseph Elementary last week had about the biggest surprise imaginable: The great-granddaughter of Chief Joseph himself came to visit the school library on Friday afternoon.

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The United States has repeatedly called for his immediate release

North Korea said Wednesday that the U.S. citizen it sentenced last month to 15 years of hard labor has begun his stay at a special prison. Kenneth Bae, who the North Koreans refer to as Pae Jun Ho, was arrested in November in Rason city, a port in the northeastern corner of North Korea.

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