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Allegiance Athletic Club javelin thrower, Kalaiza Mitchell, 10, took first place in turbo-jav at the Junior Olympics National Track and Field Championships in Greensboro, N.C. July 28-Aug. 2.  . . .

Bryant Terry, is coming to the King Farmer's Market and the Portland Farmer's Market at Portland State University for events with adults and youth Aug. 29 and 30 ...

Urban education was front and center as Seattle hosted the 2009 Hip Hop Congress National Conference, July 29-Aug. 2 in the Central District, in conjunction with Umoja Fest and the NW Urban Hip Hop Fest.

As of Aug. 1, members of the military who served on active duty after Sept. 10, 2001 will be eligible for the biggest government education spending supplement since the Montgomery GI Bill after World War II.

Essence magazine Editor-in-Chief Susan Taylor heard Rae-Lewis Thornton speak and immediately decided that her story needed to be shared with her magazine's readers. 

A Portland police officer accused of harassing woman on a department cell phone has resigned from his job.

• African Women's Coalition to Hold Summer Night Party
• Graffiti Art at WSU Vancouver
• Free Prosthesis Screening for Amputees
• Mt. Tabor Park Centennial Celebration

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An investigation into an alleged prostitution ring that advertised underage girls on the Internet has resulted in a federal child sex trafficking charge against a Springfield man.