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Oregon stories: 53 news summaries

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Drunk Driver Calls Cops to Report Stolen Weed

Man sought help in tracking down another intoxicant

Nov 6, 09 3:55 PM CST
(Newser) - A 21-year-old Oregon man called police to report that ¾ of an ounce of marijuana had been stolen from his car while he was drinking in a bar. After waiting for deputies, he began driving—despite being drunk—and called 911 again to complain. Dispatchers found him difficult to understand,... More »

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crime • drunk driving • marijuana • Oregon • pot

 Shots Fired At 
 Oregon Rep's Office 

FBI seek gunman who attacked fed courthouse

Oct 30, 09 4:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Oregon police are on high alert after shots were fired at the US district courthouse in Eugene over Wednesday night. Three of the four shots hit the windows of Democratic Rep. Peter DeFazio's office, although FBI investigators say they're not sure if his office was the intended target. No one... More »

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FBI • congressman • Oregon • shooting • Peter DeFazio

 Coach Suspends Oregon 
 Player for Postgame Punch 

LeGarrette Blount out for rest of season

Sep 4, 09 4:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Oregon Ducks' football coach has suspended hotheaded running back LeGarrette Blount for punching a Boise State player in the face, the Statesman Journal reports. Head coach Chip Kelly said Blount would retain his scholarship for the year but will not be allowed to play in any regular-season or bowl... More »

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football • Idaho • Oregon • attack • Oregon Ducks • Boise State Broncos • college football

(Newser) - Fans, ice cream, and AC were in short supply yesterday as Seattle recorded the hottest temperature in its history, a sizzling 103 degrees, and heat records melted across the region, reports the Seattle Times. Relief is still a sweaty few days away as a heat warning remains in effect for... More »

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weather • heat wave • Washington state • Oregon • Seattle • Pacific Northwest

(Newser) - Alaska and the US West Coast could be pounded by a tsunami far more powerful than researchers had previously thought, LiveScience reports. Analysis of soil samples shows evidence of two earthquakes in the past 2,000 years capable of producing waves that dwarf a 1964 tsunami one researcher calls “... More »

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California • Alaska • tsunami • Pacific Ocean • Washington • Oregon • natural disaster • earthquake • wave • continental US

(Newser) - When a bipartisan group of six senators sent a letter to Harry Reid yesterday asking him to slow down on health care reform, one name stood out to Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com: Democrat Ron Wyden of Oregon. At first glance, the liberal-ish senator doesn't seem to fit with the... More »

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Congress • health care costs • Senate • Oregon • health care reform • Ron Wyden

Backyard Chickens Ruffle Neighbors' Feathers

Low-cost organic egg dispenser, or messy nuisance?

Jul 15, 09 1:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Backyard chickens have polarized the city council of Salem, Ore., as residents argue over whether to legalize keeping the birds in home coops, the Wall Street Journal reports. It’s one of several such disputes around the US, with some extolling the virtues of a source of free eggs and... More »

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backyards • farming • eggs • recession • Oregon • city council • chicken • city

Killer Cut Baby Out of Oregon Woman: Cops

Authorities not sure if boy died inside or outside of womb

Jun 8, 09 5:16 PM CDT
(AP) - Authorities say a pregnant woman who was found dead in a crawl space of a suburban Oregon home had been cut open and her baby delivered from her womb. The Washington County sheriff's office said today that it couldn't be determined if the infant son of Heather Snively died before... More »

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pregnancy • murder • Craigslist • Oregon • fetus • Heather Snively • Korena Elaine Roberts

Slain Pregnant
Woman Lured
on Craigslist

Oregon woman
seeking baby clothes killed for unborn baby

Jun 8, 09 1:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - A pregnant woman apparently slain for her unborn child was lured on Craigslist, the Oregonian reports. Heather Snively, 21—who was due next month—was found dead in a crawl space of an Oregon home. Police discovered the corpse after the woman who lives there, Korena Roberts, arrived at a... More »

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murder • Craigslist • Oregon • pregnant women

investigation

Stimulus Hasn't Reached States That Need It Most


May 28, 09 10:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - The states President Obama’s $787 billion stimulus package was most intended to help aren’t yet getting much out of it, USA Today reports after analyzing government contracts. The eight states with unemployment rates higher than 10% have seen an average of $7.42 per person from the... More »

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contractors • Michigan • Oregon • unemployment • North Dakota • economic stimulus package • President Obama • federal agencies • stimulus funds

 Ore. Mom 
 Busted 
 in Son's 
 Drowning 

Residents heard screams coming from chilly river

May 24, 09 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Authorities arrested an Oregon mother yesterday after local residents heard screams and found her children drifting in a chilly river, the AP reports. Amanda Jo Stott-Smith’s 7-year-old daughter is expected to survive, but her 4-year-old son could not be revived. “I can't imagine what it must be like... More »

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children • drowning • Oregon • mother

(Newser) - The unemployment rate in California rose to 11.2% in March, the Los Angeles Times reports today. A loss of 62,100 jobs puts the state at the highest jobless level since 1976, when recording started. It trails only Michigan (12.6%), Oregon (12.1%), and South Carolina (11.4%).... More »

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California • South Carolina • Michigan • recession • Oregon • unemployment • jobless

 Fishing Ban Imperils 
 Calif. Salmon Industry 

There aren't enough fish to sustain industry: fishery heads

Apr 9, 09 7:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Plummeting populations have led to a federal ban on commercial salmon fishing off  California for the second straight year, raising fears that the industry will disappear altogether, the Los Angeles Times reports. "If we don't go fishing next year, we have to start thinking that salmon fishing in California... More »

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California • salmon • Oregon • fishing ban • fishermen • commercial fishing • Chinook salmon

Cash-Strapped States Raise Taxes as Revenue Declines

At least 10 states face substantial budget gaps

Apr 9, 09 7:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - A precipitous decline in tax revenue has at least 10 states considering major increases in sales or income taxes to close budget gaps that in some cases run into the billions, the Wall Street Journal reports. States like Oregon, facing a $4.4 billion budget gap and 10.8% unemployment,... More »

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California • taxes • income tax • Arizona • New York • Oregon • unemployment • tax revenue • budget gap • state sales tax • payroll taxes • state budgets

Supreme Court Refuses Philip Morris Appeal

$79.5M case was seen as way to clamp down on punitive damages

Mar 31, 09 10:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Big business once hoped that the Supreme Court would use a tobacco lawsuit bouncing around the court system since 1999 to clamp down on the awarding of punitive damages. Instead, the AP reports, the Supreme Court gave a one-sentence order refusing to hear an appeal of a $79.5 million... More »

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lung cancer • cigarettes • Oregon • Philip Morris • US Supreme Court

(Newser) - It’s not quite a David Vitter, but Oregon Rep. Peter DeFazio had his own run-in with airport security this week, the Washington Post reports. DeFazio, one of the architects of the Transportation Security Administration, had to endure what he thought was an unnecessary search. But when he told the... More »

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Congress • airline industry • David Vitter • Oregon • TSA • Transportation Security Administration • Peter DeFazio

 Pacific Salmon Face 
 Uncertain Tides 

Oceanic changes doomed '08 crop, but scientists can't agree on what caused them

Jan 7, 09 6:43 PM CST
(Newser) - West Coast fisheries has seen a 90% drop in salmon spawn since 2004, and while many blame rivers degraded by dams and diversions, some experts believe the problem has been pushed out to sea, reports Salon. Wind direction and water temperature have changed, bringing less food to the ocean’s... More »

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California • science • ocean • salmon • fish • Oregon • dams • fishermen • cod

Oregon Mulls Mileage,
Not Gas, Tax 

State worries about tax shortfall as vehicles get more efficient

Jan 3, 09 9:57 AM CST
(Newser) - Worried that the rise of fuel-efficient and hybrid cars will wipe out revenue for road repair, Oregon is considering taxing drivers by the mile instead of by the gallon, reports the AP. Lawmakers—aware that hiking gas tax is a political kiss of death—believe a mileage tax is the... More »

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taxes • fuel efficiency • Oregon • GPS • gas tax • hybrid car • taxation

Crotch-Grabbing Granny Fends Off Naked Attacker

Squeeze sends
intruder fleeing

Jan 1, 09 7:19 AM CST
(Newser) - An 88-year-old woman fought off a naked intruder in her home with a good squeeze in the right place, the Oregonian reports. The man forced the woman into her living room and pushed her face down onto a chair, but fled after she reached behind her, grabbed his genitals, and... More »

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indecent exposure • Oregon • burglary • burglar • grandmother

ANALYSIS

In Court, Philip Morris Uses Civil-Rights Smokescreen

Tobacco giant plays civil-rights card in battle with Oregon court over $79M judgment

Dec 5, 08 3:17 PM CST
(Newser) - Philip Morris has cast itself as a civil-rights victim being denied due process, Stephanie Mencimer writes for Mother Jones. The tobacco giant, ordered by an Oregon jury in 1999 to pay $79 million in punitive damages to a woman whose husband died of lung cancer, has been fighting the award... More »

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cancer • smoking • Oregon • habeas corpus • Philip Morris • NAACP • tobacco companies • US Supreme Court

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