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1 Same-Sex Marriage — Native American Style
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2 Should Public Officials Get Private Lives?
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3 Oregon's Health Care Lottery and Desperation for Doctors
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4 Should Parenting Require Education, Licensing Like Driving?
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5 Front Page: Iraqi Troops Enter Sadr City, Oregon and Kentucky, French Workweek
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6 Awaiting Results: Double-O! Obama Snaps Up Oregon
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7 States, Provinces to Cap and Trade Sans Federal Governments
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8 Obama Effigy Found in Oregon Shows Ugly Side of Northwest
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9 Troopers Riding in Big Rigs to Nab Drivers: Smart or Sneaky?
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10 Oregon's Green Idea: Taxing For Miles Driven Instead of Gas
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11 Briefing Book! Oregon Considers 1,900 Percent Tax on Beer
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12 Stranger than Fiction: School Used Lap Dance Therapy
Exploring a state's local cuisine is always an adventure, and although I didn't quite make it over to the foodie haven of Portland on a recent trip to Oregon, the state's coast had plenty of tasty treats along the way. I spent a week exploring the wilderness, camping in a tear drop trailer, and of course, stopping at all of the local breweries, restaurants, and even a coffee roaster. The 363 Read more
Good morning! We thought you might like to start your day with a plate of delicious-looking doughnuts. This photo and accompanying review was shared by 2savorypalates in the YumSugar Community. No doubt many of you have heard of Voodoo Doughnut; the crazy and insanely delicious doughnut shop in Portland and Eugene where anything goes on a doughnut - namely the Bacon Maple Bar. My friend and I Read more
Yes, all baby bunnies are small, but this species tops out at less than a pound . . . fully grown. The Columbia Basin Pygmy Rabbits are native to the Pacific Northwest and face an uphill battle since being declared extinct in the 1990s. They are just one type of threatened hopper BBC recently wrote about as we enter the Year of the Rabbit. Learn all about these animals — and see more pics — Read more
YumSugar Community member Angelica discovered the unthinkable: deep-fried Pop Tarts. Do you have an image of something delicious that you recently made or enjoyed? If so, be sure to upload it in the Savory Sights group in our YumSugar Community!From The Candyman shop in Seaside, Oregon. Cause Pop Tarts totally need to be fried. Read more
When you think of activities to help the emotional growth of teens with behavior troubles or special learning needs, lap dances would probably be the last thing you'd think of. But that's exactly what the staff at Mount Bachelor Academy came up with, and they forced students to undergo lap dance therapy as a part of their "emotional growth" curriculum. The boarding school was shutdown after Read more
Yes, all baby bunnies are small but this species tops out at less than a pound . . . fully grown. The Columbia Basin Pygmy Rabbits are native to the Pacific Northwest and face an uphill battle since being declared extinct in the 1990s. Learn all about these animals — and see more pics — when you start the slideshow. Read more
Usually, when I share photos of a gorgeous modern home with you, there's little hope of actually staying at that place in real life. Not so with the Neal Creek residence. Located near Hood River, OR, this two-bedroom home is actually available for rent. Architects Paul McKean and Amy Donohue designed this house to make a minimal impact on the environment. The house's main living space is raised Read more
Lawmakers in Oregon are considering a 1,900 percent tax hike on beer to cover budget. — Townhall New York Post publishes extremely controversial cartoon comparing stimulus author to chimp. — NY Post Maybe it's time to make taxes easier? Sarah Palin has a tax problem, too. — Wonkette Stephen Colbert and Conan O'Brien have a late night dance-off. — Huffington Post Appeals court rules that Read more
Oregon drivers may soon start limiting their joyrides. The governor has called for a highway tax based on miles driven, not gasoline purchases after gas tax revenues dropped to $4.8 million a year compared with 2006. The idea is that a state task force would equip every new vehicle in the state with a Global Positioning System device to record every mile driven and where. Motorists would pay at Read more
Over a two days this week, Oregon State Police and sheriffs (perhaps better known by their CB radio code, "Boy Scouts") hitched a ride with big-rig truckers on the hunt for aggressive drivers who wouldn't suspect a "Smokey" ride along and wouldn't have time to "brush their teeth and comb their hair" (shout out for a radar trap ahead.) Leaving the "bubble gum machine" (cop car) at home, the Read more
