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Restaurant and Developer Groups Are Piling Onto A Camping Lawsuit Against the...
by Dirk VanderHart The list of people suing the city over new camping policies is growing. In a motion filed today, a group of organizations that believe Mayor Charlie Hales' lenient stance on camping...
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by Bobby Roberts FRIDAY, MAY 20'80s Video Dance Attack: Prince Tribute NightHalf the fun of the late, great Prince's music is watching him perform it. Long-standing dance night '80s Video Dance Attack...
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Friends of Noise Will Host Citywide All-Ages Shows
by Ciara Dolan "I THINK there's definitely a divide between youth culture and adult culture," says Hannah Ginsberg, a junior at St. Mary's Academy. Ginsberg is also a youth committee member at Friends...
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Former Executive Director of Defunkt Theatre Arrested on Charges of Theft
by Megan Burbank On Tuesday, a grand jury indicted Lori Sue Hoffman on 10 counts related to theft.Multnomah Country SheriffToday, the board of Portland theater company Defunkt has posted the following...
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Police Chief Larry O'Dea Mistakenly Shot His Friend In the Back Last Month
by Dirk VanderHart Ashley AndersonSo apparently Portland Police Chief Larry O'Dea mistakenly shot a "very close friend" out in Harney County last month, but kept it largely on the down low. Willamette...
View ArticlePortland Dating Dilemma
by Anonymous I've been single for a little over a year now, but it isn't for a lack of trying; I've gone on too many dates to count. I don't know if it's due to the influx of transplants (I'm a...
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Tale of Tales is Gorgeous... and Lifeless
by Ned Lannamann On paper, Tale of Tales has more than enough to recommend it: John C. Reilly killing a napping sea dragon. Salma Hayek eating the dragon's bloody heart in order to impregnate herself....
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Can I Patent My New Strain of Weed?
by Vince Sliwoski Ryan Alexander-TannerDEAR POT LAWYER,I cultivated an innovative new strain of weed. Can I patent it?Yes, you probably can.The first weed strain patent was issued last August to a...
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by Anonymous To the recent poster, and all their philosophical cohorts, lamenting their inability to find a one in a million human to date: Portland's 145 square miles have an estimated population of...
View ArticleI Need to See the Sights
by Anonymous I am sort of afraid to take trips by myself. Before I moved here, I just pretty much gave up on traveling. I got real lucky, and found this to be a chance to expand my travel just a...
View ArticleOf Donuts and Men
by Anonymous Hordes of people waitand wait...and waitfor donuts in the pouring rain.Is their lust in vain?Will they leave emptyand in emotional pain?Or from torn ligaments, abrasions?From below a...
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by Anonymous My tiny dog is named Purse n' Boots and he goes everywhere with me. I often times will put him in my purse and that's how he got the name. My friends love him, but nobody loves him more...
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News You May Have Missed This Week!
by Mercury staff CITY OFFICIALS and Portland's rank-and-file police union were recently on the threshold of a deal that could have changed up Portland's controversial 48-hour rule, but it might be...
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You Can't Overdose on Pot—But You Probably Shouldn't Eat Too Much of It
by Josh Jardine SarahAS MY POT COLUMNIST colleague Vince Sliwoski pointed out in his Ask a Pot Lawyer column last week, early recreational sales for cannabis edibles, extracts, and topicals will begin...
View ArticleGood Morning, News: Portland Police Revolt, Freddy Gray Cop "Not Guilty," and...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! I was born the son of a lawless man, always spoke my mind with a gun in my hand. Lived nine lives, gunned down ten. Gonna ride like the wind. LET'S GO...
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Timbers Run Riot Against Vancouver
by Abe Asher Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland TimbersFrom the get-go, it was clear that Sunday afternoon's Cascadia Cup clash at Providence Park between the Portland Timbers and Vancouver Whitecaps was...
View ArticleSavage Love Letter of the Day: Two Birds, One Stone
by Dan Savage I'm a woman in my mid-twenties married to a man in his mid-forties. We've been together for over seven years. Our relationship is monogamous. We have sex often enough in my opinion, but...
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Ahead of His Portland Show, Scott Aukerman Discusses Seven Years of Comedy...
by Courtney Ferguson Yes, we chose this press image because there's a horse in it.CHRIS RAGAZZO/IFC 2014Guests must follow rules on the popular podcast Comedy Bang! Bang! Mainly, they're to be as...
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Stop. Drop. And Roll. The Thorns Were on Fire Saturday Night!
by Erin O'Regan Christine Sinclair: Even she doesn't know how she does it!Courtesy Portland ThornsAfter four long weeks of away games, a boisterous crowd of 15,828 welcomed the undefeated Thorns back...
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The Bachelorette Premieres Tonight. Sorry.
by Campy Draper JoJo brings light to a world of darkness. I assume. Courtesy of ABCSince the last season of The Bachelor ended back in March, an empty stretch of time has loomed over me. An era of...
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