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| === Friday | August 27, 2010 ===
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| [[File:N-Jonesmore-Street-1913 Courtesy Dan-Davis VintagePortland.jpg|thumb|Horse teams and hand tools--that's how streets were built a hundred years ago.]]
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| '''Ninety-Seven Year-Old "Green Jobs" Initiative'''<br />
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| These employed folks (and their horses too!) from nearly a century ago already had "green jobs." Then cars came along and ruined everything.<br />
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| Go to story: [http://vintageportland.wordpress.com/2010/08/27/n-jonesmore-street-1913/ N Jonesmore Street, 1913]
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| === Thursday | August 26, 2010 ===
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| '''Burnt Coal Fires Up Young Artists'''<br /> | |
| Kids tell Oregon’s [[Boardman Coal Plant]] to walk the plank.<br />
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| Go to story: [http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2010/08/26/guest-column-in-portland-students-and-the-community-paint-past-coal/ In Portland, Students and the Community “Paint Past Coal”]
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| === Wednesday | August 25, 2010 ===
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| '''Canine Cops To Sniff Rails From Portland To Seattle'''<br />
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| Amtrak's Vernae Graham claims doggy detectives to thrust noses into "all sorts of illegal substances."<br />
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| Go to story: [http://www.kbnd.com/395846.aspx Amtrak Goes to the Dogs]
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| === Tuesday | August 24, 2010 ===
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| '''Portland Casinos Await Voter Approval'''<br />
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| Measure 75's passage will bring gambling halls to Multnomah County dog tracks. Coming next: dens of iniquity and houses of ill repute.<br />
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| Go to story: [http://www.mycentraloregon.com/news/state/ap/178166/Ore-casino-backers-drop-lawsuit-voters-to-decide.html Ore. casino backers drop lawsuit, voters to decide]
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| === Monday | August 23, 2010 ===
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| '''Pakistan Flood Relief: Be The Change'''<br />
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| As Pakistan's "epic floods" continue, Portland's Mercy Corps dives in.<br />
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| Go to story: [http://www.mercycorps.org/project/pakistanflooding Project: Pakistan Flooding - Mercy Corps is providing clean water, staple foods and clean-up tools to families affected by massive flooding in Pakistan, which has killed at least 1,600 people and affected 20 million people.]
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| === Sunday | August 22, 2010 ===
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| [[File:Hendrix-and-Blonde.jpg|thumb|Portland's fake Jimi Hendrix poses with Vancouver B.C.'s actual blonde.]]
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| '''[http://www.blogger.com/profile/05997835666384194750 Vancouver B.C. Blonde] Does Her Part To Help "Keep Portland Weird"'''<br />
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| Beer, Jimmy Hendrix and a "sunny and stinking hot" Saturday Market are all part of her plan.<br />
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| Go to story: [http://ontheblogbandwagon.blogspot.com/2010/08/perfectly-portland.html Perfectly Portland]
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| === Saturday | August 21, 2010 ===
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| '''Portland's Mayor Takes Aim At Loose Cannons'''<br />
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| Mayor Sam Adams asks [http://www.portlandonline.com/attorney/ openly female city attorney] to come up with new strategies for reducing gun violence in city. Local firearm fanatic [http://www.keepandbeararms.com/information/XcIBViewItem.asp?ID=1123 Kevin Starrett] derides proposal as "a desperate move by a disgraced mayor."<br />
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| Go to story: [http://news.opb.org/article/11231-portland-mayor-proposes-gun-restrictions-after-rash-shootings/ Portland Mayor Proposes Gun Restrictions After Rash Of Shootings]
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