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Dutch soccer prank... 2007-11-05 20:44:00 I would like to hang out with this guy... ...

Healthiest state in the US: Vermont... 2007-11-05 11:48:00 Interesting. I wonder where OR is on this list? Minnesota residents are no longer the healthiest in the nation. That distinction now goes to Vermont.The Green Mountain state surpassed Minnesota as the healthiest state, according to the 18th annual survey conducted by the United Health Foundation, the American Public Health Association and Partnership for Prevention.READ MORE... ...

Brittney is an uncharitable biatch... 2007-11-05 11:41:00 I think Britt could afford to give a little more to charity and never notice. A monthly income of $737,000. Monthly entertainment and gift expenses of $102,000Monthly clothing expenses of $16,000Monthly dining expenses of $4758Monthly mortgage payments of $61,271Monthly charitable contributions of $500 ...

Portland (area): Elderly man beaten with baseball bat at MAX station 2007-11-05 11:32:00 Simple... carry maize. Everyone. Gresham Police Chief Carla Piluso said the Saturday evening beating of an elderly man by a teenager at the Central MAX Transit Station was apparently unprovoked. Speaking to reporters at a Sunday afternoon press conference, Piluso said the 15-year-old boy who attacked the 71-year-old man with a baseball bat is known to the Gresham police as a suspected gang ... Baseball

More love for Portland from NY TIMES... 2007-11-05 11:21:00 I love NYT articles so much. They have amazing writers. Interesting bit about not coming to PDX for money but more for quality of life... soo true - and I think that also keeps out tons of scum bags and assholes. AFTER spending several years in the South, Darrell Wallace and Jennifer Adkins of Greensboro, N.C., decided it was time to move. “We’re both artistic and politically active, and it ...

GOOGLE ANNOUNCES PHONE SOFTWARE... 2007-11-05 11:16:00 There was still some uncertainty that this would come today... but alas... it has been announced! SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 5 — Google took its long-awaited plunge into the wireless world today, announcing that it is leading a broad industry alliance to transform mobile phones into powerful mobile computers that could accelerate the convergence of computing and communications. The Internet giant ... Google

Analyzing Portland's public market... 2007-11-05 10:54:00 I have yet to go to the Saturday market - but it looks great. I wish we had a permanent indoor one... sorta like Seattle's public market. There is so much produce and such they could sell. In Portland, organizers just got permission to name their planned market after James Beard, the Oregon native who is widely considered the father of American gastronomy."It will put Portland on the food map, ...

Portland Sisters make the cover... 2007-11-05 10:44:00 It was great to see the Portland Sisters getting some much deserved attention. They are doing some amazing work around here. When it comes to real-life superheroes, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence are near the top of the list. Founded in San Francisco in 1979, they are now an international nonprofit organization with more than 700 members distributed through nine countries. For nearly 30 ...

NBC skit used hacked iPhone... 2007-11-05 10:36:00 LOL! AWESOME! My money is that it was an inside joke... but I could see it just being a slip-up. If you looked closely at last night's episode of Saturday Night Live during the iPhone: The Affair sketch, you may or may not have noticed a certain extra "Installer" icon next to the iTunes button. So what's that icon signify? The iPhone being used was jailbroken (or, hacked for programs and games, ... Iphone

Mayors find its not easy becoming green... 2007-11-05 08:44:00 This is good news though overall... Pacific Northwest is a great example to other cities. SEATTLE -- America's mayors, responding to a growing sense of urgency over climate change, are rapidly stepping up programs to weatherize buildings, capture methane gas from landfills, switch municipal fleets to hybrids, promote mass transit and buy cleaner electricity. But changing the carbon footprint of ...

Carbon dioxide -- the latest anti-ageing treatment 2007-11-05 08:31:00 Neato... and wow... biggest breakthrough since botox. Thats quite a breakthrough. Described as the biggest breakthrough in beauty therapy since Botox, it is said to eradicate stretch marks, fade scars, melt fat and take years off your skin. What is this non-surgical miracle? Injections of carbon dioxide gas. The treatment is huge in the U.S. and is now available in Britain. Celebrity ...

Bush 1 recalls the good old days when America didnt torture... 2007-11-05 08:25:00 Yeah, those were the days... when America wasn't torturing people. On this morning’s Fox News Sunday, Chris Wallace interviewed former President George H.W. Bush at his Presidential Library in Texas. Bush defends his son’s disastrous presidency, but later in the interview as he and Wallace stood in a mock up of a tent used by U.S. soldiers during the first Gulf War, he vehemently defended his ... America

Obama on SNL... 2007-11-05 08:25:00 In case you missed it... Senator Obama made a guest appearance on SNL last night to take a swipe at Hillary Clinton (played by Amy Poehler) and her alleged phoniness. NEW YORK - After spending most of Saturday criticizing Hillary and Bill Clinton, Barack Obama took the stage with two impersonators — Amy Poehler and Darrell Hammond — on “Saturday Night Live.” ...

In Portland, Cultivating a Culture of Two Wheels 2007-11-05 08:09:00 Just please be sure to lock up your bike at PSU or some doosh bag will steal it. I need one of those U shaped steel locks. PORTLAND, Ore. — Susan Peithman did not have a job lined up when she moved here in September to pursue a career in “nonmotorized transportation.” No worries, she figured; the market here is strong. “In so many ways, it’s the center,” Ms. Peithman, 26, explained. “Bike ...

Whats the big deal with Tutankhamun's face? 2007-11-05 08:05:00 Really neat... An Egyptologist explains the worlds fascination with the boy king Tutankhamun and the run up to tomorrows first visitors in his specially designed climate controlled perspex coffin. ...