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portland Jazz Festival Pulls The Plug - Seattle Times
portland is losing its prestigious jazz festival, after event organizers said they lost their major sponsor and could not find enough grants and funds to keep the annual event going. the 2009 portland jazz festival, planned for feb. 12-22, has been ...
seattletimes.nwsource.com

portland's Sudanese No Longer Feel Safe
city officials sought tuesday to reassure members of the sudanese community who said they no longer feel safe following the fatal shooting of a hospital security officer whose family came from sudan to portland in 1995.
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A Wild Weekend At portland's Music Fest Nw
friday: built to spill (the wonder ballroom) portland has a special affection for built to spill (and vice versa), so it's no surprise the group's performance drew a crowd that extended down the block. playing their jammy 1997 classic perfect from now on in its entirely, the beefed-up boise-based outfit featured six members, twice the lineup from a decade ago when the album was ...
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portland's Sudanese No Longer Feel Safe - Boston Globe
portland, maine— city officials sought tuesday to reassure members of the sudanese community who said they no longer feel safe following the fatal shooting of a hospital security officer whose family came from sudan to portland in 1995 ...
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Cruise Lines Change Course To Cut Fuel - International Herald Tribune
portland, maine : when the 1,020-foot (310-meter) explorer of the seas cruises through north atlantic waters next year, it will spend more time off the coast of new england and less time near canadian shores, and it's not because of better vistas ...
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portland Blight Meeting Postponed Until Sept. 17
portland - this evening's scheduled public hearing on the need for a blight ordinance has been postponed.
www.middletownpress.com

Group To Travel To portland And Victoria To Look At "housing First" Homeless Strategy
a delegation of as many as a dozen people from prince george will be traveling to portland and victoria early next month to get a firsthand look at how those cities have fared in dealing with their homeless populations.in two years since adopting a "housing first" strategy, portland has found permanent housing for 1,500 chronically homeless. victoria, in turn, has taken up a similar approach ...
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Check Out How Solar Panels Really Work, As Rainy portland Gets Pitched ... - Oregonian
sun hits a solar panel that powers a home near lake billy chinook in central oregon. ap photo the first thing to know about the solar energy extravaganza that will descend on pioneer courthouse square tomorrow (and other oregon cities later this ...
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Where Sweat Equals Electricity - Abc News
it sounds like something you'd only see on the discovery channel: people pedaling ferociously to create enough energy to power the television, stereo and lights. but for adam boesel, owner of the green microgym in portland, ore., and his partners ...
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Lack Of Cash Could Mute portland Jazz Festival
portland, ore. (ap) -- the portland jazz festival plans to stop operating next week because it lacks money following the loss of its title sponsor. without an infusion of roughly $100,000, the february 2009 festival will be canceled, organizers say.
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Hoodlums’ Weekend Rampage In Lithgow And portland
hoodlums and vandals have been involved in disturbing incidents at lithgow and portland during the weekend.
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Red Sox Set Mlb Record With 456th Straight Sellout - Miami Herald
the boston red sox broke the major league baseball record for consecutive sellouts by filling fenway park for the 456th straight time monday when they played the al east-leading tampa bay rays. boston's streak started may 15, 2003. the 456 straight ...
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Posted By Graham Hays - Espn.com
it's not going to save their no. 1 ranking after last monday's overtime loss at portland, but the women of troy bounced back with a 2-1 win against no. 16 santa clara and a 7-1 dismantling of alabama. amy rodriguez came off the bench in both games ...
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Psu Football: Uc Davis Coach Has Fond, If Not Lucrative, Memories Of portland
next: portland state (1-0) at uc davis (0-2), 7 p.m. saturday, aggie stadium (10,743, artificial turf) tv, radio: comcast sportsnet, ktro (910 am) • in a way, portland owes uc davis football coach bob biggs something. but he doesn’t hold that against the city. going into saturday’s ...
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Teens Stabbed In Gang Fight In Se portland, Police Say
portland, ore. -- police broke up a large fight in southeast portland early sunday morning where two teens were stabbed, but no one will tell them exactly what happened, investigators said.
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Oregon Book Award Finalists Announced - Oregonian
a strong field of fiction writers lead the finalists for the 22nd annual oregon book awards, to be awarded nov. 9 at a ceremony in portland. finalists for the ken kesey award for fiction: k.b. dixon of portland for "the sum of his syndromes," molly ...
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portland Jazz Festival Canceled - Livedaily
organizers of the portland jazz festival [ tickets ] have pulled the plug on the annual oregon event after losing their title sponsor in april, according to local reports. the 6th annual event—scheduled for february 2009—was canceled when sponsor ...
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Photos: Antony & The Johnsons With The Oregon Symphony [portland, Or; 09/05/08]
photos by nilina mason-campbell antony has the kind of voice that can bring a room to its knees all by itself. throw in his trusty backing band the johnsons, a whole orchestra, and-- why not?-- a cover of beyoncé's "crazy in love", and you've got a musical force to be reckoned with. so it was for antony's friday night performance at portland's arlene schnitzer concert hall , ...
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portland Jazz Festival Likely Silenced By Loss Of Sponsor
portland, ore. (ap) -- it looks like there won't be a portland jazz festival next year. organizers say they lost their title sponsor and can't put on the festival in february without at least $100,000.
www.kgw.com

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