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OregonPORTLANDPortland women advance in NCAA soccer tournament
Danielle Foxhoven and Kendra Chandhoke each scored twice and Portland beat Virginia Tech 4-1 in a third round match of the NCAA soccer tournament.Second-seeded Portland (21-1-0) advances to the quarterfinals with the victory. The Pilots will face top-seeded UCLA.
PORTLANDTriMet inspecting train doors after kid strandings
TriMet says it is inspecting doors and emergency intercom systems on its MAX light-rail trains after two instances of young children being separated from their parents and left at stations.Aaron Bailey says he was separated from 3-year-old Aiden on Monday after the boy apparently hit the button for the disabled access ramp as he stepped off a Green Line train. The father says he stuck out his hand to keep the door from closing but that didn't work. Bailey says he repeatedly hit the intercom button to talk to the operator but it would ring twice and fall silent.
EUGENESentence for bank robber who called 911 to confess
What set Anthony P. Valenzuela apart was not his robbery of a Key Bank branch in Eugene last December, but the 911 call he made five days later - to confess.On Friday, U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken sentenced the 49-year-old man to four years and nine months in federal prison.
EUGENEUO student picked as Marshall Scholar
A University of Oregon student from Grants Pass has been selected for a 2010 Marshall Scholarship.University President Richard Lariviere calls Tamela Maciel "one of Oregon's brightest students, who will go on to accomplish great things in the area of astrophysics."
PORTLAND13 charged in $19M Central Oregon bank fraud
The collapse of a Bend real estate development company has resulted in charges against 13 people in what prosecutors say is the largest Oregon fraud case to emerge from the national real estate boom and bust.A federal grand jury in Eugene returned five separate indictments on Thursday that charged the principals in Desert Sun Development and others with mortgage and loan fraud that cost financial institutions more than $19 million in losses.
MEDFORDOregon court says teacher can't take gun to class
The Oregon Court of Appeals has rejected a request by a high school English teacher to carry a handgun at school, the latest legal setback for the teacher who says she needs the gun for protection from her former husband.Shirley Katz had argued the Medford School District lacked authority to set a policy banning employees from carrying firearms.
MEDFORDSouthern Oregon county sees spike in teen suicides
Jackson County officials say they don't know whether a two-year spike in teen suicide represents a trend or an anomaly. Either way, it's worrisome.Five teenagers killed themselves in 2008 and four have done so this year, including three middle-school students. The southern Oregon county had only 18 teen suicides between 1990 and 2006, so the upswing has drawn notice.
MEDFORDOre. appeals court rejects teacher handgun request
The Oregon Court of Appeals has rejected a request by a Medford teacher to carry a handgun at school.Shirley Katz had argued the Medford School District lacked authority to set a policy banning employees from carrying firearms.
MEDFORDOre. county sees spike in teen suicides
Jackson County officials say they don't know whether a two-year spike in teen suicide represents a trend or an anomaly. Either way, it's worrisome.Five teenagers killed themselves in 2008 and four have done so this year, including three middle-schoolers.
PORTLANDJ.M. Smucker 2nd-quarter profit soars on coffee
J.M. Smucker Co. nearly tripled its profit in the second quarter as the addition of Folgers coffee gave a jolt to its lineup and lower commodity prices for coffee beans and other items fattened its profit margins.The company also raised its outlook for the year, sending its shares soaring Friday.
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