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- "Portland
weekly paper gets Pulitzer." ... "Nigel Jaquiss stared
off into space, his eyes brimming with tears when word hit the alternative
weekly's newsroom that he had won a Pulitzer Prize, journalism's most coveted
award, for uncovering a three-decade-old sex-abuse scandal involving a
former governor." ... ""I never thought it would happen to me," said Jaquiss,
42, a former Wall Street oil trader who is now an investigative reporter
at the Willamette Week, a Portland weekly known for its edgy critique of
Oregon politics." -By Rukmini Callimachi
-AP via -SeattleTimes.NWsource
- "Portland
police kill man after 3-hour standoff: Police say
Ronald R. Riebling appeared to have a rifle aimed at them when he was shot
at his estranged girlfriend's duplex near I-205." ... "Police in Portland
shot and killed a man early Sunday after a three-hour standoff during which
they said the man held four people hostage and threatened to blow up a
city block." ... "Ronald R. Riebling Jr., 40, was shot once and died in
the front door frame of his estranged girlfriend's duplex in the 9600 block
of Southeast Woodstock Boulevard." ... "Police said they shot Riebling
because they thought he had aimed a rifle at them. It was not a gun, but
police refused to say what it was." -By Michelle Roberts
-OregonLive.com
Food
- "Everything’s
coming up Koji: Portland restaurateur endures a slow
start in the sushi game and comes up a winner." ... "In June, the newest
Koji Osakaya restaurant opens at Streets of Tanasbourne shopping center
in Hillsboro, joining four others in Portland, one in Gresham that opened
last year and two in Seattle." -By Pete Schulberg
-PortlandTribune.com
Nathan
Sproul - Criminal
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Politics
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2004
Election - 
Library
- Portland
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Ore
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Nevada
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Arizona
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- Portland
- "Archdiocese
of Portland's bankruptcy filing turns eyes to Vatican."
... "When the Archdiocese of Portland filed for bankruptcy a week ago today,
many were stunned — then perplexed." ... "How could the Vatican allow such
a move? And with its vast holdings of priceless art and property, why couldn't
the Vatican simply bail out the archdiocese?" ... "The answers are rooted
in history and based largely on practicality: While the Vatican seeks strict
control over theology, liturgy and key personnel issues in its 3,000-plus
dioceses worldwide, it has largely stayed out of their financial workings."
-By Janet I. Tu -SeattleTimes.NWsource
- Portland
- "Archdiocese
of Portland, Ore., Declares Bankruptcy." ... "The
Roman Catholic archdiocese of Portland, Ore., became the first in the nation
to file for bankruptcy protection yesterday under the weight of sexual
abuse lawsuits that have cost it more than $53 million in claims." ...
"The Chapter 11 filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Oregon
halted two civil trials scheduled to begin yesterday, in which alleged
victims of the Rev. Maurice Grammond, a deceased priest, were seeking about
$160 million in damages. About 60 additional claims involving Grammond
and other Portland area priests are pending, lawyers said." -By
Alan Cooperman -WashingtonPost
- Portland
- "Portland
Church Files Bankruptcy." ... "The Portland Archdiocese
filed for bankruptcy Tuesday because of the steep costs from clergy sex
abuse lawsuits, an unprecedented step that could open the Roman Catholic
archdiocese to new levels of court scrutiny." ... "No other American diocese
has filed for bankruptcy, though Boston threatened to do so at the height
of the abuse crisis that began there two years ago." -AP
via -cbsnews.com
Karl
Rove - 
Gordon
Smith - 
Environmental
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Science
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River
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Animals
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Agricultural
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Corporation
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Government
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Act - 
Law
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Election - 
WVa
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California
- Portland
- Oregon
- "Oregon
Water Saga Illuminates Rove's Methods With Agencies."
... "In a darkened conference room, [Republican President Bush] White House
political strategist Karl Rove was making an unusual address to 50 top
managers at the U.S. [United States] Interior Department. Flashing color
slides, he spoke of poll results, critical constituencies -- and water
levels in the Klamath River basin." [The Klamath River runs from Oregon
into California] ... "At the time of the meeting, in January 2002, Mr.
Rove had just returned from accompanying [Republican] President Bush on
a trip to Oregon, where they visited with a Republican senator facing re-election
[2002]. Republican leaders there wanted to support their agricultural base
by diverting water from the river basin to nearby farms, and Mr. Rove signaled
that the administration did, too." ... "Three months later, Interior Secretary
Gale Norton stood with [Oregon Republican Senator] Sen. Gordon Smith in
Klamath Falls and opened the irrigation-system head gates that increased
the water supply to 220,000 acres of farmland -- a policy shift that continues
to stir bitter criticism from environmentalists and Indian tribes." ...
"Though Mr. Rove's clout within the administration often is celebrated,
this episode offers a rare window into how he works behind the scenes to
get things done. One of them is with periodic visits to cabinet departments.
Over the past two years Mr. Rove or his top aide, Kenneth Mehlman -- now
manager of Mr. Bush's re-election campaign -- have visited nearly every
agency to outline White House campaign priorities, review polling data
and, on occasion, call attention to tight House, Senate and gubernatorial
races that could be affected by regulatory action." ... "On [January] Jan.
5, Mr. Rove accompanied the president to an appearance in Portland [Oregon]
with Mr. Smith. The president signaled his desire to accommodate agricultural
interests, saying "We'll do everything we can to make sure water is available
for those who farm."" ... "The next day, Mr. Rove made sure that commitment
didn't fall through the cracks. He visited the 50 Interior managers attending
a department retreat at a Fish and Wildlife Service conference center in
Shepherdstown, W.Va. [West Virginia] In a PowerPoint presentation Mr. Rove
also uses when soliciting Republican donors, he brought up the Klamath
and made clear that the administration was siding with agricultural interests."
... "His remarks weren't entirely welcome -- especially by officials grappling
with the competing arguments made by environmentalists, who wanted river
levels high to protect endangered salmon, and Indian tribes, who depend
on the salmon for their livelihoods. Neil McCaleb, then an assistant Interior
secretary, recalls the "chilling effect" of Mr. Rove's remarks. Wayne Smith,
then with the department's Bureau of Indian Affairs, says Mr. Rove reminded
the managers of the need to "support our base."" [note: the Hatch Act prohibits
political activities in federal offices.] ... "A National Marine Fisheries
Service biologist, Michael Kelly, has asked for protection under federal
"whistle-blower" laws, saying he was subjected to political pressure to
go along with the low-water plan and ordered to ignore scientific evidence
casting doubt on the plan. This month, a federal judge ruled the administration
violated the Endangered Species Act in the way it justified the water diversion."
-By Tom Hamburger -WallStreetJournal
via -OregonWild.org
- Enron
News - "CHRONOLOGY-
California power crisis investigations." ... "A former
top Enron Corp. electricity trader pleaded guilty Thursday to inflating
prices during the California energy crisis, confirming the suspicions of
state officials who are demanding billions of dollars in refunds." ...
"Timothy Belden, who was employed by Enron as the head of its western power
trading unit in Portland, agreed to plead guilty to one count of conspiracy
to commit wire fraud, federal prosecutors said."
-Reuters via -Fortune
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