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Start-up takes Groupon, Cellfire strategies to new level

Portland-based uLynk — riding the wave of digital coupons, texting software and social media strategies for small businesses – is a blossoming startup that was galvanized by failure.

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Technologies that reveal hidden faults and measure the scrunching of the Earth's crust down to the millimeter have propelled a decade of remarkable discovery in the Northwest

SEATTLE (AP) -- The biggest surprise about the Nisqually earthquake was that it wasn't worse.

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'The bicycle trip itself unified the 25th Infantry as well as the Pacific Northwest because they were appreciated as colored soldiers'

Of all the remarkable stories told about the U.S. Army's Black cavalries known as the Buffalo Soldiers, the most remarkable is surely that of the 25th Infantry Brigade Bicycle Corps.

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In 1970s, Charles Crews and family operated beloved North Portland bike shop

For more than a decade, starting back in the early 1970s, North Portland families in search of a good deal on bikes went to Charles and Dolores Crews' shop off Lombard near Roosevelt High School.

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Despite overcoming rampant racism in competition – which ranged from threats of violence to being turned away from competitions because of his skin color –his legacy has been forgotten

You might not know it, but at the turn of the 20th Century, bicycle races were bigger than baseball.
And much like today, the racers were largely White, affluent males. But in 1896, Marshall "Major" Taylor emerged on the track-racing circuit. He would become one of his era's biggest stars...

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The challenge will be making sure no-one is left behind

Electricity, gas, water…and high-speed Internet in your home: each of these services meets a basic need. And if you feel that going online is not as important as the other three, you might want to reconsider.

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Why everyone must have broadband access at home

In his State of the Union speech, President Obama stressed the importance of high-speed Internet access for all, pointing out that America's top engineers give our current broadband infrastructure a miserable D grade.
To compete internationally, Obama said, we need to have both a strong national network and a technologically trained workforce.

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Small start-up launches impressive line of connected technology

With big-screen smart TVs, hand-sized tablet PCs — and space-age video eyewear straight out of Star Trek, for watching movies, playing games or reading e-books — the Nyxio Technologies showroom in the Lloyd Center District looks like the annual Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show.

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OHSU study finds that fructose impacts brain differently than glucose

That soft drink in your hand is telling your brain to do things. 
Researchers at Oregon Health and Sciences University say that a certain kind of sugar – fructose – is found to affect a part of your brain in a different way than other kinds of sugars.

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The child was part of an undercover drug operation, police say

A 17-year-old who was violently kicked in the ribs and face by an undercover Seattle police officer is asking the city to pay $450,000 in damages.

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