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NEW YORK—Gordon Parks, who captured the struggles and triumphs of Black America as a photographer for Life magazine and then became Hollywood's first major Black director with The Learning Tree and the hit Shaft, died Tuesday. He was 93.


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LOS ANGELES—The ensemble drama Crash pulled off one of the biggest upsets in Academy Awards history, winning best picture over the cowboy romance Brokeback Mountain, which had been the front-runner.


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Applications are being accepted for all five sessions of the 2006 Grace Institute Summer Art Camp. Each session will investigate a different aspect of the theme, "Greek Myths and Folk Tales."


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SANTA ANA, Calif.—The inmates had to heat the letter to draw out the message, written in invisible ink. When they did, their orders were clear.


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NEW ORLEANS—The slimy mildew clinging to classroom walls for years, the termite-eaten floors, the paint peeling from school ceilings — Hurricane Katrina washed all that way.


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REMANUFACTURED LASER CARTRIDGES

PIERCE TRANSIT is a municipal corporation with administrative offices located at 3701 96th Street…


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City of Portland Monthly Salary: $4,633 - $6,186

The Community Emergency Services Manager is responsible for designing, implementing, and monitoring…


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DIRECTOR OF MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS

The University of Portland is seeking a pair of self-directed and service-oriented team…


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Joy Degruy-Leary, Ph.D., speaks before a group of young people at Garfield Community Center Feb. 28 about "Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome," her term for the lingering psychological, social and spiritual effects of slavery.


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Spending plan called a 'compassionate' use of state surplus

OLYMPIA—MajorityDemocrats unveiled their go-home budget Tuesday, praising it as a compassionate, yet prudent use of the state's projected surplus of $1.6 billion.


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