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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Motorists in the Portland area will soon become familiar with the faces of long-forgotten homicide victims.
The photographs of Cecilio Corrales, Gary Hanberg, Eunice Karr and other people killed many years ago will be placed on billboards around Multnomah County as part of an advertising campaign by the sheriff's cold-case team...

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Craig Robinson, who had basketball fans jamming Oregon State University's Gill Coliseum last year, proved to be a big draw himself this weekend in Washington County.

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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Midway through the fourth quarter against the Denver Nuggets, Portland's Greg Oden made a layup underneath and crowded basket and was fouled. He punctuated the play with a snarl, his fists clinched in determination...

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Edgerrin James is likely to enter the top 10 on the NFL's career rushing list this weekend.
He said the milestone means a lot to him because he feels like part of a "dying breed." He believes rushing for 12,000-plus yards is increasingly difficult in a league that is moving away from teams having a lone, feature back.

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A tearful Bill Walton has apologized to Portland Trail Blazers fans 30 years after leaving the team he led to its only NBA championship.
Walton returned to Portland on Friday for the first time he could remember to receive an award, make a speech for Special Olympics and attend a fundraiser for the Blazers.

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CASA for Children has appointed Joan Brown-Kline as executive director of the Washington and Multnomah counties program.

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There were 18,242 job openings in Oregon this spring, according to the results of the 2009 Oregon Job Vacancy Survey. That was significantly fewer than the 47,888 job vacancies employers reported last spring. Despite the weaker economy, employers reported a tough time filling certain occupations, and one in ten vacancies went unfilled for at least two months.

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Groundbreaking ceremony for the new edifice

Members of the original congregation, neighbors, community leaders, clergy, civic and government official have been invited to attend a special "groundbreaking" ceremony on Saturday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. The public is invited to join in the celebration of this historical event.

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