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Meet Andre and Jose awaiting trial in Multnomah County Juvenile Detention Center

On the street it's called "juvie." Teens arrested in Multnomah, Clackamas and Washington counties come here in handcuffs. But who are the youth who end up here? And what happens behind these heavy, electronically locked doors?

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Patients with private insurance or Medicare are more likely to survive lung cancer than those covered by Medicaid or without insurance, according to a study by the Oregon Health & Science University Knight Cancer Institute. In fact, the study found that patients on Medicaid were the most likely to die the same month they received their diagnosis.

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On Saturday, November 27, 2010, Congressman David Wu's father, Keh Chang Wu, passed away from natural causes.

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Muslim leaders called on authorities to step up protection for the region's Islamic community, days after a Somali-American man was accused of trying to blow up a van full of explosives during Portland's Christmas tree lighting ceremony. The plea followed a fire Sunday at the Islamic center where suspect Mohamed Osman Mohamud occasionally worshipped, prompting an FBI arson investigation and concern about the potential for more retaliation.

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 The teenager accused of attempting to bomb a Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Portland, Ore., was acting on his own initiative and not at the direction of any foreign terrorist organization, a law enforcement official said Saturday.

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Sara Gourley isn't sure how many families they've had to turn away from free Thanksgiving Day boxes, and they're still getting calls from people who can't afford a turkey feast. The Portland Police Bureau's Sunshine Division is simply at capacity.

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SEATTLE (AP) -- A vicious storm struck the Pacific Northwest and other western states at the start of the holiday travel season, dumping heavy snow on roads, knocking out power to tens of thousands of people and causing a cargo plane to overshoot its runway in Seattle.

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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Oregon added 7,600 jobs in October, the biggest monthly jump in more than four years, but that was not enough to push a decline in the unemployment rate, the state Employment Department reported this week.

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