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Local & Regional (New) High school baseball player doesn't let broken neck stop him (Photo Gallery) (Video)

By Nate Bynum KATU News and KATU.com Staff Published: May 19, 2012 at 12:42 PM PDT

A local high school baseball player whose neck was broken in a car crash is now wrapping up a successful senior season.

Local & Regional (New) 'She was a wonderful person who cared about so many things' (Photo Gallery) (Video)

By KATU.com Staff Published: May 19, 2012 at 11:54 AM PDT

A vigil was held at a downtown Portland street corner Friday night to remember a young cyclist who lost her life in a collision with a semi truck.

Local & Regional (Updated) Young man drowns trying to save child, boy still missing

By KATU.com Staff Published: May 18, 2012 at 9:44 PM PDT Last Updated: May 19, 2012 at 11:31 AM PDT

Rescuers recovered a body in the Santiam River Friday after they were called to an area 40 miles east of Salem on a report that three people had been swept into the river.

Local & Regional Dismembered body found in freezer, man charged with murder (Video)

By KATU.com Staff Published: May 18, 2012 at 12:33 PM PDT Last Updated: May 18, 2012 at 11:56 PM PDT

Washington County deputies arrested a man they said killed his roommate and left his dismembered body inside their Aloha home.

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Local & Regional (New) High school baseball player doesn't let broken neck stop him (Photo Gallery) (Video)
A local high school baseball player whose neck was broken in a car crash is now wrapping up a successful senior season.
Local & Regional (New) 'She was a wonderful person who cared about so many things' (Photo Gallery) (Video)
A vigil was held at a downtown Portland street corner Friday night to remember a young cyclist who lost her life in a collision with a semi truck.
Local & Regional (Updated) Young man drowns trying to save child, boy still missing
Rescuers recovered a body in the Santiam River Friday after they were called to an area 40 miles east of Salem on a report that three people had been swept into the river.
Local & Regional Dismembered body found in freezer, man charged with murder (Video)
Washington County deputies arrested a man they said killed his roommate and left his dismembered body inside their Aloha home.
National & World (New) Expect lower gas prices heading into Memorial Day
If you're lucky enough to live in some parts of the United States, you may see gas pump prices fall to around $3.25 a gallon or less in the next week or two. Even West Coast drivers should get some relief from prices that are still above $4 a gallon.
Local & Regional Oregon's US Attorney: Traffickers infiltrate medical pot
The proliferation of dispensary-style medical marijuana operations in Oregon concerns the state's new U.S. Attorney, and she said drug trafficking organizations have made headway into the state's system.
Local & Regional Residents near proposed pipeline fear plunging property values (Video)
Residents here are angry about a new plan to put in a natural gas pipeline right by their dream homes, fearing it will reduce their property values and possibly be dangerous.
Local & Regional Portland request to extend reservoir timeline denied (Video)
A request filed by the Portland Water Bureau to extend a project to improve the city's uncovered water reservoirs by six to eight years was denied Friday. The city was ordered to finish the project by 2020.
Local & Regional Last-ditch effort to avoid Reynolds strike planned for Sunday (Video)
Mediation is scheduled for Sunday at 1 p.m. as a last-ditch effort to prevent teachers from walking off the job. Teachers say they're prepared to go all night if needed.
Local & Regional Everyday Heroes: Firefighter Stair Climb raises funds to fight cancer (Video)
Firefighters with Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue climb to great heights to help conquer cancer.

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Entertainment (New) Lady Gaga arrives in Philippines amid protests (Photo Gallery)

By Associated Press Published: May 19, 2012 at 10:45 AM PDT

Pop singer Lady Gaga arrived in the Philippines on Saturday to cheers from fans and protests from young Christians calling for the cancellation of her upcoming concerts.

Entertainment Will Smith slaps journalist who tries to kiss him (Photo Gallery)

By Associated Press Published: May 19, 2012 at 9:03 AM PDT

Hollywood star Will Smith slapped a male television reporter who he said tried to kiss him on the lips as he walked down the red carpet for the Moscow premiere of "Men in Black III."

Entertainment 'Da Vinci Code' author Dan Brown speaks in NH

By Associated Press Published: May 18, 2012 at 9:09 PM PDT

Best-selling author Dan Brown made a rare public appearance in New Hampshire on Friday, saying very little about his next novel other than he's well into the writing process.

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Offbeat (New) Ouch! Dog bites politician, but she gets a vote

By Associated Press Published: May 19, 2012 at 12:20 PM PDT

A woman running for the Michigan Legislature was bitten by a dog while going door to door. But the dog's distressed owner has made amends: Ann Doyle can put a campaign sign on his property.

Local & Regional Wash. seniors' prank a job 'weld' done (Photo Gallery)

By KOMO Staff Published: May 18, 2012 at 7:11 AM PDT

It's the time of year when graduating high school seniors all across the country put their heads together and come up with devious school pranks.

Offbeat Gov. mistakenly says Facebook invented in Calif.

By Associated Press Published: May 18, 2012 at 10:29 AM PDT

In an appearance Friday morning on "CBS This Morning," the California governor said his state is still the land of innovation and mistakenly asserted it is even where Facebook was invented.

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Local & Regional Photos of Mount St. Helens: Before, during and aftermath

By KVAL News Published: May 18, 2012 at 3:26 PM PDT

Photographs of Mount St. Helens before, during and after the May 18, 1980, eruption.

Politics Hales shakes up campaign; fires most of staff
Even after pulling off a victory in Tuesday’s primary, mayoral candidate Charlie Hales has fired six out of seven campaign staff members.
Local & Regional Body of man who died in WWII returns home after 68 years (Photo Gallery) (Video)
Mike Kight left his home in White Salmon, Wash. in 1942 to serve in World War II. His body was recently discovered in a foxhole in Holland. His remains arrived at PDX on Friday.
Local & Regional 200 faulty tires replaced on C-Tran buses (Video)
C-Tran swapped out 200 faulty tires this week following a recall of 78,000 tires by Michelin last month.
Local & Regional Feds: Woman hid man's body, stole his Social Security for 15 years (Video)
Carel June Cody cared for John Arnold at the end of his life - then buried his body, concealed his death and continued to collect his Social Security benefits for more than 15 years, according to federal prosectuors.

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National & World Chinese activist who fled house arrest heads to U.S.

By DIDI TANG and GILLIAN WONG, Associated Press Published: May 19, 2012 at 8:33 AM PDT

A blind Chinese legal activist was hurriedly taken from a hospital and put on a plane for the United States on Saturday, closing a nearly monthlong diplomatic tussle that had tested U.S.-China relations.

National & World (New) Ohio woman charged with murder in bizarre stabbing
A Cleveland woman was charged with murder Saturday in the stabbing death of her best friend, who tried to drive away afterward and fatally struck the accused woman's 2-year-old daughter, police said.
National & World Obama: G-8 leaders put focus on eurozone crisis
The United States and other members of the Group of Eight industrial nations agree that Europe's financial crisis must be addressed with a mix of growth and austerity measures, President Barack Obama said Saturday.
National & World Stabbed Ohio woman hits child with car, both dead
A woman allegedly stabbed by her best friend during an argument while sitting behind the wheel of a car tried to drive away and struck her attacker's 2-year-old daughter, authorities said Friday. The woman and the toddler both died.
National & World Brazil president to receive apologies for torture
The Rio de Janeiro state government said Friday it will apologize to Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff for the human rights abuses she suffered during the country's 1961-1985 dictatorship.

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Life & Style Ancient sport of hurling finds a home in Eugene (Photo Gallery) (Video)

By Tess Freeman Oregon NewsLab Published: May 19, 2012 at 9:50 AM PDT Last Updated: May 19, 2012 at 10:59 AM PDT

Hurling is the oldest field sport in Europe and has been played for around 2,000 years - and now, every Saturday in Eugene, Ore.

Sports Duck softball beats BYU, advances to regional championship (Video)
The 11th seeded Oregon softball team got off to a good start for the second consecutive game and defeated BYU 6-4 to advance to the regional championship.
Sports Cubs Kerry Wood retires after 13-plus seasons
Kerry Wood arrived in the majors 14 years ago, a fresh-faced kid with No. 34 on his back, slinging fastballs at 100 mph, delivering breaking pitches that were often unhittable and striking out 20 batters in just his fifth start.
Sports Clemens key accuser: `I misspoke' about evidence
Roger Clemens' lawyer jabbed his left index finger and hammered away, relentlessly attacking Brian McNamee over his personal life and accusing the government's chief witness of "making up this stuff on the fly."
Sports I'll Have Another takes aim at Preakness win
The trainer of Kentucky Derby winner I'll Have Another has spent nearly two weeks in Baltimore, hanging with Ravens coach John Harbaugh, throwing out the first ball at an Orioles game, and hammering away at Maryland crabs for the first time.

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Life & Style Chefs all smiles as Alaska's Copper River salmon arrive in Seattle (Photo Gallery) (Video)

By KOMO Staff & News Services Published: May 18, 2012 at 11:26 AM PDT Last Updated: May 18, 2012 at 7:13 PM PDT

The first shipment of Alaska's Copper River salmon arrived Friday morning at Sea-Tac Airport aboard an Alaska Airlines cargo flight from Cordova.

Home Relive the highlights! KATU's 11 p.m. newscast on May 18, 1980 (Video)

By KATU News Published: at Last Updated: May 18, 2012 at 7:28 AM PDT

It's a day that will live in Northwest legend and lore forever: May 18, 1980, the day Mount St. Helens exploded, leveling forest lands and killing 57 people.

Politics Oregon AG race was major upset

By JEFF BARNARD, Associated Press Published: May 17, 2012 at 9:29 PM PDT

Entering the Democratic primary, former federal prosecutor Dwight Holton looked like he was going to walk into the Oregon attorney general's office. But then a late poll showed him trailing former appeals court judge Ellen Rosenblum badly.

Local & Regional Displaced black bear cub finds new home (Photo Gallery)

By KATU.com Staff Published: May 17, 2012 at 3:49 PM PDT Last Updated: May 18, 2012 at 11:37 AM PDT

A two-month-old black bear cub was relocated to a Wisconsin zoo after being cared for by an Oregon Zoo keeper. The young bear was taken out of the wild, and possibly away from his mother, by a Medford couple.

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KATU Blogs Partial annular solar eclipse set for Sunday

By Scott Sistek Published: May 18, 2012 at 11:56 AM PDT Last Updated: May 18, 2012 at 3:42 PM PDT

Our recent fortune of relatively nice weekends is about to end at the most inopportune time -- right before the Pacific Northwest gets treated to at least a partial solar eclipse Sunday evening. This eclipse isn't a "total" solar eclipse, where the moon is relatively the same size as the sun and covers it perfectly. Instead, this is an "annular" eclipse in that the moon is near its farthest away point in its elliptical orbit around Earth (remember the "Supermoon" two weeks ago? It's the opposite end of the spectrum this weekend) and thus will be relatively a little bit smaller than the sun, not covering it all the way when it slides in front.

Local & Regional How predators lure teens online (Video)

By Kerry Tomlinson, KATU Problem Solver Published: May 17, 2012 at 3:20 PM PDT Last Updated: May 17, 2012 at 3:42 PM PDT

A Clackamas woman shares her story of being lured online by a predator in the hopes of helping other families spot the telltale signs.

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Technology

Technology (New) App scans faces of bar-goers to guess age, gender
A watchful eye is coming to San Francisco's bar scene, but not to keep you in check. It just wants to check you out.
Business Coffee roaster turns to tech to solve clean air, gas use issues
Stumptown buys and roasts more than 2 million pounds of green coffee beans annually and runs its roasting equipment seven days a week. Gas is a major expense.
Technology Comcast to start charging heavy downloaders extra
Comcast Corp., the country's largest Internet service provider, is going to start charging extra when customers go over a certain monthly data limit.
Technology Zuckerberg describes 'The Hacker Way' at Facebook
To CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook has a social mission to make the world more open and connected.
Business Facebook goes public; will 'Hacker Way' mesh with Wall Street? (Photo Gallery) (Video)
On Friday, May 18, Facebook Inc. went public with a listing on the NASDAQ stock exchange. The initial stock price was $38 a share, resulting in initial share sales of $16 billion.

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Politics

Politics Smith will ask Hales for a fundraising limit agreement
The biggest spender in Portland’s mayoral primary didn't win, and now one of the two candidates to advance said he wants to limit campaign fundraising for the November runoff.
Politics Oregon schools must change Native American mascot names
The Oregon Board of Education has voted to require Oregon schools to retire their Native American mascots within five years or risk losing state funding.
Politics Marijuana backers declare victory in Ore. AG race (Photo Gallery)
"There's lots of issues that played into my victory, and that may well be one of them," Rosenblum said of the surprising emergence of medical marijuana as a defining issue. About 55,000 people are registered marijuana users in Oregon.
Politics Smith reveals Hales told him not to run for mayor (Video)
Mayoral candidate Jefferson Smith, who survived the primary and will face off with his opponent, Charlie Hales, in the fall, said Wednesday that Hales told him during a phone call not to run for mayor.
Politics Kucinich announces he won't run in Wash.
Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich won't be running for Congress in Washington state.

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Business

Business (New) Is GOP trying to sabotage economy to hurt Obama?
re Republican lawmakers deliberately stalling the economic recovery to hurt President Barack Obama's re-election chances? Some top Democrats say yes.
Business (New) Repsol: Exploratory oil well off Cuba comes up dry
An exploratory oil well off the northern coast of Cuba has proved a failure and will be capped and abandoned, Spanish company Repsol said Friday, a disappointment for a cash-strapped nation hoping for an economic lifeline.
Business (New) Google gets China OK for Motorola deal
Google says authorities in China have approved its acquisition of Motorola Mobility. This brings the Internet search giant closer to completing its biggest deal ever.
Business (New) Obama wants new banking rules put in place soon
President Barack Obama says the big trading loss at JPMorgan Chase shows the need to finally put in place banking rules he signed into law two years ago. He also is calling on Congress to stop trying to weaken the regulations.
Business (New) Argentina: Black market grows with currency
Argentines have increasingly turned to black market money changers since President Cristina Fernandez sharply restricted purchases of dollars in banks and exchange houses to try to keep hard currency from pouring out of the country.

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Entertainment Photos: Star sightings at Cannes (Photo Gallery)
Entertainment Documents: Loretta Lynn married at 15, not 13
Country music legend Loretta Lynn is three years older than she has led people to believe, an age change that undermines the story she told of being married at 13 in "Coal Miner's Daughter," documents obtained by The Associated Press show.
Entertainment Filipino Christian group protests Lady Gaga shows (Photo Gallery)
Scores of Christian youths in the Philippines chanted "Stop the Lady Gaga concerts" at a rally Friday calling for the pop diva's shows here to be canceled despite assurances from authorities that they won't allow nudity and lewd acts.
Entertainment Photos: Singapore Fashion Festival (Photo Gallery)
Entertainment Wayne Newton sued over Las Vegas home museum plans
Plans to turn Wayne Newton's sprawling Las Vegas estate into a celebrity museum have shifted into an ugly legal battle citing mismanagement, animal abuse and sexual harassment.

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Local & Regional (New) High school baseball player doesn't let broken neck stop him (Photo Gallery) (Video)

By Nate Bynum KATU News and KATU.com Staff Published: May 19, 2012 at 12:42 PM PDT

A local high school baseball player whose neck was broken in a car crash is now wrapping up a successful senior season.

Local & Regional (New) 'She was a wonderful person who cared about so many things' (Photo Gallery) (Video)

By KATU.com Staff Published: May 19, 2012 at 11:54 AM PDT

A vigil was held at a downtown Portland street corner Friday night to remember a young cyclist who lost her life in a collision with a semi truck.

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National & World The week's best photos (Photo Gallery)

By KOMO Staff Published: May 18, 2012 at 8:45 AM PDT Last Updated: May 18, 2012 at 2:16 PM PDT

Local & Regional Wash. seniors' prank a job 'weld' done (Photo Gallery)

By KOMO Staff Published: May 18, 2012 at 7:11 AM PDT

It's the time of year when graduating high school seniors all across the country put their heads together and come up with devious school pranks.

Local & Regional Dismembered body found in freezer, man charged with murder (Video)

By KATU.com Staff Published: May 18, 2012 at 12:33 PM PDT Last Updated: May 18, 2012 at 11:56 PM PDT

Washington County deputies arrested a man they said killed his roommate and left his dismembered body inside their Aloha home.

Local & Regional Feds: Woman hid man's body, stole his Social Security for 15 years (Video)

By KVAL News Published: May 18, 2012 at 11:32 AM PDT Last Updated: May 18, 2012 at 5:09 PM PDT

Carel June Cody cared for John Arnold at the end of his life - then buried his body, concealed his death and continued to collect his Social Security benefits for more than 15 years, according to federal prosectuors.

Local & Regional Photos of Mount St. Helens: Before, during and aftermath

By KVAL News Published: May 18, 2012 at 3:26 PM PDT

Photographs of Mount St. Helens before, during and after the May 18, 1980, eruption.

Local & Regional Body of man who died in WWII returns home after 68 years (Photo Gallery) (Video)

By Valerie Hurst, KATU News Published: May 18, 2012 at 3:05 PM PDT Last Updated: May 18, 2012 at 8:45 PM PDT

Mike Kight left his home in White Salmon, Wash. in 1942 to serve in World War II. His body was recently discovered in a foxhole in Holland. His remains arrived at PDX on Friday.

Entertainment Photos: Star sightings at Cannes (Photo Gallery)

Published: May 18, 2012 at 2:27 PM PDT