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• Local & Regional (New) Portland Police looking for missing 4-year-old girl

  Portland Police officers are looking for a four-year-old girl whose mother reported her missing on Wednesday afternoon.
• Business (New) Recess at work? Portland's Keen footwear likes the idea

  The Portland-based maker of outdoor and casual footwear for the past year has promoted its “Recess is Back” campaign to encourage people to take time away from their desks and play for a few minutes every day.
• Local & Regional Jury convicts Steve Powell of voyeurism charges (Photo Gallery)

  Jurors told court officials shortly before 11 a.m. Wednesday that they had come to a decision after about one day of deliberations. Staff members began calling attorneys to the court to hear the verdict.
• Politics (New) Charlie Hales: City government is about results, not rhetoric (Video)

  Charlie Hales topped the polling with 38 percent of the vote, followed by Smith with 31 percent. Third-place finisher Eileen Brady got 23 percent of the ballots cast and has conceded the race. Here is what Hales had to say Wednesday morning.
• Politics (New) Jefferson Smith: I'll help schools in a pinch (Video)

  Following a close race for Mayor of Portland in the primary held May 15, KATU News sat down with Charlie Hales and Jefferson Smith, the two top finishers, to hear their thoughts on the race and Portland's future.
• Local & Regional BoltBus shows riders just how far $1 tickets can go (Photo Gallery)

  The 50-passenger BoltBus is in Pioneer Courthouse Square all day Wednesday promoting its service launch on Thursday.
• Local & Regional (New) Solar eclipse may be visible from Oregon locations this Sunday (Video)

  Something strange is about to happen to the shadows beneath your feet. On Sunday, May 20, the Moon will pass in front of the sun, transforming sunbeams across the Pacific side of Earth into fat crescents and thin rings of light.
• Local & Regional (Updated) Police: Driver was going 90 mph on Burnside before fatal crash (Photo Gallery) (Video)

  "Speed was a major factor," an officer on the scene told KATU News. Police said later Wednesday morning they estimate the Traverse was going about 90 mph when it went out of control.
• Local & Regional No smoking at the Oregon Zoo as of May 26

  The use of tobacco products will be prohibited on the Oregon Zoo grounds starting May 26. It's part of a wider policy that affects all Metro-operated facilities.
• Business FTC: Skechers deceived with shoe ads, will pay $40M

  The government wants you to know that simply sporting a pair of Skechers' fitness shoes is not going to get you Kim Kardashian's curves or Brooke Burke's toned tush.