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  <title>Experts determine Wilsonville bee die-off caused by insecticide</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:15:34 -0700</pubDate>
                      <description><![CDATA[Thousands of bumblebees mysteriously dropped dead around the trees in the parking lot of the Wilsonville Target store.]]></description>
                          <atom:published>2013-06-19T22:15:34-07:00</atom:published>
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  <title>Interracial family fears hate behind swastika painted on van</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:06:02 -0700</pubDate>
                      <description><![CDATA[Vandals painted a swastika on a family's minivan, and the family says they think they may have been targeted because they are an interracial family.]]></description>
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  <title>Police surround home in Aloha after gunshot heard</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:42:35 -0700</pubDate>
                      <description><![CDATA[The Washington County Sheriff's Office has called out the SWAT team this evening after deputies reported hearing a gunshot coming from a home.]]></description>
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  <title>Oregon panel OKs medical pot dispensaries</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:30:08 -0700</pubDate>
                      <description><![CDATA[A legislative budget committee has signed off on a bill that would legalize medical marijuana dispensaries in Oregon.]]></description>
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  <title>Children find mutilated goat near Longview, another tied up</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:31:45 -0700</pubDate>
                      <description><![CDATA[Animal control officers are calling it some of the worst animal abuse they've ever seen.]]></description>
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  <title>Man to plead guilty to murdering Whitney Heichel, widower says</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:51:02 -0700</pubDate>
                      <description><![CDATA[A change of plea hearing is set for 25-year-old Jonathan Holt July 2 at 1:30 p.m., according to Clackamas County court records. He's accused of killing 21-year-old Whitney Heichel.]]></description>
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  <title>Actor James Gandolfini of 'Sopranos' fame dies at 51</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:00:28 -0700</pubDate>
                      <description><![CDATA[The star of the mob inspired show The Sopranos was in Italy and reports are that he suffered a heart attack.]]></description>
                          <atom:published>2013-06-19T17:00:28-07:00</atom:published>
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  <title>ODOT plans redesign for interchange where truck crash occurred</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:48:01 -0700</pubDate>
                      <description><![CDATA[The Oregon Department of Transportation says the busy ramp from  Interstate 84 westbound to Interstate 5 northbound where a vehicle  collided with a semi-truck Wednesday morning has seen its share of  crashes.]]></description>
                          <atom:published>2013-06-19T16:48:01-07:00</atom:published>
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  <title>Father, 61, and son, 35, accused of sexually abusing 6-year-old</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:11:09 -0700</pubDate>
                      <description><![CDATA[A 61-year-old man and his 35-year-old son are accused of sexually  abusing a 6-year-old child, the Clackamas County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office said.]]></description>
                          <atom:published>2013-06-19T15:11:09-07:00</atom:published>
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  <title>Oregon Legislature approves vaccine education bill</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:36:31 -0700</pubDate>
                      <description><![CDATA[The Oregon Legislature has passed a bill that would make it more  difficult for parents to send their children to school without vaccines.]]></description>
                          <atom:published>2013-06-19T12:36:31-07:00</atom:published>
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  <title>Historic cemetery desecrated by vandals - again</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:58:17 -0700</pubDate>
                      <description><![CDATA[Vandals damaged 20 headstones at Portland's Lone Fir Cemetery, which was the first in the city's history. A local group is looking for volunteers and donations to repair the damage and work toward preventing future vandalism.]]></description>
                          <atom:published>2013-06-19T10:58:17-07:00</atom:published>
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  <title>One in custody, two at large in theft of many, many watermelons</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:05:12 -0700</pubDate>
                      <description><![CDATA[Police are searching for  Brad Taylor and Gregory Bennett in connection with the theft of several tons of watermelons from two local grocery stores.]]></description>
                          <atom:published>2013-06-19T13:05:12-07:00</atom:published>
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  <title>Nasty truck crash closes major highway ramp through Portland</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:01:20 -0700</pubDate>
                      <description><![CDATA[Investigators said it appears the truck collided with a vehicle on the ramp. It then rolled and fell 49 feet, bouncing off a building on the way down.]]></description>
                          <atom:published>2013-06-19T06:01:20-07:00</atom:published>
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  <title>Take an early peek inside Microsoft's new downtown Portland store</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:54:23 -0700</pubDate>
                      <description><![CDATA[The 3,200-square-foot store will be where the Romano's Macaroni Grill used to be in downtown Portland.]]></description>
                          <atom:published>2013-06-19T11:54:23-07:00</atom:published>
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  <title>Crane counterweight falls off truck, temporarily blocks I-5</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:04:20 -0700</pubDate>
                      <description><![CDATA[Southbound traffic backed up on Interstate 5 Wednesday afternoon after a  40,000-pound crane counterweight fell off a truck near the Rose  Quarter, the Oregon Department of Transportation said.]]></description>
                          <atom:published>2013-06-19T13:04:20-07:00</atom:published>
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  <title>Police: Small pipe bomb explodes behind N. Portland restaurant</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:05:19 -0700</pubDate>
                      <description><![CDATA[A bomb squad is investigating a small explosion behind a North Portland restaurant.]]></description>
                          <atom:published>2013-06-19T10:05:19-07:00</atom:published>
                  <atom:updated>2013-06-19T14:13:52-07:00</atom:updated>
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  <title>Men's Wearhouse ousts founder, pitchman Zimmer</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:31:30 -0700</pubDate>
                      <description><![CDATA[In terse release issued Wednesday, Men's Wearhouse said it has fired the face of the company and its executive chairman, George Zimmer, who appeared in many of its TV commercials with the slogan "You're going to like the way you look. I guarantee it."]]></description>
                          <atom:published>2013-06-19T08:31:30-07:00</atom:published>
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  <title>Multnomah County GOP finds raffling rifle good way to raise $$$</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:21:58 -0700</pubDate>
                      <description><![CDATA[The raffle kicked off two weeks ago and out of 500 tickets, there's less than 100 left as of early Tuesday night.]]></description>
                          <atom:published>2013-06-18T21:21:58-07:00</atom:published>
                  <atom:updated>2013-06-19T08:39:15-07:00</atom:updated>
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  <title>Mayors, including Hales, seek limits for soda buys with food stamps</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:17:37 -0700</pubDate>
                      <description><![CDATA[Portland Mayor Charlie Hales has joined mayors of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and 14 other cities to revive a push against letting food stamps be used to buy soda and other sugary drinks.]]></description>
                          <atom:published>2013-06-18T20:17:37-07:00</atom:published>
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  <title>I-5 Skagit River bridge reopens less than 4 weeks after collapse</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:22:06 -0700</pubDate>
                      <description><![CDATA[Cars and trucks are rolling again across the Interstate 5 Skagit River bridge, restoring the traffic flow on the main route between Seattle and Vancouver, British Columbia.]]></description>
                          <atom:published>2013-06-19T07:22:06-07:00</atom:published>
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  <title>Memorial for boy who died on Rocky Butte disappears</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:55:05 -0700</pubDate>
                      <description><![CDATA[But those dozens of notes, flowers and the basketball Austin Fisher played with and left in his memory are now missing and the boy's family wants them back.]]></description>
                          <atom:published>2013-06-19T00:55:05-07:00</atom:published>
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  <title>3 accused of holding woman as slave</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:55:46 -0700</pubDate>
                      <description><![CDATA[A woman told authorities she was held captive for more than a year by three people who forced her to do housework, raided her bank account and menaced her with snakes and pit bulls.]]></description>
                          <atom:published>2013-06-19T07:55:46-07:00</atom:published>
                  <atom:updated>2013-06-19T09:11:25-07:00</atom:updated>
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  <title>Some worry service will suffer under city's proposed fire crew plan</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:30:12 -0700</pubDate>
                      <description><![CDATA[A shuffling of money by City Hall may mean when fire crews are called out from certain stations, fewer of them will go out on the initial call.]]></description>
                          <atom:published>2013-06-18T19:30:12-07:00</atom:published>
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  <title>Obama: 'Lives have been saved' by NSA programs</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:52:23 -0700</pubDate>
                      <description><![CDATA[Trying to tamp down concerns about government over-reach, President Barack Obama on Wednesday defended U.S. Internet and phone surveillance programs as narrowly targeted efforts that have saved lives and thwarted at least 50 terror threats.]]></description>
                          <atom:published>2013-06-19T06:52:23-07:00</atom:published>
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  <title>One arrested, one at large in The Great Watermelon Heist of 2013</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:10:08 -0700</pubDate>
                      <description><![CDATA[Police arrested Canby&rsquo;s William &quot;Billy&quot; Traverso but are still looking for Molalla&rsquo;s Brad Taylor in connection with the theft of 17 pallets of watermelons from two local grocery stores earlier this month.]]></description>
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