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Some may remember my story of my elderly neighbor who fell in the bath and laid there for nearly 4 days before being rescued by EMS. Long story but my wife and I nursed him back and nearly 3 years later his recovery was surprising. Or so it seemed, I only had a short chats with him from time to time recently, I didn't sense the mental decline. He got picked up by the sheriff for driving erratically in a part of town he wouldn't seem to have any business in. Couldn't say where he was going, when he had...

So I'm looking into the NextGen TV that's set to start coming out. I noticed I lost the 8.1 channel already but I still get the 2 sub-channels 8.2 and 8.3 in the Portland, Oregon area. I started reading up on ATSC 3.0 and it looks like they want you to use an internet connection so the "software" can update as needed. But..... I also read that it will track what you watch, send targeted ads based on age, gender, income, ect. Not sure how they get that info except maybe from the internet provider. Geez, i just want to...

My elderly neighbor fell in his bath tub and laid there for nearly 3 days, alone, cold, and scared. Apparently he had a massive heart attack, and fell and could not summon help. By chance the neighbor on the other side took notice that his car hadn't moved for days and called 911. Their action and the quick response by Police, Fire, and Paramedics at least saved him from spending his last moments on earth alone. His family was notified after some extensive searching by my wife and I through church records. He was a kind old man who we...

Traveling to London

'I just forgot it was in there': Rapper T.I's stepdaughter speaks out after TSA agent finds a semiautomatic pistol inside her purse at Atlanta airport

So Obama's coming to Portland today for some sort of fund raising. Total traffic snarl expected. What's this costing us this time?

What is a Lady Rizo show all about?

Bolivian police on Tuesday confiscated two tons of uranium that was being stored at a building in central La Paz located near the U.S. and Spanish embassies...... Police pounced when they learned the people in possession of the uranium planned to meet Tuesday with a potential buyer.....

A Muslim teenager was kidnapped and beaten by her own siblings after they caught her kissing a white man.....

CORVALLIS -- A fire early Sunday morning at the Salman Al-Farisi Islamic Center attended by Mohamed Osman Mohamud has been declared arson by the Corvallis Fire Department. Officials said that the fire - which was contained to one room - was intentionally set.

Looking for a fishing tour in Oahu!

ALBANY, Ore. - A 24-year-old woman called police Saturday, to say she was being harassed by her neighbors for having sex with a 13-year-old boy she met in downtown Albany, detectives said.

"Your employer could be giving you more money than you are intitled to"

"Since those ID rules went into effect, there has been a dramatic decline in the number of applicants who take the knowledge test in Spanish."

Another one going down.

Should Oregon follow New Jersey's lead, and abolish the death penalty?

Should the city of Portland change the name of N. Interstate Ave. to Cesar Chavez Boulevard?

Sixty-two years later, the memory of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima still holds such a grip on Japan that its defense minister has had to resign simply for suggesting the attack was "unavoidable." Now, in a sign of changing times, the task of spreading Hiroshima's message to the world has been entrusted to an American, a citizen of the country that dropped the bomb on Aug. 6, 1945.

Should babies born to illegal or legal immigrants get automatic U.S. citizenship?

Burgler threatens neighbor's life, cuts him and gets a big a** kicking! Goto "Top Videos" "Man attacked by burgler suspects, fights back"