http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/or-news/ en-us Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:39:04 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103268/posts ScienceDaily (Oct. 8, 2008) — One in four terminally ill patients in the State of Oregon who opt for physician assisted suicide have clinical depression and the Death with Dignity Act may not be adequately protecting them, concludes a study published on the British Medical Journal website. In 1997, the State of Oregon passed the Death with Dignity Act that allows physician assisted dying for terminally ill patients. The extent to which potentially treatable psychiatric disorders may influence patients' choices to hasten death is hotly debated. There are several safeguards in the Act to ensure patients are competent to make... ScienceDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103268/posts#comment Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:39:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103156/posts Portland police are testing a high-tech camera system that rivals anything in a science fiction movie. It can reach back in time and track your movements across the city — and even produce photos of your previous locations. But — while some are raising Big Brother civil liberties questions about the concept — the police promise they will only use it to solve crimes, like finding stolen cars or locating wanted criminals. The system features a series of cameras that mount on patrol cars that automatically read and photograph the license plates of all passing vehicles — including those parked... Portland Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103156/posts#comment Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:14:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2102719/posts PORTLAND, Oregon, October 10, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Oregon Court of Appeals on Wednesday denied a father's appeal to keep his six frozen embryos alive, and ordered that the embryos be destroyed by thawing, as ordered by his ex-wife.  The court also ruled that the embryos' fate fell under the issue of "property rights."The court unanimously agreed that the father, orthodontist Dr. Darrell Angle, had no right to "impose a genetic parental relationship" on his ex-wife, pediatrician Dr. Laura Dahl, who did not wish to be considered the mother of the preborn children in the event that they were carried... LifeSiteNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2102719/posts#comment Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:54:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2101751/posts PORTLAND, Ore. — When identity theft suspect Christina Herrera was arrested, she didn't have to wait long to tell her husband. He was in the next holding cell. Herrera and Jason Keno were arrested a half-hour apart, and the coincidence helped police and prosecutors link what had appeared to be separate identity theft investigations. "It was kind of like crook karma that they're both picked up within a half-hour of each other, and we found evidence on each that tied the cases together," Portland Officer Barbara Glass told The Oregonian newspaper. "We're not surprised, never; but we're entertained, always." A... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2101751/posts#comment Thu, 9 Oct 2008 22:08:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2098979/posts The prediction caused a collective grimace among the mayors, city councilors, engineers and planners in the audience. By 2060, a Metro economist said, the seven-county Portland area could grow to 3.85 million people -- nearly double the number here now. Then Lorna Stickel, a planner with the Portland Water Bureau, stood to ask a question. Does the population projection, she asked, account for the possibility of climate change refugees? Brains have been spinning ever since. Because what if? What if the American Southwest dries up, browns out, and those people now misting their patios in Arizona head to the still-green... The Oregonian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2098979/posts#comment Mon, 6 Oct 2008 21:29:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2098019/posts SALEM, Ore. (Legal Newsline)-The Bush administration has "refused to accept the reality" that greenhouse gas emissions are harming the environment, Oregon Attorney General Hardy Myers told Legal Newsline. Myers said for that reason a group of five states, including Oregon, is suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the federal Clean Air Act to force the U.S. government to set emissions standards for planes, ships and off-road vehicles. "I share the view that global warming is a very, very serious threat, and the unmistakable pattern that's emerged under this administration is a refusal by the federal government to recognize that,"... Legal Newsline http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2098019/posts#comment Sun, 5 Oct 2008 16:31:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097808/posts The Bush administration has "refused to accept the reality" that greenhouse gas emissions are harming the environment, Oregon Attorney General Hardy Myers told Legal Newsline. Myers said for that reason five states, including Oregon, are suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the federal Clean Air Act to force the U.S. government to set emissions standards for planes, ships and off-road vehicles. Legal Newsline http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097808/posts#comment Sun, 5 Oct 2008 04:41:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2096858/posts O n Thursday night in a Midwestern city, a gray-haired senator from the East Coast squared off against the folksy, rookie governor of a remote Western state. It was an occasion to give curious Americans a chance to get to know them better. In Joe Biden's case, this was a good thing. The longtime senator displayed a calm authority and breadth of knowledge that helped explain why he plays such a key role in the Senate, not to mention the Democratic caucus. And his brief moment of anguish as he recalled the tragedy that killed his wife and daughter and... The Oregonian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2096858/posts#comment Fri, 3 Oct 2008 18:57:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2096012/posts Marci Rae BeagleyA Clackamas County grand jury has indicted an Oregon City couple on charges of criminally negligent homicide in the death of their 16-year-old son, who died from a medically treatable condition during attempts to heal him with prayer. The parents, Jeffrey Dean Beagley and Marci Rae Beagley, are members of the Followers of Christ Church in Oregon City, which practices faith healing. » An archive of previous stories on faith healing Neil Jeffrey Beagley died at his grandmother's home June 17, a week after first complaining of stomach pain and shortness of breath. As Beagley's family and... The Oregonian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2096012/posts#comment Thu, 2 Oct 2008 19:19:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094355/posts 12:00 AM GoodDay 12:30 AM sweet_diane; toddausauras 1:00 AM tajgirvan; 1:30 AM Republic; Red Boots 2:00 AM 2:30 AM 3:00 AM 3:30 AM 4:00 AM 4:30 AM 5:00 AM toomanygrasshoppers 5:30 AM Obadiah; 6:00 AM notaliberal; 6:30 AM Texagirl4W; Freee-dame ; bella1; 7:00 AM Freedom'sWorthIt; rep-always; 7:30 AM JulieRNR21; trialbyfire;JFC 8:00 AM JFC 8:30 AM JFC 9:00 AM chickpundit ; JFC 9:30 AM floriduh voter 10:00 AM TAdams8591 10:30 AM Godsgirl 11:00 AM 11:30 AM anniegetyourgun 12:00 PM 12:30 PM 1:00 PM midnightcat 1:30 PM 2:00 PM 2:30 PM 3:00 PM CASchack 3:30 PM 4:00 PM 4:30 PM notaliberal; 5:00... prayformccainpalin.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094355/posts#comment Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:47:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2091265/posts Nationwide polling on the presidential race seems to shift with every news cycle. One moment, Republican John McCain seems to have the big mo' and the next Democrat Barack Obama suddenly seems to be running away with it. Gov. Ted Kulongoski, a Democrat and veteran of plenty of elections, offered the following analysis: "I don't believe a poll out there today. This is just me. I think a large percentage of the people who are going to make the determination who the next president is, my belief is they don't know what they're going to do. "I don't think they're... Oregonian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2091265/posts#comment Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:45:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2090731/posts NEWBERG -- Students and campus leaders at George Fox University denounced the hanging of a life-size cardboard cutout of U.S. Sen. Barack Obama on campus, vowing to work together to fight racism and intolerance. A custodial crew at the 3,355-student Christian university found the Obama likeness hanging by fishing wire from a tree at 7 a.m. Tuesday and tore it down before students arrived for classes. A sign taped to the cutout said, "Act Six reject," referring to a scholarship program for Portland students, many of whom are minorities. President Robin Baker, standing with dozens of Act Six students and... The Oregonian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2090731/posts#comment Fri, 26 Sep 2008 01:58:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2090157/posts Police in Oregon town ordered to kill coyotes on sight September 19, 2008 SHERWOOD, Ore. -- Coyotes in Sherwood aren't going to be asked to leave town. After a high school student said two followed him home, the police got shoot-to-kill orders. "We don't want people to panic, to think that coyotes are on the rampage," Sherwood Sgt. Dwight Onchi said. "We just want them to know that if you see one, tell us, and we'll do our best to take care of it safely and humanely." Onchi said police will make sure of their backdrop before shooting. Bob Sallinger,... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2090157/posts#comment Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:42:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2089809/posts The president of George Fox University this morning denounced the hanging of a likeness of U.S. Sen. Barack Obama on campus along with graffiti aimed at minority recipients of a scholarship program. President Robin Baker discussed the incident today during the twice-weekly campus service, which was packed. With dozens of Act 6 students and student leaders in front of the stage, he urged students to show that the display, found Tuesday, has no place in Christian ideals. "We absolutely cannot hate those around us and say we love God," he said. "It is not possible." "Yesterday was not a good... The Oregonian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2089809/posts#comment Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:57:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087951/posts For some 85 years, homesteaders, pot hunters and archaeologists have been digging at Paisley Caves, a string of shallow depressions washed out of an ancient lava flow by the waves of a lake that comes and goes with the changing climate. Until now, they have found nothing conclusive-arrowheads, baskets, animal bones and sandals made by people who lived thousands of years ago on the shores of what was then a 40-mile-long lake, but is now a sagebrush desert on the northern edge of the Great Basin. But a few years ago, University of Oregon archaeologist Dennis Jenkins and his students... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087951/posts#comment Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:06:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087675/posts PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland Police took a waterfront Lady Godiva down a notch this week. AP via FoxNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087675/posts#comment Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:23:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084642/posts Oregon Senator Gordon Smith is in dangerous territory again, virtually tied with Jeff Merkley, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of voters in the state. The incumbent Republican holds a statistically insignificant 46% to 45% lead over Merkley. The race is now the closest it’s been since regular tracking began in February. Just one month ago, Smith had an eight-point lead but still received under 50% support from voters. Any incumbent senator who polls under 50% is considered vulnerable. In July, Merkley was ahead 43% to 41%. Rasmussen Reports http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084642/posts#comment Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:32:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084636/posts Repeating a pattern seen across the country, John McCain has gained ground on Barack Obama in Oregon. In August, before the running mates were selected and the conventions held, the Democrat enjoyed a ten-point lead in this traditionally “Blue” state. Now, however, McCain has pulled to within four points with results that are virtually identical to the actual Oregon vote in Election 2004. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Oregon voters shows Obama attracting 51% of the vote while McCain earns 47% (see crosstabs). This is the seventh Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in Oregon for Election 2008, and it’s... Rasmussen Reports http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084636/posts#comment Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:25:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084090/posts OREGON CITY -- An illegal immigrant pleaded guilty today to murdering 15-year-old Dani Countryman in a case that drew national attention and exposed flaws in the process for deporting criminal offenders. Alejandro Emeterio Rivera Gamboa admitted in Clackamas County Circuit Court that he stepped on Countryman's throat to help subdue her while his cousin, also a Mexican national from the Guadalajara area, allegedly raped the girl. Countryman died in the early hours of July 28, 2007, after a night of partying at the Balboa Apartments in Milwaukie. The Texas teenager was vacationing in Oregon, visiting her older sister, and planned... The Oregonian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084090/posts#comment Wed, 17 Sep 2008 06:54:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082287/posts Obama Maintains 7 Point Advantage Over McCain Following Conventions On Monday Sept 8th and Tuesday Sept 9th, the Hoffman Research Group surveyed a crosssection of Oregon voters to ascertain voter preferences in the Presidential election following the two major party conventions. The resulting data found Barack Obama currently leading John McCain by a 46% to 39% margin. Ralph Nadar and Bob Barr who will both appear on Oregon ballots drew 1% and 1% respectively. When pushed, undecided voters split almost evenly between the two major candidates. Not unlike most of the nation, McCain fared best in the more rural areas,... Hoffman Research Group http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082287/posts#comment Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:57:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082245/posts HEPPNER, Ore. — Roadkill: It isn't just for dinner anymore. A new roadkill compost center near Heppner will ensure that many deer, cattle and other animals killed along Eastern Oregon highways won't simply decompose in a ditch. Instead, they will become productive compost. The Morrow County Planning Commission has approved a permit for a roadkill composting facility. Officials say roadside carcasses are becoming a larger problem as Oregon's population grows, and that roadkill attracts scavengers such as coyotes, which bother farmers and boost the likelihood of more roadkill. Tom Strandberg, the regional spokesman for Oregon Department of Transportation, said the... Seattle Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082245/posts#comment Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:44:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080225/posts Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) made headlines this week by decrying the export of LNG from Alaska to Japan and complaining about the high price of natural gas. Oh, the hypocrisy. Wyden and other Left Coast liberals such as Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and my governor, Ted Kulongowski (D-OR), have done everything they can to stonewall LNG terminals proposed for the West Coast, including three proposed terminals right here in Oregon. There are currently no LNG terminals on the U.S. West Coast, the nearest terminal is across the border from San Diego in Baja California. The Baja terminal just opened two... ModernConservative.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080225/posts#comment Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:00:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2079336/posts Not all of them are legal. WESTON—Up on a hill overlooking this Eastern Oregon town of 701 people, Smith Frozen Foods turns raw produce from the surrounding fields into ready-to-eat products. SmithÂ’s goods appear in grocery stores under other brand names. But in tiny Weston, a water tank emblazoned with the capital letters S-M-I-T-H sits like a sentry greeting travelers on nearby Highway 11. Gordon Smith, a United States senator from Oregon and the only Republican senator representing a West Coast state, has owned the plant his grandfather founded in 1919 for nearly 30 years. “Son,” father Milan Smith once... willamette week http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2079336/posts#comment Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:49:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075315/posts Amtrak Passenger Stabbed While Sleeping September 3, 2008 Amtrak Passenger Stabbed While Sleeping - Considering the recent beheading in Canada an a Greyhound bus, an attempted beheading on another bus, and this… I may consider alternatives to public transportation.A 24-year-old man was stabbed while sleeping on an Amtrak train just south of the Oregon state line.The suspect, Armando Avalos, jumped from the train and suffered a broken ankle, authorities said. Avalos, 48, of Oxnard, Calif., was arrested Saturday on charges of attempted murder, parole violation and manufacture and possession of a dangerous weapon.He was being held without bail Tuesday... The National Terror Alert Response Center http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075315/posts#comment Fri, 5 Sep 2008 14:50:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073550/posts OREGON CD-1: Businessman Joel Haugen announced Tuesday he was withdrawing as the GOP nominee but would remain in the race against Congressman David Wu (D) as the nominee of the Independent Party. Although a registered Republican, Haugen had been running with dual ballot spots. Haugen came under fire in recent days when he announced his support for Barack Obama. The deadline for GOP to replace a nominee has passed, so they will not be able to field any candidate against Wu on the November ballot. Politics1 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073550/posts#comment Wed, 3 Sep 2008 05:42:58 GMT