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Former Portland Policeman Jailed, Accused of Sex Crimes With Minors
facebook.com Ryan E. Graichen—whom you may remember as the Madison High School resource officer who videotaped high school girls' "breast and crotch areas" while on duty—was jailed Thursday in...
View ArticleBREAKING: Police Union Wants to Send Contract Talks Behind Closed Doors
The Portland Police Association sent a letter to the city's Bureau of Human Resources this afternoon asking that, after three months of public negotiations, talks on the union's expired contract...
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Blazers vs. Timberwolves - Hot Live Blog Action
Live from the Rose Garden as the Portland Trail Blazers welcome the Minnesota Timberwolves. The big news here is not Brandon Roy's three game benching vacation, the reports that Roy is an "unhappy...
View ArticleChristmas Music Countdown: Day 12
I guess Guster has gone from being an also-ran to being a critically acclaimed also-ran in the last few years but I never really listened to them. This cover of "¿Donde Esta Santa Claus?" is pretty...
View ArticleChristmas Music Countdown: Day 12
I guess Guster has gone from being an also-ran to being a critically acclaimed also-ran in the last few years but I never really listened to them. This cover of "¿Donde Esta Santa Claus?" is pretty...
View ArticleTonight in Music: Om, Dolorean, Wow and Flutter, Danko Jones, and more
OM, THRONES, LICHENS (9 PM) (Doug Fir, 830 E Burnside) If all this sugary Christmas music is sending you into diabetic shock, here's the perfect antidote: the drawn-out stoner-metal-psych of Om, whose...
View ArticleCute 21st Avenue Bicycles Video
This is what happens when a bunch of bike shop employees decide to film a funny video of themselves: 21st Avenue Bicycles - Dedicated To Making It Awesome! from James Wilson on Vimeo. [ Subscribe to...
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Good Morning, News!
What will Hector Lopez do? The DREAM Act has been squished by the Senate. And a little balance: The Senate did manage pave the way for "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" repeal. And Senator Ron Wyden showed up...
View ArticleDADT: One Important Step Closer to History
As Andrea noted in GMN, the vote was 63-33, breaking Old Man McCain's filibluster with three votes to spare. But the Republicans—determined to hand the Hispanic vote to the Dems for the next four...
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Blazers vs Warriors - Hot Live Blog Action
Live from the Rose Garden as the Portland Trail Blazers take on the Golden State Warriors. The aftermath of last night's 107-102 Blazers win over the Minnesota Timberwolves has been brutal; tonight...
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Ladies! Don't Have Sex with Leo! (You Know... Dude that Works at Chipotle?)
Facebook should only be used as a way to avoid having sex with the wrong people. Example: Via Lamebook. [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
View ArticleAfter 15 Minutes of Bling in Your Fling How Couldn't You Tajazzle?
Full disclosure: I only made it through about five TRIUMPHANT minutes of the horrifyingly irresistible infomercial for rhinestones you tape to your ass, and powder and yummy tasting sex goo or...
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Tron Clothing I Unironically Like
No matter how much the movie sucks, Tron-inspired fashion refuses to stop. Behold, the latest shoe interpretation from Edmundo Castillo. It has LED lights. You plug it in. This is just getting...
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Hey Hollywood? Start Hiring Olly Moss.
One of the highlights of every month's Empire is the "'Ollywood" page, in which British designer Olly Moss cranks out a movie poster that is—inevitably—1,000 times cooler than the film's actual...
View ArticleYour Chance of Having Sex is Now up to 33 Percent
Good news for you, men of Blogtown!A survey from intimacy products manufacturer Wet has found that 33 percent of women admitted that they were more likely to have a one-night stand on New Year's Eve...
View ArticleCMT Pulls 'Racy' Video
Over the weekend it was reported that hillbilly network CMT would be banning Julianne Hough's "Is That So Wrong" for being too "racy." This story is interesting because, unlike it's pop counterparts,...
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Blood Red Moon Tonight, Maybe!
Fred Espenak/Mr. EclipseGreetings, fellow moongazers and star hustlers! Now is a very busy time for astronomers! Tomorrow is the winter solstice, which is the shortest day of the year—but that's not...
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Episode #24 of the Mercury Music Hour
Episode number 24 of the Mercury Music Hour is on the air, RIGHT NOW! Music from Agalloch, Typhoon, New Bad Things, The Builders & The Butchers, Dead Moon, and plenty more. Stream the show online...
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Hey Locavores! New Oregon-Made Bread For You.
Loaf.I think this is pretty cool: local bread company Naturebake just released a new kind of bread that's made almost entirely of ingredients sourced from within 100 miles of their factory in...
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Snap Judgement: Grain & Gristle
[Welcome to Snap Judgment, a regular Blogtown feature developed by my predecessor, Patrick Alan Coleman. The idea, still, is to drop by places both old and new for a one-dish fly-by, to develop an...
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