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- In Portland, Cultivating a Culture of Two Wheels
  Posted by Jeff from New York Times
  Cyclists have long revered Portland for its bicycle-friendly culture and infrastructure, including the network of bike lanes that the city began planning in the early 1970s. Now, riders are helping the city build a cycling economy.
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- Man in custody died of blunt force trauma to chest
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  The Oregon State Medical Examiner has determined that the 42-year-old man who died in Portland police custody Sunday died as a result of a broad-based, blunt force trauma to his chest.
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- Witnesses shocked by force police used in encounter
  Posted by Billbar from Oregon Live
  This, unfortunately, is not that unusual in Portland. Even our local right-wing newspaper, The Oregonian, has editorialized about the "mean streak" that runs through the Portland Police Bureau.
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- Old Town, old story
  Posted by Billbar
  More shenanigans by the Portland Development Commission. Is Portland going to knock down its downtown fire station and kick the Saturday Market out of its home to make way for a condo tower and wine and cheese purveyors?
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- Portland Apple Store Canceled
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  For the second time in nine months Apple has cancelled plans for a new store after local officials criticized the store’s proposed architecture. As someone on a related blog intimated, Portland's Design Commission only likes soul-sucking designs like that of Pottery Barn.
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- Amtrak Expands Seattle-Portland Service
  Posted by Jon from Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  good news for the train-riding among us.
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- Portland police chief investigated in misconduct probe
  Posted by Billbar from kgw
  KGW has confirmed that 46-year-old Angela Oswalt, a desk clerk at the police bureau's St. John's Precinct since 1997, accuses Chief Derrick Foxworth of “sexual impropriety.”
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Witnesses shocked by force police used in encounter

This guy was apparently crushed to death for “strange behavior” and “suspicion of public urination.”

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