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And the Mother of the Year is ... Peggy the caracal, who last June gave birth to three spectacular kittens, two of whom have already left their Oregon Zoo home.

Old Town at First & Couch (photo by Brian Libby) BY FRED LEESON Perhaps no one in Portland knows the Old Town/Chinatown district better than George “Bing” Sheldon, the “S” in SERA Architects, one of the city’s most prominent partnerships....

I’ve been running with our younger daughter to school, she’s biking, I’m running. Twice a week; Tuesdays and Thursdays. This week, due to a snafu with the teenager, we did it today. I noticed new signs, “Sitton Safe Route” along our normal path. I didn’t point them out to her, though. A f

For nearly every artist, maintaining a day job is an inescapable reality.

Michele Bachmann has withdrawn her dual Swiss citizenship, according to

By the time we really began paying attention to Portland city politics about a decade ago,

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Andrew's Hot Chocolate: Alfred 1.2.1 first dev release: preppeller: Hot on the heels of the big Alfred 1.2 release, I bring

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Same Bible, Different Verdict On Gay Marriage : npr: When President Obama announced he now supports same-

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The "weather" is going to be "nice" and "warm" this weekend. Ugh. I'm going out to

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laughterkey: Nine will always be my Doctor.

Paste Magazine celebrates that lovely intersection of visual art and music—the band logo—with 50 of their favorites. You can scroll through the gallery to count down to the greatest band logo of all time. Check them out HERE.  

When it comes to materials, it’s pretty obvious that a something like polyester isn’t exactly gentle on the environment. But you know what’s almost as bad? Wool. That’s right. Good old sheep. But how are apparel designers and furniture makers and other manufacturers supposed to know that? Well a litt

DISH, one of the nation’s leading pay-TV providers, is introducing a free iPad app so customers can easily find and watch their favorite programs on the tablet. The pay-TV provider’s TV Everywhere technology enables customers to watch live and recorded TV anytime, anywhere using the app in concert with an Intern

It's on a quiet, leafy side street in Lake Oswego, between a coffee shop and a gluten-free bakery, across from a supermarket.

Mother’s Day is just around the corner; if you’re a last-minute shopper like me it’s always a toughy to find something on short notice. Flowers, jewelry, candles, and

Websites for camping equipments. You can either find the camping equipment manufacturer may not be a draw for insects or animals who smell those dirty things and know that they are not rules and many camping items for the homemade camping equipment will transport your

Have you ever been looking for a specific typeface, but just don’t seem to be able to locate the exact font in your collection? You may be able find something similar, but for some reason, it’s just not right. Suitcase Fusion 4 includes a feature called QuickMatch that will help you get out of these [...]

iMore reports that Apple is “currently targeting” an October launch for a 7 inch iPad priced in the $200-$250 range. According to our source, which has proven reliable in the past, the reason for such aggressive pricing is to do to the tablet market what Apple did to the MP3 market in 2004 with the [...]

In “Marvel’s The Avengers,” Mark Ruffalo plays The Hulk, but it turns out he received help from someone who knows a lot about the character: Lou Ferrigno. Ferrigno played the post-transformed green monster in “The Incredible Hulk” television show from 1978-to-1982. Ferrigno was called upon to h

Armchair archivists assemble! Arriving just in time for the release of Marvel’s The Avengers, this exclusive episode of Armchair Archivist unveils rarely seen props and costumes from Marvel’s The Avengers, Iron Man 2, Thor, and Captain America. Join host Josh and his special guest, Kevin Feige, producer of Marve

Amazon.com announced Thursday that on June 19, the e-book editions of J.K. Rowling's seven Potter novels will become part of the Kindle service available to Amazon Prime subscribers.

Working a graveyard mailroom shift, a young actor learns life-long lessons from the melting-pot of racial diversity in the office.

"Idol" host Ryan Seacrest said 70 million viewer votes were cast this week, leaving Joshua Ledet, Phillip Phillips and Jessica Sanchez to compete for the prize.

Christy Turlington's non-profit, Every Mother Counts has taken celebrating Mother's Day in a different direction this year. She is asking Mums to be silent for the day to recognize women globally who put their lives at risk during the birth...

Mobile Burn has a good discussion on Samsung’s PenTile AMOLED displays in the Galaxy SIII. Samsung says the PenTile display provides better durability and longevity because the green pixels wear out first. Super AMOLED displays use Pentile, with more green pixels (right) while Super AMOLED Plus do not (left). Organic

The Oregon Supreme Court last month held that an LLC that leased office space to a physician could not be held liable on an apparent agency theory for physical injuries suffered by the physician's patient. In Eads v. Borman, the...

Your North Portland weekend entertainment guide

The Portland Business Journal is hosting a "Power Breakfast" with Kim & I talking about all things g. If you are in the 'hood, come on by! Registration is here!

All the summer movie news you need for only-in-Portland film events, big global blockbusters and everything in between.

Machu Picchu, in Peru, has always intrigued me. It is the visuals and then the questions of history playing out. The jagged peaks, the green, the structures, the terraces combine to provide and inviting place to gaze out and take it all in. Except I have read enough to know I should have made the [...]

Freeman: Blazers Want To Bring Over Joel Freeland, Victor Claver Joe Freeman of The Oregonian

Beer events for the weekend and next week

From Arthur C Brooks over at the American Enterprise Institute.  Brooks talks about when government is needed in his new book The Road to Freedom: There are instances when markets fail and do not correct themselves. At that point, some government action might be warranted. But how do we make that call? In The Road to F

Apple is dropping Google Maps, and will debut a new in-house 3D ‘Maps’ with IOS-6, says 9-5 Mac. The new maps application is said to be fairly similar to the current Google Maps program on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, but it is described as a much cleaner, faster, and more reliable. While Apple [...]

Wesley Matthews: "I hope they continue to see good in me, because I'm not even close to where I can be."

It's ironic, isn't it, that the sort of behavior referred to in entertainment as "mature subject matter" tends to be so, well, immature.

Beer and breasts will be the focal points Saturday at EastBurn at the third annual Brewers for Boobs event to benefit the American Cancer Society.

Wesley Matthews: "I hope they continue to see good in me, because I'm not even close to where I can be."