A Senate antitrust panel is planning a hearing to discuss Verizon Wireless’s multibillion dollar deals to buy wireless airwaves from cable operators, reports Reuters. Senator Herb Kohl (D-Wisc.), chairman of the Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights subcommittee, said the hearing will include a review of a

A sellout crowd of about 600 filled The Gerding Theater at the Armory on Monday night for Outside In's "Outside the Frame," a premiere of six films written by, directed by and starring Portland homeless and formerly homeless youth.

13 MONTHS OF SUNSHINE: AFRICAN SOUNDS DANCE PARTY(Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison) Bless the rains for staying outside as DJs Cuica, Spencer D, Jason Urick, and the guys in Brainstorm create

Here's "The First Time I Ran Away," a new song (and video) from M. Ward from his forthcoming album A Wasteland Companion, which comes out April 10. The charming animated clip was directed by Joel Trussell, who was also responsible for the lovely video for "Chinese Translation,

Mitt Romney told CNN this morning that "I'm not concerned with the very poor. We have a safety net there." He'll probably want to bet $10,000 to prove me wrong, but we aren't doing enough to fight poverty. My latest...

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by Bill Post I have had all night to think about this and although I was a pretty ticked off little boy last night, I’m a lot more cooled off this morning in the aftermath of last night’s debacle in … Continue reading →

"The Rhino" did not attend the Blazers' morning shootaround because of a viral infection and Elliot Williams is expected to play in place of the injured Nicolas Batum.

"The Rhino" did not attend the Blazers' morning shootaround because of a viral infection and Elliot Williams is expected to play in place of the injured Nicolas Batum.

Serious drinks from B & F’s Brandon Wise

Sprint Nextel will give LightSquared an additional six weeks to get approval to build its nationwide 4G LTE wireless network from the FCC or it will terminate its agreement with the company, according to Dow Jones Newswires. Sprint had previously extended its deadline from the end of 2011 until Jan. 31. Last summer Sprint a

Portland fashion now has its own organization dedicated to Latino "Event Coordinators, Fashion Designers, Models, Photographers, Stylists, Make-Up Artists, Musicians, Dancers and more," called Latin Fashion PDX, and an opportunity to get acquainted with some of it

Portland fashion now has its own organization dedicated to Latino "Event Coordinators, Fashion Designers, Models, Photographers, Stylists, Make-Up Artists, Musicians, Dancers and mo

Two days back (really three, since we trail England by a day already), British writer and blogger Melissa Cole sparked multinational debate about which country's breweries were more open, the US or Britain. In one corner, BrewDog's James Watt, author of the hypothesis. In the other, Melissa and the rest of Britain. She

I learned a new phrase from Juliana the exchange student from Argentina, staying with Emily and Katharine.  The bus was very loud going home from Lincoln.  Probably blowing off stress from finals this week.  I asked how to say, “Oh my ears!” Oh mis oidos!

Oregonian article about the 5th Portland Loo First Flush event that was held yesterday.

Republican House member Jamie Herrera Beutler, who represents southwest Washington, sits on the House T & I Committee and bike advocates want her support of an amendment to the transportation bill.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) The morning after the House transportation bill was unveiled, it's being viewed as an ab

GLASS RECYCLED's White Sale Missed Out on a FREE iPad2? GLASS RECYCLED is extending its WHITE SALE promotion for another month. THey are offering an iPad2 with an order of a GlassSLAB; yes, this includes all custom designs. They are working hard to provide one of a kind pieces art for your home or office. Place you

Yeah, try covering those behinds with all four of your hands, how ’bout?

The pleasure of photographing a wedding on a sunny Saturday in January was only topped by the fact that the bride and groom were Maria and Junior.  She’s a beautiful, thoughtful planner, and he’s a soft-spoken, fun-loving policeman.  (You’ll notice the police-themed garter belt, below–one of Maria&

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My most recent Oregonian column on driving and texting hands-free with Apple’s Siri (or trying to anyway) elicited a great deal of reader response. “You're dumb,” wrote one Apple fan. “Just say ‘Text my wife 'How was your day?' Works for me.” If you watch the video, that's exactly what I did -- several times.

By Bob Hicks With Mrs. Scatter on the road eating fresh pineapple and downing margaritas with childhood friends, Mr. Scatter and the offspring have been batching it the last few days. While that’s led to a somewhat more relaxed sense of structure (oh, my goodness: is it midnight already?), the basics have been covered: bo

Question from Boris January 31, 2012 at 4:08pm Richard, My father is 95. He gets $360 in SSI & $450 from the state of Isreal. He lives with me. Can I calim him on my tax return? Will he lose...

I've added this to the "Video and articles about us" perma-link:Paul Wheaton Sustainable Food - People Per Acre video (12 minutes) with a lot of footage of me and T

Back at the Rose Garden, where they are 9-1 on the season, the Trail Blazers take on the Bobcats. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Back at the Rose Garden, where they are 9-1 on the season, the Trail Blazers take on the Bobcats. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Your last SLLOTD struck my fancy and I responded to the couple looking for a unicorn in NYC. I am somewhat familiar with the unicorn community. I didn't choose to be

Congressman John Mica (R-FL) at a Safe Routes to School event in his district in October 2010. A bill drafted by Mica would end the program.(Photo: Safe Routes Partnership) The draft federal transportation bill that was unveiled yesterday by Chair of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee John Mica (R-FL

It’s always nice to have your investors highlighting the fact that that they’re putting money into your company. And that’s why it was great to see the Keiretsu Forum Northwest championing their investment in a couple of Oregon tech startups, 4-tell and CrowdCompass. “In has been a banner year for Ke

McNamara: Debating Possible Chris Kaman To Portland Trade Michael McNamara and Jason Calmes of Hornets247.com

Spend $50 at Milagros in February and we will put $5 on your Supportlland Card to spend to your heart’s content at Frock! It’s no surprise the Frock is our sweetheart. Just like Milagros, Frock fills their shelves with many locally designed fresh, fabulous fashions. Except they do it for the big people! Don̵

Frugality It’s salad made from the biggest head of lettuce in the bin instead if a bag of salad. It’s storing your lettuce in a manner that keeps it fresh to minimize food waste. It’s then eating that salad at home, using a homemade dressing recipe. Frugality is about feeling empowered, not embittered by t

Steve mentioned this in GMN, but... Holy shit, Mitt: You might have trounced Newt Gingrich last night, but you're not the president yet. You're supposed to not say these things until after you win the election.

Pipeline is giving away four tickets to attend Cowboy Little’s Big Wild West Show on Friday, February 3, 2012 at Funhouse Lounge. To win, comment on this post why you’d like to attend. Winners will be drawn and emailed Friday, February 3. FREE PORTLAND EVENTS: We give out 100s of $$$ in free tickets every [...]

By now you have probably seen at least one of the “Shit People Say” videos. The meme that shares the quirks and trends of various sub-cultures has gone viral and is seemingly unstoppable. The videos range from hilarious to offensive but for the most part, they’re totally true. Here are 5 videos I thought y

Need some reading material? These are my recommendations for January 17th, 2012 through February 1st, 2012: To Increase Sustainable Consumption, Show People What’s In It For Them | Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation – I think you're on the wrong track, Fast Company. We need to reduce consump

Get excited – the Marketing Sherpa 2012 Email Marketing Benchmark Report is here! This 200+ page report summarizes information gathered from 2,735 email marketers, with the goal of being the industry standard for email marketing. Some of the most interesting key findings include: 67 percent of organizations plan to incre

Here's a peek at the new track from Orcas—the collaboration between Portland's Benoît Pioulard and Seattle's Rafael Anton Irisarri (who recor

Here's "The First Time I Ran Away," a new song (and video) from M. Ward from his forthcoming album A Wasteland Companion, which comes out April 10. The charming animated clip was directed by Joel Trussell, who was also responsible for the lovely video for "Chinese Translation,

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From our sponsors at Helium: Rex Navarette @ Helium Comedy Club SE Ninth & Hawthorne Blvd. Wednesday, February 1 @ 8 p.m. Thursday, February 2 @ 8 p.m. Tickets are $15-$20 For tickets and more information, please visit www.heliumcomedy.com/portland or call 888-64-FUNNY. Rex Navarrete gathers all of his material from wha