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Gates Says Afghans Should Lead Corruption Fight
The defense secretary said the U.S. will still work to prevent millions of American dollars flowing into the nation from underwriting bribery and graft. Afghan President Hamid Karzai pledged to work against corruption, which is undermining trust in his government.
Oil Sheen Spreads After Another Gulf Rig Explodes
The rig, about 80 miles south of Vermillion Bay along the central Louisana coast, exploded about 9:30 a.m. CDT Thursday. A mile-long sheen was spreading from the platform, the Coast Guard reported. All 13 people on the rig have been accounted for.
Dell Cedes Data-Storage Maker 3Par To HP
Dell Inc. is walking away from a bidding contest with rival Hewlett-Packard Co. for data-storage maker 3Par Inc. Dell said it won't match HP's offer to pay $33 per share for 3Par, or about $2.07 billion.
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Where's The Beef? One Man's Search For 'Steak'
Mark Schatzker, a lifelong steak lover, was disappointed in the steaks he was eating. So Schatzker set off on a quest to find the very best piece of beef in the world -- a quest that took him from feedlots in Texas, to French cave paintings of prehistoric cattle, to the Argentine pampas.
'White Wedding' Celebrates Love, South African-Style
Last year, the South African sci-fi film District Nine opened in the states to blockbuster grosses. Now another film from South Africa, the road-trip comedy White Wedding, is attracting international notice. The movie follows an engaged couple who weather a series of zany obstacles over the course of their wedding day.
Rapper T.I. And Wife Arrested On Drug Charges
The rapper and his wife, singer Tameka Cottle, were arrested in Los Angeles Wednesday night after police smelled what appeared to be marijuana coming from their car on Sunset Boulevard.
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Kitzhaber Ad Takes Aim At Dudley
SALEM, Ore. – Oregon Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Kitzhaber takes aim at his Republican opponent Chris Dudley in a new television ad that started airing Wednesday. In it, Kitzhaber accuses Dudley of dodging Oregon taxes by living in Washington state when he played for the Portland Trail Blazers.
Bear Center Researchers Investigate Grizzly Mauling
Biologists at Washington State University’s Bear Center are trying to solve a mystery that has shaken the staff there. Why did two adult bears at the center attack and kill a younger bear this week?
Oregon Standardizes Tsunami Warning Sound
The State of Oregon has settled on a standard siren sound that you’d hear in coastal towns when a tsunami warning goes out. Washington state has already done so. Oregon's Emergency Management Office described the previous array of tsunami warning sounds as a “mish mash.”
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One Man’s Peace Corps
Photographer Fred Stockwell was not equipped to save the life of a little girl. Or care for hundreds of other refugees barely existing in a Thai garbage dump. He left a relaxed life in Ashland to retire to a place where his nest egg would last longer. How could he know that his plans to take pretty pictures and drink tea with expats would be interrupted by endless tragedy and one tiny girl named Song?
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Broadcasting History in Our Own Backyard
Oregon’s Cast of Characters Told in Pioneer Mikes
If you were a fan of the old TV sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati, you may have wondered how the writers dreamt up such a cast of arcane characters. The answer is, they didn’t. They were all drawn on real people working in radio, which seems to have attracted flamboyant personalities from its beginning.
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A Week in American Journalism
Two major events occurred during the week before my deadline for this column. An articulate, plain speaking public servant in rural Georgia, Shirley Sherrod, was unjustifiably publicly vilified and NPR news analyst, Daniel Schorr, passed away.
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