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Q & A with Rob Nelson
Rob Nelson lives in Northeast Portland, but there’s a little bit of his heart in every ballpark in America. A little bit of his portfolio, too.Former minor leaguer Nelson, 59, runs the Catlin Gabel baseball camp in the summer and calls himself a part-time inventor. It’s a title ...
The Portland Tribune  –  Jul 24, 2008 07:54 AM [GMT]  ¦  comment?
As mortgages fail, loan deals get tricky
Susan Shell is one of the lucky ones.The single mom, who works as a waitress and massage therapist, snared a new 40-year mortgage last month with a fixed 4 percent interest rate, to help save her one-story bungalow near Grant High School.Shell, whose struggle to rework a shady home loan was ...
The Portland Tribune  –  Jul 24, 2008 07:54 AM [GMT]  ¦  comment?
Metro grant provides free health care
For nearly two years, the North by Northeast Community Health Center has provided free health care services for uninsured adults in North Portland, offering help for patients with common chronic diseases.Now, 1,300 visits and 726 patients later, the health center’s efforts are being ...
The Portland Tribune  –  Jul 24, 2008 07:54 AM [GMT]  ¦  comment?
Beer family tax suit probed
The former head of Portland’s Citizens Crime Commission, Jim Jeddeloh, last week settled a lawsuit accusing him of financial fraud and professional malpractice, and now must defend his professional reputation before state regulators.Recently filed court documents detail the allegations ...
The Portland Tribune  –  Jul 24, 2008 07:54 AM [GMT]  ¦  comment?
Stumptown Stumper
Every Thursday in Stumptown Stumper, the Portland Tribune offers a trivia question and answer to help you boost your Rose City IQ.Q: What kind of auditorium used to occupy the now-vacant downtown building at 920 S.W. Third Ave.? Hint: It wasn’t a school.A: For the past year, the stately ...
The Portland Tribune  –  Jul 24, 2008 07:54 AM [GMT]  ¦  comment?
Day-labor site falls down on the job
The new city-sponsored day-labor hire site, which opened last month, could already be a failure. Or it could just need more time.Anyone who drives down Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard Monday through Saturday mornings will see a dozen or more men gathered at the corner just south of the ...
The Portland Tribune  –  Jul 24, 2008 07:54 AM [GMT]  ¦  comment?
Former WL resident charged with Nazi past
The federal government is charging that Peter Egner is a Nazi war criminal. His friends in West Linn cannot believe it.It came as a shock to them last week when the Department of Justice issued an announcement that it is requesting that Egner’s citizenship be revoked for lying about his ...
The Portland Tribune  –  Jul 24, 2008 07:54 AM [GMT]  ¦  comment?
Former sheriff's sergeant shot in face will be back in the spotlight
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KATU.com  –  Jul 24, 2008 07:54 AM [GMT]  ¦  comment?
Two people, including a police detective, hospitalized after crash
According to police, two Beaverton police detectives were involved in a chase when the crash happened. They were trying to apprehend an armed robbery suspect from a shooting that had occurred earlier in the evening.
KATU.com  –  Jul 24, 2008 06:54 AM [GMT]  ¦  comment?
Photo from KPTV.com Tobacco Has New, Billionaire Enemies
Billionaires Bill Gates and Michael Bloomberg are taking on tobacco use with a $375 million plan.
KPTV.com  –  Jul 24, 2008 06:50 AM [GMT]  ¦  comment?