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Family: Soldier from Oregon killed in Afghanistan

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:34:59 -0500

According to information released by Spc. Elijah John-Miles Rao’s family, he was on his second tour of duty in the region and was due to come home on leave in January and was scheduled to finish his deployment to Afghanistan in May.

Sizemore says he’s being ‘persecuted’ by the state

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:58:51 -0500

Oregon’s most well-known initiative sponsor to limit taxes said Monday he’s not guilty of evading payment of his own taxes and the state and public-employee unions are out to get him.

Family searches for answers in son’s murder

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:35:51 -0500

His father John Chamberlin said his son Max struggled in school with a learning disability but he went to the little town of Manta, Ecuador as an exchange student in high school and came back to Portland fluent in Spanish.

Troutdale Walgreens out $4,000 in OxyContin

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:40:01 -0500

The pharmacy at Walgreens' Southeast Stark Street store was robbed Sunday morning by a man who appeared fresh from the slopes. He got away with nearly $4,000 worth of OxyContin. Watch the security video.

Alleged River Rat, accomplice appear in court

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:50:02 -0400

After 18 robberies at banks and check cashing stores over the past two months, on Monday afternoon the alleged "River Rat" bandit and his accused partner have been locked up. KATU is learning more about why they allegedly pulled off all those heists, and how they eventually got caught.

Friends say Teresa kept an upbeat outlook on life

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:48:26 -0500

Friends of shooting victim Teresa Beiser, who was shot to death Tuesday by her husband while at work in a drug-testing lab, said she kept a bright outlook on life even during a difficult divorce.

Did girlfriend of hit-and-run suspect use victims’s funds for bail?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:09:47 -0500

Investigators think Mallory Ewart used money raised for Gordon Patterson’s family to bail the suspected hit-and-run driver, Eugene Cellestine, out of jail. Ewart is reportedly Cellestine’s girlfriend.

Gov’t task force at odds with ACS on breast exams

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:01:55 -0500

A government task force said Monday that most women don’t need mammograms in their 40s and should get one every two years starting at 50 - a stunning reversal and a break with the American Cancer Society's long-standing position.