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Special Port Commission Meeting Notice and Agenda – Marine Reserves

Dec 30, 2011 No Comments Print

Looks like one more public comment period and great hopes that the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay will respect the opinion of the Majority vote and the opinion of their own Port Staff by accepting and forwarding recommendations to OPAC and the Legislature as  a “No” Marine Reserves decision.  There are no guarantees as OPAC [...]

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Bomb plot hits close to home

Nov 27, 2010 No Comments Print

A tip to the FBI results in the investigation of Somali born teen plotting to blow up a van at Pioneer Square in Portland, Oregon. Oregon bomb-plot suspect wanted ‘spectacular show’ By TIM FOUGHT and NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. – A Somali-born teenager plotted “a spectacular show” of terrorism for months, saying he [...]

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New Credit Card regulaions go into effect

Feb 24, 2010 No Comments Print

Public notice BBB Explains How Protections Could Benefit Card Holders Lake Oswego, Ore. – Feb. 24, 2010 – Nine months after it was enacted, the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 went into effect on Feb. 22, 2010, granting credit card holders new consumer protection rights. Meanwhile, a survey by CreditCards.com indicates [...]

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Last Sunday’s ‘Meet the Press:’ Gitmo, Pelosi, Gingrich vs. Durbin

May 24, 2009 No Comments

Here’s some of the major news on the national scene from this past week. Today’s NBC Meet the Press (full video here) featured a lively debate on what to do with the prisoners and facility at Guantanamo Bay. Also, discussion was raised about House Speaker Pelosi claiming the CIA regularly lies to Congress, and more. [...]

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