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Lee Medoff's new Bull Run Distillery will concentrate on rum and Oregon whiskey
Lee Medoff is leaving House Spirits, the Oregon craft distillery he co-founded in 2002, to start a new enterprise, Bull Run Distillery, which will specialize in white and dark rum as well as whiskey.

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Kaine Horman, holding out hope, gets ready for Kyron's first day of school
Kaine Horman says he has been "operating as if he will be at school," in explaining why he has bought his missing son Kyron a backpack, bus tickets and signed him up for soccer.

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From 82nd Ave: New Chinatown at the Real Hung Far Low
While crowds and media massed in Old Town for the official unveiling of the resurrected Hung Far Low sign, the actual Hung Far Low restaurant was almost empty.

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Homeless get storage lockers in Portland
Portland's homeless will soon have access to storage lockers. City leaders said it's for practical -not just humanitarian- reasons.

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'The system has failed them:' Portland schools fail to catch, help struggling readers
Roosevelt High Principal Charlene Williams, greeting students, parents and faculty members at registration this week, is upbeat that her school's new system for tracking and improving reading skills, unique among Portland high schools, will pay off this year.

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The Beer Here: Sept. 3 print column
Some Monday afternoon commuters may have sworn they saw a shrub pedaling across the Hawthorne Bridge: in fact it was publican Jesse McCann on his way back to Apex on Southeast Division Street with a hop vine he brought back from Sodbusters Farm near Wiillamette Mission Park.

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'An American in Paris,' in downtown Portland
My pop culture platform has all sorts of planks, and one of 'em is this: people should watch more musicals.

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Police investigating shots fired call in North Portland
Portland police are investigating shots fired in North Portland Thursday night. An officer patrolling near the old North Precinct headquarters heard a quick flurry of shots about 9:20 p.m. and called for backup.

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While residents react differently to gang shootings, police urge them to get more involved
Bonni Benadom's three boys were asleep Aug. 18 when someone fired shots into a neighbor's apartment, but Benadom -- holding Stefyn Benadom-Percy, 11 months, and with Synge Benadom, 4 and Sydne Benadom-Percy, 2 -- is afraid to go to the parking lot at her apartment complex at night.

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Police arrest 5 men in assault, robbery at SE Portland park
Police arrested five men Thursday after a two-week investigation into a robbery and assault earlier this month at a Southeast Portland park.

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Mom threw kids from Sellwood Bridge to "end their suffering"
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Newly released documents reveal the Tualatin mother that threw her two children from the Sellwood Bridge told investigators she wanted to "end their suffering." Additional comments from Amanda Stott-Smith were redacted and there was no further explanation.

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Sweat, Portland's newest sketch-comedy all-star team, promises perspiration and inspiration
Sweat is a new all-star team of Portland comedic actors, featuring Sean McGrath, Andrew Harris, Jason Rouse, Michael Fetters and Shelley McLendon.

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Coach Jim's fall marathon training run for this weekend in SE Portland
There will be a group run from Pizza Roma starting at 7AM this Saturday, Sept 4th, 2010.

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Full-Service Center for Domestic Violence Victims Opens in Portland
In an unassuming building, the new Gateway Center for Domestic Violence sits nestled inside the Gateway Children's campus in East Portland.

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A Street Named Callahan
The Northwest Examiner has a piece this month proposing to rename NW Westover Road for John Callahan, the prolific Portland cartoonist who died last month.

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Ask BikePortland: Any changes planned for NE Ainsworth?
Ainsworth can be a very tight fit. This week's question comes from reader Kinya Hanada.

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Justice after Shooting?
THE POLICE OFFICER who shot and killed Aaron Campbell with an assault rifle during a standoff in late January has been placed on unpaid leave, police officials confirmed Tuesday.

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Transit Rally at City Hall Calls for No More Bus Cuts
While car commuters languished in rush hour traffic, City Commissioner Amanda Fritz was on the steps of city hall, griping about her own commute to a crowd of 100.

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NW St. Helens Road closed near St. Johns Bridge as Portland police investigate crash
Northwest St. Helens Road is closed in both directions near the St. Johns Bridge as Portland police investigate a three-vehicle crash.

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Local Film Festival to be held at Mission Theater in Portland
Go see the DocuFest at the Mission this Friday. You won't regret it! Photo: NW Documentary Friday, September 3rd, the NW Documentary Homegrown Doc Fest puts new, innovative and creative short films on the big screen for everyone to see.

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