Mary Jo Pullen-Hughes, who estimates she has made about 75,000 phone calls to public officials, bureaucrats and journalists over the last two decades, isn’t easily discouraged.
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Gresham woman not guilty of telephonic harassment in calling U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Susan Rice, US Ambassador to United Nations
Posted in Local News Tagged breaking news, easily-discouraged, elizabeth eames, eric deitrick, last-two, over-the-last, parris lacaria, politics, public officials, robert gates, susan rice Comments closed
U.S. ‘prevails’ as Winter Olympics draws to a close
It’s the last day of the Vancouver Winter Olympics, and despite the lack of pomp and circumstance from the event itself, the United States has made this a chance make a solid name for itself in winter sports.
Posted in Local News Tagged event, event-itself, lack, olympics, the-lack, united, united-states Comments closed
New twist on an old scam: Stealing hope from the jobless
Ask anyone who’s unemployed, and they’ll tell you it’s a brutal job market out there.
Wash. senate OKs budget, $920 million tax hike
Moving their difficult budget-balancing work forward by one anxious step, the state Senate narrowly approved a spending plan Saturday that counts on roughly $920 million in still-undetermined tax increases.
Posted in Local News Tagged 920-million, difficult, narrowly-approved, one-anxious, saturday, senate, spending-plan, state, the-state, their-difficult, work-forward Comments closed
Fire at Emerald Forest Products mill in Eugene causes $1 million in damage
The fire started in one of the mill’s five buildings. The cause has yet to be determined.
Posted in Local News Tagged breaking news, business, emerald forest products, eugene, fire-started, injuries-were, plywood mills, the-mill, wood products Comments closed
Notorious teen burglar may have struck again
Notorious teen burglar Colton Harris-Moore may have struck again early Sunday, triggering a police manhunt on Orcas Island, police said.
Posted in Local News Tagged colton, manhunt-on-orcas, orcas, police-manhunt, sunday, teen-burglar Comments closed
Tensions rise as ‘missing mom’ fliers torn down
Tensions are rising in the search for missing Puyallup native Susan Powell, after fliers about her mysterious disappearance were torn down and the rest were ordered to be removed.
Posted in Local News Tagged after-fliers, mysterious, mysterious-disappearance, puyallup, rest, search, susan, susan powell, the-rest, the-search Comments closed
Hedge-type funds aren’t just for rich
Do you worry more about protecting your money than seeing it grow? If your answer is yes, maybe you should be in hedge funds, or at least try to emulate them.
Posted in Local News Tagged best of business, economy, least-try, money, mutual fund, pimco, seeing-it-grow, vanguard, your-answer Comments closed
Chile: Death toll rises to 700 in quake "hundreds of times more powerful than Haiti’s"
President Michelle Bachelet announced the sharply higher new death toll after a six-hour meeting with aides and emergency officials struggling to cope with one of the most powerful earthquakes in centuries.
Posted in Local News Tagged breaking news, meeting, michelle, new-death, powerful-earthquakes, president-michelle, sharply, the-most Comments closed
