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Transportation, Agriculture Are Oregon’s Most Fatal Industries (Insurance Journal)

The transportation and warehousing industry was the most dangerous industry in 2009 in Oregon, according to the state Department of Business and Consumer Services, Information Management …

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Police searching for I-5 rest-stop-stabbing suspect

Oregon State Police are asking for the public’s help to identify the suspect involved in Saturday night’s stabbing at an Interstate-5 rest area north of Talent.

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Bradbury picks up endorsement from Oregon teachers’ union

Former Secretary of State Bill Bradbury won the endorsement of the Oregon Education Association, which decided against its longtime friend former Gov. John Kitzhaber

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Washington Legislature OKs limits on shackling pregnant inmates

The bill arose after a former inmate sued the state saying she’d been shackled while in labor.

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Log truck hits, kills three horses on Hwy 211

Oregon State Police closed Highway 211 near Bonney Road (milepost 22) for several hours while crews worked to remove the horse carcasses and find the owner of the remaining animals.

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Friday biz roundup: RingSide moves, craft brewers shift to cans

Also, the spike in the state’s unemployment, especially among white-collar workers, has driven hundreds of people to take the test to become a census taker.

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Hay bale truck flees scene after fatal incident

Oregon State Police say several 1,000-lb. hay bales that fell from a tractor-trailer rig traveling southeast of Eugene demolished the cab of an oncoming commercial truck, killing a 37-year-old Sparks, Nev., driver

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By request (please make it stop!): Oregon DMV pulling plug on Muzak in several offices

Sick of getting elevator-music versions of Celin Dion and Aerosmith songs stuck in their brains, workers at 13 Oregon DMV offices are more than ready to help the state save money. Please, they’ve begged, make the Muzak stop!

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Oregon public school enrollment down (The World)

SALEM (AP) — State Schools Superintendent Susan Castillo says Oregon schools report fewer students for this school year.

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President’s brother-in-law to coach 2 more years with OSU

Oregon State University Basketball Head Coach Craig Robinson agreed “in principle” to a two-year contract extension with OSU.

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