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{ Monthly Archives } December 2009

‘Bermuda Triangle’ of transit: Will Portland ever cope?

It seems that every time it snows in Portland, things go haywire when it comes traffic.

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Denny West, Portland housing maestro, dies

West headed the Housing Authority of Portland from 1991 until 2001. He doubled the agency’s stock of affordable housing, adding about 3,700 units, and is credited with initiating New Columbia, which replaced the Columbia Villa housing project in North Portland

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Man convicted of murder in New Year’s Eve 2007 shooting

Jerrin Hickman will be sentenced Monday

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Adams to ask council to let Paulson begin work on PGE Park

Though a final agreement to install Major League Soccer in PGE Park is not yet completed, Mayor Sam Adams will ask the City Council next week to allow franchise owner Merritt Paulson to start work on the stadium’s reconfiguration. The…

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City of Portland flubs year-end paychecks for 1,600 employees

About 1,600 Portland city workers received incorrect paychecks.

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North Portland activist challenges Fish for office

Sylvia Evans files to run against Nick Fish.

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Three charged with pimping underage girls on Craigslist

The government accuses them of lining up girls, setting them up in hotels and motels, supplying them with condoms and setting prices that started at $250 an hour.

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Trucker YRC’s debt exchange succeeds, shares drop (Reuters)

Reuters – U.S. trucking giant YRC Worldwide said on Thursday it averted bankruptcy by successfully negotiating a critical debt-for-equity exchange that wipes out $470 million in debt and gives the struggling company access to needed credit as it restructures. Read this article: Trucker YRC’s debt exchange succeeds, shares drop …

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Trucker YRC’s debt exchange succeeds, shares drop

OVERLAND PARK, Kansas (Reuters) – U.S. trucking giant YRC Worldwide said on Thursday it averted bankruptcy by successfully negotiating a critical debt-for-equity exchange that wipes out $470 million in debt and gives the struggling company access to needed credit as it restructures. See the original post: Trucker YRC’s debt exchange succeeds, …

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General Growth net loss narrows in November

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bankrupt shopping mall owner General Growth Properties Inc, which is seeking to surface from bankruptcy protection next year, posted a narrower net loss in November from the month before, according to a monthly regulatory filing. View original post here: General Growth net loss narrows in November

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