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@DeadlineLive: James Evan Pilato on the Summer of Chaos
http://archive.org/download/20140806DeadlineLive/20140806_DeadlineLive.mp3 Download MP3 Media Monarchy joins Jack Blood for August to talk about the seemingly non-stop chaos of Ebola, border wars, plane crashes, Mideast clashes and the politics of marijuana + the ‘This Day In History’ headlines and more on Deadline Live!
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OR-7: Biologists Confirm Oregon Wolf Has At Least 2 Pups
from oregonlive.com: OR-7’s long trek has ended as wildlife biologists had suspected, and as wolf lovers had hoped: with offspring. Oregon and U.S. wildlife biologists confirmed this week that Oregon’s erstwhile wandering wolf has fathered at least two pups.
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Minute Traces of Radiation from Fukushima Discovered in West Coast Albacore Tuna
from oregonstate.edu: Albacore tuna caught off the Oregon shore after the Fukushima Daiichi power station in Japan was destroyed in a 2011 earthquake had slightly elevated levels of radioactivity but the increase has been minute, according to a newly published study. In fact, you would have to consume more than 700,000 pounds of the fish…
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New Seasons to Sponsor Oregon Latina Entrepreneurs
from bizjournals.com: New Seasons Market will sponsor Latina entrepreneurs through the nonprofit Adelante Mujeres for the next five years. Wendy Collie, CEO of the Portland grocery, will announce the sponsorship of Adelante Mujeres’ Empresas Small Business Development program today at the Portland Business Journal’s Women of Influence luncheon. Check back later for more news from…
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Cover Oregon Officially Calls It Quits, State to Use ObamaCare Site
from foxnews.com: Cover Oregon on Friday became the first casualty of the state-run ObamaCare exchanges, as officials formally gave up the fight to offer residents a state health care portal. Instead, Oregon, which has been hemorrhaging millions of dollars on a barely functioning website that has failed to sign up a single person, is turning…
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‘Something Wicked’ Trailer Features Brittany Murphy In Final Film
from huffingtonpost.com: Brittany Murphy had wrapped another film before her untimely death in 2009, and it has been sitting on the shelf ever since. Now, “Something Wicked” will open in Eugene, Ore. — where it was filmed — on April 4 and expand to 19 other theaters throughout the month. A trailer for the psychological…
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Despite Expensive Ads, ‘Cover Oregon’ Worst At Enrolling Young
from dailycaller.com: Apparently Oregon’s catchy, expensive Obamacare hipster ads fell flat. Very flat. Newly released data reveals that Cover Oregon, the state’s Obamacare exchange, has been the worst exchange in the country at attracting young people. Just 18 percent of the coveted young invincibles, or people between the ages of 18-34, in Oregon have enrolled…
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Oregon Seen as Key State in Debate Over Legalizing Marijuana
from oregonlive.com: It’s shaping up to be a pivotal year in marijuana policy with Oregon playing a key role in the debate over legalizing the drug, The New York Times reports. More than half of the states are considering liberalizing their marijuana laws, reports New York Times writer Rick Lyman. Oregon and Alaska are two…
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Oregon Community College Prepares Course In Drones Operations
from storyleak.com: A course in drone piloting will likely be available to students at the Central Oregon Community College this fall, as schools across the country begin offering degrees in unmanned aerial systems. Just last December, the Federal Aviation Administration approved Oregon’s request to become one of the country’s six designated drone testing sites. As…
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Oregon Grocers File Liquor Privatization Measure
from kgw.com: A group led by Oregon grocery stores filed initial paperwork Monday that could lead to a ballot measure asking voters whether to privatize liquor sales. The organization called Oregonians for Competition said in a statement that it’s filed five proposed initiatives and will select one to move forward with. The initiatives differ in…
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Oregon’s Top Food Safety Sleuth, William Keene, Dies Suddenly at 56
from oregonlive.com: William Keene, Oregon’s top food safety sleuth who was known nationwide for cracking outbreaks, died on Sunday afternoon at the age of 56. He was rushed to the hospital about two weeks ago, suffering acute pancreatitis caused by gallstones. On Sunday afternoon, he was gone. “We’re all in shock,” said Pam Keene, his…
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Japan’s ‘Toxic’ Monster Creeping Towards USA
from foxnews.com: An enormous debris field is creeping toward the U.S. in the wake of the massive earthquake and tsunami that shook Japan in 2011, killing nearly 16,000 people and launching 1.5 million tons of floating objects into the sea. That most concentrated part of the junk field is easily broader than Texas and centered…


