Topic: Oregon

Oregon Only Has $1,800 Left for Its Campaign to Legalize Pot

Reuters

There's no shortage of stoners in Oregon, but for a number of different reasons, there's a huge shortage of funding in its perpetual campaign to legalize weed.

By Adam Martin

Apr 12, 2012

Where in the World is Springfield?

No one may ever know in which state the Simpsons actually live, and Matt Groening's here to keep it that way after people mistook an answer he gave Smithsonian magazine about the inspiration for Springfield, the world's most generic town.

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By Eric Randall

Apr 10, 2012

By Eric Randall

Nov 22, 2011

Oregon's Governor Halts Executions in His State

Governor John Kitzhaber of Oregon said today he will block executions in the state for the remainder of his term, just a month before Oregon was scheduled to execute its third inmate since reinstating the death penalty in 1984. 

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By Adam Martin

Nov 18, 2011

Dramatic Portland Pepper Spray Photo Was a Total Accident

It's another one of those images that galvanizes activists, embarrasses police, and makes competing photographers seethe with jealousy, and Portland Oregonian shooter Randy L. Rasmussen didn't even know he had taken it.

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By Elspeth Reeve

Jul 26, 2011

It's Not Just the 18-Year-Old: A List of Disturbing Stuff David Wu's Done

A pattern of strange behavior going back to 1976

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