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The Merc's all excited about rumors that Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman's 12- and 14-year-old kids are at a Scientology summer camp in Oregon. Matt Davis asks "So: Where is this camp? Why didn't we bloody know about it already?" Do you buy it? Can you believe him? Idaho Senator Larry Craig stepped before a microphone today to proclaim, "I'm not gay. I never have been gay." As to what he was really doing that a male police officer took to be an attempt to solicit sex in an airport bathroom, well, the senator didn't get into that. Minneapolis police didn't hold their own pres... So now the star has officially fallen. Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick pleaded guilty this morning to a federal dogfighting charge, a plea that will likely send him to federal prison when he's sentenced on December 10th. Your own private screening of the Transformers movie. Paramount hooked us up with some gift bags and I'm still rockin the Optimus Prime keychain. (Link)... From the quasi-Portland-based indie rock band Spoon and Wired Magazine comes a freakin' adorable video of a small yellow robot named Keepon dancing to Spoon's track "Don't You Evah." The NY Times biz section has a lengthy profile of Netflix's customer service call center in Hillsboro. Netflix set up shop here a year ago, shunning other lower-cost places The laws of supply and demand know no bounds. With enlistments slumping, the Army has announced it will pay a signing bonus of $20,000 to any new recruits. The signing bonus is offered to new privates who ship out by September 30th, the end of the Army's fiscal year -- proving that while business may be war, war is also a business.<... Rock band struggles to survive. Rock band hits big time. Rock band struggles with sex-drugs-conflict. Band members break up and go solo. Band reunites. In many ways, it's an old story. But the announcement Tuesday that Van Halen was reuniting and going on tour was still a shocker. As brea... All's fair in love and...Civil War? First came the announcement that the Oregon Ducks were getting back into the baseball business . Following closely on the heels of the Beavers' amazing second straight College World Series...
One of the world's biggest bands has a new interest in an issue Oregon Senator Ron Wyden has been fighting for - net neutrality. Pearl Jam claims AT&T censored part of its set during a webcast last weekend - a part that included some lyrics taking shots at the President. The enraged rock... So Stumptown runners - our little secret is out. The New York Times is out with an article today on the joys of massive relay races, featuring our very own Hood to Coast. And yes, the MSM zeroes right in on what makes it fun - "Part of the draw is the relatively short mileage of individual legs, not to mention the brag... Allergy sufferers might have been inconvenienced, but when lawmakers forced pseudophedrin off the shelves and behind the pharmacy counter, home 'cooking' of meth plunged in Oregon. Randy Leonard thinks we should do the same with spray paint. The Portland City Commissioner is proposing to lock up spray cans . The idea is to make it harder ... Oft-injured Blazers forward Darius Miles appears to have had some time on his hands during rehab - not to mention some serious cash. Check out the pics of his tricked-out ride posted on a NBA blog spot here. Even a bigger shocker - it's supposedly parked at the Blazers practice facility. Maybe D-Miles is on his way back???? More athlete news - ... I still remember pleading with my mom to let me stay up late to watch Hammering Hank Aaron, the night he bested Babe Ruth's home run record. I watched on a 12" black-and-white TV, riveted. When he struck the record blow, I even took a Polaroid photo of the TV screen as they replayed the shot. Over the weekend, Barry Bonds launched his 755th homer into the left-center field stands in San Diego. I wonder how many kids even cared... Remember the offensive Intel ad featuring six black guys bowing down before the white geek?
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In a surprise to just about no one, Oregon House Speaker