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The cat that predicts death

2:53 PM Wed, Jul 25, 2007 |
Aaron Weiss

oscar_cat.jpg From our corporate cousins in Rhode Island comes the creepy story of Oscar, a cat that predicts death. He was raised by nursing home staff, and has been at the bed of more than 25 residents when they died.

[Oscar] goes into another room, where another woman, surrounded by family ...

Undercover smoking cops

3:17 PM Thu, Jul 19, 2007 |
Aaron Weiss

The Columbian brings word that Clark County wants to hire private undercover contractors to bust bars that violate Washington's smoking ban.

Why can't the health department do it themselves?


The undercover contractors are needed because the county's public
health team -- two women and a man -- doesn't feel safe visiting bars
late at night to enforce the law, Cross said. (Undercover smoking cops



Shoplifters love new weight loss drug?

9:20 AM Tue, Jul 10, 2007 |
Aaron Weiss

The anonymous customer service blogger at Behind the Counter says the new hot item for shoplifters is Alli, the weight loss drug that comes with "leakage" for some patients.

The average "starter pack" as mentioned in the MSNBC/Newsweek article costs $...

Chinese bureaucrat executed

9:24 PM Mon, Jul 09, 2007 |
Aaron Weiss

Not Portland-related, but this is just in off the AP urgent wires:

BEIJING (AP) -- China state television says former head of food and drug safety administration was executed on Tuesday morning.
(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
I suppose that's one way to try to improve your country's image abroad. Earlier tonight, the AP recounted the reasons why:
The li...

Sunday comics: Home birth in 'Stone Soup' draws emails

10:29 AM Sun, Jul 01, 2007 |
Aaron Weiss

stonesoup_clip.jpg By Aaron Weiss

Stone Soup, the comic strip drawn by Jan Eliot in Eugene, is featuring a charact...