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What makes this guy tick?

12:02 AM Thu, Sep 06, 2007 |
Aaron Weiss

I'm sure armchair psychologists (and probably professional psychologists, for that matter) will have a field day figuring out why a self-proclaimed pedophile would go on TV and radio to make himself known to his new city.

Jack McClellan went on KEX's Mark & Dave drive-time show ( >> Continue reading: What makes this guy tick?



Scam artist or sob story?

11:11 AM Wed, Jul 25, 2007 |
Aaron Weiss

david_downtown.jpgJack Bog follows up on the the story of the now-infamous man in the blue T-shirt who keeps asking people downtown for cab fare to get home to Welches. Jack's readers are filling in the d...



Survival skills

5:34 PM Thu, Jul 19, 2007 |
Aaron Weiss

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



Insert lawyer joke here

10:08 AM Wed, Jul 18, 2007 |
Aaron Weiss

This week's rogue over at Willamette Week is a winner of a divorce lawyer, Allan Knappenberger.

The Bar has suspended Knappenberger's license for a year, now he's suing 25 former clients. At least one of Knappenberger's targets is fighting back:

James Barri of Birmingham, Ala., filed countersuit June 29 after Knappenberger sued him April 16 for $74,758.72 plus interest. His countersuit claims fraud and malpractice by ...

The jailhouse beating tape

1:05 PM Fri, Jul 13, 2007 |
Aaron Weiss

By Aaron Weiss

Matt Davis at the Mercury takes us to task for trying to "influence public opinion" on the jailhouse fight/beating story. He also whines about us not linking to their YouTube video, which is just not true. There's a link in the middle...



Stuff stolen? Look online

7:03 PM Thu, Jul 12, 2007 |
Aaron Weiss

It's a good thing thieves are greedy. Some of them can't just settle for their neighborhood fence who pays pennies on the dollar and passes the goods on to unscrupulous second-hand stores. Instead, they try selling it themselves on eBay or Craigslist -- where their victims are eagerly awaiting.

The latest case comes from BikePortland, where Mike Kloeppel found his stolen high-end bike parts listed on eBay. Portland Police >> Continue reading: Stuff stolen? Look online



Sharing the shaking

12:47 AM Thu, Jul 12, 2007 |
Aaron Weiss

By Aaron Weiss

As much as we depend on the internet for raw data, the web has nothing on the immediacy of our audience when an earthquake hits. Some of you must have our newsroom number on speed dial.

Several minutes before tonight's quake showed up on the USGS site, we got dozens of calls from viewers telling us they felt it. We always apprecia...



News roundup: Wednesday night

6:45 PM Wed, Jul 11, 2007 |
Aaron Weiss

News roundup: Tuesday night

6:30 PM Tue, Jul 10, 2007 |
Aaron Weiss