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Fairview Police Chief Ken Johnson will ask the council tonight to recommend to the Oregon Liquor Control Commission that it not renew the license of the Gin Sun Restaurant & Lounge on NE Sandy Blvd. Full story »

Weight is responsible for a quarter of all recruits rejected for medical issues, and the number could grow along with waistlines. Full story »

Keirstin Rober, who has a medical condition and is considered at risk, was reported missing by her family Friday. She was last seen in southeast Salem. Full story »

Police responded to the area of Northeast 16th Avenue and Prescott Street about 9:15 p.m. on reports of a shooting and found two men suffering from non-life threatening gunshot wounds. Full story »

Tyler Brady, 22, was last seen by a roommate on Feb. 19. After Brady missed several days of work, family and friends became worried and reported him missing.  Full story »

Commissioner Randy Leonard is the lone council member to oppose the resolution, and calls his colleagues' approach "misguided." Full story »

Hansen, TriMet's director since 1998, leaves the agency as it tells riders to expect more service cuts and a fall fare increase as a way to fill a $27 million budget hole. Full story »

For some Toyota owners, "unintended acceleration" applies not only to a recall condition, but also their heart rates.  Full story »

Banking giant Wachovia Corp. will pay $160 million to settle a federal investigation into laundering of illegal drug profits through Mexican exchange houses in the largest case of its kind ever brought against a U.S. bank, prosecutors said Wednesday.  Full story »

Four Mercy Corps workers abducted in Pakistan last month are alive, a spokeswoman for the Portland-based organization said Wednesday.  Full story »

A police spokesman said the 42-year-old Lakewood man accompanied his 38-year-old wife for a counseling session at Calvary Lutheran and shot her several times this evening. Full story »

For 30 years, patriarch John Faherty has invited his extended family to join in a holiday luncheon celebrating their Irish heritage.  Full story »

The Portland City Council unanimously approved spending $20 million in sewer savings for new bioswales and bike boulevards, despite deep protests from ratepayers whose sewer bills are among the highest in the country.  Full story »

Fishermen found the baby lying along Oregon 82 on March 8 and called authorities. An autopsy revealed the girl was stillborn.  Full story »

Jose Guadalupe Pineda-Leon shot at his former girlfriend as she drove on I-205 attempting to elude him and he threatened to kill her and her children.  Full story »

Investigators planned to ask Smiley's fiance, Robb Simmons, if he can determine whether any of the items belonged to Smiley or her son.  Full story »

The incident began on Dec. 24, when a Portland police officer spotted a No. 14 line bus driven by Nancy Amburgey pull away from a stop and drive through an intersection at Southeast 50th Avenue and Lincoln Street just after the light changed from yellow to red.  Full story »

The senior has an array of interests she would like to pursue as a career after attending the University of Oregon, including special education and child development, and photography. On Friday, the Lincoln High princess will be named. Full story »

As if facing its 10th straight year of budget cuts wasn’t enough, Multnomah County will seat a new chairman just weeks before the executive budget is due.   The county is projecting a budget shortfall between $5 million and $7 million for the coming fiscal year and has asked all departments to come up with 4 percent cuts. But... Full story »

Susan Gerber, a nine-year veteran of the Oregon Department of Justice, has not returned to work since she was arrested on Feb. 13. Full story »

Barbara Willer, Ted Wheeler’s former chief of staff, is the chief contender to take over Commissioner Jeff Cogen’s district 2 seat when he becomes Multnomah County chairman April 1. “I like her a lot,” Cogen said. “I am working with the other board members to see if they agree.” The Board of Commissioners will vote in Cogen to finish... Full story »

Portlanders, say hi to biweekly trash pickup -- or face steep increases in your bill. The city council today approved a pilot food composting project that should decrease the amount of food scraps that go into landfills. Pilot rolls out in May, with four test neighborhoods to be named next month. Full story »

Nike's making money. Must be good for Oregon's economy, right? That's not so clear. Full story »

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Wednesday urged Congress not to scale back the Fed's regulatory authority over banks. He said the Fed needs the information it gleans from its bank oversight to set interest rates and gauge the health of the banking system.  Full story »