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Seattle Times, 24.04.13 04:00 UTC

Without light rail, new span across Columbia is history, Oregon governor says

The fate of the Interstate 5 bridge between Vancouver and Portland appears to largely rest on whether Washington state agrees to put up $450 million as its share of the cost. The GOP-controlled majority in the state Senate has said it will reject any bridge proposal containing light rail.

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Seattle Times, 24.04.13 02:06 UTC

Dad accused of possessing meth with girl in car

A Seattle man has been released from an Oregon jail and his charges reduced despite initial reports he allegedly let his 6-year-old daughter eat methamphetamine.

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Seattle Times, 24.04.13 02:06 UTC

Wash. detectives search for stolen gemstones

Pierce County, Wash., sheriff's detectives are trying to identify the sensitive thief involved in stealing thousands of gemstones from a truck in University Place, near Tacoma.

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NPR, 23.04.13 23:47 UTC

Bill Would Expand Disclosure Of Political Money

The partisan rift over disclosing political donors has widened since last year's election. But now, along come Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., with a bill that would radically ...

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Seattle Times, 23.04.13 21:48 UTC

Search for Oklahoma teen turns to sightings in NW

Sheriff's deputies on Tuesday followed up on reported sightings around the Northwest of an Oklahoma teenager whose truck was found on a remote volcanic mountain after he set out to test himself against the southeast Oregon wilderness.

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The Register, 23.04.13 20:45 UTC

Facebook plans vast data center in Iowa

Facebook's fourth gigantic data center will be in Iowa, a state already favored by major infrastructure operators due to its renewable utility options. The new data center in Altoona, Iowa, will be ...

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Wired, 23.04.13 19:08 UTC

Facebook Data Center Empire to Conquer Heartland in 2014

An artistâs rendering of Facebookâs Iowa data center, due to open by the end of next year. Image: Facebook Middle America will get it own Facebook data center by the end of next year. At least, ...

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Seattle Times, 23.04.13 06:02 UTC

Wash. man sentenced for stealing Ore. puppy

A Vancouver, Wash., man has been sentenced to 20 months in prison for stealing an English bulldog puppy at gunpoint from an Oregon couple last October at a mall near Portland.

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Seattle Times, 23.04.13 05:40 UTC

Sheriff: Reported sightings but no sign of teen

An Oregon sheriff says he's getting reports that a missing Oklahoma teen has been sighted in various places around the Northwest. However, Harney County Sheriff Dave Glerup says none of those reports have led to 19-year-old Dustin Self.

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Seattle Times, 22.04.13 23:50 UTC

Ore. killing defendant asks to go to trial quickly

A man accused of fatally slashing a Lake Oswego, Ore., man has told a judge he wants to go to trial as quickly as possible.

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Oregon is a [[U.S. state|state in the [[Pacific Northwest region of the [[United States. It is located on the [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific [[Oregon Coast|coast, with [[Washington to the north, [[California to the south, [[Nevada on the southeast and [[Idaho to the east. The [[Columbia River|Columbia and [[Snake River|Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern boundaries respectivel...

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