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  • Medical examiner: Ore. girl appeared malnourished (AP)

    Carl and Raylene Worthington hold hands during opening statements on Monday, June 29, 2009 in Clackamas County Circuit Court in Oregon City, Ore. The Worthingtons, members of the Followers of Christ church, are charged with manslaughter in death of their 15-month-old daughter, Ava, who died March 2, 2008, of pneumonia that the state medical examiner ruled could have been easily cured with antibiotics.  (AP Photo/Randy L Rasmussen, Pool)AP - A 15-month-old girl whose parents belong to a congregation that shuns doctors appeared to be malnourished after her death from pneumonia, a medical examiner testified Tuesday in the manslaughter trial of her parents.



  • Comcast Deploys WiMax 4G Broadband (PC World)
    PC World - Comcast just became the wireless Internet vendor to beat by offering 4G wireless Internet in Portland, Oregon. Leveraging Clearwire’s WiMax network, this move leaves LTE (Long-Term Evolution), the competing technology, a step behind.
  • Oregon man's wallet returns after 63 years (AP)
    AP - Bill Fulton doesn't remember losing his wallet, but its return helped him remember the past. The leather stayed smooth and the cowboy design unblemished. The zipper moved with ease. And when he looked inside, the contents brought back memories from 1946, when he apparently dropped the wallet behind the balcony bleachers in the Baker Middle School gym.
  • Rodgers makes US team for worlds
    YOUNG Mike Rodgers, who almost quit running two years ago, claimed the top prize in the men's 100 meters when he held on to win in a wind-assisted 9.91 seconds at the US world championships trials in Eugene, Oregon, on Friday. Veteran Darvis Patton
  • Rodgers wins U.S. 100 metres minus Gay (Reuters)

    World champion Tyson Gay wins his heat in the men's 100 meter race at the U.S. track and field championships in Eugene, Oregon June 25, 2009. Gay needed to compete in only one heat at the championships to qualify for the IAAF world championships in August. REUTERS/Richard ClementReuters - Young Mike Rodgers, who almost quit running two years ago, claimed the top prize in the men's 100 metres when he held on to win in a wind-assisted 9.91 seconds at the U.S. world championships trials on Friday.



  • Ore. GOP candidate says his mother is the pollster (AP)
    AP - After the state Democratic party filed a complaint, the Oregon secretary of state's office has asked Republican Mayor Sid Leiken of Springfield for records of campaign filings. Leiken plans to challenge Democratic U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio next year for Oregon's 4th Congressional District seat.
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Oregon became the United States thirty-third state on February 14, 1859. The capital is Salem. The origin of the word Oregon is unknown. The deepest lake in the United States is Oregon's Crater Lake, formed by an ancient volcano. Another Oregon claim to fame is ghost towns - it has more than any other state. The Beaver State is the 10th largest state in the Union, measuring 96,003 square miles.

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