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Teaching Jobs Saved
T he U.S. H ouse on Tuesday pushed through
an em ergency $26 billion jo b s bill that e sti­
m ated to save 3(X),(XX) teachers, police and
others from layoffs, including teachers in
Portland and other O regon tow ns. President
Barack O bam a im m ediately signed it into law.
Ex-Senator Dies in Crash
A plane carrying form er
A la s k a
Sen.
T ed
Stevens and ex-N A SA
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will open later this year.
Week
The Review
Fantasia in Hospital
G reenland. Potentially in the path o f this
unstoppable giant are oil platform s and ship­
ping lanes — and any collision could do
untold dam age
Storms Delay Well Plug
chief Scan O'Keefe « k
crashed into a remote ' A , 7
m o u n ta in s id e in the
state, killing the long-
tim e senator and at least
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four others, authorities said Tuesday. O ’Keefe
and his teenage son survived the crash with
broken bones and other injuries.
Island of Ice Poses Threat
An island o f ice m ore than four tim es the size
o f M anhattan is drifting across the A rctic
O cean after breaking o ff from a glacier in
August II, 2010
A pproaching storm s forced crew s to sus­
pend drilling the final stretch o f a relief well
aim ed at shooting a perm anent underground
plug into BP's busted oil well in the G u lf o f
M exico, the governm ent's point m an for the
disaster said Tuesday.
Second ‘Loo’ Installed
Portland's new est solar-pow ered restroom
will open on W ednesday. City C om m issioner
R andy L eonard will m ake the inaugural flush
o f the city's second public loo at Southw est
T ay lo r and N aito Parkw ay. T he first loo was
installed in 2008 in O ld T ow n and tw o m ore
" A m e r ic a n Id o l"
w in n e r F a n ta s ia
B arrino w as h o sp i­
ta liz e d
M onday
night for a m ed ica­
tio n o v e r d o s e , a
source tells a C h a r­
lotte, N.C. television
station. The source
says doctors at the
C aro lin a s M ed ical
C e n te r-P in e v ille
noted that B arrino's condition w as not life-
threatening. T he source did not know w hat
type o f m edication w as involved.
Gas Prices Top $3
T he average price for a gallon o f gas in
O regon has topped $3 to reach the highest
level in nearly tw o years. T he statew ide
average for regular gas gain ed four cents this
w eek to m ove to $3.04, acco rd in g to A A A .
Justice Kagan
Takes Oath
Becomes 4th woman
on high court
(A P) - E lena K agan has becom e only
the fourth w om an to w in co nfirm ation as
S uprem e C ourt ju stic e, giv in g D em ocrats
a w elcom e election y ear boost. B ut the
court's con serv ativ e m ak e-u p is unlikely
to change.
Senators voted 63-37 T h ursday to c o n ­
firm K agan as one o f the nine ju stic es w ho
act as final arbiters o f the C o n stitution, set
p recedent for low er courts, and decide the
nation's toughest m oral and legal d ile m ­
mas.
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