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Obama, Most Admired
For the third straight year, Presi­
dent Barack
Obama ranks
as the m an
most admired
by people liv­
ing in the U.S.,
according to
an annual USA Today-Gallup
poll. Secretary of State Hillary
Rodham Clinton is the most-ad­
mired woman for the ninth year
in a row, edging out former
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and
TV host Oprah Winfrey.
Preparing for Snow
start falling as close as Kelso
late Tuesday night and then work
its way toward the higher eleva­
tions of the Portland Metro area.
Extreme Cold Tragedy
Eight people seeking refuge from
freezing temperatures in an aban­
doned New Orleans warehouse
died Tuesday when a fire appar­
ently got out of control and de­
stroyed the building. In the North­
east, folks were digging out from
a massive blizzard that closed
airports and clogged streets.
Tuesday, the City of Portland
was preparing for possible snow
and black ice as a powerful cold Police Shoot Armed Man
front moves south. Forecasters Police shot and wounded a 34-
predicted that the snow would year-old man Monday who was
December 29, 2010
house was evacuated Tuesday
afternoon after a bomb threat
was made by phone and a suspi­
cious device was found. The
ev a c u a tio n also clo sed the
armed with a machete after first streets and MAX lines around
firing a stun gun and a beanbag the building
gun at him. It happened in a
southwest Portland neighbor­
hood after a 911 call that a man
was threatening relatives.
Week ¡n
The Review
Consumer Confidence Falls
A new survey shows consumer
confidence in the U.S. dipped in
December amid worries over
employment, even after other
reports suggest people increased
their holiday spending at the big­
gest rate in four years.
whose identity is being protected
by the new parents.
Home Prices falling
Home prices are dropping in the
nation's largest cities, including
Portland, and are expected to
keep falling next year, as fewer
people purchase homes and mil­
lions of foreclosures come on to
the market, according to a new
home price index released Tues­
day.
New Year’s Eve Patrols
Law enforcement agencies were
gearing up Tuesday for extra
Parenthood for Elton
traffic patrols during the upcom­
The piano man Elton John and ing New Year’s weekend. Since
husband David Furnish have be­ 1986,43 percent of traffic fatali­
come parents to a baby boy bom ties in Oregon during the holiday
on Christmas Day. The child was period have been in alcohol-in­
Courthouse Bomb Threat
The Multnomah County Court­ bom in California via a surrogate. volved crashes.
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