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Rebels Strom Tripoli
Libyan rebels stormed have Muammar
Gaddafi's main mili­
tary compound in
Tripoli Tuesday,
after fierce fighting i
with forces loyal to
his reg im e. A l­
though expected to
be alive and well, Gaddafi's whereabouts
remained unknown.
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Alberta Street’s
Paper Lanterns
Läm Quäng is one half o f the husband and wife
team that creates handmade paper lanterns for
the couple s HUH Gallery on Northeast Alberta
Street. His last name was misspelled due to a
problem with a character font in the story about
his artful creations in our Aug. 1 7 issue. We
regret the error.
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Winehouse Toxicology
Toxicology results
confirmed that there
were no illegal sub­
stan ces found in
sin g e r
and
so n g w rite r Amy
W inehouse’s body
at the time of her
death, said her family on Tuesday. Al­
though alcohol was present, it cannot
be determined as yet if it played a role in
her death.
For Tickets V is it
Week in
The Review
East Coast Earthquake
One of the strongest earthquakes ever
recorded on the East Coast shook build­
ings from South Carolina to New En­
gland on Tuesday and forced the evacu­
ations of parts of the U.S. Capitol, White
House and Pentagon. The 5.9 magni­
tude earthquake was centered about 35
miles northwest of Richmond, Va.
Motown Legend Dies
Nick Ashford, one-half
o f the leg en d ary
M otown songwriting
duo
A sh fo rd
&
Simpson that penned
elegant, soulful classics
for the likes of Diana
Ross and Marvin Gaye and funk hits for
Chaka Khan and others, died Monday
spiritmountam.com
Hwy 18, Grand Ronde, OR - spirilmountain.com ~ 1.800.760.7977
August 24, 2011
at age 70. He had been suffering from
throat cancer.
Former Blazer Disturbance
A man claim ed he was assaulted after
trying to sell marijuana to former Port­
land Trail Blazer Zach Randolph at his
home in West Linn on Sunday, after
a disagreem ent over price emerged
and led Jam es Beasley, 26, to be
beaten with pool sticks. According to
police, Randolph was not involved in
the fight, but this would be the sec­
ond violent incident involving his
friends this year.
Teen Grabs Officer’s Gun
Portland police arrested a 17-year-old
on Saturday after he became “combat­
ive” and grabbed an officer’s gun when
police wanted to search his car during a
traffic stop at Northeast Martin Luther
King Boulevard and Lombard. The
young man was booked into juvenile
detention with seven different charges.