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____________________ Februaiy 8, 2012
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u n io n
Police w ere investigating dozens o f
vehicle vandalism reports in two
P ortland neighborhoods last week.
Projectiles w ere used to break 30 to
50 car w indow s around Southw est
Sixth A venue and T erw illig er B ou­
levard, and another 10 w indow s
around Southw est 45th and V er­
m ont. Lake O sw ego also had d o z­
ens o f c ar w indow s broken.
Prop 8 Overturned
T he 9th C ircuit C ourt, in a 2-1 deci­
sion T uesday, found C alifo rn ia’s
ban on sam e-sex m arriage as uncon­
stitutional, overturning Proposition
8, the 2008 ballot m easure that lim ­
ited m arriage in C alifornia to a m an
and a w om an. Som e residents say
this decision co u ld clear the w ay for
the case to be heard by the Suprem e
C ourt.
Oregon Climber Dead
Searchers T uesday m orning found
the rem ains o f the experienced m oun­
tain clim b er w ho vanished early
M onday w hile descending M ount
H ood. A uthorities located the body
o f T ig ard resident Jared T ow nsley,
a 32-year-old m arried fath er o f two.
Crack down on Tweets
Sen. D oug W hitsett, a Republican
from K lam ath Falls, introduced a bill
in the O regon Legislature M onday
known as ‘ T h e Flash-mob Bill,’ ’ which
w ould create a crim e o f aggravated
solicitation for sending out inappro­
priate tweets. The law, how ever, is
dead after extrem e opposition.
Batum Breaks Record
A lth o u g h m a n y
fan s w o rrie d his
knee injury w ould
hinder his ability to
p la y ,
N ic o la s
B atum set a new
Trail Blazers record
on Saturday w ith
n in e 3 - p o in te r s ,
w hich helped him
score a career high o f 33 points to
help the P o rtlan d team beat the
D enver N uggets 117 to 97.
Birth Control Compromise
A s the W hite H ouse struggles to
calm an election-year u p ro ar caused
by its rule requiring religious schools
and hospitals to provide em ployees
w ith access to free birth control, it
h inted at a co m p ro m ise, despite
continued pressure received from
R e p u b lic a n s a n d th e C a th o lic
C hurch.
White House Science Fair
T op N A SA officials, including space
agency ch ief C harles Bolden, joined
President B arack O bam a on Tuesday
to w elcom e students from across the
country to the second annual W hite
H ouse Science Fair, w here 100 stu­
dents from 4 0 different science com ­
petitions across the U nited States
gathered to be honored.