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Chocolate Shortage
Bl3Ck H ¡StOiy Month ______________ Februaiy 15, 2012
swered impromptu questions be­ Passengers yelled to the suspect to
fore a five person panel of judges. A let go and get off the bus, which he
second round, which includes 57 did. Later, police arrived to arrest
him Southeast 9th Avenue and
finalists, will be held on Feb. 25.
Powell Boulevard.
on North Minnesota Avenue.
Mandela on Banknotes
New banknotes in the country of
Valentine’s Day was celebrated
South Africa will
Tuesday with
bear the image of
chocolates and
fo rm er p resid en t
other gifts, but
N elson M andela.
a growing de­
The announcement
m and
for
came on the 22nd
chocolate may
anniversary of the
bring s h o rt­
release from prison of the Nobel
ages by 2020, according to a new
Laureate who led the country out of
report in the Scientific American.
apartheid to become its first black
Chocolate currently brings in $700
presidentin 1994.
million in sales annually.
Payroll Tax Cut
House R epublicans announced
Monday that they have abandoned
their request that the payroll tax cut
could only be extended if it were
balanced by cuts in spending. The
extension of the payroll tax cut would
affect 160 million working Ameri­ Vote Backs Bridge Tolling
The Washington Senate on Tues­
cans.
day approved a bill to allow tolling
Squatters Cleared Out
on Interstate 5 at the Oregon-Wash­
A vacant house in the 5600 block of ington border for the $3.5 billion
Northeast 14th Avenue was cleared Columbia River Crossing, in an ef­
of squatters on Thursday, which fort to increase the revenue, which
Bus Operator Assault
Court Selection Begins
Portland police and Transit police led to three arrests for criminal tres­ is expected to make up one third of
The first round of judging for the
arrested a 55-year-old man on Mon­ passing. An investigation is con­ the cost of the freeway and light-rail
2012 Rose Festival Court took place
day, after he publicly assaulted a tinuing into other vacant Portland project. Oregon can proceed with
on Saturday. Each of the 114 appli­
TriMet bus operator by putting his area homes which have been taken tolling on the bridge without legis­
cants gave one minute introduc­
hands around the driver’s throat. over by squatters, including a home lative approval.
tions, a one minute speech and an­
Pipeline Controversy
Although the Obam a A dm inistra­
tion has w ithheld approval for the
Keystone XL line, a group of sena­
tors, along with the backer of the
project T ransC anada C orp., is
pushing legislation to improve the
pipeline's chances to build the
controversial $7 billion oil line from
Canada to Texas. Opponents are
also gearing up, taking only 24
hours to gather 500,000 signatures
against it.
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