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/ ®>* Fortiani» (Observer Page 2 Week ¡n The Review Food Cart Alcohol Approved D espite opposition from the city o f Portland, the O regon L iquor control C om m ission voted Friday to ap prove a liquor license for a group o f food carts at 8145 S.E. 82nd A ve. A m ong other rules, the food v en dors m ust designate an area w here alcohol consum ption can take place and m onitor custom er activity in side and outside the area. More 7-El even Rejections A nother Portland neighborhood is com ing out against a new 7-E leven. The K ing N eighborhood A sso cia tio n la s t w e e k o p p o s e d th e c o rp o ratio n ’s proposal to build on an em pty lot at N ortheast M artin L u th er K ing Jr. B o u le v ard and S um ner Street. E arlier proposals to build 7-E leven stores at N ortheast K illin g sw o rth an d 14th A venue and in the St. J o h n 's neighborhoo d also drew opposition. Caught Red Handed A m an w ith a bloody h a n d w as a rre sted hours after a robbery and m u rd er in the P e a rl D is tr ic t o f northw est Portland. C harles Lake, 21, is accused o f killing Charles K. M orton, 63, w ho w as beaten and stabbed at his apartm ent on Friday. L ake had M o rto n ’s w allet and w atch in one o f his pockets, authorities said. Bias Crime Investigated Police arrested Paul M artinson, 39, and are looking fo r an o th er m an in connection w ith a bias crim e against tw o m en w ho w ere h o ld in g han d s as th e y w a lk e d t o w ards a gay n ig h t c lu b , d o w n to w n . Police said anti-gay slurs w ere m ade, follow ed by an assault and vandalism to a vehicle. It happened on M arch 14 at about 11:20 p.m. at T hird A venue and O ak Street. Heavy Rain Tests System T he roughly 3.5 inches o f steady rain last w eek tested P o rtlan d ’s new co m bined sew er tunnel system , but the system perform ed w ell and there w ere no com bined sew er overflow s to the W illam ette R iver, city o ffi cials said. B efore the W est Side and E ast Side big pipes w ere in service, on e-ten th o f an inch o f rain in 24 hours w as en o u g h to cause sew er overflow s. Spring Break for Malia T h e eld er d au g h ter o f P resid en t O bam a is spending h er spring break in the historic M exican city o f O axaca in the co m p an y o f 12 friends, a state police official said. M alia O bam a, 13, and her friends are guarded by 25 S ecret Service agents as w ell as M exican police, the official noted. Florida Teen’s Shocking Death Justice Department to investigate (A P) — T he attorney fo r the fam ily o f a black teen ag er fatally shot by a n e ig h b o rh o o d w atch captain said T u esd ay that the boy w as talking to his girlfriend on his cell phone wfien the confrontation began. She did not hear the sh o o t ing. T h eir phone call w as discu ssed at a new s co n feren ce that follow ed ann o u n cem en ts that the U .S. Ju s tice d ep artm en t w ould probe the death o f 17-year-old T rayvon M ar tin and that a local grand ju ry w ill also c o n sid er ev id en ce in the case. G eorge Z im m erm an, 28, claim s he shot M artin in self-d e fen se during a con fro n tatio n last m onth in a gated co m m u n ity in Sanford, Fla. Z im m erm an spotted M artin as he w as patrolling his n eig h b o r hood on a rainy evening and called 911 to report a suspicious person. A gainst the ad v ice o f the 911 d is patcher, Z im m erm an then follow ed M artin, w ho w as w alking hom e from a co n v en ien ce store w ith a bag o f S kittles in his pocket. P o lic e have d e s c r ib e d Z im m erm an as w hite; his fam ily says he is H ispanic and not racist. y. can SAVI 1 up to * U OZ Z© » ■ - In this undated photo, Trayvon Martin poses for a family photo. A ttorney B enjam in C rum p, w ho rep resen ts M artin 's p aren ts, said the teenager w as on the phone w ith his girlfriend back ho m e in M iam i w hen he told h er he w as being fo l lowed. She said M artin told her som e one w as follow ing him and that he w as going to try to lose him . H e thought he had lost Z im m erm an but hadn't. "H e says, 'O h he's right behind m e, he's right b ehind m e again,"' C rum p says the girl told him . "She says run. H e says I'm not going to run I'm ju s t going to w alk fast. She hears T ray v o n say, 'W hy are you follow ing m e?' O th er voice says, 'W hat are you doing around here?'" She told C rum p they both re p eated th em selv es and then she h e ard a sc u ffle b e g in "b ec a u se (M artin's) voice ch an g es like so m e thing interrupted his speech." She heard an altercation and then the phone call w as cut off. W ithin m om ents, according to C rum p's tim eline, M artin w as shot. She didn't h ear the gunfire. C rum p is not releasing the girl's nam e to protect h er privacy. C rum p said he p lan s to turn over inform ation about the call to federal investigators w ho are looking into the case. T he Ju stice D epartm ent announced th eir inv o lv em ent late M o n d ay . "The d ep artm en t w ill conduct a thorough and independent review o f all the evidence and take ap p ro priate action at the co n clusion o f the investigation," the agency said in an em ailed statem ent. 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