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Bill would let
motorcycles drive
between cars
defense.
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announced his decision.
She is accused of having sex
with a 25-year-old gang member
from the maximum-security unit of
Washington County Jail.
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before the April 28 trial that he
planned to use the opinion of
a psychologist who diagnosed
Robinson with depression and
anxiety.
Robinson’s former coworker
pleaded guilty to having sex with the
same inmate earlier this year. She
was sentence to more than four years
in prison.
SALEM (AP) — The Oregon
Senate on Thursday backed a
bill allowing motorcycles to pass
between cars or trucks during
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Senators responded to
motorcyclists who say it’s safer for
them to drive around vehicles than
to face the constant risk of being hit
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“This is for those situations,
mostly in urban areas, where the
road has become a parking lot,”
said Sen. Jeff Kruse, a Roseburg
Republican who sponsored the bill.
The Senate’s 18-10 vote sends the
measure to the House.
Motorcycle and moped riders on a
highway with a speed limit of at least
50 mph would gain the right to pass
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no more than 10 mph. They’d have
to keep their speed below 20 mph
and would be required to drive “in a
cautious and prudent manner.”
The practice, known as lane
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Europe and Asia but is illegal in most
of the United States. It’s practiced in
California, though it’s not explicitly
legal or illegal under state law there,
according to the Oregon Department
of Transportation. Proponents say
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to Oregon could increase the risk of
collisions.
“Motorcycles are inherently very
dangerous vehicles,” said Sen. Rod
Monroe, D-Portland. “Any time a
motorcycle gets into a crash with an
automobile, the motorcycle loses...
There will be motorcyclists who will
die if this becomes law.”
The measure is the second
highway bill approved this week.
The House voted Tuesday to
designate the far left lane as a
passing lane on high-speed roads.
Oregon search for
missing plane, pilot
in third day
PORTLAND (AP) — The pilot
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through Oregon’s Willamette Valley
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Washington, man bound for his
hometown.
The Civil Air Patrol’s Oregon
Wing said Thursday evening it has
investigated what was thought to be
a weak emergency signal reported in
the general search area from south
of Eugene, Oregon, to Vancouver.
KATU-TV in Portland reports that
Lt. Col. Thomas Traver says ground
crews searched the area where the
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anything. Traver says such false
leads are frequent but each one is
investigated.
Authorities say the single-engine,
Piper PA-28 Cherokee plane
carrying 41-year-old Lee Leslie took
off late Tuesday afternoon from
Hobby Field in Creswell, Oregon.
Leslie is believed to have been
alone in the plane. He was headed to
Pearson Field in Vancouver.
The Civil Air Patrol says it has
been deploying airplanes with
trained spotters.
Teen’s prom proposal
lands him suspension
LA CENTER, Wash. (AP) — A
Washington teen who strapped fake
explosives around his body in a stunt
to ask a date to the prom has been
suspended from school.
The Columbian in Vancouver
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for Ibrahim Ahmad will prevent him
from attending La Center High’s
dance Saturday.
Ahmad says he was trying to
go all out with his promposal. The
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with paper-tube props made to look
like explosives. At lunchtime, he
stood on the cafeteria stage and held
Jailer can’t cite insanity
for having sex with inmate
HILLSBORO (AP) — A former
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having sex with an inmate will not
be allowed to present an insanity
defense.
The Oregonian reports that a
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Wednesday that the attorney
representing 33-year-old Brett
Robinson did not give enough notice
of his intent to use the insanity
a sign inviting his would-be date to
the prom.
School Superintendent Mark
Mansell says Ahmad’s actions were
inexcusable and that he deserved
punishment for disrupting the
learning environment.
Ahmad and his date will likely go
on a dinner date since he can’t go to
the prom.
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the results of their background
checks in March, according to
state police completed 188,714 the Oregon State Police. Also
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than 1 percent resulted in inves- arrested as a result of the in-
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check for mental health reasons, Oregon State Police, said the
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it had been reported as stolen, Brooks said. “But at the same
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failed background checks were law.”
tied to people such as convicted
Senate Bill 941 contains
felons who are prohibited from language that would make it
purchasing the weapons.
clear in state law that the Ore-
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bad guys, but we’re clearing out of the hands of criminals
the good guys and I thought and others whom the law has
that was exactly what we were deemed should not have access
supposed to be doing with that to them,” Kristen Grainger, a
law.”
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