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20 hrs ago | KGW-TV Portland

Food fight over proposal to require calorie info on menus

Counting calories at your local restaurant may soon be a requirement in Multnomah County.

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Related Topix: Dining, Life, Food

Tue Jul 22, 2008

KATU-TV Portland

Portland cop under fire for lying about weight loss surgery

A Portland police officer may be fired for lying about weight loss surgery despite privacy protection for medical procedures.

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Related Topix: Portland, OR

Portland Tribune

Shadow falls on sun power

Multnomah County Commissioner Jeff Cogen has helped forge a third-party arrangement to finance the biggest solar installation in the Pacific Northwest.

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Related Topix: Oregon

Mon Jul 21, 2008

The Oregonian

Deputies arrest man, seek another in Wood Village robbery

Deputies arrested one man today and searched for another in connection with an armed robbery on the Fourth of July in Wood Village.

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Related Topix: Wood Village, OR, US Politics, US News

Portland Tribune

Sauvie Island resident celebrates victory over landfill expansion

On a computer flash drive looped on a key chain that he takes every day to work, Jeff Joslin keeps his testimony.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing

Sun Jul 20, 2008

The Age

Dr Jayant Patel now faces 13 charges

Dr Jayant Patel remains on track to arrive in Australia within days, although in a surprise move one of the 14 charges against the surgeon has been dropped.

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Related Topix: Australia, Oceania, World News, Condoleezza Rice, University of California System, UC Los Angeles

Sat Jul 19, 2008

KGW-TV Portland

Former doctor enters plea in patient abuse case

A former Bend doctor has pleaded no contest to groping and sex abuse charges involving 12 of his patients.

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Related Topix: Bend, OR

Fri Jul 18, 2008

India eNews

'Dr Death' to be extradited to Australia by Monday

Indian American surgeon Jayant Patel has been moved to a federal jail in Los Angeles on his way to Australia, where he faces numerous criminal charges, and his extradition is expected to be complete by Monday.

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Related Topix: University of California System, Los Angeles (California State University System), California State University System, UC Los Angeles, Australia, Oceania, World News

KPTV Beaverton

Skipper Becomes Multnomah Sheriff Again

A ceremony was held to swear in the new -- and old -- Multnomah County Sheriff on Thursday.

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Thu Jul 17, 2008

News.com.au

Don't move Patel: judge

THE family of former Queensland surgeon Dr Jayant Patel say they're disgusted they weren't told he was being secretly moved "like a terror suspect". Friend Dr Vijay Mehta said this morning Dr Patel's wife ...

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Related Topix: Australia, Oceania, World News,

Wed Jul 16, 2008

The Times of India

US begins Dr Death's extradition

SILICON VALLEY/MELBOURNE: US authorities on Wednesday began extradition of Indian American surgeon Jayant Patel, facing manslaughter charges in Australia linked to the deaths of three patients.

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Tue Jul 15, 2008

KPTV Beaverton

Man Charged With Selling Stolen Lotto Tickets

A man was arrested Tuesday by Oregon State Police on charges of selling stolen lottery tickets.

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Related Topix: Rockaway Beach, OR

Mon Jul 14, 2008

Bike Portland

Arrest made in new road rage incident

A 21 year-old man has been arrested after a road rage altercation in Southeast Portland last night.

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Related Topix: Portland, OR

Sun Jul 13, 2008

OregonLive.com

Firefighter who appeared on Dr. Phil show pleads no contest to official misconduct charges

A 34-year-old former Portland firefighter who called the Oregon Poison Center pretending that he was responding to a patient who had overdosed, pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges of initiating a false ...

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Related Topix: Drug Testing

Sat Jul 12, 2008

Portland Tribune

Authorities say the Portland man convinced the Milwaukie senior he was a doctor

A Portland man charged with posing as a doctor and sexually abusing a Milwaukie woman in her 90s is in custody today after a tip from a Multnomah County probations officer, according to the Clackamas County ...

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Related Topix: Milwaukie, OR, Clackamas County, OR, Portland, OR

Fri Jul 11, 2008

K103

Fake doctor accused of molesting an elderly woman

Police have arrested an accused sex abuser, that they say posed as a doctor. 44-year-old Kenneth Eugene Sinclair allegedly molested a 92-year-old woman last May, claiming he was conducting an at-home physical ...

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Thu Jul 10, 2008

KPTV Beaverton

Corrections Counselor Arrested By Deputies

Multnomah County deputies arrested a counselor with the county's corrections office Tuesday.

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KPTV Beaverton

Alleged Phony Physician Charged With Sex Abuse

A man who sheriff's deputies said posed as a physician in order to sexually abuse an elderly woman was arrested and charged Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Clackamas County, OR

Wed Jul 09, 2008

KEX-AM Portland

Jail Counselor Jailed

MCSO Corrections Counselor Dennis Allen, 57, of Portland, a 19 year employee with the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office, was arrested Tuesday evening.

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KEX-AM Portland

Man drowns at Oxbow Park

A 19-year-old man drowns Tuesday night at Oxbow Park, when he was unable to cross the Sandy River.

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Related Topix: Milwaukie, OR

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