Portland Area Society & Culture Examiners
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Exhibit Tells History of America's World Fairs The Ferris Wheel. The Telephone. Nylons. What do those things have in common? They were...
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It came out of nowhere. One day the corner of Southeast 26th and Stark was just a corner, graced only by an orange fire hydrant....
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It’s December 26, an honest holiday of secularism, intentional rest and avoidance of work and labor that has degraded one’s...
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Why do all the zippers I've ever seen have the letters YKK on the pull tabs? -- J.P. That's the trademark of Yoshida Kogyo...
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The Democratics and Republicans advocated similar policies during the latter part of the nineteenth century. The Democrats had to overcome the stigma of secession and Civil War to...
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Three nights before a college football game between the University of Texas and Syracuse University in 1993, retired computer marketing...
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It takes a lot for the state to say you’re a lousy parent if you’re rich, but it does happen. Just ask Courtney Love. Charlie...
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James Owen Sullivan (a.k.a. The Rev) drummer for Avenged Sevenfold dead of natural causes at his home in Orange County, CA. Avenged...
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If you want to know the great secret of Barack Obama it is that he craves solitude. The man is very much the public persona crying out Yes...
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Dr. Earl B. Bradley (AP/Delaware State Police) Police in Delaware say a pediatrician has been raping children as young as 3-months...
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