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Sgt. Justus has been with the Portland Police Bureau for almost three decades. “If you had told me three years ago that a 14 year-old girl would go to a food court, meet a guy, and three hours later be selling herself I’d a said, ‘No friggin’ way.’  It happens every single day, every day.”
In reporting this heartbreaking story, Rather and his team travel to Oregon to interview the law enforcement officials trying to stem the tide of this rapidly growing problem and the girls they have saved.
“He told me, ‘Well, if you love me you would– you would do a lot for me,” one young girl tells Dan Rather Reports of how her pimp got her started on having sex for money.  ”So, that’s kind of what convinced me, I guess.  I wanted to show him how much I love him.”

See the full article from “PR Newswire (press release)”

The panel, organized by U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., includes prosecutors, law enforcement experts and victim advocates with expertise in domestic sex trafficking, what is being done to prosecute pimps and how victims can escape.
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During an FBI sting last February, Portland yielded the second highest number of sex trafficking arrests and victims in a 30-city sting conducted by FBI agents and local police in February 2009. Seven girls and six pimps were taken into custody at four sites across the Portland-metro area, including Gresham. Another 14 adult female prostitutes were arrested, as were three clients, or “johns.”
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Wyden, who calls human trafficking modern-day slavery, also has introduced a bill to protect victims, prosecute pimps and provide more law enforcement against trafficking. His legislation would fund shelters for human-trafficking victims, complete with counseling, legal aid, education, job training and daily needs, such as food and clothing.

See the full article from “Gresham Outlook”

You have to hand it to Verizon’s marketing department – out of all of the carriers pushing Android, their ads have been the most compelling.
Verizon continues their Android advertising legacy with a departure from the ‘Droid Does’ campaign in order to use the Iron Man 2 release to pimp their latest Android phone – the LG Ally. What’s that? You haven’t heard of the Ally? What about the LG Aloha? Or, its considerably less glamorous name LG LU2300. Still nothing?
OK, forget names, let’s talk specs. You like the Snapdragon processor, right? Well, what if I told you that the Ally not only packs a 1GHz Snapdragon, but a qwerty keyboard as well?
That’s right – now we’ve got your attention. The LG Ally is slated to be the first Android phone with both the Snapdragon process and a set of hardware keys. As for the rest of the hardware, according the official LG UK blog, we can confirm that the phone will also feature:

See the full article from “Android Police (blog)”

The trouble began around 9:30 p.m. when the party moved to Davis Street Tavern in Old Town. Witnesses said Bechard elbowed and then head-butted Craig Hedstrom, sales manager for Elk Cove Vineyards, one of the wineries participating in the earlier event. Hedstrom said former chef Tom Hurley, who happened to be at the bar that night, stepped in to escort Bechard out of the bar.
Blake Smith, owner of the bar, told police that Bechard was visibly intoxicated when he first arrived and threatened him when he was asked to leave.
After the tavern closed, Bechard, Lowe and others ended up at the Magic Gardens strip club a few blocks away. Shortly before 2 a.m., police were called to break up a fight outside the club at 217 N.W. Fourth Ave. Witnesses said Bechard started shoving Lowe and then threw punches, with the two ending up on the ground. One witness quoted Bechard as saying, “Food doesn’t come from San Francisco; food comes from Portland.”

See the full article from “Quad City Times”

The highlights came as the precious metals magnate  and 39th richest man in the world toured New York, including the Brooklyn site where the New Jersey-based team plans to move in 2012.
In summarily dumping his coach and general manager, Prokhorov said simply, His agreement expires this summer. I wish him well.”
NBA owners approved the sale of the Nets to Prokorov last week. They had plenty of notice that he was not going to be boring.
Prokhorov, who spent $200 million for an 80 percent stake in the team, is known for jetsetting around the world in a private jet with a flock of gorgeous women. He owns a 200-foot yacht. He was arrested in 2007 in France and later cleared for allegedly setting up guests at his Christmas party with prostitutes.

See the full article from “NBC Dallas-Fort Worth”

… I read it. The kids read it. It seemed pretty innocuous,” she said.
But principal John O’Neill  said the named student “was highly distraught over what was published.”
Cluff said she took full responsibility when confronted by the principal and family. The father wanted the paper pulled, so Cluff said she consulted with her students and they agreed to collect the remaining copies in the school and eliminated the confessional section of the online version of the Viking Log.
“Never in a thousand years would I do or say anything that would hurt anyone,” Cluff said.
The student newspaper has run its share of controversial stories. The entire February issue, which is not available online, discussed sex and included an opinion piece by a student, saying prostitution should be legalized.

See the full article from “OregonLive.com”

Brian Wong: “The first weekend after we moved in, two doors down from us there was a huge drug raid with a whole SWAT team, and I said, ‘What did I just buy myself into.?’”
While Wong never considered himself a Guardian Angel-type, he and his neighbors started talking in their driveways about solutions. Nothing fancy or confrontational. Just walking around at night, and reporting problems  they saw to the police.
Brian Wong:  “There was a couple instances where people joined the foot patrol were just shocked about what they saw, and got very upset and wanted to confront what they saw.
April Baer: Like what kids of things?
BW: One time there was an act of prostitution going on behind a local business, another time, a john trying to pick up a girl.

See the full article from “OPB News”

The highlights came as the precious metals magnate  and 39th richest man in the world toured New York, including the Brooklyn site where the New Jersey-based team plans to move in 2012.
In summarily dumping his coach and general manager, Prokhorov said simply, His agreement expires this summer. I wish him well.”
NBA owners approved the sale of the Nets to Prokorov last week. They had plenty of notice that he was not going to be boring.
Prokhorov, who spent $200 million for an 80 percent stake in the team, is known for jetsetting around the world in a private jet with a flock of gorgeous women. He owns a 200-foot yacht. He was arrested in 2007 in France and later cleared for allegedly setting up guests at his Christmas party with prostitutes.

See the full article from “NBC Dallas-Fort Worth”

This morning in Bechard vs. Lowe news (in which the head chef of Thistle and Cochon 555 co-founder were arrested after a fight outside an Old Town strip club): The ever-intrepid Kelly Clarke of WWeek has the link to the full police report, which outlines the he-said, he-said in complete detail. But in the event of Bechard fatigue, here’s the only line you need to know:
… You’re welcome. And in good news for all involved, the Multnomah County DA office has declined to press charges, and Lowe gamely stated in The Oregonian that the incident won’t deter him from returning to Portland next year:
“I love Portland,” Lowe said. “I don’t think this chef should give the city a black eye.”
Now — barring any more sordid details (got a tip?) or further use of the word “titties” — let us never speak of it again. Portland Cook-Off Followed by Brawl [Oregonian] All Previous Eric Bechard Coverage [Eater PDX]

See the full article from “Eater.com (blog)”

The trouble began around 9:30 p.m. when the party moved to Davis Street Tavern in Old Town. Witnesses said Bechard elbowed and then head-butted Craig Hedstrom,  sales manager for Elk Cove Vineyards, one of the wineries participating in the earlier event. Hedstrom said former chef Tom Hurley, who happened to be at the bar that night, stepped in to escort Bechard out of the bar.
Blake Smith, owner of the bar, told police that Bechard was visibly intoxicated when he first arrived and threatened him when he was asked to leave.
After the tavern closed, Bechard, Lowe and others ended up at the Magic Gardens strip club a few blocks away. Shortly before 2 a.m., police were called to break up a fight outside the club at 217 N.W. Fourth St. Witnesses said Bechard started shoving Lowe and then was throwing punches, with the two ending up on the ground. One witness quoted Bechard as saying, “Food doesn’t come from San Francisco, food comes from Portland.”

See the full article from “OregonLive.com”