STEVEN DUBOIS

Associated Press Writer
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Turbine giant Vestas to keep HQ in Portland, Ore.

Vestas Wind Systems, the world's largest wind turbine maker, ended concerns it might leave Oregon by announcing Wednesday it will keep its North American headquarters in Portland.

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Oregon jobless rate rises slightly to 10.6 percent

The state's unemployment rate remained stubbornly high last month, with more than 10 percent of job seekers unable to find work, officials reported Tuesday.

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Van carrying bands crashes in Ore, vocalist killed

A van carrying two metal bands crashed Monday on Interstate 5, killing a vocalist and injuring two guitarists, police said.

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39 Oregon defendants in US mortgage fraud probe

A nationwide crackdown on mortgage fraud — dubbed "Operation Stolen Dreams" — includes 39 defendants and 140 properties in Oregon.

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Ore. man given 4th death sentence in 1987 slayings

Randy Lee Guzek is returning to death row.

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Tension fills Oregon campus over extremists

The students stomped their feet, heckled and then stood and turned their backs as the speaker at the University of Oregon defended red-baiting Sen. Joseph McCarthy and called Martin Luther King Jr. a communist dupe.

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Slain Oregon pregnant woman fought with killer

A woman whose unborn son was cut from her body put up a violent, bloody struggle for survival with her killer, according to court documents.

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Northwest Jesuits file for bankruptcy protection

Confronted by scores of lawsuits alleging sex abuse by priests, the Jesuits of the Oregon Province have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

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