“Tech4Change” awards Ecovaluate grand prize
The weekend’s startup event presented by Mercy Corps and Seattle-based Startup Weekend attracted 70 participants, including one from Egypt.
UO to break ground on $50 rec facility
Students approved a $50 million expansion of the Student Recreation Center, to break ground in July.
Salem may give rehab center tax break
Backers of a proposed medical rehabilitation center have asked the city for a 10-year waiver on property taxes.
Cannon Beach weighs land purchase
City officials consider buying 55 acres above tsunami zone for school, emergency shelters.
Record carbon emissions in 2012
Reuters: China led a rise in global carbon dioxide emissions to a record high in 2012, more than offsetting falls in the United States and Europe.
Prison guards describe sexual harassment
Salon.com: Female officers say inmates did unspeakable acts of sex harassment, and brass ignored it.
Man behind leaks seeks asylum
CNN.com: Edward Snowden, the man behind one of the biggest leaks in the history of U.S. intelligence, is a former technical assistant for the CIA.
Obama says no one listenening to phone calls
Reuters: President Barack Obama on Friday defended U.S. government programs conducting surveillance of Americans’ phone and Internet activity.
On being firm
It’s better to be consistent than to be fair. Especially if “fair” means some agonizing custom decision that’s decided at laboriously and at great length from first principles every time.
Manufacturing propels Oregon to top 3 in growth of GDP
Oregon’s 2012 GDP growth was 3.95 percent, slower only than North Dakota and Texas.