Railroad tries to keep Linn County log yard open
A railroad company is asking a federal judge to keep the Linn County government from shutting a business that recently began loading logs on trains.
Timber counties seek law enforcement tax hikes
Lane, Curry and Josephine counties are asking voters to raise their taxes to restore deep cuts to law enforcement after a longstanding federal subsidy expired.
Portland getting Girl Scout cookie pop-up shop
The Girl Scouts of Oregon and Southwest Washington are opening a pop-up shop in downtown Portland to sell their trademark cookies.
Home builder offers energy efficiency guarantee
Oregon home builder Stone Bridge Homes Northwest is offering to guarantee low yearly energy costs for new homeowners due to its high energy efficiency standards.
Lost years due to gun deaths charted by Oregon web dev firm
Oregon web dev company Periscopic was so moved by December’s school shooting in Newtown, CT, they decided to use their skills to map gun deaths. A self-described “socially-conscious” data visualization firm, they used FBI-provided 2010 gun death data to create a real-time interactive graph that details the “lost years” victims might have lived.
Their calculated total for the 9,595 people in 2010?
413,908 stolen years.
How sweethearts are made
The Atlantic: The New England Confectionery Company near Boston makes 4 million pounds of Sweethearts in the six weeks before Valentine’s Day, with phrases like UR HOT and TEXT ME.
Heinz bought by group that includes Warren Buffett
AP: An investment group that includes billionaire investor Warren Buffett acquired Heinz in a $23.3 billion deal.
Obama pitches universal preschool
Yahoo.com: Two days after his State of the Union pledge to guarantee high quality preschool for every 4-year-old in the U.S., President Barack Obama takes his pitch on the road.
American Airlines and US Airways merge to become world’s biggest airline
AP: American Airlines and US Airways merged in an $11 billion deal to create the world’s biggest airline.
Can the new Blackberry overtake the iPhone?
Financial Post: Blackberry’s new operating system Blackberry 10 is appealing, but will it be enough to topple the iPhone? Here’s how the two compare: