Lawmakers back gillnetting bill
Oregon lawmakers backed a bill to move commercial gillnet fishers off the Columbia River.
Oregon banks report profit increases
Florence-based Siuslaw Financial Group and Eugene-based Summit Bank announced double-digit profit increases.
Washington County gets breastmilk bank
The Northwest Mothers Milk Bank celebrated its grand opening in Washington County this week.
Portland tests alternative fuel vehicles
Portland is becoming a testing ground for alternative fuel vehicles thanks to a commitment Oregon made to support rechargeable electric vehicles under former Gov. Ted Kulongoski.
Snowden seeks asylum in Russia
USAToday: NSA leaker wants to stay temporarily in Russia until he can travel to Latin America.
How to ace your personal improvement plan
BY TOM COX | BUSINESS TIPS CONTRIBUTOR
Uh oh. You just got put on probation at work — your boss and HR gave you a “Personal Improvement Plan”. The bad news is, you’re now half-way to being fired. The good news is, you now have the opportunity to completely change the way people see you at work, and even boost your career.
Internet is destroying work
Salon.com: The new economy is turning human labor into just another computer process — and will keep wrecking jobs.
“Deep blue” planet is no Earth
USA Today: Astronomers analyzing data from the Hubble telescope say a blue planet in a nearby solar system shares little else with Earth besides color.
Study: men get ‘wasted,’ women are ‘tipsy’
CBSnews: Intoxicated men seem more likely to be described by others in exaggerated drunk terms, while people tend to downplay how intoxicated females actually are.
9/11 prisoner asked to design vacuum cleaner
BBC: The alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, reportedly asked his CIA captors if he could design a vacuum cleaner.