Today's hits from the big national dailies

New York Times
Wage Bill Dies; Senate Backs Pension Shift
Senate Democrats blocked legislation tying the first minimum wage increase in almost a decade to a decrease in the estate tax.

New Wealth, and Worries, for the Salvation Army
Soul-searching about the charity's purpose has followed a $1.5 billion gift to build glittering community centers.

Some possible angles here for those following the Salvation Army Center project in Salem.

Washington Post
Therapist Denies Role In Gatlin Case

Los Angeles Times

Fishermen Sue Agency Over Salmon Limits
Bush's Marks on Environment Sink
The Times/Bloomberg Poll: 74% say global warming is 'somewhat' or 'very' serious. Most seek more action, but few want caps on emissions or stricter mileage standards.
Adidas Targets Nike in China In Run-Up to 2008 Olympics

Seattle Times
Property-rights initiative qualifies for November vote

...and from the Northwest's regional papers.

The Oregonian

Allen pulls Blazers off market
The owner decides his ailing team isn't for sale after all, despite several bids for the franchise and the Rose Garden

Oregon schools improve -- slightly
11 schools do better than last year, but middle schools lag behind, and underachievers face changes

Local News Daily
Multnomah County will spend now, worry later
Officials use all of $52 million, leaving no reserves for the future
Just who is the 'L' word?
With ordinance in effect, Portland gets a look at who's lobbying City Hall

Salem Statesman Journal
Service planned for right-to-die activist
Oregon tax break goes to small firms, too

The Bend Bulletin
Area farmers battle beetles with wasps
Carmichael OK
Bend singer/songwriter Willie Carmichael is recovering at home following a heart attack on July 27. Carmichael is a former executive at St. Charles Medical Center who started playing guitar in 2000 and has been performing his biting folk songs around town for a few years.

Eugene Register Guard

Eugene Weekly

LaGrande Observer
ELGIN'S HISTORICAL WALKING TOUR KICKS OFF SATURDAY

Lake County Examiner (weekly)

East Oregonian (subscription only)
Sheriff's office covers the night shift
One deputy patrols Umatilla County on graveyard shift

Hermiston Herald

Tri City Herald
Asatru leader visits Kennewick museum
The leader of a group that claimed Kennewick Man as an ancient European ancestor returned to Kennewick on Thursday for the first time since performing rituals over the skeleton nine years ago.
Wineries in Basin out to stake their claim
Family takes flight with Prosser winery
The Miller family have a new venture--Airfield Estates Winery. The new 11,000-square-foot winery, which is designed to look like an airplane hanger.

Sisters Nugget

the Source (Bend's alternative weekly)
$ustainability?
It used to be that you could drive into your local national forest enjoy the natural surroundings without paying a dime. Starting in the early 1980s the federal government began de-funding public land management agencies....In the eyes of many of those troubled by these trends, the source of the problem, at least in regards to the massive reductions in federal appropriations, begins with the motorized recreation industry.

Central Oregonian (Prineville)

Madras Pioneer

Baker City Herald

Wallowa County Chieftain

Blue Mountain Eagle
Health care for all? Future doctors hope so
Med students assess rural opinions on universal health care
Fossil fuels on back burner at SolWest
Solar-powered everything abounds, but we're not out of the petroleum woods yet

Argus Observer (Ontario)

Corvallis Gazette Times
Corvallis company lands smallpox grant

Albany Democrat-Herald
Shelter to Linn: Keep your cats
Heartland Humane Society in Corvallis has notified Linn County that starting Nov. 1, it will no longer accept stray cats from Linn.
Lebanon WIC-only store is last one

Lebanon Express updated late morning
Kropf out; Tucker and Alexander want in

The Columbian (Vancouver) updated late morning
Hotel Hope to help drunks, mentally ill
Clark County to fund Hotel Hope, the new name for a 16-bed treatment facility at the $38 million Center for Community Health, near Interstate 5 and Fourth Plain Boulevard.
(This is the Columbian's headline, not mine--ab)

Senior housing going up at tech center

The Dalles Chronicle

Hood River News

The Daily Astorian (most stories subscription only)

Tillamook Headlight Herald

theworldlink (South Coast)
Gas exploration project infused with big money

Klamath Falls Herald & News

Ashland Daily Tidings

Roseburg News Review

Medford Mail-Tribune

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