Pin ItemailprintMichael Garnier has helped pioneer the craft of modern treehouse construction. His Garnier limb – which was invented in collaboration with other enthusiasts as an open source project of sorts – can support up to 8,000 pounds and allows treehouse builders to create stronger dwellings in the trees. When Garnier, who owns a treehouse [...]
What began as a fun-filled family outing in the snow turned into tragedy over the weekend. On Sunday, 6-year-old Vinesa Snegur was playing in the Oregon snow with her parents when out of nowhere, the frigid, fast-moving Clackamas River swept her away. Today, the search-and-rescue mission was called off after several items of her clothing were retrieved [...]
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If you live out west, you’d better bundle up. There’s a lot of snow on the way. A major winter storm that could drop three times Seattle‘s annual snowfall on the city over the course of two days is heading straight for the Pacific Northwest tonight (Tuesday) and into tomorrow (Wednesday). Chris Dolce, a meteorologist [...]
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They call him ‘Black Mamba’. De’Anthony Thomas may just be the fastest man on the planet. I have no idea whether that’s true or not, but after watching the video footage of this insane 91-year touchdown run during yesterday’s 2012 Rose Bowl, it’s hard to think of anyone on the planet who could have caught him. [...]
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Sunday will mark the beginning of a brand new year, and with it will come the enactment of several new laws that were passed in 2011. In all, almost 40,000 laws were passed in 2011, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Many of these new 2012 laws go into effect on New Year’s [...]
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WARNING: This article contains disturbing content and images and may not be suitable for younger audiences. After caring for her 32-year-old horse in declining health, Elizabeth Herrick and boyfriend Joshua Washburn put it down with a single bullet. What they did next, however, has ignited “extreme emotional reactions,” and even led to death threats. “People [...]
Officials say a female bus driver in Oregon has been disciplined after a mother and her crying baby were berated and forced to get off of the bus. Other passengers objected to the way the mom was treated and also got off the bus in protest. TriMet has just released video of the incident. Check [...]
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Arnold Schwarzenegger still obviously thinks pretty highly of himself. The scandal-ridden actor has commissioned at least three buff, bronze statues of himself that depict the former governor in his body-building prime. Tim Parks, owner of Oregon-based TW Bronze, which was hired to pour the metal for the statues, says as many as seven of the [...]
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18-year-old Robert “Sandy” Vietze, of Warren, Vermont, has been booted from the U.S. ski team after getting drunk and urinating on an 11-year-girl on a JetBlue flight, wiping out his hopes of competing in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia. Vietze was on the Wednesday flight because he was returning to Vermont from an Oregon [...]
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Rep. David Wu, D-Ore., just announced that he would resign following allegations he engaged in “aggressive and unwanted sexual behavior” with a woman. “The time has come to hand on the privilege of high office,” Wu said in a prepared statement. “I cannot care for my family the way I wish while serving in Congress [...]
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Don’t you just hate loud cell phone talkers? A few passengers on an Amtrak train sure did, and got the offender booted off. Police in Salem, Oregon stopped the train on Sunday afternoon after Lakeysha Beard threatened other passengers when they complained she was being too loud on her cell phone in one of the [...]
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For Chuck Cerda and his wife Terri Cerda it was a dream come true. Two years ago, ABC’s popular reality program Extreme Makeover: Home Edition showcased the Las Vegas couple who were raising two daughters with serious immune disorders, or so it seemed. The girls, Molly and Maggie, had to wear face masks to protect [...]
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