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More students overall enrolled despite budget cuts and tuition hikes, but there are fewer freshmen. Full Story »

Authorities indict eight people from Russia, Estonia and Moldova of stealing $9 million within 12 hours last November. Full Story »

John Allen Muhammad is scheduled to die by lethal injection at 9 p.m. ET. Full Story »

Lisa Nowak confronted her romantic rival, Colleen Shipman, in the parking lot of Orlando International Airport in February 2007 after driving from Houston. Shipman had begun dating Nowak's love interest, former space shuttle pilot Bill Oefelein, an Oregon State University graduate. Full Story »

The majority of Oregon bars and bowling centers are in compliance with the expanded "Smokefree Workplace Law" according to state officials who went searching for smokers and their butts Full Story »

The Oregon State University ecologist Jane Lubchenco, with a history of involvement in safeguarding oceans and waterways, will return to Portland for a hearing on how to save Columbia River system salmon. Full Story »

Jayme Sue Austin, of Fairview Road, was reported missing by her family about 2:30 p.m. Austin had gone to her mother's home several doors down Monday morning to take a shower but never showed up for work. Full Story »

Riverbend Landfill gets the go-ahead from county commissioners to expand by 87 acres along Oregon 18 and the south fork of the Yamhill River. Full Story »

Record-low interest rates in the U.S. and the resulting slide in the dollar have been major forces behind the surge in stocks over the past several months. Full Story »

The central bank officials say unemployment will remain high for years because the economy won't be able to spark robust hiring. Full Story »

View full sizeView full sizeWe've got two interesting stories this morning for the readers of Northwest Headlines. The first is itself a first: the first time a U.S. president or vice president has participated in any of the memorial services... Full Story »

Cindy Hickey, the mother of Shane Bauer, says the families' only job is to keep stressing their loved ones' innocence in the face of espionage accusations. Full Story »

A national report gives Oregon mediocre grades for its "below average job managing its schools in a way that encourages thoughtful innovation." The U.S. Chamber of Commerce report says the American education system needs to be reinvented because it fails to produce students adequately prepared for the rigors of the modern workplace. Full Story »

Pedestrian crossed against the traffic signal, police said. Full Story »

Mark Owen, 37, was listed in satisfactory condition Monday evening at Harborview Medical Center. Full Story »

It's a tougher sell getting volunteers for the winter sessions of Whale Watch Week than it is for the more balmy spring event. Full Story »

One in three schools is "outstanding" but a quarter of the state's high schools are in need of improvement | Search for your school Full Story »

The 14-year-old victim and his family were elk hunting at the family ranch in Terrebonne when gunshots entered the motor home where they were sleeping early Sunday. Full Story »

Last month, a statewide coalition named Sharon Thornberry a public health genius for her gut-level grasp of how hunger and gaps in our food system contribute to chronic disease and health disparities. Full Story »

Washington Lt. Gov. Brad Owen identified the shooter as Carlos Fernandez, the owner of KBP & Fabrications and the business partner of Mark Owen, who was shot twice. The shooting happened at KBP & Fabrications, a paint, body and fabrication shop for semi-trucks in Kent, south of Seattle. Full Story »

The region was the ninth-safest for pedestrians, the report said; Seattle was the fifth-safest. Full Story »

T-Mobile executive Joe Mallahan and environmental attorney Mike McGinn finished ahead of incumbent Mayor Greg Nickels in the August primary. Mallahan conceded after the latest batch of results from King County showed McGinn had more than doubled his lead, to nearly 5,000 votes. Full Story »

Shannon R. Kelley is booked on charges of initiating a false police report, disorderly conduct and improper use of 9-1-1. Full Story »

Officials have moved a train stranded at Southwest Fifth Avenue and Clay Street. Full Story »

The system announced itself when a thunderstorm dropped the tornado near Lincoln City, damaging 11 homes, three cars and the decks on three homes. Full Story »