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    <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:37:20 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[T.I. Masterminds &ldquo;One Last Heist&rdquo; in Flashy Crime Caper ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The &ldquo;One Last Big Heist&rdquo; is a theme of the crime caper genre which has  proven to be quite popular over the years. Takers employs that tried and  true formula in entertaining fashion, recycling vaguely familiar scenes  from the likes of The Italian Job, Ocean&rsquo;s 11, True Romance, District  B-13 and, perhaps most obviously, Heat. ]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The &ldquo;One Last Big Heist&rdquo; is a theme of the crime caper genre which has  proven to be quite popular over the years. Takers employs that tried and  true formula in entertaining fashion, recycling vaguely familiar scenes  from the likes of The Italian Job, Ocean&rsquo;s 11, True Romance, District  B-13 and, perhaps most obviously, Heat. ]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:15:35 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Film Reveals Italy Prime Minister as Malevolent Despot]]></title>
      <link>http://www.TheSkanner.com/article/view/id/13335</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[In &quot;Videocracy,&quot; Silvio Berlusconi is Italy&rsquo;s longest-serving Prime  Minister. The key to the media mogul-turned-politician&rsquo;s success lies in  the fact that he not only owns all of the country&rsquo;s private television  networks but also controls all the state-run stations while in office. ]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[In &quot;Videocracy,&quot; Silvio Berlusconi is Italy&rsquo;s longest-serving Prime  Minister. The key to the media mogul-turned-politician&rsquo;s success lies in  the fact that he not only owns all of the country&rsquo;s private television  networks but also controls all the state-run stations while in office. ]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:09:43 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Federal Judge Denies Appeal for Death Row Inmate]]></title>
      <link>http://www.TheSkanner.com/article/view/id/13324</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) -- A federal judge this week denied an appeal by death row inmate Cal Coburn Brown, who is scheduled to be executed this month, and state officials continued preparations to carry out his sentence. ]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) -- A federal judge this week denied an appeal by death row inmate Cal Coburn Brown, who is scheduled to be executed this month, and state officials continued preparations to carry out his sentence. ]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:52:51 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Federal Judge Denies Appeal for Death Row Inmate]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) -- A federal judge this week denied an appeal by death row inmate Cal Coburn Brown, who is scheduled to be executed this month, and state officials continued preparations to carry out his sentence. ]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) -- A federal judge this week denied an appeal by death row inmate Cal Coburn Brown, who is scheduled to be executed this month, and state officials continued preparations to carry out his sentence. ]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:36:48 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[At 65, Norman Sylvester Still Going Strong]]></title>
      <link>http://www.TheSkanner.com/article/view/id/13343</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Diabetes benefit for Boogie Cat&rsquo;s birthday]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Diabetes benefit for Boogie Cat&rsquo;s birthday]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:49:51 -0700</pubDate>
      <category>Music Reviews</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[Wastewater Collection System Division Manager]]></title>
      <link>http://www.TheSkanner.com/article/view/id/13328</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Monthly Salary: $7,150 - $9,691. Deadline: 4:30p.m., Friday, September 24, 2010.]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Monthly Salary: $7,150 - $9,691. Deadline: 4:30p.m., Friday, September 24, 2010.]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:23:28 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA['Be a Blessing' Giveaway Features Free Clothes, Household Items]]></title>
      <link>http://www.TheSkanner.com/article/view/id/13323</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Women of Vision Ministry at Vancouver Avenue First Baptist Church  will be holding the 5th annual &ldquo;Be a Blessing&rdquo; Giveaway this Saturday,  Sept. 3 from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the church, 3138 N. Vancouver Ave.]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The Women of Vision Ministry at Vancouver Avenue First Baptist Church  will be holding the 5th annual &ldquo;Be a Blessing&rdquo; Giveaway this Saturday,  Sept. 3 from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the church, 3138 N. Vancouver Ave.]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:42:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[State of Black Oregon: One Year Later, Nothing Improves]]></title>
      <link>http://www.TheSkanner.com/article/view/id/13320</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[One year after the release of the Urban League of Portland&rsquo;s State of  Black Oregon report, things have not improved, the organization reports.<br /> On virtually all the societal markers that the Urban League studied  in the 2007-08 time frame &ndash; education, health equity, administrative  justice, housing, income and unemployment &ndash; did not improve or got worse  for Black Oregonians. Meanwhile, many categories improved for White  Oregonians.]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[One year after the release of the Urban League of Portland&rsquo;s State of  Black Oregon report, things have not improved, the organization reports.<br /> On virtually all the societal markers that the Urban League studied  in the 2007-08 time frame &ndash; education, health equity, administrative  justice, housing, income and unemployment &ndash; did not improve or got worse  for Black Oregonians. Meanwhile, many categories improved for White  Oregonians.]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:20:48 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[New Business Manager Tries to Bring &lsquo;Wow&rsquo; to Oregon Zoo]]></title>
      <link>http://www.TheSkanner.com/article/view/id/13318</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[After working his way up for 20 years at the Oregon Convention Center,  Event Services Director Mark Williams has moved on to different  pastures. A pasture filled with lions, tigers and bears at the Oregon  Zoo. ]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[After working his way up for 20 years at the Oregon Convention Center,  Event Services Director Mark Williams has moved on to different  pastures. A pasture filled with lions, tigers and bears at the Oregon  Zoo. ]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:37:36 -0700</pubDate>
      <category>NorthWest News</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[VIDEO: Oil Sheen Spreading from Gulf Platform Explosion]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[NEW ORLEANS, La. &mdash; A mile-long oil sheen spread Thursday from an offshore petroleum platform burning in the Gulf of Mexico off Lousiana, west of the site of BP's massive spill.]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[NEW ORLEANS, La. &mdash; A mile-long oil sheen spread Thursday from an offshore petroleum platform burning in the Gulf of Mexico off Lousiana, west of the site of BP\'s massive spill.]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:55:47 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Full-Service Center for Domestic Violence Victims Opens in Portland]]></title>
      <link>http://www.TheSkanner.com/article/view/id/13315</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[In an unassuming building, the new Gateway Center for Domestic Violence  sits nestled inside the Gateway Children&rsquo;s campus in East Portland. Off  the MAX blue line at 102nd and Burnside Street, the yellow building will  be a one-stop shop for women and men who feel unsafe in their  relationships. ]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[In an unassuming building, the new Gateway Center for Domestic Violence  sits nestled inside the Gateway Children&rsquo;s campus in East Portland. Off  the MAX blue line at 102nd and Burnside Street, the yellow building will  be a one-stop shop for women and men who feel unsafe in their  relationships. ]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:01:20 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Homeless Return to Camp After Eviction]]></title>
      <link>http://www.TheSkanner.com/article/view/id/13314</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[For a week, a group of homeless people had made a clean and well-organized camp in an industrial part of Portland. Nestled in between a fenced-off area of Water Bureau property and a blackberry-covered hill on North Wheeler Avenue, the residents thought they had discovered a perfect, out-of-the-way place to live. ]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[For a week, a group of homeless people had made a clean and well-organized camp in an industrial part of Portland. Nestled in between a fenced-off area of Water Bureau property and a blackberry-covered hill on North Wheeler Avenue, the residents thought they had discovered a perfect, out-of-the-way place to live. ]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:44:30 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gulf Oil Platform Explodes, Burning off Louisiana Coast]]></title>
      <link>http://www.TheSkanner.com/article/view/id/13313</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[GRAND ISLE, La. &ndash; An offshore petroleum platform exploded and was burning Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico about 80 miles off the Louisiana coast, west of the site where BP's undersea well spilled after a rig explosion.]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[GRAND ISLE, La. &ndash; An offshore petroleum platform exploded and was burning Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico about 80 miles off the Louisiana coast, west of the site where BP\'s undersea well spilled after a rig explosion.]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:38:53 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[LIVE VIDEO: Earl Could Force U.S. Evacuations Ahead of Labor Day]]></title>
      <link>http://www.TheSkanner.com/article/view/id/13311</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. &ndash; A powerful Hurricane Earl threatened to sideswipe much of the East Coast just ahead of Labor Day, worrying countless vacationers who planned to spend the traditional last week of summer at the beach.]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. &ndash; A powerful Hurricane Earl threatened to sideswipe much of the East Coast just ahead of Labor Day, worrying countless vacationers who planned to spend the traditional last week of summer at the beach.]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:27:47 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ex-Lehman CEO Says Regulators Refused to Save Firm]]></title>
      <link>http://www.TheSkanner.com/article/view/id/13310</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &mdash; The former chief of Lehman Brothers told a panel investigating the financial crisis that the Wall Street firm could have been rescued, but regulators refused to help &mdash; even though they later bailed out other big banks.]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &mdash; The former chief of Lehman Brothers told a panel investigating the financial crisis that the Wall Street firm could have been rescued, but regulators refused to help &mdash; even though they later bailed out other big banks.]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:24:51 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[VIDEO: Maryland Police Kill Discovery Channel Gunman, 3 Hostages Safe]]></title>
      <link>http://www.TheSkanner.com/article/view/id/13312</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[SILVER SPRING, Md. &ndash; Police shot and killed a man upset with the Discovery Channel network's programming who took two employees and a security officer hostage at the company's headquarters Wednesday, officials said. All three hostages escaped safely.]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[SILVER SPRING, Md. &ndash; Police shot and killed a man upset with the Discovery Channel network\'s programming who took two employees and a security officer hostage at the company\'s headquarters Wednesday, officials said. All three hostages escaped safely.]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:43 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Vote For Your Favorite &quot;Build Your Block &quot; Project ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.TheSkanner.com/article/view/id/13309</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[If you live, work or play on N.E. Alberta Street, you are invited to vote for one of three finalists in the Umpqua Bank&rsquo;s Build Your Block program. Umpqua Bank will help make the winning project a reality with a grant of up to $10,000 and support from bank staff. <br />Voting will run from now until September 10. Drop into the Umpqua Bank at 1745 N.E. Alberta to cast your vote. The winner will be announced on September 15<br />]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[If you live, work or play on N.E. Alberta Street, you are invited to vote for one of three finalists in the Umpqua Bank&rsquo;s Build Your Block program. Umpqua Bank will help make the winning project a reality with a grant of up to $10,000 and support from bank staff. <br />Voting will run from now until September 10. Drop into the Umpqua Bank at 1745 N.E. Alberta to cast your vote. The winner will be announced on September 15<br />]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:55:32 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Paratransit Operator]]></title>
      <link>http://www.TheSkanner.com/article/view/id/13308</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Paratransit Operator Position - Everett Washington]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:26:48 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[3 Positions Available]]></title>
      <link>http://www.TheSkanner.com/article/view/id/13307</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[3 Open Positions - Portland Community College]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:22:39 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[3 Positions Available]]></title>
      <link>http://www.TheSkanner.com/article/view/id/13306</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:16:23 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[UPDATE: Man Holds Hostages in Discovery Channel Building Shot, Hostages Safe]]></title>
      <link>http://www.TheSkanner.com/article/view/id/13305</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[SILVER SPRING, Md. &ndash;&nbsp;Police shot a&nbsp;man upset with the Discovery Channel's environmental programming who took several people hostage at gunpoint at the company's headquarters Wednesday while wearing canisters strapped to his body, officials said.]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[SILVER SPRING, Md. &ndash;&nbsp;Police shot a&nbsp;man upset with the Discovery Channel\'s environmental programming who took several people hostage at gunpoint at the company\'s headquarters Wednesday while wearing canisters strapped to his body, officials said.]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:03:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[TriMet Fare Increase: &lsquo;Rally for the Bus&rsquo; ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.TheSkanner.com/article/view/id/13304</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Public transit advocates rallied outside City Hall&nbsp;Wednesday afternoon against&nbsp;the 5-cent increase in TriMet fares, and called for the agency to bring back bus services trimmed this year due to budget cuts.]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Public transit advocates rallied outside City Hall&nbsp;Wednesday afternoon against&nbsp;the 5-cent increase in TriMet fares, and called for the agency to bring back bus services trimmed this year due to budget cuts.]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:54:43 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Current Job Opportunities]]></title>
      <link>http://www.TheSkanner.com/article/view/id/13303</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Several Job Opportunities - Lifeworks NW]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:41:56 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Architectural/Engineering Services for Salem Municipal Airport]]></title>
      <link>http://www.TheSkanner.com/article/view/id/13302</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Request for Proposals]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:39:07 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Request for Bids: Bright Water Treatment Plant]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Request for Bids - Hoffman Construction of Washington]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:37:20 -0700</pubDate>
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