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oregonlive.com — The Edith Green-Wendell Wyatt federal building, the downtown Portland office tower that has been under construction since 2010, will be rededicated and opened to the public on May 30.

oregonlive.com — Electro Scientific Industries turned up the legal pressure on a former manager this week, accusing him of "misappropriation of trade secrets" and seeking at least $1 million in damages. The salvo suggests a nasty fight brewing that may draw in two prominent Silicon Forest laser manufacturers.

oregonlive.com — The prosecutors are responding to a reform package presented by Gov. John Kitzhaber and a state public safety commission reform package that would roll back Measure 11 and Measure 57 mandatory minimum prison sentences imposed by voters, in an effort to save the state $600 million over the next 10 years.

oregonlive.com — Paramedics on Wednesday will be training the public in hands-only CPR around the Portland area. Hands-only CPR, or compression, is easier than mouth to mouth resuscitation, and is intended for untrained bystanders.

oregonlive.com — The insurance company of a BMW driver who drove off a highway ramp and onto the MAX tracks near the Sunset Transit Center, crippling westside MAX service for several hours last fall, has paid the agency $58,101 in damages. When the car flew off the cloverleaf interchange leading from U.S.

oregonlive.com — CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Bobcats owner Michael Jordan says he's changing his team's name to the Charlotte Hornets. Jordan said at a Tuesday press conference he has informed the league of his decision and is optimistic the NBA board of governors will approve the name change when they convene in July.

oregonlive.com — The rose show every June at Da Vinci Arts Middle School is like most other Portland rose shows this time of year except for one thing -- a twist that reflects the magnet school's artistic flair. At Da Vinci, there's always an unusual category to spark creativity.

oregonlive.com — Mellow porkers?: Stories like these simply beg for bad puns, but we'll do our best to resist. NPR's Salt Blog is talking about William von Schneidau, a Seattle butcher who is feeding marijuana to the pigs he uses to make prosciutto.

oregonlive.com — "Grimm": Season 2 wraps up tonight, and it sounds like the finale episode, titled "Goodnight, Sweet Grimm," will be eventful. The NBC description says we should expect "a flurry of rage-fueled assaults happening all over Portland," and Nick (David Giuntoli) again goes to Monroe (Silas Weir Mitchell) and Rosalee (Bree Turner) "for help battling Portland's newest wave of 'undead.'" But wait, there's more!

oregonlive.com — GROZNY, Russia - French actor Gerard Depardieu will star in a drama about a Chechen man who seeks revenge for the killing of his son. Chechnya, a southern Russian province, has been in the spotlight since it emerged that the suspects in April's Boston marathon bombing are ethnic Chechens.

oregonlive.com — A bank of video monitors glows in the darkened control room, as cameras continuously capture every nook of Multnomah County's Wapato Jail. Most days, however, every nook is empty and these monitors are black, along with just about everything else contained within the razor-wired fences at this never-opened North Portland facility.

oregonlive.com — With dramatic price spikes at the pump in recent days, it probably doesn't feel like it. But a gallon of gas is actually cheaper than it was during Memorial Day weekend last year. That's not to say petrol's a bargain. Far from it.

oregonlive.com — It all started on Monday with late-night attempted burglary at a home in the small town of Idanha in Marion County. About 11:30 p.m., a homeowner called 9-1-1, saying a man had broken into his house in the 100 block of Main Street.

oregonlive.com — Nerlens Noel, Kentucky freshman, is a very good athlete, and a center. But he also injured his left knee (torn ACL) in a game against Florida. He's rehabilitated it, but I'm wondering if Portland should even touch this guy depending on where they fall in the draft lottery today.

oregonlive.com — England and Germany...they, uh, have a history. And few things, perhaps, can bring feelings stored over the centuries to the surface more so than the combination of some colors and threads to form the national soccer team's uniform. Nike on Monday introduced the redesigned uniform for the England Football Association, recognizing the 150 years of association history.