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		LOCAL UPDATES Get the latest news alerts from The Oregonian's news room • Accident in Multnomah County sends four to local hospitals 9:29 a.m. PT • Portland detectives investigate robbery at Elmer's in Northeast Portland 8:58 a.m. PT • Oregon inmate more than doubles sentence for escape 8:34 a.m. PT • More Updates - Check for closures - Police Scanner - Road Report News & Info From Our Sponsor Wednesday, February 06, 2008 • The dust starts to settle, for GOP anyway John McCain now gets a test-drive as the most likely nominee of the Republican Party while Democrats gird themselves for a protracted battle between two candidates who both have deep reservoirs of support. • Deal targets Mannix initiative Former state Rep. Kevin Mannix is close to a compromise that would pull his costly tough-on-crime initiative from the November ballot if the Legislature increases penalties for burglars and drug dealers. • Legal tangles cloud land-use law As if voters had tossed a match into the fireworks box in passing Measure 49, land-use lawsuits, court decisions and county ordinances are popping all over. • Inmate used phone cord to kill himself in jail cell OREGON CITY -- The software engineer who killed himself Sunday at the Clackamas County Jail found the means inside his booking cell -- a telephone with a foot-long cord. • Woman's 2-carat tragedy averted Leola Walker, 78, was loading groceries into her van in a Safeway parking lot in Southeast Portland when she momentarily left her purse in the grocery cart as she turned to close the van's rear hatch. • Support for Latinas' next generation An outreach group in Washington County that's become a second home to many Latinas is about to open its doors to a new generation: Latinitas, or young Latina girls. • Guard aids two winter-weary towns IDANHA -- On a cloudy Tuesday, amid rain sometimes mixed with snow, two towns in the Cascade Range welcomed a visit from the Oregon National Guard. Metro News • The dust starts to settle, for GOP anyway • Deal targets Mannix initiative • Legal tangles cloud land-use law • Inmate used phone cord to kill himself in jail cell • Woman's 2-carat tragedy averted • Support for Latinas' next generation • Guard aids two winter-weary towns • Contest collects tales of Mexicans' migrations across the globe • Corrections • Dogfighting bill on fast track in Senate and likely House • Guard ceremony will honor deceased veterans • HEALTH BRIEFS • Judge spurns timber group's suit over bird • NEWS IN BRIEF • NEWS IN BRIEF Science • 3 OSU faculty named • Darwin Day film looks • Habitats in flux • IS THAT TRUE? • Research Notebook • Saturn rings out, and lunar eclipse will make cameo • Space shuttle Atlantis repaired, ready for liftoff Columnists • Face facts: 'Juno' is not just a movie » Latest headlines: National + International
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