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Top pick Cole leads 2011 draft picks on fast track to majorsWednesday, June 8, 2011 @ 2:51PMOne of the primary problems major league baseball has with attracting attention for its draft is that, unlike their NFL and NBA counterparts, just-drafted baseball players are often years away from donning the uniforms of the teams that selected them, meaning fans aren't looking at players who can provide an immediate boost to their favorite clubs.

Nonprofit connects young farmers with land, leasesMonday, May 16, 2011 @ 12:25AMManuel Gonzalez, who runs beef cattle on 50 leased acres, feels a little fenced in. He would like to add 20 to 30 acres soon so he can keep on track with his goal of becoming a full-time rancher someday.

Multnomah County creates 15-year food plan that aims to help young people farmWednesday, January 26, 2011 @ 11:15PMThe "incubator" program will join thriving efforts in Southern Oregon and Forest Grove to connect would-be small-scale farmers with retiring farmers.

Back to back quarterback, Part II/Mark JalkanenTuesday, December 14, 2010 @ 10:56AMAs we continue our look at the efforts of Super Bowl winning teams to replace their championship quarterbacks in search of the rare back-to-back, successor is successful, phenomenon we move to the 1985 season and the dominant SBXX champion Chicago Bears and the not-so-dominant Jim McMahon.

Portland Tattoo Expo draws more than 4,500 to weekend of exhibitsSunday, October 24, 2010 @ 6:31PM"The past couple of years there's been a whole lot of new people tattooing in Portland," said Craig Brown, 31, an exhibiting artist from Portland. "It's a double-edged sword because you get a bigger audience along with over saturation."

Best entertainment bets for Sept. 17-23Friday, September 17, 2010 @ 12:16AMThrough Oct. 10: The script — by Adam P. Kennedy and Adrienne Kennedy — is based on an autobiographical story: After a college student is brutally beaten by the police, his mother begins a campaign to protect her son from the officer who claims the boy struck first. The mother's fight for her son soon becomes a battle for her own sanity. Penumbra Theatre Company, 270 N. Kent St., St. Paul; $38 ...

Incoming Colorado Mountain College foundation CEO ‘inspired' by opportunityWednesday, June 23, 2010 @ 2:18PMMatt Spencer, who has been a vice president at the Vail Valley Foundation, starts in July as the new chief executive officer of the Colorado Mountain College Foundation.

Tribal energy dollars increase with changesMonday, April 19, 2010 @ 6:18PMDENVER – Green energy can offer tribal nations self-sufficiency on their own terms, but only if they cease being “energy colonies to the U.S. economy” through industry agreements that pay tribes royalties at rates much lower than the fees and taxes industry pays to surrounding non-tribal jurisdictions.

Growth of unpaid internships may be illegal, officials sayTuesday, April 6, 2010 @ 10:04AMWith job openings scarce for young people, the number of unpaid internships has climbed in recent years, leading federal and state regulators to worry that more employers are illegally using such internships for free labor.