<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Oregon</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/nation/states/or?nav=rss_nation/states/or</link><description>Oregon</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Swap Homes for Vacation]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24426-2005Apr29.html?nav=rss_nation/states/or</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24426-2005Apr29.html?nav=rss_nation/states/or</guid><pubDate>Sat, 7 May 2005 13:03:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ You can go to the far reaches of the world  --  or just the other coast  --  without delving too far into your wallet by trying home swapping. The practice, also known as vacation home exchange, lets two virtual strangers trade spaces for a week or two, or even longer. Popular in Europe since the 1950s, the custom has crossed to  this side of the pond, with Intervac, one of the largest home exchange networks, reporting a 40-percent increase in U.S.-based members in the past year. So if you want to live like a local, and can roll with the punches (picky people need not apply), here's how to swap.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bill Would Require 'Kid-Friendly' Cable]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21729-2005Apr28.html?nav=rss_nation/states/or</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21729-2005Apr28.html?nav=rss_nation/states/or</guid><pubDate>Sat, 7 May 2005 13:03:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden plans to introduce legislation today that would require cable television companies to create a "kid-friendly" tier of channels that parents could buy to protect children from offensive programming.]]></description><author> Frank Ahrens</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Panel Questions Patriot Act Uses]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21669-2005Apr28.html?nav=rss_nation/states/or</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21669-2005Apr28.html?nav=rss_nation/states/or</guid><pubDate>Sat, 7 May 2005 13:03:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Members of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence   pushed the nation's top law enforcement and intelligence officials yesterday to share more information on the use and effectiveness of the most controversial provisions of the USA Patriot Act.]]></description><author> Dana Priest</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Casting Off  Cookies?]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10762-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_nation/states/or</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10762-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_nation/states/or</guid><pubDate>Sat, 7 May 2005 13:03:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[There is a panic in the land, and it started on "Sesame Street." The rumors, they are rampant. Taken together, in dark tones, and one could fear that the beloved boulevard is rapidly transforming into the Avenue of the Politically Correct Puppetariat.]]></description><author> Jennifer Frey</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obituaries]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35786-2005Apr7.html?nav=rss_nation/states/or</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35786-2005Apr7.html?nav=rss_nation/states/or</guid><pubDate>Sat, 7 May 2005 13:03:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[John Francis Lally    House Subcommittee Counsel  <br>John Francis Lally, 80, who served as counsel to the U.S. House Armed Services Committee's subcommittee on investigations from the late 1960s to the late 1980s, died April 5 at Inova Fairfax Hospital. He had congestive heart failure.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[FBI Probe of Bombing Used a Secret Warrant]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32447-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_nation/states/or</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32447-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_nation/states/or</guid><pubDate>Sat, 7 May 2005 13:03:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The FBI copied and seized material from the home of a man who was wrongly arrested in connection with Madrid bombing in March 2004.]]></description><author> Dan Eggen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Continuing Trend]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27411-2005Apr5.html?nav=rss_nation/states/or</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27411-2005Apr5.html?nav=rss_nation/states/or</guid><pubDate>Sat, 7 May 2005 13:03:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Last month, 12,000 people attended the two-day Washington International Wine & Food Festival. That's more than double the number in 2000.]]></description><author> Matt McMillen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Carolina Shrimp with Creamy Grits]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27412-2005Apr5.html?nav=rss_nation/states/or</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27412-2005Apr5.html?nav=rss_nation/states/or</guid><pubDate>Sat, 7 May 2005 13:03:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Carolina Shrimp <br> With Creamy Grits<br> 4 main-course or]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shipper Fined $25 Million for Dumping Oil]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26663-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_nation/states/or</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26663-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_nation/states/or</guid><pubDate>Sat, 7 May 2005 13:03:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   LOS ANGELES, April 4  --  A Taiwanese shipping company was ordered to pay $25 million for systematically dumping untreated oil and sludge off the coasts of five states for more than three years, the largest criminal fine ever imposed for deliberately pouring oil into the ocean.]]></description><author> Kimberly Edds</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opinions on Attire Not Quite Uniform]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23710-2005Apr3.html?nav=rss_nation/states/or</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23710-2005Apr3.html?nav=rss_nation/states/or</guid><pubDate>Sat, 7 May 2005 13:03:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A corps of disciplinarians that has come to be known to soldiers in northern Iraq as the "Nine Disciples of FOB Courage" has launched a crackdown on inappropriately tucked-in shirts, improper use of sunglasses and even swearing.]]></description><author> Steve Fainaru</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blockbuster Settles 'No Late Fees' Case]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11433-2005Mar29.html?nav=rss_nation/states/or</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11433-2005Mar29.html?nav=rss_nation/states/or</guid><pubDate>Sat, 7 May 2005 13:03:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Blockbuster Inc. said yesterday that it would change how it promotes its "No Late Fees" policy to make sure customers know they may incur some charges if they keep videotapes, DVDs or games seven days beyond their due dates.]]></description><author> Caroline E. Mayer</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[House Approves Speed Cameras in Montgomery]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2295-2005Mar25.html?nav=rss_nation/states/or</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2295-2005Mar25.html?nav=rss_nation/states/or</guid><pubDate>Sat, 7 May 2005 13:03:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Maryland's House of Delegates approved legislation yesterday to allow speed cameras at limited locations in Montgomery County, opening the possibility that the state's largest jurisdiction will join the District and a handful of states that have recently adopted the technology.]]></description><author> David Snyder</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[First and Mayne]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52620-2005Mar20.html?nav=rss_nation/states/or</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52620-2005Mar20.html?nav=rss_nation/states/or</guid><pubDate>Sat, 7 May 2005 13:03:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Thom Mayne, whose architectural firm's work celebrates modernity and complexity in about equal measure, is the winner of the 2005 Pritzker Architecture Prize, often thought of as the profession's highest honor.]]></description><author> Benjamin Forgey</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Senators Aim to Shield Medicaid From Cuts]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38189-2005Mar15.html?nav=rss_nation/states/or</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38189-2005Mar15.html?nav=rss_nation/states/or</guid><pubDate>Sat, 7 May 2005 13:03:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A bipartisan coalition of senators is poised to restore $15 billion of Medicaid savings targeted in the Senate's budget blueprint, a move that could unravel much of President Bush's efforts to slow the growth of entitlement spending.]]></description><author> Jonathan Weisman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Local Listings for the District of Columbia]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25625-2005Mar10.html?nav=rss_nation/states/or</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25625-2005Mar10.html?nav=rss_nation/states/or</guid><pubDate>Sat, 7 May 2005 13:03:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Arts and Crafts <br>   PYSANKA WORKSHOP   --  Today at 2 p.m. Learn to make the traditional Ukrainian Easter egg. Ukrainian Catholic National Shrine, 4250 Harewood Rd. NE. $15. 202-526-3737.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Banks Settle WorldCom Suits]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25630-2005Mar10.html?nav=rss_nation/states/or</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25630-2005Mar10.html?nav=rss_nation/states/or</guid><pubDate>Sat, 7 May 2005 13:03:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Deutsche Bank agreed to pay $325 million to settle a lawsuit by WorldCom investors who claimed it should have known, as the company's bond underwriter, that WorldCom's books were fraudulent. Two other banks, WestLB and Caboto Holding, reached settlements totaling $112.5 million involving similar allegations. If approved by a federal judge, the accords would bring the WorldCom investor lawsuit settlements total to a record $4 billion.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[As Stewart Leaves Town, So Does All the Attention]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8576-2005Mar4.html?nav=rss_nation/states/or</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8576-2005Mar4.html?nav=rss_nation/states/or</guid><pubDate>Sat, 7 May 2005 13:03:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Annette Kellison already had given 10 radio interviews by noon Friday, squeezing them in between the breakfast and early lunch trade at the Dinner Bell restaurant.]]></description><author> Frank Ahrens</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Balancing Private Property and Public Good]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7880-2005Mar4.html?nav=rss_nation/states/or</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7880-2005Mar4.html?nav=rss_nation/states/or</guid><pubDate>Sat, 7 May 2005 13:03:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  The domestic political landscape is increasingly altering the physical landscape, and the issue is all about ownership. In municipalities across the country, growing numbers of citizens and businesses want government to get out of the way of landowners who want to build houses on the land they own.]]></description><author> Roger K. Lewis</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Relatives of U.S. Judge Slain in Chicago Home]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61850-2005Mar1.html?nav=rss_nation/states/or</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61850-2005Mar1.html?nav=rss_nation/states/or</guid><pubDate>Sat, 7 May 2005 13:03:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[On Monday night, Judge Joan Humphrey Lefkow -- who had received a death threat from a white supremicist last year -- returned from work to discover the bodies of her husband and her elderly mother in the basement of her home on Chicago's North Side. Both had been shot.]]></description><author> Peter Slevin</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anti-Sprawl Laws, Property Rights Collide]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58185-2005Feb27.html?nav=rss_nation/states/or</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58185-2005Feb27.html?nav=rss_nation/states/or</guid><pubDate>Sat, 7 May 2005 13:03:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In a nationwide paradox in public opinion, voters who favor protection of farmland and open space are defeating these protections if they perceive them as restrictions on personal rights.]]></description><author> Blaine Harden</author></item></channel></rss>