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    EXCLUSIVE: A black SUV. A bogus passport. A private plane. This is how a Saudi national studying in Portland fled the US, weeks before trial in the hit-and-run death of a teen girl, feds say. Behind his remarkable escape? The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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  2. Latest: “Given the similarities in these cases, a thorough investigation is needed to better understand the involvement of (the) Saudi government.”

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  3. NEW Two accused rapists. Two suspected hit-and-run drivers (1 fatal). One man w/ trove of child porn. All were Saudi students in US, sponsored by their government, charged w/ serious crimes in Oregon. All vanished before trial or completing sentence

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  4. November 2018: Major party nominee for Oregon governor waging a multi-million dollar campaign. January 2019: Guy on Twitter trolling journalist whose newspaper editorial board endorsed his campaign and who is hosting a fundraiser to help create more diverse newsrooms in Oregon

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  5. "Future generations may ask why we were distracted by lesser matters...Amid everything else going on, dont lose sight of the most important story of the year" writes NYT columnist who devoted exactly 4 of his 300 columns published in 2018 to climate change

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  6. 2-year-old Liam Mankins picked up a handgun in his family's home, pulled the trigger & shot himself in the head Nov. 4. He died hours later. His parents were home when it happened. They now face second-degree manslaughter (and meth possession) charges.

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  7. My story about how & I went to explore one of Oregon’s oldest, & least traveled, forests in the coastal mountain range — & got hopelessly off course within minutes. The proposed Devil's Staircase Wilderness has a good shot of approval in 2019.

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  8. NEW: The Washington Post this morning out w/ a piece matching our story on the Saudi national who fled the U.S. before his trial in the death of a Portland teen.

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  9. Books started & finished in 2018

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  10. UPDATE: McMinnville police Friday night arrested 39-year-old Amber Rocco. She faces two felony counts of first-degree intimidation, two felony accounts of unlawful use of a weapon, two misdemeanor counts of menacing, & two misdemeanor counts of harassment.

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  11. “Since the U.S. does not have an extradition treaty with Saudi Arabia, what steps is the Trump administration taking to ensure Mr. Noorah is accountable for the death of Ms. Smart?” asks Pompeo & Whitaker.

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  12. “These are shocking claims in any event, but with the barbaric murder of U.S. resident Jamal Khashoggi, they suggest a brazen pattern of disregard for the law and abuse of diplomatic privileges."

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  13. NEW: In a letter to Pompeo & acting AG Whitaker, Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden asks Trump admin to explain how a Saudi citizen, accused of killing a teen girl, jumped bail & apparently fled w/ his government’s help just before his manslaughter trial in Portland.

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  14. Exclusive /video: Oregon woman pulls knife, hurls racial slurs at black couple on Christmas Eve. Emora Roberson, who had her 15-month-old daughter w/ her captured the whole thing. "This woman was basically trying to get into our car,” she tells me.

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    26 Dec 2018

    People tell me I have the best job in the world, and... well, they're not wrong.

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    Saudi Arabia may have helped one of its students in the US escape justice and flee back home after he allegedly killed a 15-year-old girl in a reckless hit-and-run

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    Just pubbed, the most comprehensive review of lockdowns ever done: More than 4.1 million students endured one last school year, and the effects were often devastating — kids wept and soiled themselves, wrote wills and texted parents goodbye. w/

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    24 Dec 2018

    U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden wants jail time for tech CEOs who violate user privacy.

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