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Lawmakers, communications workers want changes to Lunsford Act

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Traffic bustles by the Oregon College of Art & Craft mostly unaware of this artful enclave on nine rolling, wooded acres just off busy Southwest Barnes Road.

Inside, students wearing earplugs and headphones patiently tap silver over polished mandrels to make bowls and cylinders that will, after hundreds of hours of work, become teapots.

But there's more. Community art classes are offered in the summer and evenings for folks who want to drop in and take advantage of the college's instructors and well-equipped studios. There are summer art camps for the kids. And judging from the line for the Hands-On Cafe, which sometimes reaches out the door of the Centrum Building, more than a few visitors come here for weekday lunch or Sunday brunch, which includes handmade treats such as Italian eggs benedict and Hungarian-style omelets.

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During the divisive War of 1812, a livid woman famous for her long hair rode to the White House, stood in her carriage, let down her tresses and proclaimed that she would gladly be shorn of them if they would be used to hang President James Madison.

That anecdote, from Catherine Allgor's biography of Dolley Madison, shows that today's theatrical anger is not without precedent. But now there is a new style in anger -- fury as a fashion accessory, indignation as evidence of good character.

Under the headline "San Franciscans Hurl Their Rage at Parking Patrol," The New York Times recently described the verbal abuse and physical violence -- there were 28 attacks in 2006 -- inflicted on parking enforcement officers in a city that has a surplus of liberalism and a shortage of parking places.

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Wash. to test 'enhanced' licenses that would let residents travel passport-free to Canada

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MIAMI (AP) -- Andre Iguodala scored 14 of his 19 points in the second half, Kyle Korver had 11 points in the final quarter and the Philadelphia 76ers rallied from a 19-point deficit to beat the struggling Miami Heat 93-85 Saturday night.

Iguodala, who was in the lineup after a sore back forced him to miss the 76ers' game with Charlotte on Friday and end a streak of 232 straight appearances, added seven rebounds and six assists for Philadelphia, which has won 10 of its last 14 to remain alive in the Eastern Conference playoff race.

Korver finished with 17 for Philadelphia, which got 13 points

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