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Met-Pro Corp posted third-quarter results that missed market estimates, but said new orders were up sequentially. The company said new orders were up 31 percent from the second quarter led by an improvement in large project bookings within its product...

Oregon is going to continue on its Rose Bowl quest, the Ducks can't be haunted by the ghosts of recent games at Arizona Stadium. Two years ago Oregon brought an 8-1 record, a No. BCS national championship game aspirations to...

Maine— The Portland Charter Commissioner says voters should choose the city's mayor. But the commission says an elected mayor should have limited power. The Portland Press Herald says details remain to be worked out, but the commission plans to ask...

Leslie RenkenThe (Peoria, Ill.) Journal Star Pumpkin farmer John Ackerman walks through a neighbor's waterlogged pumpkin field. Rainy weather in Illinois hurt this year's pumpkin harvest, and Libby's has alerted consumers to an impending canned-pumpkin shortage. You might want to...

Participants will be notified by mail about the settlement and distribution amounts, which are projected to be deposited into individual accounts early next year, Westlund said. The settlement resolves a lawsuit that the state filed in April against OppenheimerFunds Inc....

It was almost two years ago to the day when the Trail Blazers built a 25-point third-quarter lead at Philadelphia, then watched it disappear before their very eyes in a 92-88 loss to the 76ers. So while what happened Wednesday...

Everybody loves a good fairy tale. Many of our most basic notions, from romance to good versus evil, are derived from them. Even after we’ve supposedly outgrown our Disney movies we are still influenced by the ideas encoded in their...

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J erry Glanville resigned as head coach of Portland State yesterday after three losing seasons. The former NFL coach went 9-24 with the Vikings, including 2-9 overall and 1-7 in the Big Sky Conference this season. . . . Division...