Recently our reporters made two separate forays to Portland, Ore. No, this wasn’t a big story investigating the People’s Republic…
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To the Betster, it looks like 2014 has two themes at work: weather and history. Let’s take the weather first….
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As has now become apparent, the Betster has only been posing as a smart-aleck social adviser and in reality works…
Just when you thought our winter weather couldn’t get any weirder, along comes a new twist. We’re in a fire…
The Betster would like to call back last week’s Best Bets in which yours truly said it appeared parts of…
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Pretty nifty — guess who’s 50? That would be us, of course, as we celebrate 50 years of reporting on…