PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — As years go, Oregon’s 2009 was bleak. An Associated Press year-end survey found the news focused on the economy — an unemployment rate among the highest in the nation, foreclosures, bankruptcies and the misery that followed. That includes homelessness and great demand for relief such as food stamps. The year also saw brutality. A mother forced two children off a Portland …
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