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Does this former Oregon man look like an international spy?
The Russians think so, and they've sentenced him to a hefty prison sentence.
Good evening, I'm Stephanie Fisher.
And I'm Janelle Wang.
Eric Schmidt has the night off.
Welcome to Fox 49 News at 10.
There's an international tug of war tonight between the U.S. and Russia, and in the middle
is a former Oregon man suffering from cancer.
Edmund Pope was convicted of espionage in Russia today and sentenced to 20 years in
prison.
As Fox 49's Lori Nixon reports, U.S. officials say the Russians have gone too far.
Edmund Pope's 20-year prison sentence is being called a miscarriage of justice and a virtual
death sentence.
I need proper care, and I need somebody who is qualified and understands the type of cancer
that I've been threatened by.
Pope has a rare form of bone cancer and says only American doctors can treat his condition.
But getting that help appears unlikely.
A Russian court convicted Pope of espionage for acquiring documents for a high-speed torpedo.
American officials say Pope, a former naval officer, obtained the information legally,
and the information posed no threat to Russian security.
Oregon Congressman Greg Walden is furious about the conviction and told Fox 49 News
by phone tonight he won't stop until something is done.
This is totally backwards, and it will have a deep and serious ramification on our relationship
between the United States and Russia.
Well, you certainly don't want to be in a Russian prison under any circumstances.
Earl Mollander is a professor at Portland State University and the executive director
of the Free Market Business Development Institute, which trains Russian managers and government
officials in free enterprise.
He's made some 35 trips to Russia and says Pope is being made an example of.
I think this is one clear signal both to Russians and to anyone else that they should back off
from trying to buy or steal Russian military technology.
Pope's lawyers plan to appeal the conviction, but in the meantime, this Oregon State University
grad remains in a Russian jail, hoping justice will be served and his medical needs addressed.
With Lori Nixon, Fox 49 News.
It's not clear how sick Pope really is and how long he can go without treatment.
Congressman Greg Walden has written a letter to Russia's government asking for Pope's release.
He says that they do not comply.
He and other members of Congress may try to block financial aid to Russia and impose travel
restrictions.
Residents of Washington County tonight spoke out again against a new adult novelty shop
in their community.
Mr. Peeps is set to open in Aloa sometime in the near future.
Neighbors in that area are concerned that the adult shop is too near a school.
Obviously, this isn't something that's going to go away.
They're going to have these type of businesses somewhere, so let's at least try and keep
it to where it's not, right next to schools and kids right in the community itself, right
here.
Despite the outcry, Mr. Peeps is set to open.
We just don't know when.
Most of the newly passed Oregon measures take effect tomorrow, but today a judge blocked
one of them.
Measure seven would require the government to compensate landowners when regulations
reduce their property values.
The law faces several lawsuits, and today circuit judge Paul Liskom put the measure
on hold pending the outcome of those challenges.
Supporters of the measures say they plan to appeal.
We weren't surprised.
Based on the judge's actions last week, the judge basically wouldn't allow anybody who
was the petitioner on the initiative or any landowner intervene in the case last week.
So in essence, between the attorney general's office and those who opposed measure seven,
it was decided that this adjunction would be going into place.
Meanwhile, state leaders and private landowners gathered for the measure seven summit today.
A forum hosted by a local law firm tried to help people better understand the purpose
and implications of measure seven.
Some say the measure is too confusing and voters didn't truly understand what they were
voting for.
But Bill Sizemore disagrees.
He says the voters passed the measure knowing it would protect their basic rights as landowners.
I care a lot about this issue.
This is really a constitutional issue.
The founding fathers says government can't take private property for public use without
paying just compensation.
And a bunch of liberal lawyers have tried to get around that.
No word yet on how long the temporary injunction of measure seven will last.
In November, the measure passed with 54 percent of the votes.
Six of the other nine ballot measures approved by voters last month take effect tomorrow.
Here's a look at what will change.
Again with our schools.
Measure one passed last month.
That means the Oregon legislature must supply money to schools so they can meet established
quality standards.
If it can't give them money, its members must explain why.
Measure three, this prohibits the government from forfeiting your property unless you're
convicted of a crime involving property.
The forfeited property's value must be proportional to the crime.
Measure five requires a background check if you buy a gun at a gun show.
There will be some startup costs as the state begins this program.
Another measure that passed last month, measure 83, this loosens the requirements necessary
to qualify for veterans farm and home loans.
Measure 84 requires the state to continue paying local governments to provide state
mandated programs.
If they're not paid, local governments don't have to provide the program.
And measure 99 also goes into effect tomorrow.
99 creates a commission that will ensure quality services for the elderly and disabled.
It will cost the state almost a million dollars a year.
Measures that ride the state income tax kicker into the state constitution and increase the
amount of federal taxes that can be deducted on state returns will take effect some time
later.
An elderly man is improving tonight after escaping a fire that burned a downtown Portland
hotel.
Kenneth Myers inhaled too much smoke after the fire started at the Grove Hotel around
1230 today.
Firefighters contained the damage to one room, but there was so much smoke they decided to
evacuate the building.
Yeah, we did have to come a hole in the attic area to get the ventilator out to make sure
we had no fire up in the cockloft.
About 70 people lived in the hotel.
Myers is now listed in stable condition tonight.
It brings the world to Portland and Portland to the world.
So why are so many people opposed to these facilities full of optic fibers and computer
servers?
But next, spending the day in front of a computer can take its toll on your mental health.
We'll show you what you can do about it to avoid burnout.
And more problems for Robert Downey Jr.
We'll have the latest next on Fox 49 News at 10.
And what about that big cold spell on the way?
We'll have some of the details on that.
Take a look at some past cold spells, see how it might rank up.
Forecast is coming up in just five minutes.
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Florida's legislature will convene a special session tomorrow to possibly choose a slate of presidential electors.
The legislature's Republican leaders say they may have to step in to preserve the state's voice in the Electoral College.
Democrats charge the Republicans are simply trying to help George W. Bush.
Today, judges listened to arguments in two cases in Tallahassee that were brought by Democrats seeking to have thousands of Republican absentee ballots thrown out.
In the case of Seminole County, the veteran election supervisor admitted allowing Republicans to complete absentee ballot applications for voters.
Meanwhile, a federal appeals court has turned down Bush's request to throw out hand recounts in Florida.
The court ruled Bush failed to prove he was harmed by the hand counts that have already taken place.
Well, maybe Florida should do what election officials in the Willamette Valley town of Waterloo are doing.
After a recount, two candidates for mayor won 45 votes each.
But instead of going through another recount, they found a much simpler solution.
They're going to draw straws. No word yet on who won.
It worked with Dolly the sheep, so why not with Brittany the chicken?
The team of scientists who cloned Dolly have announced they've bred a genetically modified chicken.
They say it's a move that could be critical in the fight against cancer.
The chickens they cloned will lay protein-enriched eggs.
Many of the anti-cancer treatments are protein-based, and producing these antibodies in laboratories can be very expensive.
So scientists hope by cloning chickens, they can provide cheap and plentiful supplies for cancer research.
It's not easy to sit in front of a computer every day, but imagine those who never seem to be able to leave the cyber world.
The growth of information technology jobs in the Northwest has brought concerns whether employees are risking their mental health working with computers.
Intel takes employee stress very seriously.
Some psychologists believe high-tech jobs can lead to clinical depression and anxiety disorders.
Intel offers its workers flexible schedules and workout rooms to help alleviate stress.
Some employees even work at home one day a week.
I actually look forward to that day every week because of the difference, you know, that one day just a total different schedule that it gives me.
And I actually have mine scheduled for Wednesdays, so it breaks up my week.
Intel also encourages employees to take part in community activities like volunteering.
The company even gives workers time off to do it.
Robert Downey Jr. is apparently suffering from depression.
The Oscar-nominated actor was treated for depression at a psychiatric hospital over the weekend.
Downey was arrested Thanksgiving weekend on charges of drug possession.
The actor checked himself into the psychiatric unit of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on Friday.
He was released on Sunday.
The Riverside County District Attorney's Office is deciding whether to file charges against Downey in connection with that previous drug arrest.
A Beaverton woman is in the running for the MTV show, Real World.
We're going to introduce you to her in just a bit on Fox 49 News at 10.
But first, a bitter cold forecast.
That's right. It's kind of chilly out there tonight, but we expect some big changes as we go through the weekend.
We have a cold spell on the way. And could that mean some snow?
We'll try to sort it out a bit more tonight.
Weather's next.
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Well, another nice day out there today on the west side of the Cascades.
Lots of sunshine, but still no change in the disease side.
Stuck in the muck in the Columbia Basin.
You folks have been stuck in the clouds for many days.
In fact, much of the last month you've been stuck in the clouds.
And those clouds will stay there again tomorrow,
but then some changes coming up on Friday.
Now, 35 out at the Portland Airport right now.
The winds are calm.
They've died down quite a bit since last night at this time.
We had strong winds out of the gorge last night, but they're dying down,
and that's good news if you're tired of those.
You should sleep a little bit better tonight out in East County.
38 in Troutville, still breeze there.
Calm winds in Hillsboro down to 29 already at this hour.
Temperatures today very similar to yesterday.
Actually a little bit cooler in the western valleys, mid-40s.
Upper 50s at the coastline, beautiful weather out there.
And stuck in the clouds, there are low 30s, even some upper 20s,
when actually 29 today and above the clouds.
40 with some sun in Baker City.
Most temperatures west side approaching freezing at this hour,
and most areas well below freezing east of the mountains.
Now, temperatures today in Portland, we briefly dipped to 32 when the winds stopped this morning.
With the wind blowing this afternoon out at PDX, only 45.
A cool day. Average high this time of the year is 47 degrees.
And we still have a ridge over us, but notice at the end here over the last few hours,
things beginning to break down just a bit. That's a sign of things beginning to change.
For one, high pressure is weakening to our east,
so those gorge winds won't be a big problem in the next few days.
But the big change we keep talking about, and it still looks the same,
this upper level ridge that's been keeping us pretty dry and relatively mild,
that's going to push off to the west as we go into Friday and Saturday.
That allows one system to come down on Saturday.
I'll throw a sprinkle in Saturday morning.
It's not really cold enough to give us snow.
It'll just be kind of a cool partly cloudy to mostly cloudy day.
Then it still appears as some arctic air that's very bitterly cold air.
We'll slide south on the jet stream, which by that time will be coming right down over us.
That should come through on Sunday. We may get some snow flurries with that.
A lot of clouds and much, much colder weather.
Not all our models completely in agreement on this yet,
but in general it looks like we're going to head into a very cold period.
And how is this going to compare? I think we'll be maybe very similar to about two years ago.
December of 98, we had a few days with highs right in the low to mid 20s,
some lows down around 10 to 15, probably not quite as cold as back in 90 and 89.
We had some highs in the teens at that time.
Short term though, none of that.
Sunny skies, some morning fog in the southern valleys tomorrow,
lows into the 20s tonight in the valleys, 30s along the coastline,
temperatures in the low 40s tomorrow.
In the Cascades, still sunny and warm up there.
You'll see a big plummet in the freezing levels on Friday and Saturday.
That freezing level tomorrow, about 9,000 feet.
Wind in the Columbia Gorge, east winds 20 to 30, that's not unusual,
not nearly as strong as last night.
Sunny at the west end, cloudy at the east end, generally in the 30s tonight and tomorrow,
so no temperature change really.
And persistent fog and clouds in the Columbia Basin,
even squeezing out some snow flurries at times there.
Sunny elsewhere, teens and 20s tonight, about 40 in Bend for high temperature tomorrow.
Tonight in Portland, clear skies, a chilly night, 28 degrees.
And then tomorrow, sunny, less wind near the gorge again, 47 degrees, about average.
And then the air is once again into the mid-20s tonight,
Troutdale holding about 37.
And the five-day forecast, like I said, a sprinkle Saturday,
a bit cooler, not unusually cool.
And then I think that Arctic front will drop through on Sunday.
Assuming that happens, temperatures will go well below freezing
and won't come above freezing until that air moves out.
So maybe our coldest weather in about two years.
Like I said, that's not a for sure thing.
It's still four or five days out, but it's looking that way.
All right. Thank you, Mark.
Two giant pandas are settling in their new home at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C.
Tian Tian and Mei Xing endured a 15-hour flight from China today.
The 1,100-pound cages were loaded off the plane and then taken to the zoo.
The zoo is leasing the pandas for 10 years at $1 million a year.
The money will be used to promote panda conservation in China.
Zoo officials say the endangered species will undergo quarantine
before being introduced to the public in January.
They're called Telco Hotels, but no one sleeps there.
It's a wave of the future that connects us to the world around us.
So why are some people so against them? Find out next.
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A new kind of hotel is popping up in downtown Portland's ever-changing
industrial core and Pearl District.
These hotels are full of amenities like portals and servers,
but not workout rooms and restaurants.
Telco Hotels are hot properties right now, as Fox 49's Eric Schmidt has our story.
This 100-year-old building housed a number of industrial businesses over the years.
It's now being remodeled to house computer and telecommunication equipment,
and not much else.
When the remodeling is done, two or three people will work inside the 36,000-square-foot building,
a far cry from its industrial days.
This Telco Hotel is located in a perfect place,
right on the fiber optic lines that bring the world to Portland and Portland to the world.
Now you'd think a couple of hotels with no people in them would be ideal neighbors.
No big conventions, no problems parking, and no wild parties.
They're great tenants, and the problem is they don't have wild parties.
They probably should. I mean, we've got a brewery right across the street.
Al Solheim has been recycling old warehouses and industrial buildings
into lofts and business centers in the Pearl for 20 years.
Telco Hotels are wonderful. They're the backbone of our emerging economy.
They just shouldn't be on the streetcar line.
Solheim wants the city to refine and redesign its zoning codes for the Telco Hotels,
especially along the new streetcar tracks.
If necessary, a limited moratorium so that we don't have other properties along the streetcar
taken by these uses, which again I feel, and a lot of people feel, are inappropriate in this location.
City Commissioner Eric Stenn says a moratorium would send the wrong message to an expanding industry.
They're the future, and you can't have a modern city without modern Telcom.
And so let's make the buildings work and let's get people on the streetcar line,
but let's not send the signal that, hey, we don't want you here,
because I think we want these facilities pretty badly.
Network access provider Inflow moved into a new Telco Hotel just last month.
There's plenty of space for equipment, but Inflow managers say people are more important.
We want to maximize the number of customers and minimize the space each one of those customers take,
which will equate to more customers and again more foot traffic, more opstecks,
more engineers being hired here locally.
Telco Hotels are here to stay, but where they check in may change.
In Portland, Eric Schmidt, Fox 49 News.
The Portland City Council will hear recommendations from the city's planning staff
on proposals to zone Telco Hotels on December 13th.
Many of those options will involve design and multi-use of the future Telco Hotels.
Chaos erupts at a soccer match. You won't believe what happens to one of the players.
And the Blazers are at home against Toronto.
Brian is at the Rose Garden right now. His full report when we come back.
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The Blazers had a little help tonight with a Toronto star sitting on the bench.
Brian Buschlaks at the Rose Garden with our highlights. Brian?
Hey guys, welcome back to the Rose Garden where the Blazers open a three-game home stand tonight
with a big win over the Toronto Raptors. Here we go.
Half man, half amazing. All Armani tonight. Vince Carter out with a sore knee.
Fans missed him. Blazers didn't. Damon Stoudamire, the star tonight, drives a lane.
Scoop to the hoop. Portland up by three there.
Mike Dunleavy trying to draw something else up, but he brought Bonzi Wells off the bench.
Bonzi, 13 points, going to work inside. Hooping the hack. Nice play by Bonzi.
The key though tonight, folks, the Blazers lackadaisical at times, but not on defense.
Key there, Kemp with the steal. Bonzi with the finish. Big play. Blazers by 11 there.
Very next play. More defense. Bonzi rips him off. Leads to a breakaway here.
Stacey Ogman feed to Sheed. Hoop, hack, 43-35. Blazers at the break.
The feed to Rashid. Third frame. Sheed breaking him down inside. Going to work.
Wallace, 20 points. Raptors hanging around all night though, but Damon was the difference tonight.
Three straight buckets in one stretch. Finish with a game high, 21 points.
He's playing great at both ends of the court. Couple of huge plays.
Closed him out. Bonzi steals. Stacey Ogman cashes in with a jam.
Blazers by eight there. And then Damon with the heist here.
This time it'll be Bonzi with the big finish. Blazers with several plays like this tonight that were huge.
Toronto threatened late, but the Blazers put them away. Final count here at the Garden.
95 to 88. Portland.
Just trying to create a little bit of havoc. We were a little lethargic on defense, but I tried to pick it up.
Stacey came in. I thought he did a good job. But everybody, it was a team win because they hit a lot of tough shots too.
We'll take this win though. Something to build on for Friday.
I just like to come in and do my thing. If it's scoring one day, I've got to go out and score.
I've got to be on the defense and just getting others involved. That's what I've got to do.
Some days it all happens together in a circle and I just do it all.
But I've just got to come in and contribute and just keep my job.
Nice way to open the homestead. Finally for everybody out there who says soccer is a sissy sport.
Not if you're a hardcore fan in Mexico. The goalie hit with a firecracker.
Police nabbed the guy who threw it, but that ignites a riot between the rival fans.
If you're scoring at home, Moralia beat Pachuca. Final count two to one.
Again, the Blazers win here 95 to 88. Back in action Friday night against the Philadelphia 76ers.
Back to you guys.
Alright. Thank you, Brian.
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Fame is just a mouse click away for one local girl.
She's a finalist for one of MTV's most popular shows.
Brandi Ray of Washington County sent this tape to MTV producers.
The 19-year-old is one of 25 finalists vying for a spot on the real world,
a show that puts people from different walks of life into one home.
Their lives are being constantly taped on camera.
Brandi says the thought of being on TV is scary, but something she would love to do.
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Is it time for the forecast? Yeah, let's go for it.
Oh yes, I'm hearing into my ear now.
Lots of sunshine tomorrow and again on Friday the big changes come up
as we go into Saturday with maybe some sprinkles and it won't be that cold Saturday.
Our model is still pretty much going for a big cold air outbreak.
I like to say that. I only get to say it every other year practically.
On Sunday, the temperature is dropping well below freezing.
That's not a for sure thing yet, but we're leaning that way.
We've got some exciting days ahead in the weather department.
Yeah, the weather's been really slow this fall actually.
Things are going to change I think.
Thank you Mark.
That's it for us tonight. Thanks for joining us.
We'll see you tomorrow night at 5. Good night.
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