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Portland, OR Senior News

• Stranger steals ID of grieving couple's dead baby (KATU Portland)

  A Washington couple is outraged after finding out their daughter is being claimed as a tax write-off by a total stranger. Adding insult to injury - the baby is dead. And now the government won't tell the couple anything about the person who did it.

• Elderly woman killed, brother hurt in Everett fire (WCSH 6 Portland)

  EVERETT, Mass. (AP) -- Authorities say an 80-year-old woman died and her 76-year-old brother was critically injured in a two-alarm fire at their Everett home that was likely started by careless disposal of a cigarette.

• Man claims he rented out strangers' homes to keep up property value (KATU Portland)

  Peter Dodsondance admits he rented out houses that weren't his, but for the good of the community. But Eric and Ashlie Bogue never gave him permission to rent their house. And neither did Linda Dieckhoff.

• Oregon says suspect in Gresham killing is fake dentist (The Oregonian)

  Officials believe Viktor G. Gebauer did dental work without a license for years.

• Veteran lost thousands as neighbor took him 'to the bank' (KATU Portland)

  An Oregon man warns of "cut-throats and pirates who just scoop these folks up." He said his elderly uncle's story - involving a neighbor and a convicted criminal - is a wake-up call.