PORTLAND, Ore. – Former City Commissioner Charlie Hales and state Rep. Jefferson Smith will head for a November runoff in their race to be the next mayor of Portland.

Election results as of Wednesday morning had Hales with 38 percent of the vote, Smith with 31 percent and businesswoman Eileen Brady with 23 percent. The city charter dictates that the top two finishers in a primary square off in November.

Shortly after 11 p.m., Brady conceded the race and congratulated Smith and Hales. She also thanked them for running a clean campaign and hoped it would stay that way.

"For all the people of Portland: I've heard you. Jefferson and Charlie have heard you," she said. "We need to build a strong economy and we have to have a job base here that supports all Portlanders. We need to fully fund our schools. We need to truly take care of our children, from their education all the way through creating career opportunities."

She said it was too early to endorse either Hales or Smith.

PORTLAND, Ore. -- A Southeast Portland woman who works at a Hillsboro retail store abruptly left her job last week and was last seen on surveillance video at a store on the Oregon coast.

Kelly Vincent, 51, was reported missing to the Portland Police Bureau on May 10 after having been out of contact with family members and her job for a few days. Vincent, family and friends said, suddenly and uncharacteristically left her job at the Sunset Fred Meyer store in Hillsboro early on May 7.

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Tuesday, 5/15 - 6 PM
Out with the new, in with the old - that was the recording methodology behind Ohio alt-rockers Lovedrug's new full-length album, Wild Blood. Having spent all of 2010 focused on writing new material, pausing only to play SXSW and hone songs on a couple headlining stints, the highly regarded live group sought to capture their truest essence by reverting to the classic style of live studio recording. The result is a tour de force of a tremendous live band performing finely honed songs, an album latent with palpable, honest rock 'n' roll that is both immediately classic and new.