Sam Adams (Mayor)

Mayors Sam Adams, Jerry Sanders and Annise Parker urge Americans to support gay marriage in a new video released on Wednesday. Mayors Sam Adams of Portland, Jerry Sanders of San Diego and Annise Parker of Houston urge Americans to support gay marriage in a new video released on Wednesday. Mayors for the Freedom to Marry announced that the number of mayors joining the group had more than doubled since its January 20 debut, from 80 to 175. The mayors have pledged to support efforts to legalize gay nuptials in their home states. Featured in the 60-second video are chairs Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa of Los Angeles, Mayor Jerry Sanders of San Diego, and Mayor Annise Parker of Houston, in addition to co-chairs including Mayor Marilyn Strickland of Tacoma, WA; Mayor Pedro Segarra of Hartford, CT; Mayor Sam Adams of Portland, OR; Mayor Setti Warren of Newtown, MA; Mayor Jeffrey Slavin of Somerset, MD; Mayor Ed Lee of San Francisco, CA; Mayor Laura Friedman of Glendale, CA; Mayor Stephen Cassidy

PORTLAND, Ore (Reuters) - Portland Mayor Sam Adams is a self-described strong liberal, but despite sharing the politics of many anti-Wall Street protesters who rocked his city, he has also emerged as one of their harshest critics.

PORTLAND, Ore (Reuters) - Portland Mayor Sam Adams is a self-described strong liberal, but despite sharing the politics of many anti-Wall Street protesters who rocked his city, he has also emerged as one of their harshest critics.

PORTLAND, Ore (Reuters) - Portland Mayor Sam Adams is a self-described strong liberal, but despite sharing the politics of many anti-Wall Street protesters who rocked his city, he has also emerged as one of their harshest critics.

(Reuters) - Police extended moves aimed at keeping anti-Wall street protesters from camping on Monday, arresting 11 people in Orlando and San Diego after a weekend clampdown in cities on both the East and West coasts netted scores of arrests.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Police cracked down on anti-Wall Street protesters on the East and West Coasts over the weekend, arresting a total of 50 demonstrators in Portland, Oregon, and Washington, D.C.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Police cracked down on anti-Wall Street protesters on the East and West Coasts over the weekend, arresting a total of 50 demonstrators in Portland, Oregon, and Washington, D.C.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Police cracked down on anti-Wall Street protesters on the East and West Coasts over the weekend, arresting a total of 50 demonstrators in Portland, Oregon, and Washington, D.C.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Police cracked down on anti-Wall Street protesters on the East and West Coasts over the weekend, arresting a total of 50 demonstrators in Portland, Oregon, and Washington, D.C.

PORTLAND, Ore (Reuters) - Police confronted an estimated 1,000 anti-corporate protesters in Portland, Oregon, on Sunday after clearing parks occupied by demonstrators for weeks, echoing moves in other U.S. cities to shut encampments.

PORTLAND, Ore (Reuters) - Portland Police arrested more than 50 people on Sunday as the authorities cleared out and blocked off encampments of the Occupy movement that has been protesting nationwide over economic issues.

Police evicted dozens of anti-Wall Street protesters from downtown Portland, Oregon, making over 50 arrests in the latest city to act against the encampments, officials said.

PORTLAND, Ore (Reuters) - Portland Police arrested more than 50 people on Sunday as the authorities cleared out and blocked off encampments of the Occupy movement that has been protesting nationwide over economic issues.

PORTLAND, Ore (Reuters) - Occupy Portland protesters and police confronted one another in the streets on Sunday, as authorities around the United States tried to close down encampments occupied by demonstrators for weeks.

PORTLAND, Ore (Reuters) - Occupy Portland protesters and police confronted one another on the city's streets on Sunday, as authorities around the country try to close down encampments occupied by demonstrators for weeks.

PORTLAND, Ore (Reuters) - Occupy Portland protest sites emptied out on Sunday in the face of a city-issued eviction notice, as authorities around the country try to close down encampments occupied by demonstrators for weeks.

PORTLAND, Ore (Reuters) - Occupy Portland protest sites emptied out on Sunday in the face of a city-issued eviction notice, as authorities around the country try to close down encampments occupied by demonstrators for weeks.

PORTLAND, Ore (Reuters) - Occupy Portland encampments were nearly empty on Sunday as protesters packed up and left after warnings by city officials that they would be evicted over the weekend.

PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - Anti-Wall Street encampments in Portland were nearly empty on Sunday as protesters packed up and left after warnings by city officials that they would be evicted over the weekend.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Tensions were rising at anti-Wall Street protests in three western cities on Friday as demonstrators in Portland, Salt Lake City and Oakland defied orders by police to dismantle their camps.