Eem is Portland’s 2019 Restaurant of the Year: Morning Briefing for Friday, Sept. 13

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Eem's signature jungle curry with brisket. September 10, 2019. Brooke Herbert/The Oregonian Brooke Herbert/The OregonianBrooke Herbert/The Oregonian

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BEST EATS: Eem is named Portland’s 2019 Restaurant of the Year. Read more.

COME EAT: These are Portland’s 10 best new restaurants of 2019. Read more.

READER PICKS: These are the top five Portland-area Dairy Queen locations, according to readers. Read more.

PORTLAND SCHOOLS: One year and $675,000 later, Portland Public Schools settles with a former top administrator who dated a subordinate. Read more.

MOUSEKETEER DEATH: A judge will not move the trial of Dennis Day’s suspected killer. Read more.

PORTLAND BREWERIES: Fire on the Mountain not just winging it in Beervana. Read more.

SADDLE UP: 2019 Pendleton Round-Up: All the rodeo action, sights and style. Read more.

HOME BUYING: A down-payment program for teachers trying to buy a house comes to expensive Portland. Read more.

SCHOOL LOCKOUTS: A roommate fight triggers gunshots, 911 calls and school lockdowns in the Beaverton area, deputies say. Read more.

IN THE COURTS: The mother of Karissa Fretwell sues her daughter’s accused killer for $2 million. Read more.

CLACKAMAS DA: Longtime prosecutor John Wentworth enters the race for Clackamas County DA. Read more.

TAKE NOTE: Want to be on “Wheel of Fortune”? The “Wheelmobile” returns to Oregon this weekend, in search of contestants. Read more.

WINE INDUSTRY: The Oregon wine industry tops $600 million in sales, says a new industry report. Read more.

TRAVEL PLANS: Here are the 10 cheapest flight destinations from Portland this fall. Read more.

PORTLAND PROTESTS: A cop is cleared in a controversy over his friendly texts with Patriot Prayer’s Joey Gibson before and during protests. Read more.

REAL ESTATE: Pink Martini’s Thomas Lauderdale leads a $5 singalong fundraiser at Oregon’s only Frank Lloyd Wright house. Read more.

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Ask Amy: Bad parenting and obvious favoritism didn’t do the ‘favorite’ child any favors

Carolyn Hax: Woman’s constant connection via cell to disabled family members is its own health hazard

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AROUND THE WORLD: On Sept. 13, 2001, two days after the 9/11 terror attacks, the first few jetliners returned to the nation’s skies, but several major airports remained closed and others opened only briefly. President George W. Bush visited injured Pentagon workers and said he would carry the nation’s prayers to New York.

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