Dr. Jayant Patel, who is charged in Australia with manslaughter in the deaths of three patients, wants to be released in the United States for the weeks before he's extradited to stand trial.

A Portland woman molested by an anesthesiologist during surgery filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit Thursday, claiming his employer and her dentist knew of the anesthesiologist's history of molestation.

After more than 14 months in federal custody, Andrew Wiederhorn returned to Portland this week and was immediately reappointed to the helm of the merchant banking company.