The military surplus program came under attack last month after an unarmed black man was shot dead by a police officer in suburban Ferguson, Mo. Television screens across the nation lit up with ...

Providing the look that keeps Portland outlandish probably wasn't on Edgar Baxter's mind when he began selling military surplus out of the trunk of his car in 1945.

Kathy Smith drove from the Ada suburb of Whitneyville to pick up military jackets her 21-year-old daughter could convert into costumes for Anime conventions, which celebrate Japanese animation.