S. Korea on high alert for more cyber attacks, suspicious of north
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea was on high alert today for more cyber attacks amid suspicions that North Korea was behind a recent wave of Web site outages in the South and in the United States. The South warned that computer networks of key infrastructure could be targeted.

Myrtle Point fire injures four
Medics took four people to the hospital this morning after a Myrtle Point apartment building caught fire around midnight.

 Activists: Blockade won't end
ELLIOTT STATE FOREST — Environmental groups said they were calling in reinforcements after police arrested activists who blockaded a remote logging site nearly 20 miles from Reedsport.

Hauser school cuts its staff
HAUSER — Although it’s tucked away in Hauser far from many of the other schools in its parent district save one, The Lighthouse School is hardly immune to public education’s budget woes.

 Cities look to help homeless
FRESNO, Calif. — The U.S. expects to send $1.5 billion in stimulus money today to hundreds of communities around the country to prevent homelessness, including $1 million for Fresno to dismantle tent cities and move residents into privately owned apartments.

Museum leases land to wind farm
GOLDENDALE, Wash. (AP) — The Maryhill Museum of Art has defied convention since it opened, with its utopian origin, eclectic collection and even its location making the green-lawned mansion an incongruous landmark on a desolate ridge above the Columbia River.

Mysterious briefcase left under pay phone
MEDFORD (AP) — The Oregon State Police crime lab in Central Point is analyzing a mysterious briefcase to determine if it contains explosives.

Bend man accused videotaping women
BEND (AP) — Bend police arrested a 26-year-old man accused of secretly videotaping women in dressing rooms and bathrooms.

Teen Idol starts tonight
The wait is over. Bay Area Teen Idol junkies can get their fix tonight, when the contest kicks off its sixth season at the Egyptian Theatre in Coos Bay.

Tsunami warning test this weekend
Sirens will blare Sunday afternoon and the hope is people in Coos Bay, North Bend and Empire will notice.

 Police handcuff timber sale protesters
ELLIOTT STATE FOREST — Police have taken control of a logging site in the Elliott State Forest near Reedsport, arresting at least 15 protesters.

Obama seeks momentum for climate change deal
L’AQUILA, Italy (AP) — Rallying rich and surging nations alike, President Barack Obama wants the world’s top polluters to keep driving toward a deal to halt global warming.

Gov't checks for flu readiness
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration put the states on notice today: Swine flu promises to create a mess this fall. Are you ready?

Truck bomb kills 25 in Afghanistan
KABUL (AP) — A massive bomb blast today in central Afghanistan killed 25 people including primary school students, destroying shops and scattering pieces of the vehicle that carried the explosives more than a mile away, police said. Another bombing in the south killed two NATO soldiers.

Homeless numbers show more families are homeless
WASHINGTON  (AP) — The face of homelessness in the United States is changing to include more families and more people who live in the suburbs and rural communities.

Portland renames 39th Avenue as Cesar Chavez Boulevard
PORTLAND (AP) — The City Council voted Wednesday to rename 39th Avenue as Cesar Chavez Boulevard after a two-year debate that brought charges of racism and government heavy-handedness, and groans from residents who wanted the late Hispanic labor leader honored elsewhere.

A new Habitat for building supplies
The Coos Bay Area Habitat for Humanity ReStore is holding its grand opening Saturday in the old Broadway Builders building on Broadway Avenue in North Bend.

Not much can be done for pigeons
Question: My boyfriend and I recently found a wounded pigeon next to his house, but when we called a number of organizations, including local veterinarians, for help on how to care for it or have it put down, no one seemed to be able to help much. We don’t want it to die in a cardboard box, or have to put it out its misery ourselves. What should we do? Why won’t anyone help?

Bombing north of Baghdad kills 34
BAGHDAD (AP) — A suicide bomber today killed at least 34 people and injured 70 near a judge’s house in northern Iraq, and two roadside bombs in Baghdad killed seven people, authorities said.

World leaders look at trade regulations
L’AQUILA, Italy (AP) — Leaders of rich and developing nations want to finish a long-delayed world trade deal in 2010 and head off trade wars that could hit world economies as they struggle to emerge from the recession.

CB native considers a run for governor
He may not have declared his candidacy, but Coos Bay native Brian Clem is testing the waters for a run at the governor’s office.

Oregon hustles to spend stimulus money
PORTLAND — With a one-time injection of federal stimulus dollars, Oregon’s annual state spending on highway projects has nearly tripled since 2001, a state official said Wednesday.

Musician at NB library
Popular children’s musician Anne-Louise Sterry returns to the North Bend Public Library with songs, stories, and lots of audience participation on Saturday, July 18. This free program at 1 p.m. is funded through an Oregon Ready to Read Grant, and is suitable for ages 4 through adult.

Court tosses challenge to seabird protection
A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., has dismissed the timber industry’s lawsuit challenging threatened species protection for the marbled murrelet, a seabird that nests in old growth trees.

Cable employee arrested after robbery
PORTLAND (AP) — Police have arrested a 25-year-old Comcast Corp. employee after a check-cashing store in Portland was robbed and a female employee was clubbed in the head with a crowbar.