State shifts flu vaccine priority to higher risk
PORTLAND (AP) — The Oregon swine flu vaccination program is shifting priority toward children and adults considered at higher risk because of underlying or chronic medical conditions.

 Murder suspect helped in search
COQUILLE - Before her mother called the police Monday, before most people knew she was missing, Patrick Lee Horath helped his family search for Jayme Austin.

 Vehicle info sought in murder case
The Coos County District Attorney and Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help to track the whereabouts of murder victim Jayme Austin’s car early last week. They also want to track the movement of suspect Patrick Horath’s pickup.

Local home sales go up
When the bottom falls out of the real estate market, it has nowhere to go but up.

GM plans to begin repaying federal aid this year
WASHINGTON — General Motors Co. will begin paying back $6.7 billion in U.S. government loans by the end of 2009 and could pay off that full amount as early as 2010, five years ahead of schedule, CEO Fritz Henderson said today.

Poll: Fine print in health care worries many
WASHINGTON (AP) — What’s it going to cost me?

 Sprucing up MPHS, brick by brick
MYRTLE POINT — Some Myrtle Point High School students want to leave a lasting imprint on their campus.

Gambling addicts boost Oregon Lottery
PORTLAND (AP) - More than half the Oregon Lottery revenue from video gambling appears to be coming from a small number of players, many with gambling problems.

Nuclear facility could produce fuel for warhead
VIENNA (AP) — A senior official says the U.N nuclear agency believes Iran plans to start enriching uranium at a previously secret facility in 2011.

 Denmark: Summit must set treaty deadline
COPENHAGEN (AP) — With a global warming pact out of reach this year, a key climate summit in Copenhagen next month must set a deadline for a legally binding treaty, Denmark’s climate minister said today.

Uniformed gunmen abduct, kill 13 people
BAGHDAD (AP) — Gunmen wearing Iraqi army uniforms abducted and killed at least 13 people in a village west of Baghdad, in what some described as revenge against Sunnis who helped fight al-Qaida, Iraqi officials said today.

 Polite Nudge
BEIJING (AP) — President Barack Obama pointedly nudged China today to stop censoring Internet access, offering an animated defense of the tool that helped him win the White House and suggesting Beijing need not fear a little criticism.

Crash kills 2, injures 4
DALLAS (AP) — Oregon State Police say a single-car crash near Dallas killed two people and hurt four more. Most of them, including a critically injured infant, were not buckled in.

I want to know: Bright pink crab pots are easier to spot
Q: I want to know why there are pink crab pots stacked at the Charleston Marina. Is pink more effective at attracting crab?

 French respond to rocket attack on market that killed 12 Afghans
TAGAB VALLEY, Afghanistan (AP) — Insurgents fired two rockets today into a crowded market northeast of Kabul where the head of French forces in Afghanistan was holding a meeting with tribal elders. The attack killed 12 Afghan civilians and wounded at least another 38, the French military said.

Police jail shooting, kidnapping suspect
CLACKAMAS (AP) — A Beaverton woman escaped with the help of a passerby after her ex-boyfriend shot at her car along Interstate 205, kidnapped her and brought her to Washington state, sheriff’s deputies said Sunday.

U.N. overturns genocide conviction
ARUSHA, Tanzania (AP) — A U.N. appeals court overturned the conviction of the former Rwandan president’s brother-in-law today, who had been sentenced to 20 years for organizing a massacre that left about 1,000 dead during the 1994 genocide.

Spain takes step to free fishermen
MADRID  — Spain moved today to win the release of 36 fishermen held hostage on a Spanish trawler off Somalia by indicting two captured pirates in a fast-track procedure so they can be returned to Somalia as demanded by the hijackers.

CDC sees slight increase in adult smoking
ATLANTA  — Cigarette smoking rose slightly for the first time in almost 15 years, dashing health officials’ hopes that the U.S. smoking rate had moved permanently below 20 percent.