Check library for recommended books
It s no surprise that public libraries are as strapped for cash as everyone else. That doesn t mean, however, that your local library isn t purchasing new children s books. Many of the books you ll find in this column listed as Books to Buy may als...
 4.5K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 1000.0 College tuition is up amid recession
With the economy struggling, parents and students dared to hope this year might offer a break from rising college costs. Instead, they got another sharp increase. Average tuition at four-year public colleges in the U.S. climbed 6.5 percent, or $...
6.0K - Oct. 21, 2009; scored 762.0 Not too scary books for Halloween
Kendal Rautzhan, columnist Few children are aware that the roots of Halloween began over 2,000 years ago as a Celtic festival of the dead at the onset of winter. The originators of Halloween offered gifts of wine and food for the souls of their ances...
4.4K - Oct. 14, 2009; scored 784.0 Faster than a speeding bullet
EUGENE (AP) Comic book superheroes such as Superman and Batman used to be little more than a guilty pleasure in American life, a cheap diversion loved by children and looked down on by their parents. No longer. For years now, the art world has embr...
5.2K - Oct. 6, 2009; scored 771.0 It's comical to my ears
If you like big, brassy Broadway musicals, boy is this the season for you. Lighting up the Great White Way (or the Chicago equivalent) this fall will be Shrek, Spider-Man, the Addams Family and ” no wait, Spider-Man ? I m trying to ...
3.2K - Sep. 18, 2009; scored 637.0 Nursery struggles
The Oregonian PORTLAND Teufel Nursery Inc., one of the area s largest nursery and landscaping operations, is fighting for its life after its longtime lender withdrew financing in May. Textron Financial Corp. demanded immediate payment of the &#...
3.8K - Aug. 15, 2009; scored 633.0 California has plan to plug holes in budget
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) Lawmakers on Friday approved a complex package of spending cuts, local government raids and accounting maneuvers to fill California's gigantic budget deficit, providing hope that the state might begin a slow climb out of a d...
6.4K - Jul. 25, 2009; scored 732.0 FBI takes close look at failed Albany developer
ALBANY - The FBI, one bankruptcy trustee and 88 investors are hot on the money trail behind Albany real estate developer Joe LaCoste, court records show. As CEO and major shareholder of the now-defunct Willamette Development Services, LaCoste amassed...
7.4K - Jun. 30, 2009; scored 749.0 Housing market goes boom
Maybe the most important lesson I learned as a journalist came from a story I never wrote. During the 1980s, I was under contract to a monthly magazine. Owing editors a feature article, I was assigned to write about how sky-high prices and inflation ...
2.8K - Jun. 9, 2009; scored 551.0 General Motors files for bankruptcy, makes restructuring plan
NEW YORK - General Motors filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection today as part of the Obama administration's plan to shrink the automaker to a sustainable size and give a majority ownership stake to the federal government. GM's bankruptcy filing ...
10.4K - Jun. 1, 2009; scored 767.0 Book returned to Virginia library, 31 years late
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - Jimmy Carter was in the White House and Dick Cavett was on late night TV when Sarah McKee borrowed a book about American Indian leaders from a northern Virginia library. Now the book is back after McKee mailed it to the Arlingto...
0.8K - May. 11, 2009; scored 426.0 Keep the filth on the net and off the streets
A Cook County, Ill., sheriff is trying to bust craigslist.org , the (almost) free, online classified ad Web site, for running ads from prostitutes. I used to wonder why my old street corner looked so empty at midnight these past few years. All this ...
3.1K - Mar. 26, 2009; scored 603.0 Record books open door to port history
ASTORIA (AP) The document vault in the combination safe at the Port of Astoria office is filled mostly with boring old invoices and canceled checks. But on one shelf Port Commissioner Floyd Holcom found a dozen bulky, leather-bound minute books tha...
3.4K - Feb. 16, 2009; scored 706.0 Feds close banks in Nebraska, Florida, Illinois and Oregon
WASHINGTON Regulators on Friday closed banks based in Nebraska, Florida, Illinois and Oregon, marking 13 failures this year of federally insured institutions. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. was appointed receiver of the banks. Sherman County B...
4.1K - Feb. 14, 2009; scored 603.0 The college scam
A college diploma is supposed to be the ticket to the good life. Colleges and politicians tell students, Your life will be much better if you go to college. On average during your lifetime you will earn a million dollars more if you get a bachelor s...
3.4K - Feb. 5, 2009; scored 624.0 Economists study public works plans
PORTLAND Last week, House Democrats unveiled an ambitious economic plan to help Oregon weather the economic storm ahead. Spending hundreds of millions of dollars on state-funded construction projects could create thousands of jobs, they said. The H...
4.9K - Dec. 1, 2008; scored 646.0 Library helps patrons measure power use at home
Some people go to the library to check out books or a DVD. Others go to the North Bend Public Library to get a consumer power meter to measure their power usage. Really. The library now has electricity usage monitors available for check out. The moni...
3.8K - Nov. 15, 2008; scored 702.0 Cheers and Jeers
Young hearts Cheers to young people who look beyond themselves to contribute to the needs of others. This week s papers featured local Boy Scouts and the North Bend High School Key Club working on behalf of local food pantries. They set a good exampl...
2.5K - Nov. 8, 2008; scored 594.0 | 
