COMING SOON
Today Coast Guard honors veterans at parade Representatives of the Siuslaw Station of the U.S. Coast Guard will be the grand marshall of the Veteran s Day Parade in Florence and will host an open house at the U.S. Coast Guard Station in Florence foll...
 2.2K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 68.0 German leader urges U.S. to act on climate
WASHINGTON (AP) German Chancellor Angela Merkel marked the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall by exhorting the world in a speech to Congress today to tear down the walls of today and reach a deal to combat global warming. Frequently ...
5.3K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 68.0 Pendleton man to buy troubled gorge hotel
PORTLAND (AP) The troubled Columbia Gorge Hotel may have found a buyer after it closed last January. Vijay Patel, who owns a small chain of hotels in Eastern Oregon and Washington state, told The Oregonian he will buy the historic hotel for more th...
2.3K - Oct. 26, 2009; scored 68.0 Trains collide in India, killing 21 people
NEW DELHI (AP) A passenger train crashed into another train s rear carriage reserved for women and disabled passengers, killing 21 people and injuring 17 who remained trapped for hours today near the Taj Mahal in northern India, police said. Rescue...
1.0K - Oct. 21, 2009; scored 272.0 India blocks climate deal
NEW DELHI (AP) Eight South Asian countries have agreed they can t be part of any climate change deal that sets legally binding limits on their emissions, an Indian official said today. India, Pakistan and six other nations will present a coordinate...
1.7K - Oct. 20, 2009; scored 861.0 NATO needs to leave Afghanistan
The request by the United States and NATO commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, for an additional 40,000 troops sharply highlights NATOs rapidly worsening problems. There is, however, a void at the centre of NATO policy on Afghanistan...
1.0K - Oct. 19, 2009; scored 68.0 Deficit surges to $1.42 trillion
WASHINGTON What is $1.42 trillion? It s more than the total national debt for the first 200 years of the Republic, more than the entire economy of India, almost as much as Canada s, and more than $4,700 for every man, woman and child in t...
8.3K - Oct. 18, 2009; scored 68.0 Deficit surges to $1.42 trillion
WASHINGTON What is $1.42 trillion? It s more than the total national debt for the first 200 years of the Republic, more than the entire economy of India, almost as much as Canada s, and more than $4,700 for every man, woman and child in t...
8.3K - Oct. 17, 2009; scored 68.0 Gunmen kill 39 in five attacks in Pakistan's cultural capital
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) Teams of gunmen launched coordinated attacks on three law enforcement facilities in Pakistan s cultural capital of Lahore, and car bombs exploded in two cities near the Afghan border today, killing 39 people in an escalating ...
7.2K - Oct. 15, 2009; scored 68.0 Oregon universities recruit more foreign students
CORVALLIS (AP) On the board of a classroom at Oregon State University recently, new international engineering students made two lists about what it s like to study in the United States. Under hard, they wrote: homework, wake up at the morning ...
6.1K - Oct. 14, 2009; scored 68.0 Bloody siege at Pakistan army HQ
Nahal Toosi and Zarar Khan, Associated Press Writers RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) Pakistani commandos freed dozens of hostages held by militants at the army's own headquarters Sunday, ending a bloody, 22-hour drama that embarrassed the nation's milita...
6.0K - Oct. 11, 2009; scored 68.0 US forces leave isolated Afghan base after attack
KABUL (AP) Taliban fighters claimed Friday their flag was flying victoriously over an eastern Afghan village U.S. forces abandoned after suffering casualties in one of the war s deadliest battles for American troops. The withdrawal this week from m...
6.3K - Oct. 9, 2009; scored 136.0 Taliban suicide attack kills 17 in Afghan city
KABUL (AP) A suicide car bomber detonated his vehicle outside the Indian Embassy in the busy center of Afghanistan s capital today, killing 17 people and wounding nearly 80 in the second major attack in the city in less than a month. The Taliban cl...
0.8K - Oct. 8, 2009; scored 68.0 U.S. aid bill concerns Pakistan military
ISLAMABAD (AP) Pakistan s powerful military, preparing for a new offensive against Taliban and al-Qaida militants, expressed serious concern today about a proposed multibillion-dollar U.S. aid package some consider an avenue to American meddling....
7.0K - Oct. 7, 2009; scored 68.0 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 68.0 For flavor and value use whole spices
When fat is cut from recipes, flavor can follow. That s when spices become the key to making lighter foods taste great. And if you want to get the most out of your spices, it s best to follow a few simple tips. Whenever possible, buy whole spices, sa...
3.5K - Oct. 6, 2009; scored 68.0 Powerful earthquake rocks western Indonesia
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) Witnesses and media say a powerful earthquake hit western Indonesia, toppling buildings, cutting electricity and causing at least several injuries. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 7.9...
0.9K - Sep. 30, 2009; scored 68.0 G-20 leaders adopt board-of-directors role
PITTSBURGH (AP) Leaders of the world s major economies are coming together on reforms to rein in greedy bankers, toughen financial regulations and guard against the dangerous imbalances that contributed to the worst global downturn since the 1930s....
0.9K - Sep. 25, 2009; scored 68.0 Recipe for potato and pea samosas
In India, samosas are the quintessential street food. They typically are filled with meat or vegetables or both. A sweet and spicy dipping sauce is the perfect complement to this deep-fried food. To speed up this recipe, skip the dough and substitute...
2.6K - Sep. 24, 2009; scored 68.0 New era of street food
LOS ANGELES Peruvian rice, steaming Greek falafels, satay dripping with peanut sauce, doughy Salvadoran pupusas, slippery Thai noodles. In much of the world, they are just on-the-go eats for the masses. But in the U.S., a growing cadre of chefs and...
7.1K - Sep. 24, 2009; scored 107.0 | 
