France hunts for bank heist driver
PARIS (AP) French police conducted a nationwide search Friday for a security driver who vanished with $7.4 million in cash from a bank in the central city of Lyon, authorities said. Lyon prosecutor Xavier Richard said 39-year-old Tony Musulin ...
 2.2K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 49.0 'Amelia' circles, never lands
Considering the risks Amelia Earhart took, losing her life in the call of aviation, Hilary Swank and director Mira Nair don t put much on the line in their film biography Amelia. Swank and Nair play it safe to the point of benumbing this woman s lif...
3.9K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 49.0 There is no perfect turkey
Soon you ll start to see a spate of shows, columns and magazine stories that will tell you how to make the perfect turkey for the holiday. You can roast it in a paper bag, you can bake it upside down, you can deep-fry it, you can put it on a rotiss...
3.3K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 49.0 Housing authorities ban indoor smoking
NORTH BEND Alan Pape doesn t like going into smokers apartments. But as the maintenance mechanic for the North Bend City/Coos-Curry Housing Authorities, it s part of the job. When you have to stand in them for two or three hours at times and breat...
4.7K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 49.0 HEALTHY LIVING
Blood pressure clinic 9-11:30 a.m., Thursdays, Spruce Room Bay Area Hosptial, 1775 Thompson, Coos Bay. Body Awareness Class 10 a.m., room A, Community Health Education Center, 3950 Sherman Ave., North Bend (888-4946) Women s sexual assault supp...
1.2K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 49.0 Healthy Living
A diabetes education review class noon to 1:30 p.m., first Tuesday, Community Health Education Center (CHEC), 3950 Sherman Ave., North Bend. (266-7928) Blood pressure tests 10:30-11:30 a.m., North Bend Senior Center, 1470 Airport Lane. (756-7622)...
0.8K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 49.0 Airport changes make traveling a nightmare
I remember my first flight into North Bend quite a number of years ago. On our approach, it looked as if we were heading toward a house, but it really was an airport terminal. When it was time to claim our luggage, a large metal garage door was lifte...
2.4K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 299.0 Airport names director
The Coos County Airport District board has selected a new director to head the North Bend airport. Theresa Cook will begin at the Southwest Oregon Regional Airport in December, bringing with her 14 years of experience in airport management. District ...
1.8K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 1000.0 Thefts & Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Oct. 28, 8:37 a.m., someone stole tools from the 100 block of South Wasson Street. Oct. 28, 11:07 a.m., fraud was reported at Walmart, 2051 Newmark Ave. Oct. 28, 11:30 a...
2.4K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 78.0 Agassi admits meth use
NEW YORK ” Andre Agassi s upcoming autobiography contains an admission that he used crystal meth in 1997 and lied to tennis authorities when he failed a drug test ” a result that was thrown out after he said he unwittingly took the su...
5.4K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 49.0 Congress' logic is paradoxical
I once heard the tale of a driver taking passengers from the airport to a Canadian city. He stopped at the edge of town and sprinkled pink powder on the street. On inquiry, he stated that it kept pink elephants from stampeding down the street. The in...
1.0K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 49.0 Airport says it's close to hiring new leader
The Coos County Airport District is finalizing negotiations with a candidate to manage the airport and next-door business park. It s probably a done deal, said Chairman Mike Lehman. We re getting very close to finalizing it. Lehman kept the potenti...
0.8K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 746.0 Report: Amtrak loses $32 per passenger
WASHINGTON (AP) U.S. taxpayers spent about $32 subsidizing the cost of the typical Amtrak passenger in 2008, about four times the rail operator s estimate, according to a private study. Amtrak operates a nationwide rail network, serving more t...
3.0K - Oct. 27, 2009; scored 49.0 Questions surface in Astoria LNG probe
ASTORIA (AP) When liquefied natural gas developer Peter Hansen met Port of Astoria Director Peter Gearin and marketing consultant Susan Trabucco in San Jose, Calif., in October 2004, there was a moment when Hansen thought the two might be more than...
6.6K - Oct. 25, 2009; scored 49.0 Questions surface in Astoria LNG probe
ASTORIA (AP) When liquefied natural gas developer Peter Hansen met Port of Astoria Director Peter Gearin and marketing consultant Susan Trabucco in San Jose, Calif., in October 2004, there was a moment when Hansen thought the two might be more than...
6.6K - Oct. 24, 2009; scored 49.0 Pilots: Talking led to passing airport; explanation baffles
WASHINGTON (AP) Two Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot their destination by 150 miles before turning back should have had numerous warnings as they approached and passed Minneapolis: cockpit displays, controllers trying repeatedly to reach, the...
5.1K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 199.0 FAA investigators may be focusing on balloon call
DENVER (AP) The parents who reported last week that their 6-year-old son may have been on board a giant, runaway balloon could potentially be in more trouble with the Federal Aviation Administration for making a phone call than for setting loose th...
3.7K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 49.0 U.S. files Polanski extradition request
GENEVA (AP) The United States has asked Switzerland to hand over Roman Polanski to authorities in California, where he could serve up to two years in prison for having sex in 1977 with a 13-year-old girl, Swiss authorities said today. The Justice M...
3.0K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 49.0 Shelling in Somali capital kills 20
MOGADISHU, Somalia Islamic insurgents fired mortars at Somalia s airport as the president was boarding a plane today, sparking battles that killed at least 20 people as return fire slammed into residential areas and a market, officials said. The pr...
3.2K - Oct. 22, 2009; scored 257.0 Clem resigns Oregon aviation post
SALEM AP) Dan Clem has resigned as director of the state Department of Aviation. Clem has held the job two years and says he s leaving to consider running for higher political office. He s currently a member of the Salem City Council. Clem told The...
0.5K - Oct. 21, 2009; scored 49.0 | 
