Holiday outlook improves as jobs, spending rally
The Associated Press The U.S. economy yielded some encouraging news today on two of its biggest trouble spots consumer spending and jobs. Consumers, enticed by cooler weather and an improving economy, spent a little more in October. They gave the ...
 1.7K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 55.0 U.S. is blissfully stuck in debt spiral
Who is reporting on what our government is doing to us? For years I have watched as both the Republicans and Democrats have been in a spending frenzy. Yet, not being reported is the debt that is being piled on since January 2009. True, President Bush...
2.3K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 55.0 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 1000.0 Parents behaving badly
As it turns out, it was no secret Richard and Mayumi Heene were very bad parents. Their associates knew it. Television producers witnessed it. Their willingness to put their children in danger to get attention was nothing new. They chased storms with...
3.2K - Oct. 22, 2009; scored 397.0 Friend: Balloon mom will 'go down with the ship'
FORT COLLINS, Colo. On an episode of ABC s Wife Swap, Mayumi Heene pounds her fists and shouts in frustration because she believes her co-star isn t paying enough attention to one of his sons. Off-camera, the mother of Colorado balloon boy Falc...
5.5K - Oct. 22, 2009; scored 924.0 Balloon dad faces felony charges
FORT COLLINS, Colo. The lawyer for the man accused of perpetrating the balloon boy hoax to promote a reality show said today that he expects authorities to bring charges against his client in the next day as investigators analyze e-mails that show ...
8.3K - Oct. 20, 2009; scored 463.0 Balloon dad faces felony charges
FORT COLLINS, Colo. - The lawyer for the man accused of perpetrating the balloon boy hoax to promote a reality show said today that he expects authorities to bring charges against his client in the next day as investigators analyze e-mails that sho...
8.7K - Oct. 19, 2009; scored 906.0 Deputy made visit to Colorado balloon family
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) A Colorado sheriff s deputy responded to a 911 hang-up in February at the home of a family now known for reporting that their young son was in a balloon that got away. The Larimer County Sheriff s deputy who went to the hom...
0.9K - Oct. 18, 2009; scored 555.0 Deputy made visit to Colorado balloon family
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) A Colorado sheriff s deputy responded to a 911 hang-up in February at the home of a family now known for reporting that their young son was in a balloon that got away. The Larimer County Sheriff s deputy who went to the hom...
0.9K - Oct. 17, 2009; scored 555.0 Balloon boy sick after early interviews
FORT COLLINS, Colo. The father of a 6-year-old boy who was thought to be in a helium balloon that floated away said today accusations that the ordeal was a publicity stunt are extremely pathetic. The sheriff said he will be asking more questions....
4.9K - Oct. 16, 2009; scored 797.0 Was balloon incident a hoax?
FORT COLLINS, Colo. The father of a 6-year-old boy who was thought to be in a helium balloon that floated away said Friday accusations that the ordeal was a publicity stunt are extremely pathetic. The sheriff said he will be asking more questions...
4.9K - Oct. 16, 2009; scored 797.0 Searchers find balloon boy
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) A 6-year-old Colorado boy feared to have floated off in a helium balloon has been found safe at his home, hiding in a cardboard box in the garage attic. Sheriff Jim Alderman turned to reporters during a news conference and ...
0.8K - Oct. 15, 2009; scored 619.0 6-year-old boy floats away in balloon
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) A 6-year-old boy climbed into a homemade balloon aircraft in Colorado and floated away Thursday, forcing officials to scramble to figure out how to rescue the boy as the balloon hurtled through the air. The bizarre scene pl...
1.9K - Oct. 15, 2009; scored 777.0 Obama weighs Pakistan s role in war
WASHINGTON Recognizing the U.S. can neither win in Afghanistan nor succeed more broadly against al-Qaida without Pakistan s cooperation, President Barack Obama s war council is weighing a new role for Pakistan in the eight-year-old struggle in the ...
4.6K - Oct. 8, 2009; scored 55.0 Oregon treasurer's office pays bonuses
SALEM (AP) Some Oregon state lawmakers are asking state Treasurer Ben Westlund to review whether bonuses paid to 11 employees in his office are appropriate, given economic conditions. In February, the 11 employees received bonuses ranging from &...
3.0K - Oct. 1, 2009; scored 55.0 Thefts and mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Sept. 28, 7:28 a.m., a shoplifter was reported at McKay s Market, 130 N. Cammann St. Police arrested a 30-year-old man on a probation violation. Sept. 28, 9:36 a.m., ill...
4.1K - Sep. 29, 2009; scored 55.0 Exploring spiders and their webs
They suddenly appear overnight: spider webs stretched over paths and trails where there were none before ” with huge spiders poised upside down in the center. Most conspicuous webs people notice are orb webs, the stereotypical, classic s...
3.9K - Sep. 26, 2009; scored 55.0 Formula changes poverty figures
WASHINGTON The poverty rate among older Americans could be nearly twice as high as the traditional 10 percent level, according to a revision of a half-century-old formula for calculating medical costs and geographic variations in the cost of living...
5.3K - Sep. 5, 2009; scored 55.0 Care center to host fundraiser
South Coast Hospice Palliative Care will host its third-annual fundraiser, Texas Hold em Tournament and Casino Night, in October. To get it started, the organization is seeking help. Hospice is asking the community to help raise funds by sponsoring...
1.0K - Sep. 3, 2009; scored 55.0 The other N-word
Nantucket is a small island off the southern shore of Cape Cod. It s where the Pequod, Captain Ahab s ship, set out to go whaling. Now it s a vacation spot, where the population balloons in the summer and shrinks back to village-size every winter. In...
3.2K - Aug. 14, 2009; scored 55.0 | 
