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 429.0 Here is a look at unemployment rates around the world:
GERMANY German unemployment fell for a second month in October, but the effects of the financial crisis lingered and it is still too early to expect a turnaround in the economy, the country s labor ministry said. The unadjusted jobless rate in Euro...
3.0K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 83.0 Vaccines still in short supply
H1N1 flu vaccine has arrived in Coos County, but the supply continues to fall far short of demand. Coos County Public Health has received 4,400 doses since the first shipment Oct. 5, said Public Health Director Frances Smith. Most of the vaccine has ...
2.0K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 333.0 Area agencies won't surrender to flu bug
NORTH BEND It may seem like a remote possibility now, but if Coos County were struck by an especially severe influenza outbreak, the city of North Bend would be prepared. Police Chief Steve Scibelli said each city department has developed an operat...
4.6K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 333.0 American races to win in New York Marathon
NEW YORK Meb Keflezighi wrote a letter to Alberto Salazar 11 years ago explaining how American distance runners could again find success. Salazar was the last U.S. man to win the New York City Marathon, a distinction he held until Keflezighi proved...
5.3K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 83.0 A 'Well-Dressed Home' complements the closet
NEW YORK Are you a T-shirt-and-jeans person with a chintz living room, or someone who loves the structure of a suit but wakes up in a shabby chic bedroom? The decorating world is shifting toward a streamlined look that, at the very least, compleme...
5.0K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 83.0 Iran's first response to enrichment deal is spoiler
George Jahn, Associated Press Writer VIENNA, Austria Iran has given an initial response to the International Atomic Energy agency on a plan that calls for Tehran to ship much of its enriched uranium abroad, the IAEA said today. The wording of the...
2.5K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 83.0 Iran doesn't accept U.N. uranium plan
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) Iran today failed to accept a U.N.-drafted plan that would ship most of the country s uranium abroad for enrichment, saying instead it would prefer to buy the nuclear fuel it needs for a reactor that makes medical isotopes. The re...
4.7K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 166.0 The Genesis of R. Crumb
LOS ANGELES His religious upbringing might well be as unorthodox as the psychedelic-inspired comic-strip characters that have made R. Crumb the most famous underground artist of his time. Which, come to think of it, may have made Crumb the perfect ...
6.8K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 83.0 Frances Lewis Stevens
88, of Bandon, died Oct. 21, 2009, in Coos Bay. Arrangements are pending with Nelson s Bay Area Mortuary, 267-4216....
0.2K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 83.0 Iran backs new enriched uranium deal
VIENNA (AP) Iranian negotiators today expressed support for a deal that if accepted by their leaders would delay Tehran s ability to make nuclear weapons by sending most of its existing enriched uranium to Russia for processing, diplomats said....
4.4K - Oct. 21, 2009; scored 83.0 Iran talks stall over French participation
VIENNA (AP) Talks meant to persuade Iran to send most of its enriched uranium abroad and thus delay its potential to make a nuclear weapon bogged down today over fierce Iranian resistance to French participation, diplomats said. Today was the s...
4.6K - Oct. 20, 2009; scored 288.0 New planets are bigger than earth
WASHINGTON Astronomers have found 32 new planets outside our solar system, adding evidence to the theory that the universe has many places where life could develop. Scientists using European Southern Observatory telescopes didn t find any planets q...
2.1K - Oct. 19, 2009; scored 83.0 Analysis: Washington overplayed hand on Russia readiness
WASHINGTON (AP) The Obama administration was elated a month ago when the Russian president said sanctions against Iran for its nuclear program could become inevitable. Washington s reaction may have been significantly premature. Dmitry Medvedev s...
1.2K - Oct. 19, 2009; scored 83.0 EU officials warn of disappearing cod
BRUSSELS (AP) Cod is slipping closer to disappearing from key European fishing grounds, officials warned Friday, saying that only steep catch cuts will prevent the disappearance of a species prized for centuries for its flaky white flesh. The Europ...
5.2K - Oct. 18, 2009; scored 83.0 EU officials warn of disappearing cod
BRUSSELS (AP) Cod is slipping closer to disappearing from key European fishing grounds, officials warned Friday, saying that only steep catch cuts will prevent the disappearance of a species prized for centuries for its flaky white flesh. The Europ...
5.2K - Oct. 17, 2009; scored 83.0 No formal charges in pedestrian fatality
A driver whose pickup struck a French man in a North Bend crosswalk last month will not face criminal charges. After reviewing the police investigation, District Attorney R. Paul Frasier announced Thursday that he will not prosecute Jared Bechtel of ...
1.8K - Oct. 16, 2009; scored 333.0 Mary F. Shely
At her request, no services will be held for Mary F. Shely, 68, of Prineville. Mary was born March 30, 1941, in Morgan County, Mo., to Andrew Jackson and Dolly Frances (Johnson) Wood. She died Oct. 11, 2009. Mary s family moved to the Coquille-Myrtle...
1.5K - Oct. 15, 2009; scored 83.0 Petty in, Pearson left out of NASCAR Hall of Fame s first class
CHARLOTTE, N.C. ” NASCAR founder Bill France Sr. headlined the five inductees into the first Hall of Fame class, a group that drew mixed reactions to the inclusion of France s son instead of driver David Pearson. France, who formed the Nationa...
6.6K - Oct. 15, 2009; scored 334.0 Pyrenees will challenge riders during 2010 Tour
PARIS The next chapter in the rivalry between seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong and defending champion Alberto Contador will take place in a majestic landscape next July the Pyrenees. Riders of the most prestigious three-week cycli...
5.5K - Oct. 14, 2009; scored 166.0 | 
