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 219.0 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...
10.1K - Sep. 22, 2009; scored 219.0 Taliban leader is killed in airstrike
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) Pakistan s Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud, who led a violent campaign of suicide attacks and assassinations against the Pakistani government, has been killed in a U.S. missile strike, a militant commander and aide to...
7.4K - Aug. 7, 2009; scored 139.0 Space: Is the final frontier all it used to be?
MOON, Pa. (AP) On July 22, 1969, barely 48 hours after a human being first stepped onto the moon s surface, a community in Pittsburgh s western suburbs called Moon Township had a parade, as suburban communities do. Understandably, Moon had achieved...
12.2K - Jul. 18, 2009; scored 304.0 Move a mountain? SandFest organizers think big
SandFest organizers are pulling down a mountain on the North Spit to give more people an opportunity to experience the revived dune event s second year. Well, not technically a mountain, but a whole lot of sand. Organizer Terry Wilmeth said they are ...
3.8K - Jun. 27, 2009; scored 219.0 Verizon will sell landline network
There is a deal in the works to bring a new phone provider to the South Coast that plans to extend high-speed Internet service to more customers. Verizon Communications is selling its landlines in Oregon and 13 other states to Frontier Communications...
2.7K - May. 23, 2009; scored 1000.0 Lakeview rail line could reopen this week
LAKEVIEW (AP) - A closed rail line between Alturas, Calif., and Lakeview, is expected to reopen soon. Commissioners in Lake County have signed an agreement with Lake Railway, a division of Frontier Rail. Commissioner Brad Winters says Lake Railway w...
0.6K - May. 18, 2009; scored 139.0 Pope endorses homeland for Palestinians
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) Standing in the cradle of Christianity, Pope Benedict XVI told Palestinians today he understands their suffering and offered the Vatican s strongest and most symbolic public backing yet for an independent Palestinian homel...
6.5K - May. 13, 2009; scored 179.0 A new sheriff in town
Like any frontier, the Internet is rough territory. Traditional rules of decorum and propriety give way to an anonymous culture where anything goes. The story-comment blogs at http://www.theworldlink.com are a great example. Posted under pseudonyms...
2.7K - Apr. 20, 2009; scored 300.0 Hard-to-cure Tuberculosis poses new threat
BEIJING (AP) - The Beijing Chest Hospital was packed with people on a recent weekday morning. In the waiting area, Wang Chong, a migrant worker who has been fighting tuberculosis for several months, was facing a dilemma: Does he continue treatment th...
5.8K - Mar. 30, 2009; scored 139.0 Light plane lands in Australian harbor
DARWIN, Australia (AP) A pilot guided a light plane and his five passengers to a safe landing in shallow waters in northern Australia on Friday and walked away with his baggage. The dual-propeller Piper Chieftain experienced engine trouble shortl...
1.4K - Feb. 7, 2009; scored 139.0 Fair and rodeo queen enjoys mentorship role
Shelby Moody s list of accomplishments are even bigger than the belt buckle she carries gracefully as the spokesperson for the Coos County Fair. The 17-year-old North Bend resident went through rigorous training and tryouts to become the 2009 Coos Co...
3.0K - Nov. 8, 2008; scored 179.0 Officials: Taliban sought wedding party deaths
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) Taliban fighters held a wedding party captive and fired on U.S. forces in an attack designed to draw U.S. airstrikes on civilians and stoke anti-American sentiment, a U.S. official said Friday citing firsthand reports. The...
5.9K - Nov. 8, 2008; scored 139.0 | 
