Researching how best to evade deer
GLENVILLE, N.Y. ” Covered in his old forest camouflage, Steve Balser proved he s nearly invisible to humans. His hunting partner walked within 25 feet and didn t see him. I m just not that sure about deer, Balser said. His suspicions are back...
 4.6K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 73.0 Girls set new standard for excellence
PORTLAND In Oregon high school girls cross country, 19 is becoming the new 20. Over the past 10 years, there has been remarkable growth in the number of girls who can cover 5,000-meter cross country courses in less than 20 minutes. Once a benchmark...
5.5K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 73.0 College Picks: LSU looks to shake up SEC
LSU has a chance to prevent that Alabama-Florida SEC championship game that everyone seems to be looking forward to in December. The ninth-ranked Tigers will be in Tuscaloosa on Saturday to face the third-ranked Crimson Tide, which can wrap up the SE...
4.1K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 146.0 Agencies overestimate job impact of stimulus dollars
WASHINGTON President Barack Obama s economic recovery program saved 935 jobs at the Southwest Georgia Community Action Council, an impressive success story for the stimulus plan. Trouble is, only 508 people work there. The Georgia nonprofit s infla...
4.8K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 146.0 Sports Briefs: Texas up to No. 2 in BCS rankings
NEW YORK Texas has taken a small step forward in the Bowl Championship Series standings and the remaining unbeaten teams held down the first seven spots. The Longhorns jumped from third to second place Sunday, ahead of Alabama and behind Florida. I...
3.8K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 115.0 College Picks: Big games will help sort out league races
Much like politics, college football is essentially local. Sure, Florida, Texas and Southern California will play huge rivalry games with national title implications Saturday. But more importantly, those three games will go a long way toward sorting ...
4.2K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 170.0 Ex-segregationistgets award for efforts
WASHINGTON (AP) Georgia Rep. John Lewis and the white man who attacked him during a civil rights protest in 1961 have been chosen to receive the Common Ground award. Lewis, who is black, and Elwin Wilson will receive the award today at the Canadian...
0.9K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 73.0 100 banks have failed this year
WASHINGTON (AP) Bank closings for the year hit 100 on Friday when regulators shut down Partners Bank in Florida. Financial institutions nationwide have collapsed under the weight of soured real estate loans and the Great Recession. The Federal Depo...
5.1K - Oct. 25, 2009; scored 73.0 100 banks have failed this year
WASHINGTON (AP) Bank closings for the year hit 100 on Friday when regulators shut down Partners Bank in Florida. Financial institutions nationwide have collapsed under the weight of soured real estate loans and the Great Recession. The Federal Depo...
5.1K - Oct. 24, 2009; scored 73.0 Ex-mill site sees activity
Developers are starting to move dirt that has sat untouched for almost 20 years at the old Georgia-Pacific mill site in Coquille. The new tenants, McKay s Market and Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative Inc., have started priming more than six acres on th...
3.1K - Oct. 24, 2009; scored 73.0 SEC officials suspended
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. The Southeastern Conference has suspended officials from last weekend s Arkansas-Florida game after the crew was involved in its second controversial call of the year. Referee Marc Curles crew called a personal foul on Arkansas de...
1.7K - Oct. 22, 2009; scored 73.0 College Picks: TCU can make its case for a BCS bid
Boise State better watch its back. TCU is trying to bust into the BCS, too. The sixth-ranked Broncos have drawn the most attention of the teams from the non-automatic BCS qualifying conferences this season. Boise State started the season with a convi...
5.2K - Oct. 22, 2009; scored 115.0 US: Russia not complying with Georgia war truce
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) Russia is not complying with the cease-fire that ended last year s war with Georgia, a U.S. defense official said today, adding that Washington wants international observers in Russian-controlled territories. The statement by ...
1.9K - Oct. 20, 2009; scored 527.0 Recall Rebound
WASHINGTON Go figure: Food makers processed more peanuts over the past year than nearly any other time on record despite a national salmonella outbreak blamed for killing nine people and scaring consumers away from peanut products for months. Peanu...
4.8K - Oct. 20, 2009; scored 115.0 College Picks: Sooners get shot at redemption
An injured Heisman Trophy winner and a pair of one-point losses have made the first half of Oklahoma s season a real downer. Next up for the Sooners, a chance to turn the season around. No. 20 Oklahoma meets No. 3 Texas on Saturday in Dallas. The int...
4.0K - Oct. 15, 2009; scored 73.0 Jobless rate linked to foreclosures
WASHINGTON The number of households caught up in the foreclosure crisis rose more than 5 percent from summer to fall as a federal effort to assist struggling borrowers was overwhelmed by a flood of defaults among people who lost their jobs. The for...
3.8K - Oct. 15, 2009; scored 73.0 Sports Briefs: New Mexico suspends coach
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. New Mexico coach Mike Locksley won t be on the sidelines when his team plays UNLV later this month, part of a 10-day suspension issued as punishment for his role in a fight with an assistant coach. Athletic director Paul Krebs sai...
6.0K - Oct. 14, 2009; scored 73.0 Russia: New Iran sanctions won't fly
MOSCOW (AP) Russia pushed back today at U.S. efforts to threaten tough new sanctions if Iran fails to prove its nuclear program is peaceful, a setback to the Obama administration s desire to present a united front with Moscow. After meeting with U....
5.1K - Oct. 13, 2009; scored 73.0 Sports Briefs: Phoenix forces Game 5 in finals
INDIANAPOLIS Cappie Pondexter scored 22 points and the Phoenix Mercury beat the Indiana Fever 90-77 in Game 4 of the WNBA finals, tying the best-of-five series. Penny Taylor added 17 points for the Mercury while Diana Taurasi and Tangela Smith each...
4.8K - Oct. 8, 2009; scored 73.0 Pac-10 continues rollercoaster season
Every week, Pac-10 teams climb aboard an emotional rollercoaster, buckle themselves in and hang on tight. It s anybody s guess where this wild ride will end. But think about how it started. Drubbed by Boise State 19-8 on national television Sept. 3, ...
5.7K - Oct. 8, 2009; scored 73.0 | 
