Bittersweet send-off
TALLADEGA, Ala. ” When Jamie McMurray got home on Sunday night following his dramatic win at Talladega hours earlier, he turned to his wife, Christy, and asked what they should do to celebrate his first victory in nearly three years. Champagne...
 5.6K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 148.0 Pro Picks: Bengals and Ravens meet in key contest
It s proving time for the Bengals. And maybe the Ravens, too. Cincinnati sits atop the AFC North along with Pittsburgh at 5-2, and the Bengals have beaten the Steelers and Ravens. Next week, they visit the Steel City. So this is make or break time fo...
3.0K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 89.0 Beasts of the East? Try the Nasty North
The toughest divisions to make a living in the NFL these days are not the NFC or AFC East. This popular notion has gone the way of the efficient offense in Washington and Buffalo. It s disappeared. To find the most competitive climate in pro football...
5.9K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 115.0 Boise State remains unbeaten
RUSTON, La. ” Early in the fourth quarter, there was nervous pacing along Boise State s sideline. With an opportunity to show a national television audience why they should once again become a BCS buster, a close game on the road was not what ...
4.2K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 89.0 Cheers & Jeers
Check it out! When you finish reading today s paper, pick up a library book and give a cheer. The Coos County Library Association is celebrating its 30th anniversary. Public libraries bring us a world of knowledge at a bargain price. Educate your own...
2.0K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 89.0 Sports Briefs: Woods holds share of lead with Watney
SHANGHAI Tiger Woods has shot another 5-under 67 in the HSBC Champions, this one giving him a share of the 36-hole lead with Nick Watney in the final World Golf Championship of the year. Woods overcame mild frustration early in his round Friday by ...
6.0K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 89.0 Diaz, Marsden, Kelly's 'Box' is empty
Cameron Diaz and James Marsden have a terrible moral dilemma in Richard Kelly s The Box : Press a button on a mysterious container, they ll get $1 million, and someone they don t know will die. What button, on whose box, did Kelly push to get t...
3.6K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 89.0 Hitting 10 percent
WASHINGTON (AP) The unemployment rate has surpassed 10 percent for the first time since 1983 and is likely to go higher. Nearly 16 million people can t find jobs even though the worst recession since the Great Depression has apparently ended. Man...
7.3K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 89.0 Army post shooting rampage leaves 13 dead, 30 hurt
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) Military officials were starting Friday to piece together what may have pushed an Army psychiatrist trained to help soldiers in distress to turn on his comrades in a shooting rampage that killed 13 people and wounded 30 in Tex...
7.3K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 115.0 Quiznos, Koos News and a motel makeover
After three months of reporting on business news, my higher ups have encouraged (forced) me to start a column, with the purpose of highlighting all the free market happenings in our community. Here s how you can make my job easy: Submit anything and ...
4.2K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 115.0 Kid QBs shine in Pac-10
Back at the start of the season, some wondered where the Pac-10 s quarterbacks had gone. Aside from Washington s Jake Locker, the league seemed void of what had once been its trademark. In fact, it appeared the conference overall was going to be in t...
4.6K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 170.0 Pirates seek spot in state tournament
Marshfield s volleyball players want to prove themselves in the postseason this year, as they travel to Summit on Saturday in the Class 5A playoffs. After losing to Mountain View in the second round last season, the Pirates want to get past that hurd...
2.8K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 89.0 North Bend finds way back to top
NORTH BEND Katie Banta has seen the highs and lows of volleyball during her career at North Bend High School. She and teammate Alexandra Mateski were on the bench four years ago when the Bulldogs won their only state title in volleyball. A year lat...
3.5K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 187.0 Coming Soon
Tonight Lifting quilts Join the Coos Sand N Sea Quilters meeting at 7 tonight at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 1290 Thompson Road, Coos Bay. Doors open at 6:15 p.m. Featured speaker Kara Alexander will present Lift the Quilts Out of Your Stash. She ...
2.6K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 89.0 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 761.0 Phillies send Series back to the Bronx
PHILADELPHIA Now comes the hard part for the Philadelphia Phillies: winning two in a row at Yankee Stadium. The defending champions hung on in the final game of the year at Citizens Bank Park when Derek Jeter grounded into a ninth-inning double pla...
4.5K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 179.0 Coos Bay schools, teachers can't agree
Coos Bay teachers and schools officials are headed to mediation to try to resolve disagreements over pay and workday conditions. The two sides continued their now half-year negotiations Monday night, but failed to produce a compromise. I think it was...
2.8K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 89.0 Caution ends Talladega
TALLADEGA, Ala. NASCAR stopped the bumping, at least for a while. There was nothing that could be done about the blocking. In the end, Sunday looked like most every other event at Talladega Superspeedway: There was a surprise winner, two harrowing ...
4.2K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 115.0 Evangelists are targeting New England
WATERTOWN, Mass. (AP) It s hard to tell in the quiet of a color-splashed autumn morning, but Redeemer Fellowship Church is trying to set roots in a rough neighborhood. For churches, anyway. Until this new church opened last month, its 19th-century ...
7.5K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 115.0 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 89.0 | 
