American teenager adjusts to new life as a pro
HAIFA, Israel A few months ago, Jeremy Tyler was among the top prospects in American high school basketball, widely seen as a future first-round NBA draft pick. These days, the 18-year-old center spends most of his time languishing on the bench, an...
 5.7K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 83.0 Exxon, Shell win Iraq oil field deal
BAGHDAD A consortium grouping U.S. and European oil giants Exxon Mobil Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell PLC today signed a $50 billion deal to develop one of Iraq s most prized oil fields, as the OPEC nation looks to revamp its battered energy sec...
4.1K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 83.0 Blanchard Irene Davis Lorsung
A Mass of Christian burial will be held for Blanchard Blanche Irene Davis Lorsung, 102, of Coos Bay, at 11 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 4, at Coos Bay Chapel, 685 Anderson Ave. with the Rev. Karl Schray, of Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, officiating. Buri...
4.0K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 83.0 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 Johnson 50th Anniversary
Gary and Betsy (Spear) Johnson, of Bandon, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Oct. 29. Gary was a North Bend boy, the son of Melvin and Ruth Johnson. Betsy was a Coos Bay girl, the daughter of Charlie and Elizabeth Spear. Growing up, they knew...
1.7K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 83.0 Kids costumes are a gore fest
Leanne Italie, Associated Press Writer Halloween has morphed into a gore fest that has kids as young as 6 unleashing their inner monsters in ultra-violent costumes blood-smeared chain saws and spiked killing gloves sold separately. Options include ...
5.0K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 83.0 Skater has new approach to life, sport
MILWAUKEE ” Chad Hedrick has just finished a workout when he spotted his wife and daughter, watching from a room overlooking the speedskating oval at the Pettit National Ice Center. He breaks into a big smile and begins waving in their directi...
3.8K - Oct. 25, 2009; scored 131.0 Skater has new approach to life, sport
MILWAUKEE ” Chad Hedrick has just finished a workout when he spotted his wife and daughter, watching from a room overlooking the speedskating oval at the Pettit National Ice Center. He breaks into a big smile and begins waving in their directi...
3.8K - Oct. 24, 2009; scored 131.0 Fredricks races to berth on national team
MILWAUKEE For Tucker Fredricks, the epiphany occurred on a routine fishing trip with a buddy. Standing at the edge of a Utah lake, Fredricks was suddenly overcome by all these questions. What was he doing? Where was he going? Why did he let himself...
4.9K - Oct. 22, 2009; scored 83.0 Donovan takes top honors
LOS ANGELES The busiest and in many ways most difficult year in Landon Donovan s increasingly storied soccer career ultimately could be the most satisfying. That was his judgment Tuesday after claiming an unprecedented sixth Honda Player of the Yea...
4.6K - Oct. 21, 2009; scored 131.0 Report: Smoking bans protect nonsmokers' hearts
WASHINGTON A major report confirms what health officials long have believed: Bans on smoking in restaurants, bars and other gathering spots reduce the risk of heart attacks among nonsmokers. If you have heart disease, you really need to stay away f...
4.8K - Oct. 19, 2009; scored 83.0 Sports Briefs: Team USA 11th in FIFA rankings
ZURICH The United States remains at No. 11 while Brazil again is on top of the latest world rankings published Friday by FIFA. European champion Spain closed the gap on Brazil, the Confederations Cup winner, but stayed at second. The Netherlands fo...
2.8K - Oct. 16, 2009; scored 83.0 The food metamorphosis
PORTLAND To see the new face of grocery shopping, look around your neighborhood. Spot the dude toting a cooler to a porch or parking lot near you, and follow him. When he leaves, sneak a peek inside chances are you won t find cold beers, but you ...
6.8K - Oct. 10, 2009; scored 83.0 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 83.0 Cooking at sea
ASTORIA When instructor Darryl McKnight looks at a full kitchen of students in his galley cook class, he knows that they ve all got at least one thing in common: They all eat. And a good thing too, because he ll use that one shared thread as a star...
4.1K - Oct. 6, 2009; scored 83.0 Dallas bomb plot suspect was suicidal
ITALY, Texas (AP) A former roommate of the suspect in a failed bomb plot in Dallas says his friend was lonely and suicidal in recent months. Joshua Childress told WFAA-TV that he was worried about 19-year-old Hosam Maher Husein Smadi, a Jordanian w...
0.6K - Sep. 28, 2009; scored 131.0 G-20 leaders adopt board-of-directors role
PITTSBURGH (AP) Leaders of the world s major economies are coming together on reforms to rein in greedy bankers, toughen financial regulations and guard against the dangerous imbalances that contributed to the worst global downturn since the 1930s....
0.9K - Sep. 25, 2009; scored 83.0 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...
7.1K - Sep. 24, 2009; scored 83.0 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 83.0 Iran ready for talks with West on nukes
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) Iran s top nuclear negotiator said his country is ready to hold talks with world powers to ease fears over its nuclear activities and has prepared a revised package of proposals for Western countries, state TV reported today. Desp...
3.5K - Sep. 1, 2009; scored 83.0 | 
