The Beatles: Rock Band : Here comes the fun
The Beatles: Rock Band has produced more buzz than any video game since the last Grand Theft Auto. When Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr took the stage at Microsoft s Xbox press conference at E3 this summer, they were greeted with a standing ovation...
 3.6K - Sep. 11, 2009; scored 73.0 Revised metal theft bill clears state House
SALEM (AP) The Legislature has taken another stab at stopping thieves who steal metal and sell it for quick cash. The House voted unanimously Thursday for Senate Bill 570, which would require scrap metal dealers to pay for their material with a che...
1.9K - Jun. 12, 2009; scored 507.0 Thefts and mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from area police department logs. Coos Bay May 4, 9:02 p.m., a family dispute was reported in the 1000 block of Elrod Avenue. May 4, 9:27 p.m., someone stole a cell phone from the 200 block of Nor...
2.5K - May. 7, 2009; scored 109.0 Oregon Senate passes bill to limit metal theft
SALEM (AP) - The state Senate unanimously approved a proposal that would make it tougher for metal thieves to sell their loot to scrap dealers. The 2007 Legislature passed laws to limit metal theft, but the ravaging has continued. Thieves across Oreg...
2.4K - Apr. 30, 2009; scored 573.0 Thefts and mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from area police department logs. Coos Bay April 14, 8:14 a.m., someone left a sick cat in a box on the back porch of the Ocean Boulevard Veterinary Hospital, 1710 Ocean Blvd. April 14, 1:36 p.m.,...
3.4K - Apr. 15, 2009; scored 73.0 Thefts and mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from area police department logs. Coos Bay Feb. 9, 2:17 a.m., police arrested a teenager after someone threw a rock through a front window of a home in the 100 block of South 10th Street. Feb. 9, ...
9.0K - Feb. 9, 2009; scored 164.0 Lawmakers target metal thieves
SALEM (AP) Democrats in the Oregon House are introducing three bills to crack down on metal theft. Portland Rep. Tina Kotek said metal thieves are stripping telephone lines, lifting copper tubing and stealing car parts. She says the issue is seriou...
0.7K - Jan. 23, 2009; scored 411.0 Legislature set for second look at metal-and-wire thefts
SPRINGFIELD (AP) The price of metal has plummeted since the summer, but that hasn t stopped thieves from stealing pipes and stripping utility poles. From one end of Oregon to the other, police continue to find can-you-top-this examples of brazen me...
3.5K - Jan. 5, 2009; scored 1000.0 Oregon needs to tackle metal thieves
Scrap metal prices have fallen through the floor and into the basement, which ought to go a long way toward reducing the payoff for stealing utility wire, cemetery urns, catalytic converters, guardrails and the like. Scrap prices will eventually rebo...
1.5K - Jan. 2, 2009; scored 571.0 Statue thief caught in metal theft
BEND (AP) A Bend man convicted of stealing a bronze statue of Sacagawea from the Lewis Clark National Historical Park in January is going to prison for stealing thousands of pounds of brass and copper from a Redmond business eight months later. J...
1.9K - Dec. 11, 2008; scored 528.0 | 
