Football Recap: Panthers tune up for playoffs with win
Gold Beach finished the regular season on a winning note, but Reedsport was optimistic about the future after keeping the score close against the Panthers until the fourth quarter. Gold Beach scored twice in the final 12 minutes to beat the host Brav...
 5.2K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 83.0 Unity focuses on Thanksgiving
The Rev. Andy Kress will focus his three Unity by the Bay sermons in November on the theme of Thanksgiving. In the Unity and New Thought movement, the major themes during the month of Thanksgiving Holiday involve blessings, giving, receiving, sharing...
0.7K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 52.0 Former Blazer eyes run for governor
SALEM Chris Dudley s free throw shots were always iffy propositions. Now the former Portland Trail Blazer is in a new arena taking aim at a governor s chair and Oregon s Republicans think he can score. Dudley hasn t formally announced a bid for t...
3.6K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 52.0 At the movies
The following movies are playing at South Coast theaters. Times are shown for movies at Pony Village Cinemas. () indicates showings for Friday-Sunday only. For locations outside the Bay Area, call the theaters for showtimes. Amelia After becoming the...
8.1K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 83.0 Dems push for health care votes
WASHINGTON House Democrats are scrambling to secure enough support to pass President Barack Obama s historic health overhaul initiative, working to soothe last-minute concerns from rank-and-file Democrats ahead of a make-or-break vote. Voting is se...
3.7K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 52.0 Yankees back atop baseball world
NEW YORK They paraded around the warning track high-fiving fans, a New York Yankees victory lap nine years in the making. Just wait until Alex Rodriguez, Hideki Matsui and the other first-timers hit the Canyon of Heroes. I can t think of a better p...
5.9K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 52.0 Pirates can share league title with win
Marshfield has come a long way since a loss to Churchill to open the Midwestern League season. After three straight wins, the Pirates have a chance to tie for the league title when they host Thurston in the regular-season finale Friday. We re excited...
2.5K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 52.0 Offensive line paves way for Marshfield
Marshfield s offensive line may live in the shadow of its high-powered offense, but the lack of credit doesn t bother the players. You don t get as much credit as the wide receiver, quarterback or running back, Johnny Castro said. The group of seven...
3.4K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 52.0 Volleyball: Powers ousted from playoffs
The Powers volleyball team had a short stay in the Class 1A playoffs, falling in three sets to host Southwest Christian on Wednesday, 25-23, 25-15, 25-18. The first set we came out really strong, said Powers coach Beth Rector. We had a big crowd th...
2.5K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 271.0 Congress slowly consolidates power
The public forum section of The World addresses a variety of views and opinions regarding the various problems that are plaguing our nations today. Some of these letters indicate a firm grasp of the political structure that has led us to our current ...
2.5K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 210.0 Senator: No fed money for wind project
WASHINGTON A Democratic senator is calling on the Obama administration to reject an expected request for federal economic stimulus money as part of a $1.5 billion West Texas wind energy project because he says it will generate Chinese, not Ame...
3.3K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 316.0 Housing authorities ban indoor smoking
NORTH BEND Alan Pape doesn t like going into smokers apartments. But as the maintenance mechanic for the North Bend City/Coos-Curry Housing Authorities, it s part of the job. When you have to stand in them for two or three hours at times and breat...
4.7K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 316.0 Tigers take Sunset s No. 2 seed
BANDON Bandon s volleyball team is picking a great time to peak. The Tigers played their best ball of the season in the first two games of their Sunset Conference playoff match against Coquille on Tuesday and walked off the court with the league s ...
5.3K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 52.0 Power outage hits Bay Area
Approximately 3,600 Pacific Power customers were in the dark Tuesday afternoon, after a substation transformer blew a fuse in North Bend. The outage darkened homes, businesses and traffic lights for about 45 minutes from 1:30 to about 2:15 p.m. i...
0.8K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 754.0 Fox war is a petty endeavor
Steve and Cokie Roberts, opinionPresidents usually turn to their secretaries of state for foreign-policy advice. But Barack Obama must have been channeling Hillary Clinton when he decided to attack Fox News. It was Clinton, of course, who blamed her ...
3.2K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 52.0 Iranian protest sparks battles
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) Iranian security forces beat anti-government protesters with batons today on the sidelines of state-sanctioned rallies to mark the 30th anniversary of the U.S. Embassy takeover. The counter-demonstrations were the opposition s fir...
5.6K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 52.0 Berkshire buying Burlington Northern
NEW YORK (AP) Legendary investor Warren Buffett is making what he calls an all-in wager on the U.S. economy $34 billion to buy a major railroad that hauls everything from corn to cars across the country. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.,...
5.9K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 83.0 Israel commandos seize ship loaded with guns
JERUSALEM (AP) Israeli commandos seized a ship today that defense officials said was carrying hundreds of tons of weapons bound for Lebanon s Iranian-backed Hezbollah guerrillas the largest arms shipment Israel has ever commandeered. The Israeli ...
5.6K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 52.0 GOP sweep: Big governor victories in Virginia, N.J.
WASHINGTON Independents who swept Barack Obama to a historic 2008 victory broke big for Republicans on Tuesday as the GOP wrested political control from Democrats in Virginia and New Jersey, a troubling sign for the president and his party heading ...
6.4K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 52.0 Elevator to space? They're really trying
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) Rocketing into space? Some think an elevator might be the way to go. That s the future goal of this week s $2 million Space Elevator Games in the Mojave Desert. In a major test of the concept, robotic machin...
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