NBA: Bobcats rally for victory
CHARLOTTE, N.C. Gerald Wallace had 24 points and 20 rebounds and the Charlotte Bobcats held the New Jersey Nets without a point for more than 10 minutes in rallying for a 79-68 victory on Monday. The Nets ineptitude allowed Charlotte to go on a 24...
 3.3K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 278.0 Georgiana Gamble Smithers
A celebration of life will be held for Georgiana Gamble Smithers, 81, of Coos Bay, at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 4, at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Fourth and Highland in Coos Bay. The service and sacrament will be officiated by the Rev. Stephen Tyson...
4.2K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 219.0 Plane, copter collide
LOS ANGELES (AP) The U.S. Coast Guard and Navy were searching early today for as many as nine people off the Southern California coast following a collision between a Coast Guard plane and a Marine Corps helicopter, officials said. The crash was re...
2.4K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 219.0 NBA Recap: Boston stifles Bobcats
BOSTON Kevin Garnett scored 10 points with seven rebounds over 26 easy minutes in his return to the Boston parquet on Wednesday night and the Celtics held Charlotte to a franchise-low in scoring and coasted to a 92-59 victory in their home opener....
6.8K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 219.0 Coast Guard helps with sick seabirds
U.S. Coast Guard members helped rescue hundreds of crippled migratory birds on the coast Monday. The birds were ailing after being exposed to a red tide along the coasts of Oregon and Washington. A Coast Guard aircraft from Sacramento, Calif., transp...
2.1K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 139.0 Amtrak stops Redding to Medford bus service
REDDING, Calif. (AP) Amtrak California has canceled its bus route from Redding to Southern Oregon because of low ridership. The canceled route is part of Amtrak California s Thruway bus service, which originates in Sacramento and is an extension of...
0.9K - Oct. 27, 2009; scored 139.0 Sports Briefs: Senator requests BCS investigation
WASHINGTON Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, whose undefeated home state school was bypassed for the college football national championship last season, urged President Barack Obama to ask the Justice Department to investigate the Bowl Championship Series,...
4.7K - Oct. 22, 2009; scored 139.0 Jazz beat short-handed Blazers
PORTLAND After a dominating preseason win over the Portland Trail Blazers, Carlos Boozer feels like the Utah Jazz are ready for the regular season. We ve got to tighten up some stuff, he said. We ve got to take care of that full-court press a lit...
3.6K - Oct. 21, 2009; scored 139.0 Stimulus saved teachers' jobs
WASHINGTON (AP) Teachers appear to have benefited most from the effort to save jobs with the $787 billion recovery package, which sent billions of dollars to states that were on the verge of ordering heavy layoffs in education. The nationa...
5.5K - Oct. 13, 2009; scored 139.0 Oden leads Blazers to another preseason win
SACRAMENTO, Calif. Greg Oden had 20 points and 12 rebounds in his second consecutive strong performance, leading the Portland Trail Blazers to an 89-86 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday night in a preseason game. Juwan Howard scored 14...
2.3K - Oct. 8, 2009; scored 278.0 Field Poll: Brown has big lead in California govenor's race
SACRAMENTO, Calif. A new Field Poll shows California Attorney General Jerry Brown with a strong lead in next year s race for governor, even before he s declared himself a candidate and despite months of campaigning by his Democratic rival and three...
3.8K - Oct. 8, 2009; scored 139.0 Blazers win first game in preseason
PORTLAND As critiques go, Greg Oden s assessment of his exhibition opener was brief and fitting for the preseason. It was OK, you know, he said. I still have a lot to work on. Oden had 18 points and nine rebounds in the Portland Trail Blazers ...
3.7K - Oct. 7, 2009; scored 322.0 Ruth Harkins
A celebration of life will be held for Ruth Harkins, 89, of Florence at 4 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 17, at the First Baptist Church in Florence . Ruth was born Aug. 5, 1920, in Chicago, Ill., to Florent and Agnes DeCramer. She died Oct. 1, 2009, at home....
1.2K - Oct. 7, 2009; scored 139.0 College Football: Ducks blow out Washington State
EUGENE The image of Oregon quarterback Jeremiah Masoli icing his knee after leaving the rout of Washington State surely stirred some bad memories among Duck fans. But Masoli was adamant that his right knee was no big deal. When asked if he could ha...
5.6K - Oct. 5, 2009; scored 322.0 Salmon restoration effort begins on California river
FRESNO, Calif. When Darrell Imperatrice was a boy, California s San Joaquin River teemed with so many king salmon his father could catch 40-pound fish using only a pitchfork. Then the salmon vanished from the icy river for nearly 60 years, after a ...
5.2K - Oct. 3, 2009; scored 139.0 Phoenix soars to overtime win in WNBA finals
PHOENIX The WNBA finals was supposed to be Phoenix s offense against Indiana s defense. How about offense vs. offense? Enough for the highest-scoring game in WNBA history. Cappie Pondexter missed a potential winning tip-in at the fourth-quarter buz...
4.4K - Sep. 30, 2009; scored 139.0 Calif. tax panel s ideas meet skepticism
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) A state commission is expected to submit a report today to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and lawmakers that recommends bold changes to California s tax system. But it s being met by political skepticism before the ink dries. Th...
4.8K - Sep. 29, 2009; scored 139.0 Sports Briefs: Portland signs Howard
PORTLAND Veteran forward Juwan Howard signed a one-year contract with the Portland Trail Blazers, the team announced Thursday. Howard a 15-year veteran, averaged 4.1 points in 42 games with Denver and Charlotte last season. Terms were not disclosed...
6.2K - Sep. 18, 2009; scored 322.0 Sports Briefs: WSU star will focus on track
PULLMAN, Wash. Washington State wide receiver Jeshua Anderson is quitting football to focus on track, another blow to the struggling Cougars (0-2). The speedy junior from Woodland Hills, Calif., announced his decision through a school spokesman Wed...
4.6K - Sep. 17, 2009; scored 139.0 Late field goal gives Beavers win at Vegas
LAS VEGAS Oregon State kicker Justin Kahut got a chance at redemption, while his team may have had a bit of luck in the gambling capital of the world on Saturday night. Kahut converted a 33-yard field goal with seven seconds left to give the Beaver...
3.3K - Sep. 14, 2009; scored 139.0 | 
