State seeks execution for bank bombing
WOODBURN (AP) The two men accused of a Woodburn bank bombing that killed two police officers could face the death penalty. Marion County prosecutors said Friday they would seek the death penalty if the two men are found guilty. Bruce Aldon Turnidge...
 2.0K - Sep. 14, 2009; scored 209.0 Vietnam War defense chief dead at 93
WASHINGTON Robert S. McNamara, the cerebral secretary of defense who was vilified for his role in escalating the Vietnam War, a role he later deeply regretted, died today. He was 93. McNamara died at 5:30 a.m. at his home, his wife Diana told The A...
8.1K - Jul. 6, 2009; scored 153.0 Memorial wall in Salem will add four names
PORTLAND - The two officers killed in December's Woodburn bank bombing will have their names added to a memorial for fallen law enforcement officers along with a reserve deputy and a policeman who each died more than a half-century ago. Eriks Gabliks...
2.1K - Mar. 18, 2009; scored 140.0 Israeli forces storm into Gaza City neighborhood
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip Israeli ground troops closed in on downtown Gaza City today, battling Palestinian militants in the streets of a densely populated neighborhood, destroying dozens of homes and sending terrified residents running for cover as gu...
8.1K - Jan. 13, 2009; scored 140.0 Grand jury: Bombing part of robbery attempt
SALEM A Marion County man with a background of financial troubles and his son were bent on robbing a bank in Woodburn when a bomb exploded and killed two Oregon law enforcement officers, says a grand jury indictment released Friday. The indictment ...
3.2K - Dec. 27, 2008; scored 161.0 Father, son due in court in bombing case
SALEM (AP) A father and son are due back in court in Salem today in the Woodburn bank bombing that killed two police officers and critically injured a third. Bruce and Joshua Turnidge are being held without bail on aggravated murder and other charg...
0.7K - Dec. 26, 2008; scored 527.0 West Coast Bank donates $5,000 to bombing victims
LAKE OSWEGO (AP) West Coast Bank has donated $5,000 to the fund for the two police officers killed in a bombing at a Woodburn branch of the bank last week. The fund also will benefit Woodburn police Chief Scott Russell, who was critically ...
0.7K - Dec. 21, 2008; scored 654.0 Bomb expert's death leaves questions
PORTLAND (AP) By all accounts, Bill Hakim was one of those solid cops with plenty of experience and sound judgment who other police officers respect and depend on to make a tough decision, especially on the bomb squad. It makes his death in a bomb ...
6.4K - Dec. 18, 2008; scored 249.0 Doctor: Injuries in bank bombing like those from Iraq
PORTLAND (AP) A trauma expert says the bomb blast that killed two police officers inside a Woodburn bank caused injuries similar to the wounds suffered by soldiers in Iraq. Dr. Marty Schreiber, chief of trauma at Oregon Health Science University,...
2.1K - Dec. 17, 2008; scored 110.0 Police haven't explained bomb suspect father's involvement
SALEM (AP) Investigators are pointing to a father and son as the key suspects in a bombing that killed two Oregon law enforcement officers at a Woodburn bank. Two days after police arrested Joshua Turnidge, officers went to a farm in the rural comm...
7.8K - Dec. 17, 2008; scored 1000.0 Police arrest father of bank bombing suspect
SALEM (AP) The father of a Salem man accused of killing two Oregon law enforcement officers in a bank blast was arrested Tuesday on bomb-making conspiracy charges, authorities said. Bruce Turnidge, 57, was arrested at a farm about 13 miles southwes...
4.9K - Dec. 16, 2008; scored 338.0 Oregon bank bombing suspect due in court
SALEM (AP) Joshua A. Turnidge s landlord calls the 32-year-old Salem man a hardworking, upstanding guy, a good tenant who refinished hardwood floors and did other renovations for reduced rent. Prosecutors were ready to paint a different picture o...
4.4K - Dec. 16, 2008; scored 789.0 Arrest in bombing at bank
PORTLAND (AP) Many questions remain in the bombing that killed two officers and critically injured a police chief at an Oregon bank. But authorities think they have answered the most important one. Sheriff Russ Isham of Marion County, just hours af...
3.0K - Dec. 15, 2008; scored 274.0 Woodburn bank blast kills officer, bomb expert
WOODBURN (AP) A bomb blast at a Woodburn-area bank killed a local police officer and a state bomb disposal technician. Police said Saturday they had no suspects and didn t know the motive. That person is dangerous and needs to be found as soon as p...
4.4K - Dec. 14, 2008; scored 316.0 | 
