Jerseys put to good use
SEATTLE Rich Stearns works and lives just outside Seattle. He grew up in New York state. He lived in Philadelphia for 10 years. So he was torn as a fan watching the Yankees and Phillies in the just-completed World Series. He couldn t wait for someo...
 4.6K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 79.0 No tsunami generated by 5.3 quake
PORTLAND (AP) Federal officials say a 5.3 magnitude quake off the Oregon coast this morning did not generate a tsunami. The U.S. Geological Survey Web site did not have any initial reports that the quake was felt on the coast. The USGS reports the ...
0.7K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 79.0 Savoring a school house
RANDOLPH A good site, money and a passion for history that s what Charlie Ruddell had. After four years, a lot of research and creative problem solving, he now has a renovated historic schoolhouse, too, at Randolph about 6 miles north of Bandon....
5.1K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 79.0 Jeter receives Clemente award
NEW YORK Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter has won the Roberto Clemente Award. The Yankees captain was presented with the award Thursday before the start of Game 2 of the World Series between New York and the Philadelphia Phillies. The award is given a...
0.8K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 79.0 Bridge closure snarls traffic for second day
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Engineers desperately tried to repair the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge as commuters encountered a second day of heavy traffic and crowded trains today after a 5,000-pound piece of steel plummeted onto the span during rush hou...
2.7K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 124.0 Mapping vessel finds offshore ridge is busy and changing
Scientists mapping the seafloor off Oregon found a surprising sight 20-foot vertical upheavals they had never known existed in the middle of the Juan de Fuca Plate, where some odd swarms of earthquakes were detected last year. Oregon State Universi...
2.6K - Oct. 27, 2009; scored 525.0 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 79.0 Would you go mouth to muzzle?
LOS ANGELES Most pet owners would leap into action for an injured pet, even if it meant risking dog breath by going mouth-to-snout. Fifty-eight percent of pet owners 63 percent of dog owners and 53 percent of cat owners would be at least somewh...
5.9K - Oct. 21, 2009; scored 79.0 In-town disputes are damaging the area
I can t believe all the hate and anger I read in the letters to the editor in the daily newspaper in this town and North Bend in every spot, city officials, private person against private person. The war is not overseas; it is right here among ours...
1.9K - Oct. 18, 2009; scored 79.0 In-town disputes are damaging the area
I can t believe all the hate and anger I read in the letters to the editor in the daily newspaper in this town and North Bend in every spot, city officials, private person against private person. The war is not overseas; it is right here among ours...
1.9K - Oct. 17, 2009; scored 79.0 Ducks may be without QB Masoli this week
EUGENE Oregon quarterback Jeremiah Masoli rejoined practice with the No. 13 Oregon Ducks on a limited basis Wednesday, after missing two days with a right knee injury. It appeared that backup quarterback Nate Costa will get the start on Saturday at...
3.4K - Oct. 8, 2009; scored 79.0 Aid reaches deeper in Indonesia quake zone
PADANG PARIAMAN, Indonesia Aid workers reached farther into Indonesia s disaster zone today, delivering food and water for the first time to villages cut off for a week by earthquake-triggered landslides. House after house in the village of Lubuk L...
3.6K - Oct. 7, 2009; scored 316.0 Military searches for bodies, brings aid to tsunami-stricken Samoas as death toll rises
LALOMANU, Samoa (AP) Some frightened Samoans who fled to the hills as a tsunami tore through their seaside villages vowed never to return to the coastline, while aid workers delivered water and medicine amid the growing stench of decay. Grieving su...
1.2K - Oct. 2, 2009; scored 79.0 Two women found alive in quake's rubble
PADANG, Indonesia Rescuers pulled two women alive from a collapsed college, nearly two days after a powerful earthquake devastated western Indonesia, as cries for help from a flattened hotel spurred the frantic search for more survivors today. The ...
7.0K - Oct. 2, 2009; scored 474.0 Second quake rattles Indonesian rescuers
PADANG, Indonesia (AP) A second powerful earthquake rocked western Indonesia today as rescuers struggled to reach survivors of the previous day s quake, which killed more than 500 people and left thousands trapped under collapsed buildings. The dea...
1.3K - Oct. 1, 2009; scored 124.0 Earthquakes shake parts of California
LONE PINE, Calif. (AP) A series of earthquakes the largest a magnitude-5.1 have rattled the Lone Pine area of the eastern Sierra. The largest struck about 18 miles southeast of the town of Lone Pine at 3:01 a.m. It was followed within the next ...
0.9K - Oct. 1, 2009; scored 791.0 Wall of water kills 100 people
APIA, Samoa A massive tsunami unleashed by a powerful earthquake flattened Samoan villages and swept cars and people out to sea, killing at least 99 and leaving dozens missing today. The death toll was expected to rise. Survivors fled the fast-chur...
7.6K - Sep. 30, 2009; scored 222.0 Watchers flock to beach to see tsunami
A tsunami advisory was in effect along the West Coast until 1 a.m. today, but that didn t necessarily keep people away from the beaches. The tsunami, created by an 8.0- to 8.3-magnitude earthquake in the South Pacific, was expected to hit Coos and Cu...
1.5K - Sep. 30, 2009; scored 316.0 New method monitors quake fault strength
LOS ANGELES Scientists are releasing results of a study aimed at gauging the strength of earthquake faults, which could help them pinpoint weak ones at risk of breaking and unleashing temblors. Earthquakes are caused by a sudden slip on a fault. T...
2.0K - Sep. 30, 2009; scored 222.0 Powerful earthquake rocks western Indonesia
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) Witnesses and media say a powerful earthquake hit western Indonesia, toppling buildings, cutting electricity and causing at least several injuries. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 7.9...
0.9K - Sep. 30, 2009; scored 791.0 | 
