Japan warship collides with commercial vessel
TOKYO A Japanese navy destroyer has collided with a commercial vessel off southern Japan, starting fires on both ships and injuring three crew members, defense officials said today. The destroyer JS Kurama collided with the South Korean container ...
 2.1K - Oct. 27, 2009; scored 1000.0 Suns spoil Portland s retro night at coliseum
PORTLAND ” Steve Nash had 23 points and 15 assists and the Phoenix Suns returned to Portland s old Memorial Coliseum much the same way they left it ” with a victory over the Trail Blazers. The Suns spoiled Portland s retro return to the...
3.4K - Oct. 15, 2009; scored 1000.0 Montoya has been the surprise of the Chase
CHARLOTTE, N.C. ” For 26 races, Juan Pablo Montoya and his crew chief worked solely on making the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship. After grabbing one of the coveted berths, everything over the final 10 races was thought to be a bonus...
4.4K - Oct. 10, 2009; scored 1000.0 Football 2009 Radio listings
Again this fall, most South Coast football teams will have games broadcast on the airwaves on Friday nights, though there have been a couple of significant changes. The biggest difference is that Bicoastal Media has consolidated the broadcast plans f...
2.7K - Sep. 16, 2009; scored 1000.0 Oregon cheesemaker expands production
TUMALO (AP) Dug into the side of a sagebrush-covered slope on 84 acres near Tumalo is Flavio DeCastilhos cellar, a climate-controlled room kept at 56 degrees and 85 percent humidity that s filled with deep brining tanks and racks of 10- and 20-pou...
6.8K - Jul. 18, 2009; scored 1000.0 Waltrip will split time with Truex next year
CORNELIUS, N.C. With four wins over 25 seasons, Michael Waltrip isn t foolish enough to believe his driving record will ever earn him a spot in NASCAR s Hall of Fame. As a team owner, though, Waltrip has plenty of time to build a distinguished care...
5.5K - Jul. 9, 2009; scored 1000.0 Broncos sign Brandon Lloyd
DENVER The Broncos signed free-agent receiver Brandon Lloyd on the same day a radio station reported Pro Bowl wideout Brandon Marshall wants to follow Jay Cutler out of Denver. Lloyd is a seventh-year pro with 15 career touchdown catches who played...
4.1K - Jun. 16, 2009; scored 1000.0 Toys R Us buys troubled high-end retailer FAO Schwarz
WAYNE, N.J. (AP) - Toys R Us. Inc. announced early Thursday that it had bought troubled high-end retailer FAO Schwarz, which has struggled for years through bankruptcies amid tough competition from discount stores. We will work tirelessly to preserve...
1.4K - May. 28, 2009; scored 1000.0 Chrysler closures: Oregon 6, Washington 14
GRANTS PASS - In the tiny Eastern Washington farm town of Ritzville, Ray Greenwalt worries he won't be able to help sponsor the high school baseball team if Chrysler goes ahead with plans to yank his dealership. But in the central Oregon city of Redm...
4.6K - May. 15, 2009; scored 1000.0 Americans fascinated by pirates
NEW YORK We re going through a crippling recession. The CIA is under fire over its interrogation techniques. And U.S. policy toward Cuba may be about to change. But the most-followed news story of late? A tale of pirates on the high seas. Some who ...
3.8K - Apr. 25, 2009; scored 1000.0 Golf returns to its roots in Bandon
BANDON Troy and Kim Russell are turning back the clock in Bandon. The Russells have reopened the former Face Rock Golf Course under the new name Old Bandon Golf Links, and are offering visitors a chance to play with vintage clubs from the 1890s and...
4.5K - Apr. 17, 2009; scored 1000.0 Rodriguez admits steroid use to press
TAMPA, Fla. Over and over, Alex Rodriguez blamed himself, using the phrase young and stupid as he tried again to explain where he went wrong. Amateur hour, he called it. The slugger who might someday become baseball s all-time home run king reme...
6.6K - Feb. 18, 2009; scored 1000.0 Bargain-hunt shoppers sink gift card sales
NEW YORK Gift cards, the convenient catchall of holiday giving, lost their luster this year. Price-conscious shoppers became savvy bargain-hunters, realizing they could give bigger and better gifts by taking advantage of unprecedented discounts rat...
5.1K - Dec. 27, 2008; scored 1000.0 Shoppers find deep discounts but retailers see bleakness during last holiday shopping weekend
CHICAGO (AP) The deals were there and, by most accounts, so were the shoppers. But at the close of the final holiday shopping weekend, consumers confessed they were still nervous about buyingtype:bold,italic;. This is going to be a poor Christmas, ...
1.3K - Dec. 22, 2008; scored 1000.0 Theus becomes sixth NBA coach fired this season
SACRAMENTO, Calif. Reggie Theus got barely more than 100 games to lead the Sacramento Kings before they headed in yet another direction with yet another new head coach. Theus was fired by Sacramento on Monday after a 6-18 start to his second season...
5.2K - Dec. 16, 2008; scored 1000.0 Petty Enterprises considers merge with Gillette Evernham team
NEW YORK Petty Enterprises is in discussions to merge its storied franchise with Gillett Evernham Motorsports, The Associated Press has learned. Multiple people familiar with the talks told the AP on Thursday that the two teams were discussing a de...
4.5K - Dec. 5, 2008; scored 1000.0 | 
