Scientists use disabled HIV in gene therapy
WASHINGTON (AP) French scientists mixed gene therapy and bone marrow transplants in two boys to seemingly halt a brain disease that can kill by adolescence. The surprise ingredient: They disabled the HIV virus so it couldn t cause AIDS, and then us...
 3.5K - Nov. 9, 2009; scored 89.0 College Picks: LSU looks to shake up SEC
LSU has a chance to prevent that Alabama-Florida SEC championship game that everyone seems to be looking forward to in December. The ninth-ranked Tigers will be in Tuscaloosa on Saturday to face the third-ranked Crimson Tide, which can wrap up the SE...
4.1K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 89.0 NBA: Magic hand first loss to Suns
ORLANDO, Fla. Ryan Anderson had 20 points and 10 rebounds, Dwight Howard scored 25, and the short-handed Orlando Magic defeated the previously unbeaten Phoenix Suns 122-100 on Wednesday night. Playing without injured Vince Carter and suspended Rash...
4.5K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 89.0 NBA: Nuggets stay perfect with win at Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS Carmelo Anthony scored 25 points and Chauncey Billups added 24 to help Denver beat the Indiana Pacers 111-93 on Tuesday night, lifting the Nuggets to their best start in 24 years. Anthony, who was averaging 38 points, shot just 6-for-1...
5.1K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 462.0 Obama coaxes states to change with school dollars
WASHINGTON One year after his election, President Barack Obama is coaxing states across the country to rewrite education laws and cut deals with unions as they pursue his vision for school reform. Obama is visiting Wisconsin, where lawmakers are po...
4.0K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 89.0 Sports Briefs: Beaver QB Moevao needs surgery on ankle
CORVALLIS Oregon State backup quarterback Lyle Moevao will need surgery after injuring his ankle during practice. The senior started most of last season but had a slow recovery from offseason shoulder surgery and settled into a backup role behind S...
4.0K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 179.0 Health bill hits insurers, drugs, medical devices
WASHINGTON (AP) The health care overhaul bill produced by House Democrats would impose an array of new taxes, fees and government mandates on major players in the health industry, including insurers, doctors and drugs and medical devices makers. In...
1.6K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 89.0 State fines agents in investment scam
The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services completed an investigation involving 10 investment brokers including two Bay Area insurance agents who collected more than $5 million from residents, many of them elderly. A state cease...
4.6K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 89.0 College Picks: Big games will help sort out league races
Much like politics, college football is essentially local. Sure, Florida, Texas and Southern California will play huge rivalry games with national title implications Saturday. But more importantly, those three games will go a long way toward sorting ...
4.2K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 89.0 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 89.0 A Nobel for showing freedom works
Pundits and politicians act as if government can solve almost any problem. At the slightest hint of trouble, the ruling class reflexively assumes that knowledgeable, wise and public-spirited government regulators are capable of riding to the rescue. ...
3.7K - Oct. 27, 2009; scored 89.0 Unbeaten and unloved
IOWA CITY, Iowa No. 7 Iowa still is having a tough time convincing others of its status as an early contender for the national title. Sure, the Hawkeyes (7-0, 3-0) are the only undefeated team in the Big Ten, and yes, Iowa has already beaten Penn S...
4.5K - Oct. 21, 2009; scored 89.0 Sports Briefs: Group to push for playoffs over BCS
WASHINGTON Lawmakers who have been trying to prod college football to replace the Bowl Championship Series with a playoff system now have a political action committee. A group of college football fans launched the Playoff PAC with the goal of elect...
6.7K - Oct. 20, 2009; scored 89.0 Poisoned again
BANDON Most community theater groups try to stay away from shows that have been done recently. But it was a recent local production that inspired Bandon s New Artists Productions to take on Arsenic and Old Lace, which opens tonight at the Sprague...
4.1K - Oct. 16, 2009; scored 89.0 Mercury claim WNBA crown
PHOENIX ” The Phoenix Mercury are WNBA champions for the second time in three seasons, leaning on their big three to pull out a 94-86 victory over the tenacious Indiana Fever in the deciding Game 5 Friday night. Diana Taurasi, Cappie Pon...
4.1K - Oct. 10, 2009; scored 268.0 Sports Briefs: Phoenix forces Game 5 in finals
INDIANAPOLIS Cappie Pondexter scored 22 points and the Phoenix Mercury beat the Indiana Fever 90-77 in Game 4 of the WNBA finals, tying the best-of-five series. Penny Taylor added 17 points for the Mercury while Diana Taurasi and Tangela Smith each...
4.8K - Oct. 8, 2009; scored 141.0 Sports Briefs: Indiana one win from WNBA title
INDIANAPOLIS Tamika Catchings had 14 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists as the Indiana Fever moved within one victory of the WNBA title Sunday with an 86-85 win over the Phoenix Mercury in Game 3 of the finals. The Mercury s Tangela Smith missed...
6.8K - Oct. 5, 2009; scored 358.0 Unemployment creeps up
WASHINGTON Job hunters will face long odds well into next year. As the unemployment rate inches closer to 10 percent, most businesses are nowhere close to hiring again. Uncertain about prospects for recovery the economy s and their own employer...
6.0K - Oct. 3, 2009; scored 89.0 Sports Briefs: Blount could play again this season
EUGENE Coach Chip Kelly says running back LeGarrette Blount could be reinstated to Oregon s football team this season. Kelly announced today that there is potential opportunity for the senior running back to play for the No. 16 Ducks before the e...
5.0K - Oct. 2, 2009; scored 89.0 WNBA Finals: Indiana nabs home-court edge
PHOENIX The Tamika Catchings-Diana Taurasi matchup is at the heart of these WNBA finals. Give Game 2 to Catchings, on offense AND defense. The Indiana star fell one rebound shy of the first triple-double in WNBA finals history and the Fever beat th...
4.3K - Oct. 2, 2009; scored 644.0 | 
