Reports: Federal stimulus sends $1.8B to Oregon
PORTLAND (AP) Oregon has received about $1.8 billion in the first eight months of the federal stimulus program credited with saving or creating nearly 10,000 jobs in the state. Reports released Friday showed the largest number of jobs saved by...
 3.1K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 139.0 Lee handcuffs Yankees in Series opener
NEW YORK Joe Girardi could take away one comforting thought after watching Cliff Lee shut down the New York Yankees. He can t pitch every day, the Yankees manager said. Lee tickled his teammates with a ho-hum catch, made a behind-the-back snag see...
5.4K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 139.0 Obama mulls a reduce troop plan
WASHINGTON President Barack Obama is considering a scaled-down version of the war plan advanced by his top Afghanistan commander, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, U.S. officials say. Such a narrowed military mission would increase American forces to accom...
5.7K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 139.0 Electric bikes trace route of car executives to DC
WASHINGTON (AP) An Oregon company that makes electric motorcycles thinks it has a homegrown solution to the nation s energy woes. To prove it, the company sent two riders on a 10-day odyssey from Detroit to Washington, re-creating the 2008 trip of ...
3.4K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 139.0 NATO considers beefing up support
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) Top NATO and United Nations officials signaled Friday they may request more international troops to join American forces in Afghanistan as the top U.S. defense official said President Barack Obama is still weeks away from ...
4.7K - Oct. 25, 2009; scored 139.0 NATO considers beefing up support
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) Top NATO and United Nations officials signaled Friday they may request more international troops to join American forces in Afghanistan as the top U.S. defense official said President Barack Obama is still weeks away from ...
4.7K - Oct. 24, 2009; scored 139.0 Bush is gone; media forget caskets
Remember the controversy over the Pentagon policy of not allowing the press to take pictures of the flag-draped caskets of American war dead as they arrived in the United States? Critics accused President George W. Bush of trying to hide the terrible...
4.2K - Oct. 15, 2009; scored 139.0 Afghanistan corruption worries McChrystal
WASHINGTON (AP) The top military commander in Afghanistan is asking for up to 80,000 more American troops even as he warns that rampant government corruption there may prevent victory against the Taliban and al-Qaida, according to U.S. officials br...
4.7K - Oct. 14, 2009; scored 139.0 The general's war in Afghanistan
The Pentagon s pre-emptive strike came with the leak of Gen. Stanley McChrystal s confidential review of the Afghan war to Bob Woodward of The Washington Post. McChrystal s painting of the military picture was grim. Failure to gain the initiative and...
4.2K - Oct. 13, 2009; scored 270.0 War briefing might look at troop increases
WASHINGTON The latest in a series of top-level White House meetings about the war in Afghanistan could provide a venue for the first discussion of the troop request submitted by the U.S. commander there. The fourth of five sessions is scheduled thi...
5.3K - Oct. 9, 2009; scored 179.0 Obama weighs Pakistan s role in war
WASHINGTON Recognizing the U.S. can neither win in Afghanistan nor succeed more broadly against al-Qaida without Pakistan s cooperation, President Barack Obama s war council is weighing a new role for Pakistan in the eight-year-old struggle in the ...
4.6K - Oct. 8, 2009; scored 207.0 Top Afghanistan commander meets Obama in Denmark
COPENHAGEN (AP) President Barack Obama summoned his top commander in Afghanistan for a 25-minute meeting aboard Air Force One today as part of his review of a war strategy that has divided the president s national security team. Army Gen. Stanley M...
3.3K - Oct. 2, 2009; scored 139.0 Biden swears in Kirk
WASHINGTON (AP) Former Democratic Party chairman Paul G. Kirk Jr. stepped in Friday as the temporary replacement in the Senate for his longtime friend, the late Edward Kennedy. Kirk said taking over the Massachusetts seat left him with mixed emotio...
2.7K - Sep. 26, 2009; scored 139.0 Strategy may shift to drones in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON ” President Barack Obama s strategy against al-Qaida may shift away from more troops in Afghanistan and toward more drone strikes against terrorist targets. As the war worsens in Afghanistan, Obama could steer away from the comp...
5.0K - Sep. 22, 2009; scored 139.0 Obama starts big week with innovation speech in NY
WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama, squeezing in an eleventh-hour pitch for his domestic agenda, is promoting his administration s promises of innovation at a New York community college before weeklong meetings on international priorities. Obam...
3.3K - Sep. 21, 2009; scored 179.0 9/11 anniversary marked with mourning, spirit of service
NEW YORK Cold rain mixed with tears as mourners collected under umbrellas and a dreary sky Friday to mark the eighth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks with old rituals and a new purpose honoring the spirit of those who rushed forward to help. S...
4.1K - Sep. 11, 2009; scored 207.0 Bill by Thanksgiving?
WASHINGTON Vice President Joe Biden asserted today that a health care bill will be done by Thanksgiving because President Barack Obama has re-centered debate and there s an emerging bipartisan consensus for change despite fights over details like...
6.7K - Sep. 10, 2009; scored 887.0 Jobless rate jumps to 9.7
WASHINGTON The unemployment rate jumped almost half a point to 9.7 percent in August, the highest since 1983, reflecting a poor job market that will make it hard for the economy to begin a sustained recovery. While the jobless rate rose more than e...
5.5K - Sep. 4, 2009; scored 207.0 New jobless claims dip less than expected
AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON New jobless claims fell slightly last week while the number of people receiving unemployment benefits rose, a sign the job market s recovery will be long and bumpy. While most economists believe the recession has ende...
3.4K - Sep. 3, 2009; scored 139.0 California team wins Little League World Series
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. They re celebrating in the San Diego suburbs thanks to a little league team from Chula Vista. It seems San Diego comes so close all the time. The Padres come close and don t win. The Chargers come close and don t win, manag...
3.7K - Aug. 31, 2009; scored 139.0 | 
