The nursery gets back to basics
Once upon a time, the ideal for a child s room was a cozy haven filled with sturdy push-pull toys, handmade dolls and a few baskets of dress-up clothes. That was before batteries, computer programs for toddlers, and the array of stuff that talks, squ...
 4.9K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 97.0 Beth Eastwood Lake
A celebration of life will be held for Beth Eastwood Lake, 83, of Redding, Calif., at noon on Monday, Nov. 2, at the Christian Science Church of Redding. Beth was born April 15, 1926, in Redding. She died Oct. 27, 2009, in Coos Bay. She was married t...
1.2K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 61.0 Feds consider critical habitat for sea turtles
Federal fisheries managers have agreed to consider designating critical habitat for endangered leatherback sea turtles in the Pacific Ocean off Oregon and California. NOAA Fisheries officials said Thursday they will make a decision whether to go forw...
2.0K - Oct. 9, 2009; scored 983.0 Dune lakes off limits to ATVs
There will be no more joyriding around the Beal and Snag lakes on the south end of the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area. Off-road enthusiasts who get a thrill skirting the perimeters of those dune lakes could face a fine of up to $5,000...
3.0K - Oct. 8, 2009; scored 61.0 Fossil or gunk? Rock baffles experts
NEWPORT (AP) What some thought might be a 20 million-year-old fossil tortoise in the rocks on a beach in Lincoln County has scientists baffled. After visiting the site Tuesday, Oregon state paleontologist William N. Orr, Bill Hanshumaker of the Hat...
2.4K - Sep. 17, 2009; scored 318.0 Fossil or concretion? Rock baffles experts
NEWPORT (AP) ” What some thought might be a 20 million-year-old fossil tortoise in the rocks on a beach in Lincoln County has scientists baffled. After visiting the site Tuesday, Oregon state paleontologist William N. Orr, Bill Hanshumaker...
2.3K - Sep. 16, 2009; scored 97.0 Sea threatens ancient tortoise fossil
NEWPORT (AP) A tortoise fossil embedded in 20-million-year-old rock has been found along the Oregon coast and a researcher is trying to remove it before the sea claims it. This is big, said Bill Hanshumaker, marine education specialist at the Hatf...
2.3K - Sep. 8, 2009; scored 97.0 Study: Sea turtles could go extinct
Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON It s a scene that scientists say is all too common: A commercial fishing boat pulls in a net full of shrimp or tuna and finds a loggerhead sea turtle mixed in with the catch. Biologists like Matthew Godfrey say on...
5.5K - Sep. 3, 2009; scored 567.0 'Shadow Complex' a triumph of classic game design
What s a gamer to do in the summer, when so few high-profile retail titles are released? I look for new challenges to download and most of those are going onto my Xbox 360. It remains the essential machine for gamers who don t want to leave home. M...
3.2K - Aug. 21, 2009; scored 97.0 Police shoot, kill, alligator near Murphy
It s not unusual to see a Western pond turtle basking on logs near swimming holes. Not at all unusual. But that s not what two small children noticed when they ambled down to the Applegate River near Murphy southeast of Grants Pass last Saturday. The...
1.1K - Aug. 14, 2009; scored 97.0 Grant aims to retrieve fishermens' lost crab pots
NEWPORT (AP) During his 35 years as a commercial fisherman, Jeff Feldner lost his share of crab pots when storms blew them out of position, a passing boat propeller sheared off the buoy, or a bank of kelp overwhelmed everything and dragged it away....
4.0K - Jul. 13, 2009; scored 61.0 Kournikova uses her popularity to enhance goodwill projects
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. Anna Kournikova is still the center of attention on center court. Or, at least, on a makeshift one in a mall parking lot. A tennis sensation from the time she was a teen, Kournikova spent more hours posing for photographs than ...
5.5K - Jul. 8, 2009; scored 61.0 Sea turtles protected since 2001
The National Marine Fisheries Service said a petition by three environmental groups to establish critical habitat for leatherback sea turtles puts additional focus on fisheries that already try to protect turtles. NMFS has had protections in place fo...
4.2K - Jun. 1, 2009; scored 1000.0 Enviros sue to protect sea turtles off U.S. coasts
SAN FRANCISCO - Environmentalists want a federal judge to force fisheries managers to take action on lawsuits seeking stronger protections for sea turtles. Three groups - Oceana, the Center for Biological Diversity and the Sea Turtle Restoration Proj...
3.5K - May. 29, 2009; scored 567.0 Sports Briefs: Falcons trade for Gonzalez
ATLANTA The Atlanta Falcons boosted their hopes for another trip to the playoffs by acquiring tight end Tony Gonzalez from the Kansas City Chiefs for a draft pick next year. The Falcons will send a second-round pick in 2010 to Kansas City in exchan...
5.3K - Apr. 24, 2009; scored 61.0 Pope urges path of reconciliation
LUANDA, Angola (AP) Pope Benedict XVI urged Angolans on Friday to continue on the path of reconciliation after nearly three decades of civil war, saying dialogue could overcome all conflict and tension. Benedict made the appeal as he arrived to an ...
4.2K - Mar. 21, 2009; scored 97.0 New head of NOAA says science will guide policy
GRANTS PASS - The new head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will not only be talking the talk on global warming, she will be walking the walk - eight blocks from the Metro station to her office. Former Oregon State University ma...
5.2K - Mar. 20, 2009; scored 61.0 Sports Briefs: Armstrong bike stolen from truck
SANTA ROSA, Calif. Lance Armstrong s time-trial bike was stolen from the Team Astana truck during the night before Stage 1 of the Tour of California. Armstrong rode the bike to a 10th-place finish Saturday in Sacramento during the Tour prologue. Th...
4.5K - Feb. 16, 2009; scored 61.0 Wie begins Tour with a 66
KAHUKU, Hawaii The latest stage of Michelle Wie s unique career is off to a rousing start. Wie made her much-anticipated debut as a full-fledged LPGA Tour member, birdieing her final three holes for a 6-under 66 on Thursday in the first round of th...
5.4K - Feb. 13, 2009; scored 123.0 Wie makes LPGA debut today
KAHUKU, Hawaii At nearly every turn at Turtle Bay, there are posters of Annika Sorenstam covered in leis, proudly celebrating the 70th of her 72 titles in her spectacular LPGA Tour career. With the defending SBS Open champion enjoying retirement, s...
4.4K - Feb. 12, 2009; scored 123.0 | 
