Thefts and Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Nov. 5, 5:08 a.m., a prowler was reported in the 800 block of Elrod Avenue. Nov. 5, 10:21 a.m., an illegal fire was reported in the 63400 block of Shinglehouse Slough Ro...
 6.3K - Nov. 9, 2009; scored 263.0 Jail expenses return to pre-layoff levels
COQUILLE - Almost three years ago, Coos County laid off 22 jail workers and limited the number of prisoners it would house, all to save slightly less than $1 million a year. Today, felons walk free in a third of the time, yet jail spending has c...
6.2K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 105.0 Thefts & Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Nov. 1, 9:20 a.m., an attempted burglary was reported in the 600 block of South Wasson Street. Nov. 1, 10:24 a.m., domestic harassment was reported in the 700 block of D...
7.5K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 303.0 Bankers got bonuses; workers got pink slips
Way too many regional residents aren t paying attention to what is going on in the country (let alone the world), and how consequences of decisions made over the horizon affect us here. Often these repercussions filter down indirectly, mixed in with ...
2.3K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 105.0 Evangelists are targeting New England
WATERTOWN, Mass. (AP) It s hard to tell in the quiet of a color-splashed autumn morning, but Redeemer Fellowship Church is trying to set roots in a rough neighborhood. For churches, anyway. Until this new church opened last month, its 19th-century ...
7.5K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 105.0 Spookiest place in town
NORTH BEND Scott Walling and his wife have the holiday spirit, and boy do their neighbors know it. Whether it s St. Patrick s or Valentine s Day, the couple and their young son decorate their home and yard to the nines with inflatable characters, l...
4.3K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 246.0 GMAC seeking more federal aid
NEW YORK (AP) GMAC, the former lending arm of General Motors Co., is in talks with the Treasury Department for a third injection of taxpayer aid, a further sign of the U.S. government s entrenchment in the U.S. auto industry. The Treasury Departmen...
3.7K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 105.0 Recession is over, but job losses aren't
WASHINGTON It s about to become official: The recession is over but not the pain. The government will release figures this week expected to show that the economy has awakened from its deepest slump since the 1930s and is in the early stages of a ...
6.2K - Oct. 27, 2009; scored 105.0 Alienated and now radicalized
In the brief age of Obama, we have had truthers, birthers, Tea Party activists and town-hall dissenters. Comes now, the Oath Keepers. And who might they be? Writes Alan Maimon in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Oath Keepers, depending on where on...
3.1K - Oct. 26, 2009; scored 105.0 Baghdad blasts kill 155
BAGHDAD (AP) Iraqi security forces blocked streets around the capital today and conducted intense searches at checkpoints as authorities investigated the massive security failure that allowed two truck bombs to strike what was supposed to be one of...
4.1K - Oct. 26, 2009; scored 135.0 Window decorators aim to brighten downtown CB
During the discontent of the 1960s and 70s, people found inspiration in music. In today s economic turbulence, artists again are lifting up the community. This time it is through windows of hope. The Coos Bay Oregon Coast Etsy Artist Network, OCEAN,...
3.2K - Oct. 26, 2009; scored 135.0 100 banks have failed this year
WASHINGTON (AP) Bank closings for the year hit 100 on Friday when regulators shut down Partners Bank in Florida. Financial institutions nationwide have collapsed under the weight of soured real estate loans and the Great Recession. The Federal Depo...
5.1K - Oct. 25, 2009; scored 105.0 100 banks have failed this year
WASHINGTON (AP) Bank closings for the year hit 100 on Friday when regulators shut down Partners Bank in Florida. Financial institutions nationwide have collapsed under the weight of soured real estate loans and the Great Recession. The Federal Depo...
5.1K - Oct. 24, 2009; scored 105.0 Astro Boy never takes flight
The animated Astro Boy is a shiny hodgepodge of Pinocchio, WALL-E, Oliver Twist, Gladiator and Superman, with some obvious visual touches taken from The Iron Giant. As its own entity, though, it s pretty forgettable. Director David Bowe...
3.4K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 105.0 Congress moves to create financial oversight agency
WASHINGTON Congress wants another government regulator to cut through the red tape and protect your pocketbook. But there s plenty of fine print that will limit the new agency s reach. The House Financial Services Committee was on track today to ap...
2.2K - Oct. 22, 2009; scored 105.0 Bailed-out firms must slash pay for top executives
WASHINGTON The Treasury Department is expected today to order seven companies that have not paid back last year s government bailouts to halve their top executives average compensation. The cuts apply to the 25 highest-paid executives at banks and...
6.4K - Oct. 22, 2009; scored 105.0 Bailout watchdog expects much to remain unrefunded
WASHINGTON (AP) The man who watches over the $700 billion in government money given to banks and other institutions to avert a financial collapse said today he thinks it s too early to say how much will be repaid to the taxpayers. Just as the ...
4.7K - Oct. 21, 2009; scored 166.0 What's Michael Moore talking about?
Michael Moore is confused. His new movie, Capitalism: A Love Story, begins by suggesting all was well until Ronald Reagan became president and cut the top 90 percent income tax rate. Everything was downhill from there. Adding to the confusion, he l...
2.9K - Oct. 19, 2009; scored 166.0 Team O takes on the Fox
In theory, the national news media function in a free market of ideas: a self-regulating, relentless quest for what the old Superman comics called Truth, Justice, and the American way. In practice, Washington political journalism has become a subdiv...
3.2K - Oct. 19, 2009; scored 105.0 Reedsport nets $10K for Rainbow Plaza
REEDSPORT The Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development wants to help Reedsport spiff up a dirt lot at the east end of town. DLCD is sending the city $10,000, with Reedsport on the hook to contribute $4,050 and it must seek &...
1.7K - Oct. 18, 2009; scored 105.0 | 
