Polls: Chavez's popularity slips
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) Hugo Chavez s support has declined in the polls as many Venezuelans say they are fed up with 27 percent inflation, a stagnant economy, faulty public services and a government they see as incapable of doing much about it. T...
 5.5K - Oct. 22, 2009; scored 169.0 FBI seeks help on bank robberies
PORTLAND (AP) ” The FBI says it s asking local Oregon law enforcement agencies to take the lead in investigating nonviolent bank robberies. While federal agents will continue to investigate armed bank robberies and serial cases, the FBI wi...
2.4K - Sep. 29, 2009; scored 354.0 Sports Briefs: Draft pick Rubio traded to FC Barcelona
MINNEAPOLIS Ricky Rubio s Spanish pro team has agreed to trade his rights to Regal FC Barcelona in a deal that will prevent the 18-year-old point guard from joining the Minnesota Timberwolves for two years, according to two internet reports. Yahoos...
4.4K - Sep. 1, 2009; scored 219.0 Portland police shoot suspected robber
PORTLAND (AP) A Portland police officer shot and wounded an armed robbery suspect during a confrontation in southeast Portland late Monday. The suspect has not been identified. The shooting occurred after the suspect in a bar robbery ran from a tra...
0.4K - Aug. 25, 2009; scored 219.0 Boxers, loved ones gather to remember Vernon Forrest
ATLANTA (AP) Three-time boxing champion Vernon Forrest was remembered Monday by some 1,500 friends, family and fellow athletes as a soft-spoken, modest competitor defined more by his work helping others than his victories in the ring. The 38-year-o...
3.8K - Aug. 4, 2009; scored 169.0 McNair shot with weapon purchased from murderer
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Ex-NFL quarterback Steve McNair s mistress bought the gun she used to kill him from a convicted murderer whose fiancee was afraid to have it in the house, authorities said Friday. Adrian J. Gilliam Jr., 33, of La Vergne, Tenn., was...
3.7K - Jul. 18, 2009; scored 169.0 Police arrest Florence man in grocery robbery
Oregon State Police arrested a Florence man Sunday morning following a report of armed robbery at a Florence grocery store. Troopers responded to Cleawox Market, 85150 Highway 101, where employees said a man threatened to blow up the store unless he ...
0.6K - Jul. 14, 2009; scored 219.0 CB bank robbery suspect in jail
A former Coos Bay resident, wanted in two bank robberies, walked out of a Eugene motel room with a stripper and into the arms of federal agents. The U.S. marshals Oregon Fugitive Task Force grabbed 39-year-old Dean J. Perri at the Motel 6 on Interna...
2.0K - Jul. 10, 2009; scored 268.0 Robbery suspect has violent past
The man suspected of robbing a Coos Bay bank has a violent criminal history in the area, including assaulting a police officer 17 years ago. Investigators suspect former Coos Bay resident Dean J. Perri in holdups of Wells Fargo bank branches in Coos ...
2.6K - Jul. 8, 2009; scored 268.0 Police have suspect in bank robbery
Coos Bay police have identified a man they believe might be connected to the Coos Bay Wells Fargo robbery on Friday. Police are looking for Dean J. Perri, 39, formerly of Coos Bay. Perri is described as more than six feet tall, with a medium build an...
1.2K - Jul. 7, 2009; scored 302.0 Police look for bank robber
COOS BAY Friday was no holiday for bank employees in downtown Coos Bay. One bank robber noticed. At about 9:35 a.m., a Wells Fargo bank teller called Coos Bay police to report the bank had been robbed and the culprit got away with an undisclosed am...
1.5K - Jul. 6, 2009; scored 302.0 Police look for bank robber
COOS BAY Friday was no holiday for bank employees in downtown Coos Bay. One bank robber noticed. At about 9:35 a.m., a Wells Fargo bank teller called Coos Bay police to report the bank had been robbed and the culprit got away with an undisclosed am...
1.7K - Jul. 4, 2009; scored 302.0 Bead jewelry missing from Florence library
Florence police are searching for clues after someone stole four pieces of jewelry from the Siuslaw Public Library. The items were made by Florence-area bead artists and had been on display at the library, 1460 Ninth St. Police learned of the jewelry...
0.8K - Jul. 2, 2009; scored 169.0 Suspect s Houdini act lands in him in jail
FORREST CITY, Ark. (AP) An armed Arkansas robbery suspect had a trick or two up his sleeve but police weren t about to be played for fools. Lawrence Harden Jr., 29, was arrested Wednesday, accused of robbing a liquor store the day before. Police su...
0.9K - Jun. 5, 2009; scored 219.0 Nebraska cigarette bandit wore beer carton as disguise
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Police in Nebraska are looking a man who stole cigarettes while disguising himself with a beer carton on his head. Lincoln police Capt. Bob Kawamoto says the man walked into a Kwik Shop convenience store before dawn Monday wearin...
0.8K - May. 27, 2009; scored 169.0 Coos Bay robber gets 16 years on gun charges
EUGENE (AP) - Weapons charges have sent a four-time convicted bank robber from Coos Bay to prison for nearly 16 years as an armed career criminal. Federal prosecutors said 34-year-old Joshua J. Stokes pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of ...
1.0K - May. 15, 2009; scored 169.0 DNA helps solve 1976 Oregon murder
PORTLAND - Cold case detectives in Portland have solved a 1976 murder with fingernail scrapings collected in the oldest homicide case to be closed in Oregon using DNA evidence. Detectives say the man who strangled 80-year-old Rosa Cinnamon in Portlan...
2.9K - Apr. 29, 2009; scored 169.0 Stufflebean is to blame for cop cuts
As a retired Coos County sheriff s employee, please join me in voting yes to recall Kevin Stufflebean. I worked at the sheriff s office for nearly 27 years, through four sheriffs and countless commissioners. Never have I seen anything like what is go...
2.3K - Apr. 15, 2009; scored 169.0 Timeline of international action against piracy
There have been sporadic international efforts to tackle piracy off the coast of Somalia for a number of years. But those efforts became more determined last year following an unprecedented rise in attacks: June 2, 2008: The United Nations authorizes...
2.9K - Apr. 9, 2009; scored 219.0 Crime will likely net man 15 years in prison
COQUILLE - The court saga of the Safeway Five heist is quickly coming to an end, as one of two remaining defendants in the case pleaded guilty Monday to two counts of first-degree robbery. Tod Bailey, 20, will likely spend 15 years in prison for his ...
3.0K - Mar. 24, 2009; scored 366.0 | 
