France hunts for bank heist driver
PARIS (AP) French police conducted a nationwide search Friday for a security driver who vanished with $7.4 million in cash from a bank in the central city of Lyon, authorities said. Lyon prosecutor Xavier Richard said 39-year-old Tony Musulin ...
 2.2K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 488.0 Hitting 10 percent
WASHINGTON (AP) The unemployment rate has surpassed 10 percent for the first time since 1983 and is likely to go higher. Nearly 16 million people can t find jobs even though the worst recession since the Great Depression has apparently ended. Man...
7.3K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 271.0 Storm kills 23 in Vietnam
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) Tropical Storm Mirinae unleashed severe flooding in parts of central Vietnam, killing 23 people, leaving two missing and stranding families on rooftops, disaster officials said today. The death toll in the hardest-hit province o...
2.8K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 271.0 After angering Arabs on Israeli settlements, Clinton to meet with Arab foreign ministers
MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton prepared today to consult with Arab foreign ministers on Obama administration efforts to get Israel and the Palestinians to resume peace negotiations, two days after she raised ...
1.7K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 271.0 Market vendors donate to food programs
COOS BAY The Coos Bay Farmers Market closed for the season Wednesday. But after making his last sale, vendor Guy Souerbry had one last thing to do. He boxed his leftover bread from his Village Baker stand so it could be delivered to the South Coast...
3.5K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 271.0 Time is ticking on LNG deal
Port officials are trying to hammer out a new deal with Jordan Cove Energy Project before existing land sale agreements expire later this year. The Oregon International Port of Coos Bay has scheduled a special meeting at 1:15 p.m. Thursday to conside...
1.8K - Oct. 21, 2009; scored 350.0 Some reasons for downtown optimism
Last week brought some gloomy news about downtown Coos Bay. The Bank of America branch will close. A commercial lot on Broadway is suddenly vacant, after the demolition of a decaying building. City officials are pondering the future of an empty, half...
2.0K - Oct. 13, 2009; scored 271.0 Olympics headed to South America
COPENHAGEN ” Like sweet, sultry samba music, Rio hit all the right notes. Chicago had Barack Obama. Tokyo had $4 billion in the bank. Madrid had powerful friends. But none of that mattered. Rio de Janeiro had the enchanting story ...
8.3K - Oct. 3, 2009; scored 405.0 Salmon restoration effort begins on California river
FRESNO, Calif. When Darrell Imperatrice was a boy, California s San Joaquin River teemed with so many king salmon his father could catch 40-pound fish using only a pitchfork. Then the salmon vanished from the icy river for nearly 60 years, after a ...
5.2K - Oct. 3, 2009; scored 271.0 Thefts & mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Sept. 29, 12:05 a.m., illegal camping was reported near Blossom Gulch Elementary School, 333 S. 10th St. Sept. 29, 7:01 a.m., theft was reported in the 100 block of Norm...
5.8K - Sep. 30, 2009; scored 271.0 Judge tells child porn suspect to get lawyer
COQUILLE A Coos County man, arrested at a Bend hotel last week, could spend the rest of his life in prison if convicted with the maximum sentence on 40 felony charges related to child pornography. John C. Hudson III, 43, entered a not guilty plea a...
2.6K - Sep. 25, 2009; scored 271.0 Judge tells child porn suspect to get lawyer
COQUILLE A Coos County man, arrested at a Bend hotel last week, could spend the rest of his life in prison if convicted with the maximum sentence on 40 felony charges related to child pornography. John C. Hudson III, 43, entered a not guilty plea a...
2.4K - Sep. 24, 2009; scored 271.0 A light in the tunnel
NOTI The Coos Bay Rail Link has exactly three flatbed railcars riding its rails. No, they aren t hauling any cargo. They are helping restore rail service to shippers along the 111-mile line. Their current home is inside Tunnel 13. It cuts through a...
4.5K - Sep. 19, 2009; scored 350.0 Thefts and Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Sept. 11, 6:45 a.m., criminal trespassing was reported on the Central Dock property, 1100 N. Front St. Sept. 11, 10:35 a.m., sexual abuse was reported in the Coos Bay ar...
6.2K - Sep. 14, 2009; scored 271.0 Poll: Worries linger on economy
WASHINGTON One year after Wall Street teetered on the brink of collapse, seven out of 10 Americans lack confidence the federal government has taken safeguards to prevent another financial industry meltdown, according to a new Associated Press-GfK p...
5.5K - Sep. 14, 2009; scored 515.0 Thefts and Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Sept. 2, 11:59 a.m., a man told police his neighbors are continually harassing him in the 600 block of Central Avenue. Sept. 2, 12:26 p.m., two girls were opening the ti...
4.4K - Sep. 3, 2009; scored 271.0 Canola good for biofuels, bad for other crops
PORTLAND (AP) With a national push on to develop alternatives to fossil fuels, Oregon may seem well-positioned to benefit. The Willamette Valley in particular has the capacity to grow a significant amount of canola seeds, which can be crushed to yi...
3.8K - Sep. 2, 2009; scored 271.0 Bernanke offers upbeat assessment
JACKSON, Wyo. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke declared today that the U.S. economy is on the verge of a long-awaited recovery after enduring a brutal recession and the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. Economic activity in b...
5.6K - Aug. 21, 2009; scored 700.0 Obama has hopes for Egypt's Mubarak
WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama is trying to restore Egypt s President Hosni Mubarak as the U.S. ace-in-the-hole in its decades-long effort to forge an elusive peace among Israel and the Arabs. After a serious falling out over Bush administr...
5.0K - Aug. 18, 2009; scored 350.0 Jobless claims increase
WASHINGTON Retail sales disappointed in July and the number of newly laid-off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits rose unexpectedly last week. The latest government reports reinforced concerns about how quickly consumers will be able t...
5.8K - Aug. 13, 2009; scored 350.0 | 
