Awaiting the executioner
SOUTH HOLLAND, Ill. They were waiting down at Gibson Chevrolet near Chicago for a couple of five-gallon cans of sodium silicate liquid glass, they call it to poison and kill the clunkers when the latest condemned car pulled up. The 1999 Ford E...
 5.7K - Aug. 7, 2009; scored 89.0 Clippers take Griffin with top pick
NEW YORK On a draft day that felt like the trade deadline, the Los Angeles Clippers never considered a deal. Not when they were the ones who could take Blake Griffin. Following a flurry of head-turning trades around the NBA, the Clippers started Th...
6.4K - Jun. 26, 2009; scored 89.0 Lakers win 15th NBA title
ORLANDO, Fla. Kobe Bryant jumped and punched the air. He did it again, seven years of pent up frustration freed in a fit of joy. This was the one he wanted more than all the others. The one to top them all. One year after failing miserably in the f...
5.8K - Jun. 15, 2009; scored 89.0 Bobcat fur coats raise trapping concerns
RENO, Nev. - Bobcat fur coats have become a hot item among the fashion-conscious in Russia and China, leading to a big jump in prices and exports for the soft, spotted pelts. The fur's booming popularity has some wildlife advocates worried about poss...
6.1K - Jun. 13, 2009; scored 89.0 Red River reaches record high in Fargo
FARGO, N.D. - The Red River rose to a daunting 112-year high early today and breached one of the dikes fortifying the city, but the mayor pledged to go down swinging as he called for more evacuations and additional National Guard troops to prevent ...
6.6K - Mar. 27, 2009; scored 89.0 Cavaliers improve to 33-1 at home with victory over Netss
CLEVELAND LeBron James and these Cleveland Cavaliers have risen to the top. James scored 22 points with 11 assists and made all the right moves in the closing minutes as the too-tough-at-home Cavaliers set a franchise record with their 58th win ...
5.4K - Mar. 26, 2009; scored 115.0 Pac-10: Trojans avenge loss to Beavers
LOS ANGELES Daniel Hackett scored 17 points, Taj Gibson added 14 and five blocks and Southern California avenged an early season overtime loss by defeating Oregon State 68-52 on Saturday. The Trojans (18-12, 9-9 Pac-10) will face California as the ...
3.5K - Mar. 9, 2009; scored 89.0 Americans again top Mexico
COLUMBUS, Ohio Michael Bradley scored twice to lead the United States to a 2-0 victory over Mexico in a World Cup qualifier Wednesday night, preserving the Americans domination in the series over the last nine years. I think everybody on our team ...
6.3K - Feb. 12, 2009; scored 115.0 It's lights out for many in Kentucky
LOUISVILLE, Ky. More than a million homes and businesses left in the cold without power today in the wake of an icy winter storm could face a lengthy wait for electricity to come back, even as federal help was promised to two states hit hardest by ...
5.4K - Jan. 29, 2009; scored 89.0 Winter is coming back
It may be hard to part with sunny weather that gave the South Coast beautiful sunsets and daily temperatures that made Florida look cold, but get ready to give it up for a while. Sure, the overnight lows left behind frozen windshields, frosty fields ...
3.4K - Jan. 23, 2009; scored 148.0 Obama honors MLK on eve of inauguration
WASHINGTON Large crowds thronged to the capital today on the eve of Barack Obama s elevation to the presidency as America honored slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. The president-elect appealed to the nation he is soon to lead to hono...
6.4K - Jan. 19, 2009; scored 89.0 These folks made cold snap warmer
When this area was blessed with a cold snap, my water pipes froze. Thanks to my wonderful neighbors, Jerry Sinclair and Steve Frichtl, they had them thawed out within 10 minutes. Jerry Sinclair s wife, Dorthy, calls me most every morning to see if I ...
0.5K - Jan. 9, 2009; scored 358.0 Pac-10 Basketball: Sun Devils stomp OSU with sizzling shooting
TEMPE, Ariz. Arizona State is the nation s third-best shooting team, hitting 51 percent from the field. The 20th-ranked Sun Devils outdid themselves in a 69-38 rout of Oregon State on Thursday night, hitting 65.1 percent for the game, including mak...
7.9K - Jan. 9, 2009; scored 115.0 Russia stops natural gas deliveries
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) Russia has shut off all its gas supplies to Europe through Ukraine the latest move in a pricing dispute that has reduced or halted fuel deliveries to a dozen countries during a winter cold snap. Russia s gas monopoly Gazprom, w...
1.1K - Jan. 7, 2009; scored 89.0 Hundreds of residents seek energy assistance
It s probably easier to be penniless in Miami, Southern California or anywhere else warmer than Coos County these past few days. At least the heat s free. South Coast residents having difficulty paying their energy bills aren t so lucky. Phil Handsak...
5.0K - Dec. 20, 2008; scored 115.0 It should be all rain - for a little while anyway
Goodbye snow and freezing temperatures. Hello rain. The South Coast s cold snap was short. There s little activity but rain in store for the region, with some possible wet slushy snow showers thrown in. Overnight lows may barely hit freezing level to...
2.1K - Dec. 19, 2008; scored 89.0 Icy roads send several drivers into ditches
Drivers found traveling over U.S. Highway 101 in Douglas County to be a tricky proposition Monday. Seven accidents were reported in the Douglas County Sheriff s Office log. Four were in and around Winchester Bay, three during a 15-minute span around...
0.9K - Dec. 17, 2008; scored 89.0 Cold snap brings lowest temp in decade
It s been really frosty the last few nights. Time to bundle up, cover plants and pipes and drive with caution. A new storm front is on its way today that will keep the freeze on, and bring more rain and snow likely throughout Friday morning, acco...
2.4K - Dec. 17, 2008; scored 1000.0 Record cold hits U.S.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) Temperatures crashed to record lows well below zero Monday as a huge mass of arctic air blustered southward across the Midwest and West, keeping people indoors and leading some cities to open shelters. The cold and remnants o...
3.2K - Dec. 16, 2008; scored 89.0 Storm may challenge Oregon's "city that works"
PORTLAND (AP) A winter storm bearing down on Oregon may test the slogan of its biggest city, which bills itself as the city that works. The weekend forecast called for high winds on the coast, blizzards in the passes and snow and rain in the towns...
2.3K - Dec. 12, 2008; scored 115.0 | 
