N. Korea aims for direct U.S. talks
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) North Korea said today it has reprocessed 8,000 spent nuclear fuel rods and extracted enough plutonium to bolster its atomic stockpile, raising the stakes in an apparent effort to push the U.S. into direct negotiations. Repr...
 3.0K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 179.0 Tax breaks cost state more than predicted
PORTLAND (AP) State officials deliberately underestimated the cost of Gov. Ted Kulongoski s plan to lure green energy companies to Oregon with big taxpayer subsidies, resulting in a program that cost 40 times more than unsuspecting lawmakers were t...
11.0K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 523.0 N. Korea pushes for talks with U.S.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) North Korea pressed the United States to accept its demand for direct talks on the communist regime s nuclear program, issuing a veiled threat today that Pyongyang will expand its nuclear arsenal unless Washington agrees. Th...
3.7K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 283.0 Officials outline emergency plans for LNG terminal
Staff Reports Coos Bay officials haven t endorsed the local liquefied natural gas terminal project, but they have been working with the developer on emergency plans if the facility gets built. The Coos Bay City Council will discuss Tuesday whether to...
1.3K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 179.0 Electric bikes trace route of car executives to DC
WASHINGTON (AP) An Oregon company that makes electric motorcycles thinks it has a homegrown solution to the nation s energy woes. To prove it, the company sent two riders on a 10-day odyssey from Detroit to Washington, re-creating the 2008 trip of ...
3.4K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 320.0 U.S. aid bill concerns Pakistan military
ISLAMABAD (AP) Pakistan s powerful military, preparing for a new offensive against Taliban and al-Qaida militants, expressed serious concern today about a proposed multibillion-dollar U.S. aid package some consider an avenue to American meddling....
7.0K - Oct. 7, 2009; scored 374.0 House considers funding green vehicle research
WASHINGTON (AP) ” Targeting more funding for the auto industry, the House is considering an expansion into government-led research of fuel-efficient vehicle technology and making research dollars more available to auto parts suppliers. The...
3.1K - Sep. 16, 2009; scored 320.0 New jobless claims fall more than expected
WASHINGTON (AP) First-time claims for jobless benefits fell more than expected last week, evidence that companies are laying off fewer workers as the economy improves. The Labor Department said today that initial claims for unemployment insurance f...
3.3K - Sep. 10, 2009; scored 179.0 The last of a dynasty
WASHINGTON In the quiet of a Capitol elevator, one of Edward M. Kennedy s fellow lawmakers asked whether he had plans for a family Thanksgiving away from the nation s capital. No, the Massachusetts senator said with a shake of his head, and mentio...
12.3K - Aug. 26, 2009; scored 296.0 California officials blast Coos Bay LNG proposal
Local opponents of developing a liquefied natural gas project and an ancillary pipeline have found allies in another Bay Area. San Francisco's Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a resolution this week asking Pacific Gas Electric Corp. to withd...
5.6K - Jul. 31, 2009; scored 479.0 Committee starts again on health care
WASHINGTON A House committee plowed ahead today on a health care overhaul bill, with the clock running on chances for progress on President Barack Obama's top domestic priority before Congress takes its August break. As Chairman Henry Waxman, D-Ca...
5.3K - Jul. 30, 2009; scored 296.0 Other editorial views
The following are editorial excerpts from newspaper's around the country. Madoff wasn t the only crook Bernard Madoff got what he deserved. The 71-year-old financial swindler will never see another day as a free man after being sentenced Monday to 15...
5.8K - Jul. 6, 2009; scored 322.0 Vietnam War defense chief dead at 93
WASHINGTON Robert S. McNamara, the cerebral secretary of defense who was vilified for his role in escalating the Vietnam War, a role he later deeply regretted, died today. He was 93. McNamara died at 5:30 a.m. at his home, his wife Diana told The A...
8.1K - Jul. 6, 2009; scored 179.0 South Carolina governor fights for job
COLUMBIA, S.C. - South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford faced legal and ethical questions today as he fought to save his job after admitting having an affair with a woman from Argentina. The state's top senator questioned whether Sanford broke the law when...
6.5K - Jun. 25, 2009; scored 179.0 Energy Dept. lends $8B to Ford, Nissan, Tesla
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) - The Energy Department said today it would lend $5.9 billion to Ford Motor Co. and provide about $2.1 billion in loans to Nissan Motor Co. and Tesla Motors Inc., making the three automakers the first beneficiar...
3.9K - Jun. 23, 2009; scored 341.0 North Korea warns U.S. of retaliation
MOSCOW - Russia and China expressed serious concern today about tension on the Korean peninsula and, in the face of increasingly belligerent rhetoric, joined international pressure for North Korea to return to nuclear talks. The U.S. vowed it would n...
5.0K - Jun. 17, 2009; scored 231.0 Kim's heir visits China
TOKYO (AP) - The youngest son - and reportedly heir apparent - of North Korea's ailing leader Kim Jong Il secretly visited China last week and was urged by President Hu Jintao to have the North halt additional nuclear tests, a top Japanese newspaper ...
3.6K - Jun. 16, 2009; scored 268.0 Obama picks new member for FERC
President Barack Obama has nominated a longtime aide to former Iowa governor Tom Vilsack to serve on the federal board overseeing siting of liquefied natural gas terminals. John Norris, who currently serves as Vilsack s chief of staff at the Agricult...
1.0K - Jun. 12, 2009; scored 231.0 Halt the torture frenzy
If President Barack Obama really meant what he told CIA officers on April 16 - this is a time for reflection, not retribution - then he needs to snuff out the witch-hunt atmosphere that his subsequent actions have created over the issue of torture...
2.8K - May. 18, 2009; scored 179.0 Dems eye change for health care aid
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Democrats are looking at big health care changes, including federal aid to help families earning up to $88,000 pay for insurance and a requirement that all must carry coverage. A document obtained by The Associated Pr...
3.1K - May. 14, 2009; scored 268.0 | 
