Ida weakens to a tropical depression, heads east
DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. (AP) Ida sloshed ashore with rain and gusty winds before losing its tropical storm strength today, leaving weather-hardened Gulf Coast residents largely unscathed. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said Ida s center f...
 1.6K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 72.0 Don't like prices? Vote with your gas tank
Local gas stations have the right to charge anything they want for fuel. They have no need to get together to fix prices as the price signs are information for other stations. They operate by charging what the traffic will bear, meaning, they charg...
1.0K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 363.0 Congress begins climate debate;
WASHINGTON Republicans boycotted the start of committee debate today on a bill to curb greenhouse gases, protesting that the bill s costs have not been fully examined. The action put a spotlight on the difficulties Democratic leaders face in moving...
3.9K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 72.0 Port extends LNG land deal
COOS BAY ” Developers who d like to build a liquefied natural gas terminal on Coos Bay s North Spit have pushed back plans to start construction until spring 2011. The change in plans has led to an extension of land-purchase deals on the North...
3.1K - Nov. 1, 2009; scored 94.0 Gas prices chugging up for the holidays
NEW YORK (AP) Americans are paying more for gasoline than they did last year as the holidays approached billions of dollars that could go to books, clothes and Barbie dolls instead being spent at the pump. Gas averaged nearly $2.70 a gallon ...
3.8K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 708.0 Port extends LNG land deal
COOS BAY Developers who d like to build a liquefied natural gas terminal on Coos Bay s North Spit have pushed back plans to start construction until spring 2011. The change in plans has led to an extension of land-purchase deals on the North Spit....
3.0K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 94.0 Senate opens hearing on climate bill
WASHINGTON (AP) The lead author of a Senate climate bill says action to combat global warming will raise energy prices, but also create jobs and that inaction could cause even worse economic and security problems. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., said Am...
1.0K - Oct. 27, 2009; scored 72.0 Port's LNG site negotiations stall
COOS BAY Port officials agreed Thursday to move forward with plans to sell some property on the North Spit. More notable, perhaps, was the property transaction they all but ignored. The port commissioners agreed in principle to sell 30 acres of wet...
2.9K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 72.0 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 72.0 Did he lie? Stufflebean's bankruptcy explanation doesn t add up
Coos County Commissioner Kevin Stufflebean s public explanation of his recent bankruptcy filing contains factual discrepancies, The World has learned. In July, Stufflebean and his wife filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy protection in federal court in Eu...
9.7K - Oct. 18, 2009; scored 145.0 Did he lie? Stufflebean's bankruptcy explanation doesn t add up
Coos County Commissioner Kevin Stufflebean s public explanation of his recent bankruptcy filing contains factual discrepancies, The World has learned. In July, Stufflebean and his wife filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy protection in federal court in Eu...
9.7K - Oct. 17, 2009; scored 145.0 Without supply, prices skyrocket
This is just some food for thought and not Chicken Little saying the sky is falling. It seems that there will be more electric cars in our near future. There is a lot of pressure to get away from gas-powered vehicles in an effort to go green, which...
1.4K - Oct. 13, 2009; scored 72.0 Chinese manufacturer takes over Hummer
DETROIT (AP) Hummer, the off-road vehicle that once epitomized America s love for hulking trucks, is now in the hands of a Chinese heavy equipment maker. General Motors Co. and Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Corp. finally signed the m...
4.6K - Oct. 10, 2009; scored 115.0 Globalism versus Americanism
Down at the Chinese outlet store in Albany known as Wal-Mart, Chinese tires have so successfully undercut U.S.-made tires that the Cooper Tire factory in that south Georgia town had to shut down. Twenty-one hundred Georgians lost their jobs. The tale...
4.9K - Oct. 8, 2009; scored 94.0 Martin will start on pole again Sunday
KANSAS CITY, Kan. ” Already changed into jeans and a golf shirt, Mark Martin propped his feet up on the chair in front and listened as one of NASCAR s most popular drivers gushed about his improbable season. Martin seemed to grow more unco...
3.8K - Oct. 3, 2009; scored 72.0 Eugene firm launching electric vehicle
Tim Christie, The (Eugene) Register-Guard EUGENE Tucked away in a nondescript garage off an unpaved alley in Eugene s Whiteaker neighborhood, a group of young entrepreneurs is trying to catch the next wave of human transport by building an affordab...
6.1K - Sep. 22, 2009; scored 178.0 Festival Season isn't all merrymaking
We ve celebrated cranberries, blackberries, seafood, chain saws and sand dunes. And just before festival fatigue settles in, we ve got another weekend of fun ahead of us. Today s Bay Area Fun Festival represents the last big hoorah before the tourism...
5.8K - Sep. 21, 2009; scored 94.0 Thefts and Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Sept. 17, 1:26 a.m., gun shots were heard in the area of Lakeshore Drive and Seabreeze Terrace. Sept. 17, 7:07 a.m., someone stole items out of a vehicle parked in the 2...
3.0K - Sep. 18, 2009; scored 72.0 Crocodiles, wildlife key to Cuba's tourism
BOCA DE GUAMA, Cuba ” Crocodile 0383 is too tiny to be menacing. Three weeks old and barely the length of a candy bar, the gray and brownish-yellow beast already has all 64 jagged teeth, which glint like crushed glass in the tropical sun. ...
5.8K - Sep. 18, 2009; scored 94.0 Inflation expected to have remained in check
WASHINGTON (AP) ” A report due out today is expected to show that inflation remained in check last month, as the weak economy prevents retailers and manufacturers from raising prices. The report comes after the Commerce Department said Tue...
0.9K - Sep. 16, 2009; scored 120.0 | 
