HEALTHY LIVING
TOPS No. 1135 9:45 a.m., Wednesdays, Madison Street Community Church, 417 Madison St., Coos Bay. (269-5488) Blood Pressure and Diabetes Clinic 10 a.m. to noon, second Wednesday, Winchester Bay Community Center. Blood pressure checks 10:30 a.m...
 1.4K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 84.0 GOP ducks on health care reform
Late in the game, Republicans are proposing alternatives to Democratic health-care reform, but they re certainly not being bold. If they were, they d follow the lead of Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., the party s foremost Jack Kemp-style conservative, whose ...
3.1K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 385.0 What's Obama thinking?
President Obama and Democrats in Congress hope to cut Medicare spending by nearly a half-trillion dollars over the next decade, and reform plans call for a big expansion of Medicaid during the same period. Is it really possible to take so much money ...
3.0K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 138.0 2 dead, reports of others shot at Tualatin office
TUALATIN, Ore. (AP) Oregon police say a shooting at drug-testing facility in a suburban Portland office park has left two people dead and two others wounded. Police say the apparent shooter was among those killed, apparently from a self-inflected g...
1.0K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 53.0 Bill Clinton pitches health bill to Dems
WASHINGTON Former President Bill Clinton knows just how high the political stakes are in the fight to overhaul America s health care system. His failed attempt to revamp the delivery of medical care contributed to the Republican takeover of the Hou...
3.8K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 447.0 I want to know: Casino workers won't get vaccine
Question: I would like to know why the general public is having trouble getting H1N1 flu shots, yet The Mill Casino-Hotel is giving them to their employees who are not in the high-risk categories? Answer: The Mill isn t giving out H1N1 flu shots to...
1.9K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 124.0 Curry campus close to reality
The dean of Southwestern Oregon Community College s Curry campus has a lot of hope for her school s future. She s looking forward to the day when all Curry classes will be held under one roof, to the day when she won t have to whisper in her office t...
3.6K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 53.0 GOP targets lawmakers' health care vote
SALEM (AP) National and local Republicans are betting that Oregon Congressman Kurt Schrader s vote for a national health care reform bill will make him vulnerable in 2010. Republicans say the freshman Democrat s vote will cause him problems with mo...
0.8K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 321.0 Steelers rally for victory
DENVER Ben Roethlisberger was missing reads and his receivers, and it had the Pittsburgh Steelers reeling in the first half. It was all so very unlike Roethlisberger. The situation only got worse after halftime, when his sack and fumble led to Robe...
4.2K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 53.0 Fort Hood is on the mend after shootings
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) Pvt. Joseph Foster took a bullet in the leg during the Fort Hood shooting rampage. He pauses when he s asked about the mayhem, then credits a stout heritage with bringing him through the ordeal and leaving him eager for his sc...
4.0K - Nov. 9, 2009; scored 53.0 CB officials begin search for city manager
The city of Coos Bay has scheduled a special council meeting Tuesday to decide who should manage City Hall. The council will consider whether to hire an interim city manager from a list of candidates compiled by the League of Oregon Cities, ask forme...
1.2K - Nov. 9, 2009; scored 84.0 Poll: Few find, get flu inoculations
ATLANTA Only about a third of adults who have tried to get a swine flu vaccine have been able to get it, according to a new national poll. That s true even for people who are at risk for severe complications and should be at the front of the line. ...
1.8K - Nov. 9, 2009; scored 124.0 Eye on Government
Today North Bend City Council 4:30 p.m., council chambers, city hall, 835 California St.; work session. Oregon Virtual Academy 6 p.m., 1810 Monroe St., North Bend; regular meeting also accessible via teleconference at (888) 824-5783, ext. 1668287...
1.7K - Nov. 9, 2009; scored 53.0 Give Pakistan aid, not weapons
Canada should lend Pakistan a helping hand as it struggles to stabilize its chaotic border region with Afghanistan, which is plagued by Taliban militants who threaten stability. It doesn t follow that Prime Minister Stephen Harper s government needs ...
1.0K - Nov. 9, 2009; scored 53.0 What's next for health care?
WASHINGTON Don t look for the Senate to quickly follow the House on health care overhaul. A government health insurance plan included in the House bill is unacceptable to a few Democratic moderates who hold the balance of power in the Senate. They ...
5.2K - Nov. 9, 2009; scored 909.0 Local panel fields questions on health policy
When Rep. Peter DeFazio visited the coast three months ago, people crowded into town halls to vehemently voice concerns and ask questions about public health care reform. It was a different setting Saturday morning at Coos Bay City Hall. A panel of e...
7.2K - Nov. 9, 2009; scored 975.0 Insurers pay for alternative care
Acupuncture, not pain pills that make me loopy, is what Cynde Durnford-Branecki wants for her aching back, and a treatment costs her only a $20 copayment. If I didn t have insurance, there s no way I could afford to go, said the 51-year-old g...
5.2K - Nov. 9, 2009; scored 150.0 Tough road ahead in Senate for health care bill
WASHINGTON (AP) The Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed far-reaching health care legislation, handing President Barack Obama a hard-won victory on his chief domestic priority though the road ahead in the Senate promises to be rocky. The 220...
4.3K - Nov. 8, 2009; scored 676.0 Egypt stops leader's travel to U.S.
CAIRO (AP) Egyptian authorities have prevented a leading political dissident from traveling to the U.S., saying Friday that the conditions of his early release from prison do not permit him to travel abroad. Ayman Nour, freed on Feb. 18 for health ...
2.7K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 53.0 Jail expenses return to pre-layoff levels
COQUILLE - Almost three years ago, Coos County laid off 22 jail workers and limited the number of prisoners it would house, all to save slightly less than $1 million a year. Today, felons walk free in a third of the time, yet jail spending has c...
6.2K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 53.0 | 
