Volleyball Recap: Marshfield gets sweep in Eugene
Marshfield beat host North Eugene, 25-19, 25-19, 25-21 on Tuesday to stay in sole possession of second place in the Midwestern League volleyball standings. Kara Young had 10 kills and 10 digs for the Pirates, while Nikki Gross had 17 assists and 11 d...
 6.2K - Oct. 21, 2009; scored 158.0 Surrogates is a robotic retread
Surrogates is itself a surrogate, a kind of stand-in for many of the sci-fi movies of the recent past: In it, you ll recognize the ideas of Blade Runner, Minority Report and even WALL-E. The Bruce Willis action flick opens with two murders th...
4.0K - Sep. 25, 2009; scored 236.0 A nose for helping folks feel better
COOS BAY Some of the residents at Baycrest Village Memory Care had a little extra spring to their step. Seniors who might normally fight for a few extra minutes sleep readily climbed out of bed Tuesday morning. They were anticipating special visito...
4.1K - Sep. 25, 2009; scored 236.0 Bonds prosecutors appeal ruling on evidence
SAN FRANCISCO Federal prosecutors urged a federal appellate court to reverse a trial judge and let them present critical evidence they say shows Barry Bonds knowingly used steroids. Both sides fielded difficult questions Thursday from the three-jud...
4.4K - Sep. 18, 2009; scored 396.0 Ducks look to rebound against Purdue
EUGENE The Oregon Ducks take the first step in moving past LeGarrette Blount s fateful punch when they host Purdue tonight. Oregon must not only find a way to replace Blount, who rushed for a school record 17 touchdowns last season, but they must a...
3.8K - Sep. 12, 2009; scored 204.0 NL: Pirates mark 17 consecutive losing seasons
PITTSBURGH Back in the days of Roberto Clemente, Willie Stargell or Barry Bonds, this wouldn t have seemed possible for a team as storied and as successful as the Pittsburgh Pirates. 17 consecutive seasons, 17 without a winner. Until Monday, no tea...
5.1K - Sep. 8, 2009; scored 204.0 Inez W. Scott
A funeral service will be held for Inez W. Scott, 85, of North Bend at 1 p.m. Tuesday, June 2, at North Bend Chapel, 2014 McPherson Ave. Visitation was held Monday, June 1. Pastor Michael Barnard, of Shoreline Community, will officiate. Burial will f...
2.7K - Jun. 3, 2009; scored 300.0 County honors top spellers
Four South Coast students will receive savings bonds for winning their age divisions in the annual Coos County Spelling Competition. Students representing area schools competed in a written spelling quiz Tuesday night. The contest was sponsored by th...
1.9K - May. 20, 2009; scored 300.0 Portland flights falter elsewhere on coast
NEWPORT (AP) - Commercial air service between Portland and the Oregon Coast has been slow to take off with the public. Since launching March 15, the nine-seat planes operated by SeaPort Airlines have been carrying an average of 1.7 passengers between...
2.9K - May. 11, 2009; scored 158.0 Ex-cop makes court appearance in wife's death
LOCKPORT, Ill. (AP) - Drew Peterson, the former police sergeant who went on a high-profile media blitz after his fourth wife's disappearance more than a year and a half ago, will make his first court appearance in the drowning death of an ex-wife fou...
1.3K - May. 8, 2009; scored 158.0 At the movies
The following movies are playing at South Coast theaters: Adventureland During the summer of 1987, recent college grad James Brennan (Jesse Eisenberg) takes what he thinks is a going-nowhere job at his local amusement park, only to discover it s a pe...
8.0K - Apr. 17, 2009; scored 204.0 At the movies
The following movies are playing at South Coast theaters: Adventureland During the summer of 1987, recent college grad James Brennan (Jesse Eisenberg) takes what he thinks is a going-nowhere job at his local amusement park, only to discover it s a pe...
7.6K - Apr. 10, 2009; scored 236.0 At the movies
The following movies are playing at South Coast theaters: Adventureland During the summer of 1987, recent college grad James Brennan (Jesse Eisenberg) takes what he thinks is a going-nowhere job at his local amusement park, only to discover it s a pe...
7.6K - Apr. 3, 2009; scored 204.0 Jack White chases his muse with new band
NASHVILLE, Tenn. For Jack White, there are two approaches to stardom. One is to play it safe and do whatever it takes to maintain your celebrity. The other is to follow your heart and pursue new ideas that come to you. Obviously, White subscribes t...
3.1K - Mar. 13, 2009; scored 249.0 Stanford investment officer to be released
HOUSTON (AP) The chief investment officer of troubled Stanford Financial Group was expected to be released on $300,000 bond Friday after a court hearing in which she was painted alternately as the scapegoat for a massive fraud and as one o...
5.1K - Feb. 28, 2009; scored 282.0 Last Chance Harvey overloads on cliche
It s nice to see filmmakers occasionally spin a story of fresh romance for the aging set. Yet it s disappointing that Last Chance Harvey casts actors with the craft and chemistry of Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson into a love story as sappy and sh...
3.0K - Feb. 27, 2009; scored 158.0 Defiance : Powerful story is muted in the telling
If only Defiance were as spirited and feisty as the title suggests. And it held such promise, too. The real-life story of brothers who lead their fellow Jews into the forest of Belarus during summer 1941 to fight Nazis and form their own community ...
3.1K - Feb. 20, 2009; scored 158.0 Local Recap: Bobcats get buzzer-beater to top rival Red Devils
Cody Libbett had a rebound basket at the buzzer to give Myrtle Point a 63-62 win over visiting Coquille in front of a packed gym in the rivalry game between the neighboring schools. The kids played with the most heart they ve played with all year, M...
7.2K - Feb. 7, 2009; scored 204.0 Comic success
LAKESIDE In his MySpace.com bio, illustrator Ethan Nicolle facetiously asserts that it was at the age of fetus that he decided he wanted to draw comic books. He writes that in his mother s uterus he would use embryonic fluids to draw silly cartoo...
2.9K - Feb. 7, 2009; scored 158.0 Judge likely won t allow evidence of positive tests
SAN FRANCISCO A federal judge says she might toss some of the strongest evidence against Barry Bonds, a blow to prosecutors trying to prove the home run king lied when he denied knowingly using performance-enhancing drugs. U.S. District Judge Susan...
6.0K - Feb. 6, 2009; scored 467.0 | 
