Surprised the media elite backed Fox?
Nobody should be surprised to see the nation s esteemed celebrity news media align with Fox News against the White House. Supposedly, the press regulates its own behavior; in reality, that s been a joke for two decades. Today, even the fig leaf has b...
 4.1K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 526.0 Lucille Claire Johnson
No services are planned for Lucille Claire Johnson, 88, of Grants Pass. Private inurnment will be at Eagle Point National Cemetery. Lucille was born June 16, 1921, in Philomath, to Christopher and Gertrude Danielson. She died Oct. 28, 2009, in Grants...
1.4K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 408.0 We won t back down
WASHINGTON Rainbow flags fluttered above the crowds near the White House as tens of thousands of gay rights supporters rallied to demand that President Barack Obama keep his promises to end discrimination against gays and also let them serve openly...
4.1K - Oct. 12, 2009; scored 674.0 Olympics headed to South America
COPENHAGEN ” Like sweet, sultry samba music, Rio hit all the right notes. Chicago had Barack Obama. Tokyo had $4 billion in the bank. Madrid had powerful friends. But none of that mattered. Rio de Janeiro had the enchanting story ...
8.3K - Oct. 3, 2009; scored 408.0 President lends backing for Chicago bid
WASHINGTON President Barack Obama staged a homecoming-style Olympic rally at the White House on Wednesday, saying the whole country is rooting for his hometown of Chicago in its efforts to host the 2016 Summer Games. Chicago is ready. The American ...
4.1K - Sep. 17, 2009; scored 727.0 9/11 anniversary marked with mourning, spirit of service
NEW YORK Cold rain mixed with tears as mourners collected under umbrellas and a dreary sky Friday to mark the eighth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks with old rituals and a new purpose honoring the spirit of those who rushed forward to help. S...
4.1K - Sep. 11, 2009; scored 408.0 Bill by Thanksgiving?
WASHINGTON Vice President Joe Biden asserted today that a health care bill will be done by Thanksgiving because President Barack Obama has re-centered debate and there s an emerging bipartisan consensus for change despite fights over details like...
6.7K - Sep. 10, 2009; scored 526.0 Where are the tall ships?
Question: Why didn t the Tall Ships come to Coos Bay this year? Will they be back anytime soon? Answer: It was a perfect storm of scheduling conflicts and bad weather that kept the Hawaiian Chieftain and Lady Washington from plying the waters of Co...
1.7K - Sep. 3, 2009; scored 644.0 Another Sen. Kennedy in Massachusetts?
WASHINGTON Another Kennedy just might occupy the Kennedy seat in the Senate. Amid the emotional public outpouring over the death of Sen. Edward Kennedy, talk of a successor has focused on his widow, Victoria Reggie Kennedy, and his nephew, Joseph K...
4.9K - Sep. 1, 2009; scored 408.0 JFK's sister Eunice Kennedy Shriver dies at 88
BOSTON (AP) President John F. Kennedy s sister Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who carried on the family s public service tradition by founding the Special Olympics and championing the rights of the mentally disabled, died early Tuesday surrounded by relat...
8.0K - Aug. 11, 2009; scored 408.0 Clinton to N. Korea: No friends left
PHUKET, Thailand Faced with a fresh refusal by North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons program, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said today the communist regime has no friends left to shield it from punishing U.N. penalties. Nort...
6.1K - Jul. 23, 2009; scored 408.0 Ah, the Washington media elite
Court societies invariably expend amazing amounts of time and energy squabbling over arcane matters of order and degree. Decaying aristocracies become obsessed with hierarchical minutia: who outranks whom, and for precisely which reasons? So it is am...
5.0K - Jul. 21, 2009; scored 733.0 Community Sports: Community Scoreboard for July 18
Bowling North Bend Lanes July 6-12 HIGH GAME Monday Adult-Junior Adults: Larry Resorla 258, Larry Huffman 232; Lorie Vos 204, Debbie Huffman 186. Juniors: Caleb Burns 231, Craig Chambers 223; Cassy Vos 249, Josie Chambers 231. Tuesday Ten Pins Al...
12.8K - Jul. 18, 2009; scored 408.0 Clinton defends US demands for anti-terror help
MUMBAI, India (AP) Off the injured list and back on the world stage, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday gave an impassioned defense of American demands that India and other countries do more to tackle terrorism and global wa...
5.0K - Jul. 18, 2009; scored 408.0 More troops' kids struggle with mental anguish
WASHINGTON After nearly eight years of war, soldiers are not the only ones experiencing mental anguish. Their children are, too. Last year, children of U.S. troops sought outpatient mental health care 2 million times double the number at the star...
4.5K - Jul. 8, 2009; scored 408.0 Darren David Todd
A memorial service will be held for Darren David Todd, 47 of Coos Bay, at 1 p.m., Friday, July 10, at the Bay Area Church of the Nazarene, 1080 Clark St. in North Bend. Cremation rites were held at Ocean View Crematory in Coos Bay. Darren was born Oc...
3.4K - Jul. 8, 2009; scored 408.0 Community Sports: Community Scoreboard for June 20
Bowling North Bend Lanes June 8-14 HIGH GAME Monday Adult/Junior Adults: Matt Weybright 235, Larry Huffman 215; Shannon Weybright 233, Tina Chambers 220. Juniors: Joey Huffman 224, Val Fernbaugh 208; Cassy Vos 268, Robin Taylor 195. Tuesday Ten Pin...
9.0K - Jun. 20, 2009; scored 408.0 To vote ... or not to vote
When most people think of women s suffrage at least those who realize the fairer sex couldn t participate in elections when the colonies became a country they associate it with the ratification of the 19th amendment in 1920. However, the state of...
4.0K - Jun. 3, 2009; scored 408.0 Sports Briefs: Ryan Leaf faces drug charges in Texas
CANYON, Texas Former Washington State University and NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf has been indicted by a Randall County grand jury on drug and burglary charges. The indictment handed up Wednesday in Canyon charged the 33-year-old former San Diego Char...
4.1K - May. 22, 2009; scored 727.0 Revenge on the nerd
NORTH BEND Something unusual is happening tonight at Little Theatre on the Bay. There s a play opening. It s the first non-musical show in three years for the theater group, which is beginning its run of The Nerd. The last play at LTOB was The O...
4.6K - May. 8, 2009; scored 408.0 | 
