Exxon, Shell win Iraq oil field deal
BAGHDAD A consortium grouping U.S. and European oil giants Exxon Mobil Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell PLC today signed a $50 billion deal to develop one of Iraq s most prized oil fields, as the OPEC nation looks to revamp its battered energy sec...
 4.1K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 884.0 North Bend Hall of Fame inductees
George Edward Gebhardt (Class of 1933): Gebhardt was born in 1915 and was class president during his time at North Bend High School. He also won the Coos County extemporary speaking contest and was selected Outstanding Senior Boy. He earned a degree...
4.7K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 346.0 Painting the past
COOS BAY Cargo ships may dock less frequently in Coos Bay these days, but a local artist is making sure their presence remains unfaded. Landscape designer Mike Vaughan can t resuscitate the timber industry or entice an industrial developer to town....
3.5K - Oct. 14, 2009; scored 447.0 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 517.0 Superheroes arose from a dark time in American history
Eugene (AP) Superhero stories arose in a country wracked by economic disaster and headed into a world war. University of Oregon Englishg professor Ben Saunders was involved with the new Faster Than a Speeding Bullet: The Art of the Superhero show...
3.5K - Oct. 6, 2009; scored 346.0 Obama: G20 brought economy back
PITTSBURGH (AP) President Barack Obama asserted on Friday that he and other leaders of the world s 20 wealthy and developing nations took actions that brought the global economy back from the brink and saved or created millions of jobs. We leave ...
7.1K - Sep. 26, 2009; scored 346.0 Hot, windy weather stokes California blaze
MOORPARK, Calif. (AP) Crews planned heavy air attacks today at daybreak to halt the spread of a Southern California wildfire that has chewed through more than 25 square miles of bone dry brush, threatening hundreds of homes as well as a multimillio...
2.9K - Sep. 24, 2009; scored 447.0 Obama wants to end fossil fuel subsidies
WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama is calling on the world to end massive government subsidies that encourage the use of fossil fuels blamed for global warming. The president, who is set to host the G-20 economic summit opening Thursday in Pitt...
5.3K - Sep. 23, 2009; scored 758.0 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 517.0 U.N. climate summit puts China, India in spotlight
UNITED NATIONS ” The highest-level conference yet on climate change opened today with 100 world leaders gathering at the United Nations to try to jump-start stalled negotiations toward a global climate pact. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-m...
5.3K - Sep. 22, 2009; scored 346.0 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 572.0 Trade deficit climbs
WASHINGTON (AP) The U.S. trade deficit shot up in July to the highest level in six months as a surge in shipments of foreign oil and autos pushed imports up by a record amount. The Commerce Department said today that the trade deficit rose 16.3 per...
4.2K - Sep. 10, 2009; scored 693.0 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 346.0 Canola good for biofuels, bad for other crops
PORTLAND (AP) With a national push on to develop alternatives to fossil fuels, Oregon may seem well-positioned to benefit. The Willamette Valley in particular has the capacity to grow a significant amount of canola seeds, which can be crushed to yi...
3.8K - Sep. 2, 2009; scored 824.0 Green quest locally shouldn't damage planet
Many of you call yourselves progressive as you repress the capitalism that made this country great. Franklin Roosevelt would roll over in his grave if he saw the direction that the progressive movement is now taking this country. Remember, the Bonnev...
2.2K - Aug. 29, 2009; scored 447.0 Lamprey larvae studied for clues to their decline
PORTLAND (AP) Lampreys have survived for 350 million years. They ve adapted to the coming and going of ice ages, continental drift and predators that predate the dinosaurs. Yet, researchers attribute an alarming drop in a West Coast population of...
5.5K - Aug. 22, 2009; scored 447.0 New Cabinet stirs Iran fires
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) Lawmakers criticized President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad s nominees for his new government as inexperienced cronies and threatened on today to reject some of them, setting the stage for a new fight between the hard-line leader and rival...
5.5K - Aug. 20, 2009; scored 572.0 Power plant accident leaves 12 dead, 64 missing in Russia
MOSCOW Teams of divers scoured areas around Russia s largest hydroelectric plant today, but the plant s owner said it was doubtful that any of the 64 workers missing after an accident would be found alive. With every hour there is less and less cha...
4.5K - Aug. 18, 2009; scored 346.0 Hydroelectric plant accident kills 10 in Russia
MOSCOW (AP) An accident during repair work at Russia s largest hydroelectric plant today killed at least 10 workers, while as many as 65 others were missing after an engine room was suddenly flooded, officials said. The cause of the accident at the...
3.7K - Aug. 17, 2009; scored 346.0 The Windkeepers
TOWNSHIP 8, RANGE 3, Maine Silent surroundings almost tease the ears as clouds skitter across the top of this eastern corner of Maine. The wind, barely audible, swishes through beech and fir trees crowding the hills of an area so remote it s part o...
7.7K - Aug. 12, 2009; scored 517.0 | 
