Barbara Jean James
A viewing will be held for Barbara Barb Jean James, 79, of Bandon, from 1 to 5 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 12, at Amling Schroeder Funeral Home in Bandon. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 14, at the IOOF Cemetery in Bandon. A cel...
 2.5K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 99.0 Transportation union calls off six-day strike
PHILADELPHIA (AP) Representatives of Philadelphia s transit system and its largest union signed a contract early today, bringing an end to a strike that idled the city s subways, buses and trolleys for six days. The strike is over, Pennsylvania Go...
1.1K - Nov. 9, 2009; scored 99.0 Rail worker killed in Philly on third day of strike
PHILADELPHIA (AP) Philadelphia transit officials say a rail worker has been struck and killed by a regional train, snarling commutes into the city already complicated by a transit strike. The accident comes as the transit system enters the third da...
0.8K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 99.0 Sailing home
NEW YORK The new U.S. Navy assault ship USS New York, built with World Trade Center steel, arrived in its namesake city today with a 21-gun salute near the site of the 2001 terrorist attack. First responders, families of Sept. 11 victims and the pu...
3.4K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 99.0 Cleveland museum's Earhart 'hair' just thread
CLEVELAND (AP) A Cleveland museum has learned that what it thought was a lock of hair from Amelia Earhart is just thread. A group looking for DNA evidence of the pioneer aviator on a Pacific island recently asked the International Women s Air and S...
0.9K - Oct. 20, 2009; scored 99.0 Shooting a cannon leads to felony charge
UNIONTOWN, Pa. (AP) A Pennsylvania Civil War buff faces a felony charge for accidentally firing a 2-pound cannonball through the wall of his neighbor s home. Fifty-four-year-old William Maser had been charged with reckless endangerment, criminal mi...
0.9K - Oct. 16, 2009; scored 99.0 New jobless claims fall as price incease rises slightly
WASHINGTON The number of newly laid-off workers filing claims for unemployment insurance has fallen to the lowest level since early January, a sign the labor market is slowly improving. And consumer price pressures remained mild in September as Am...
5.6K - Oct. 15, 2009; scored 99.0 Vets visit 'war mom'
GREENACRES When the plane touched down in North Bend, the stewardess made an announcement over the loud-speaker. Instead of asking everyone to stay seated, she pointed out five soldiers on board and recognized them for their service, asking that th...
3.5K - Oct. 14, 2009; scored 99.0 McTimmonds invited to Pennsylvania event
The National AMVETS has invited Shante McTimmonds to attend an all-expense paid trip to Valley Forge, Pa., to participate in the Spirit of America youth conference Nov. 5-8. The 14-year-old student from North Bend will tour Gettysburg, Independence H...
0.8K - Oct. 10, 2009; scored 99.0 Congress discusses dietary supplements
WASHINGTON Jareem Gunter, a college baseball player with dreams of playing professionally, thought he had found a diamond in the rough, a safe and legal dietary supplement that would make him healthier. Instead, he told Congress on Tuesday, It g...
4.3K - Sep. 30, 2009; scored 99.0 Congress may regulate dietary supplements
WASHINGTON An influential senator is looking into whether Congress should re-regulate dietary supplements because steroids and other banned substances are finding their way into over-the-counter bodybuilding products. Sen. Arlen Specter, a Pennsylv...
3.4K - Sep. 29, 2009; scored 99.0 Man kills twin as he tries to park van
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) A western Pennsylvania man trying to parallel park a minivan killed his identical twin brother, who was trying to guide him into the space. Bethlehem police say 56-year-old Thomas Willgruber was outside the van helping his broth...
0.9K - Sep. 28, 2009; scored 99.0 Social Security feels the pinch
WASHINGTON Big job losses and a spike in early retirement claims from laid-off seniors will force Social Security to pay out more in benefits than it collects in taxes the next two years, the first time that s happened since the 1980s. The deficits...
6.5K - Sep. 28, 2009; scored 99.0 Bill puts gov't in charge of student loans
WASHINGTON The House is poised to vote to push private lenders out of the federal college loan business and massively expand the government s own lending program. Lawmakers debated a student aid bill Wednesday that has widespread support, including...
4.0K - Sep. 17, 2009; scored 99.0 Shake-up on the Potomac
WASHINGTON A morning of remembrance turned into one of flashbacks, fear and media missteps Friday when a Coast Guard exercise unfolding near Pentagon ceremonies marking the Sept. 11, 2001, anniversary was mistaken as an attack. The false report...
5.1K - Sep. 12, 2009; scored 99.0 Heckling of president is rare in American history
Some 150 years ago, a congressman from South Carolina, angered by a speech on slavery, entered the Senate chamber and beat a senator from Massachusetts into unconsciousness with a metal-topped wooden cane. Years earlier on the House floor, a represen...
7.0K - Sep. 12, 2009; scored 99.0 Sept. 11 training exercise sparks fear, confusion
WASHINGTON (AP) A Coast Guard training exercise in the Potomac River near the Pentagon sparked confusion amid Friday s commemorations of the Sept. 11 anniversary. Media reports that shots were being fired in the river sent FBI agents scrambling to ...
5.4K - Sep. 11, 2009; scored 99.0 Legend turns 80
LEMONT, Ill. Tiger Woods passed Arnold Palmer on the PGA Tour s career victory list last year, and some found it surprising how the King chose to congratulate him. We ve had a couple of text messages back and forth, Palmer said. If it s hard to im...
5.6K - Sep. 10, 2009; scored 99.0 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 99.0 Congress weighs Web ad privacy rules
WASHINGTON The Web sites we visit, the online links we click, the search queries we conduct, the products we put in virtual shopping carts, the personal details we reveal on social networking pages all of this can give companies insight into what...
8.1K - Sep. 8, 2009; scored 99.0 | 
