Stop labeling and start thinking
In response to Louise Pool's angry letter (The World, Sept. 8) regarding my opinion letter (The World, Aug. 29). Ms. Pool states that I labeled Rep. DeFazio as a socialist in my letter. Actually, I did not label DeFazio a socialist anywhere in my let...
 2.4K - Sep. 15, 2009; scored 292.0 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 238.0 City to show off new pool renovations
NORTH BEND Let s let the North Bend mayor say it: If you haven t been to the swimming pool in the past six months, you haven t been to the swimming pool. Rick Wetherell has it right. Following a three-year revitalization effort that s updated ever...
3.0K - Jul. 17, 2009; scored 1000.0 Saving the summer
TOLEDO, Ohio Lined up outside the gates of the city s swimming pool, the children of Alexandria, Ind., began chanting We saved the pool! Then they stood shoulder-to-shoulder on a cool June day with hardy adults and jumped in the water together. Th...
5.2K - Jul. 8, 2009; scored 454.0 Plants lack funds to quiet reactors
VERNON, Vt.- The companies that own almost half the nation's nuclear reactors are not setting aside enough money to dismantle them, and many may sit idle for decades and pose safety and security risks as a result, an Associated Press investigation ha...
8.7K - Jun. 17, 2009; scored 238.0 Museum gunman is in critical condition
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum was shuttered today with its flags at half-staff as it mourned a guard who died stopping a rifle attack by a gunman authorities identified as an 88-year-old white supremacist. James von Brunn, a Holocau...
6.7K - Jun. 11, 2009; scored 149.0 Committee wants to continue the NB pool upgrades
NORTH BEND - It's been about five years since the North Bend Municipal Pool's aquatics director and a group of community members began saving the pool. Concerned it would come crumbling down around swimmers' ears, they fundraised and planned for a sl...
4.5K - Apr. 17, 2009; scored 467.0 Student team handles tech support
BANDON - Having a computer glitch at school? Tech Team to the rescue! The Bandon High School Tech Team isn't comprised of computer experts with years of college training. Nope, it's the school's own students who handle computer repair and maintenance...
2.7K - Apr. 17, 2009; scored 149.0 Don't cut support for school fundraisers
In light of all the financial hardships our schools are currently facing, I felt it was a good time to send a request out to all of our local school administrators and teachers. It is not a request for ideas on ways to save money. It is quite the opp...
2.5K - Apr. 4, 2009; scored 303.0 South Korea opens with win
TOKYO South Korea made the most of a big first inning to dominate Taiwan in the World Baseball Classic. Lee Jin-young hit a grand slam in a six-run first today to power Olympic champion South Korea to a 9-0 win. Kim Tae-kyun drove in a pair of runs...
2.6K - Mar. 6, 2009; scored 177.0 College secures grants for scholarships
COOS BAY College freshman Amber Reis didn t exactly get a free ride through college. She still has to pay for books and works just like many other students her age. But thanks to a scholarship from the Southwestern Oregon Community College Foundat...
4.2K - Feb. 17, 2009; scored 177.0 Oregon business owners cooperate to survive
ASHLAND (AP) Surviving the recession has led some Ashland business owners to try banding together and pooling resources to save money. One group of businesses is talking about creating a cooperative warehouse and distribution service in Ashland to ...
2.6K - Feb. 2, 2009; scored 149.0 Marshfield pole vault coach Solomon dies
A parade of pole vaulters visited the track and field facility at Marshfield High School over the weekend, gathering at the site where so many of them have had success under coach Stan Solomon. But the mood was somber, not celebratory, as the athlete...
9.1K - Jan. 20, 2009; scored 149.0 Feds Prepare Citigroup Rescue
WASHINGTON Rushing to rescue Citigroup, the government agreed to shoulder hundreds of billions of possible losses at the stricken bank and to plow a fresh $20 billion into the company. Regulators hope the dramatic action will bolster badly...
6.4K - Nov. 24, 2008; scored 177.0 Downturn may offer lower prices
WASHINGTON American consumers hit by a seemingly endless stream of bad news, from vanishing jobs to shrinking retirement accounts, got a small dose of relief: lower prices at stores. The Consumer Price Index, the country s most closely watched inf...
5.1K - Nov. 19, 2008; scored 149.0 | 
