Looking back at 'On the Origin of Species'
It was revolutionary. This month, 150 years ago, Charles Darwin published "On the Origin of Species." Darwin's experiences as the naturalist on the HMS Beagle on its five-year 'round the world voyage were just part of a life-long love of natural scie...
 3.5K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 107.0 2 dead, reports of others shot at Tualatin office
TUALATIN, Ore. (AP) Oregon police say a shooting at drug-testing facility in a suburban Portland office park has left two people dead and two others wounded. Police say the apparent shooter was among those killed, apparently from a self-inflected g...
1.0K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 68.0 Curry campus close to reality
The dean of Southwestern Oregon Community College s Curry campus has a lot of hope for her school s future. She s looking forward to the day when all Curry classes will be held under one roof, to the day when she won t have to whisper in her office t...
3.6K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 68.0 Bandon library beckons birders
BANDON Ameri-Corps volunteer Kelly Balcarczyk needs some local volunteers to help with her community project. On assignment with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Bandon, Balcarczyk is recruiting potential bird watchers who regularly visit the ...
3.5K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 107.0 Homebrew students learn to customize beer flavors
PORTLAND Learning to brew your own beer in Portland, a.k.a. Beervana, would seem to be pointlessness personified. Yet 80 homebrewers and brewers-to-be spent a rainy Saturday morning doing just that in a stark warehouse warmed only by two boiling k...
4.6K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 68.0 North, S. Korea vie in naval clash
SEOUL, South Korea A badly damaged North Korean patrol ship retreated in flames today after a skirmish with a South Korean naval vessel along their disputed western coast, South Korean officials said. The first naval clash between the two sides in ...
6.8K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 68.0 Scientists use disabled HIV in gene therapy
WASHINGTON (AP) French scientists mixed gene therapy and bone marrow transplants in two boys to seemingly halt a brain disease that can kill by adolescence. The surprise ingredient: They disabled the HIV virus so it couldn t cause AIDS, and then us...
3.5K - Nov. 9, 2009; scored 107.0 Looking back at On the Origin of Species
It was revolutionary. This month, 150 years ago, Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species. Darwin s experiences as the naturalist on the HMS Beagle on its five-year round the world voyage were just part of a life-long love of natural scien...
3.5K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 107.0 Researching how best to evade deer
GLENVILLE, N.Y. ” Covered in his old forest camouflage, Steve Balser proved he s nearly invisible to humans. His hunting partner walked within 25 feet and didn t see him. I m just not that sure about deer, Balser said. His suspicions are back...
4.6K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 136.0 Former Blazer eyes run for governor
SALEM Chris Dudley s free throw shots were always iffy propositions. Now the former Portland Trail Blazer is in a new arena taking aim at a governor s chair and Oregon s Republicans think he can score. Dudley hasn t formally announced a bid for t...
3.6K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 68.0 Area is blessed with good docs
Dr. Charles Hurbis in Coos Bay has expertise, is very intelligent and an inventor. He is caring, personal and so kind. Because of basal cell cancers to be removed, he found melanoma cancer behind my left eye. He sent me to Oregon Health Science Uni...
0.8K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 68.0 Gunman: 'Allahu Akbar!'
FORT HOOD, Texas Soldiers who witnessed the shooting rampage at Fort Hood that left 13 people dead reported that the gunman shouted Allahu Akbar! an Arabic phrase for God is great! before opening fire, the base commander said Friday. U.S. A...
9.0K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 68.0 Army post shooting rampage leaves 13 dead, 30 hurt
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) Military officials were starting Friday to piece together what may have pushed an Army psychiatrist trained to help soldiers in distress to turn on his comrades in a shooting rampage that killed 13 people and wounded 30 in Tex...
7.3K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 68.0 Who will teach nurses?
COOS BAY Experienced nurses have seen it before. In a recession, retired and semi-retired RNs come out of the woodwork to support their families. But once this economic slump ends, nurses including Susan Walker foresee a shortage of medical worker...
4.6K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 68.0 Britain uses genetic tests to catch liars
LONDON (AP) Britain is using genetic tests on some African asylum seekers in an effort to catch those who are lying about their nationality, drawing criticism from scientists and provoking outrage from rights groups. The United Kingdom Border Agenc...
1.3K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 68.0 Elevator to space? They're really trying
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) Rocketing into space? Some think an elevator might be the way to go. That s the future goal of this week s $2 million Space Elevator Games in the Mojave Desert. In a major test of the concept, robotic machin...
0.9K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 68.0 The public option and the vaccine
My internist told me he is now using the technique he learned many decades ago in the military, when supplies of vaccine were short and they had to split doses. I wouldn t even think of asking. But I did ask my rheumatologist, since rheumatoid arthri...
3.4K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 68.0 Reports: Federal stimulus sends $1.8B to Oregon
PORTLAND (AP) Oregon has received about $1.8 billion in the first eight months of the federal stimulus program credited with saving or creating nearly 10,000 jobs in the state. Reports released Friday showed the largest number of jobs saved by...
3.1K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 68.0 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 68.0 Airport names director
The Coos County Airport District board has selected a new director to head the North Bend airport. Theresa Cook will begin at the Southwest Oregon Regional Airport in December, bringing with her 14 years of experience in airport management. District ...
1.8K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 68.0 | 
