Houston Newton Barton
A memorial service will be held for Houston Newton Barton, 91, of Gold Beach at 2:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 7, at the Seventh-day Adventist Church, 94191 Third St., Gold Beach. Houston was born Aug. 12, 1918, in Vandervoort, Ark., to Newton Houston and...
 2.3K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 71.0 Hot swing earns Matsui MVP honors
NEW YORK Hideki Matsui took a meaty cut, watched the ball fly and winced when it hooked a foot foul. That s about all that went wrong for him. Matsui put the world in World Series MVP, earning the award by homering, doubling, singling and driving i...
4.9K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 112.0 Toyota pulls out of F1 racing
TOKYO Toyota is pulling out of Formula One racing, the world s largest automaker announcing today that it needs to cut costs and focus on its core business. Based on the current economic environment, we realize we have no choice but to withdraw fro...
3.9K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 71.0 Sports Briefs: NHL will buy Phoenix team
PHOENIX The Phoenix Coyotes bumpy six-month journey through U.S. Bankruptcy Court has come to an end with a judge s approval of the sale of the franchise to the NHL. Judge Redfield T. Baum signed the order after a quiet, brief hearing in a mostly ...
6.8K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 112.0 Japan warship collides with commercial vessel
TOKYO A Japanese navy destroyer has collided with a commercial vessel off southern Japan, starting fires on both ships and injuring three crew members, defense officials said today. The destroyer JS Kurama collided with the South Korean container ...
2.1K - Oct. 27, 2009; scored 142.0 Mayors ask Obama to visit Japanese A-bomb cities
TOKYO Japanese newspapers and activists are calling for Barack Obama to become the first sitting U.S. president to visit Hiroshima or Nagasaki, the only two cities ever devastated by atomic bombs, ahead of his visit to Japan next month. The two cit...
4.4K - Oct. 27, 2009; scored 185.0 Gates: Disputed U.S. airfield should stay on Okinawa
TOKYO (AP) U.S. leaders expect Japan s new government to stick with existing agreements between the two nations, America s top defense official said Tuesday amid debate over whether to shutter a U.S. military air field on Okinawa. Japanese official...
3.9K - Oct. 20, 2009; scored 165.0 'Mighty Mo' goes in for preservation
HONOLULU Mike Weidenbach has walked across the historic teakwood decks and through the metal hallways of the USS Missouri countless times in the past decade. But he recently realized how massive the aging battleship is from a new perspective unde...
4.4K - Oct. 16, 2009; scored 71.0 UN official says widespread fraud in Afghan vote
Heidi Vogt and Rahim Faiez, Associated Press Writers KABUL (AP) The head of the U.N. mission in Afghanistan acknowledged Sunday there was widespread fraud in the August presidential election but refused to give specifics or lay blame to avoid inf...
6.7K - Oct. 11, 2009; scored 71.0 Sports Briefs: Indiana one win from WNBA title
INDIANAPOLIS Tamika Catchings had 14 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists as the Indiana Fever moved within one victory of the WNBA title Sunday with an 86-85 win over the Phoenix Mercury in Game 3 of the finals. The Mercury s Tangela Smith missed...
6.8K - Oct. 5, 2009; scored 71.0 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 165.0 Unemployment creeps up
WASHINGTON Job hunters will face long odds well into next year. As the unemployment rate inches closer to 10 percent, most businesses are nowhere close to hiring again. Uncertain about prospects for recovery the economy s and their own employer...
6.0K - Oct. 3, 2009; scored 71.0 Rio to host 2016 Olympics
COPENHAGEN Finally, South America gets an Olympics. The 2016 Games are going to Rio de Janeiro. In a vote of high drama, the bustling Brazilian carnival city of beaches, mountains and samba beat surprise finalist Madrid, which got a big helping han...
4.6K - Oct. 2, 2009; scored 200.0 Why they will (or won t) win
Friday s vote by the International Olympic Committee in Copenhagen to select the host city for the 2016 Summer Games is too close to call. Any of the four candidate cities Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo could win. Then again, any city ...
6.0K - Oct. 1, 2009; scored 200.0 Olympic race still too close to call
COPENHAGEN The International Olympic Committee is familiar with tough decisions. It gambled by giving the games to Beijing and even turned down New York after 9/11. But the race to host the 2016 games pitting Chicago, Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo and Ma...
6.5K - Oct. 1, 2009; scored 71.0 Vocal group lobbies against Chicago bid
CHICAGO The mayor, the president and Oprah Winfrey may hope to return to Chicago from Copenhagen with the 2016 Olympic Games, but some around town hope the International Olympic Committee deems the Second City the second city. As in second to Rio d...
4.3K - Sep. 30, 2009; scored 71.0 Many IOC voters undecided for 2016 site
COPENHAGEN International Olympic Committee members are agonizing over which city should be awarded the right to host the 2016 Games and many remain undecided just two days before the vote. IOC members settling into their hotel in Copenhagen today t...
4.3K - Sep. 30, 2009; scored 165.0 Obama will make Olympic pitch
WASHINGTON (AP) A senior White House adviser says President Barack Obama has decided to travel to Copenhagen to lead the U.S. appeal for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Chicago. Valerie Jarrett told The Associated Press this morning that the presi...
0.8K - Sep. 28, 2009; scored 71.0 Japan PM hopes to focus on cutting greenhouse gas
TOKYO (AP) Just five days in office, Japan s prime minister was leaving today for his debut on the world stage, where he is to meet with the leaders of the U.S., China and Russia and promote his ambitious plan to cut greenhouse gases in a speech at...
1.2K - Sep. 21, 2009; scored 71.0 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 71.0 | 
