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 598.0 Columbia signs U.S. military base pact
BOGOTA In a private, low-key ceremony, the U.S. ambassador and three Colombian ministers today signed a pact to expand Washington s military s presence, a deal that Venezuela s Hugo Chavez has called a threat to the region s security. U.S. Ambassad...
2.6K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 628.0 Obama s top foreign aid position is still open
WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama faces increasing pressure to fill his administration s vacant top foreign assistance post, but there s no candidate in sight nine months into his term. The U.S. Agency for International Development is in charg...
4.9K - Oct. 25, 2009; scored 545.0 Rights groups turn down Gitmo tour
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) Three human rights groups said Friday they will spurn an invitation to tour the Guantanamo Bay prison next month because it doesn t include an opportunity to speak with prisoners. Amnesty International USA, the American C...
2.7K - Oct. 25, 2009; scored 439.0 Obama s top foreign aid position is still open
WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama faces increasing pressure to fill his administration s vacant top foreign assistance post, but there s no candidate in sight nine months into his term. The U.S. Agency for International Development is in charg...
4.9K - Oct. 24, 2009; scored 545.0 Rights groups turn down Gitmo tour
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) Three human rights groups said Friday they will spurn an invitation to tour the Guantanamo Bay prison next month because it doesn t include an opportunity to speak with prisoners. Amnesty International USA, the American C...
2.7K - Oct. 24, 2009; scored 439.0 Coos Bay firm wins $8M federal contract
The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded a local technology firm an $8 million bid for tech support services. The Native American Technology Corp., headquartered in Coos Bay, was one of 10 companies in the nation whose bid was selected fo...
1.7K - Oct. 20, 2009; scored 477.0 Bloody siege at Pakistan army HQ
Nahal Toosi and Zarar Khan, Associated Press Writers RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) Pakistani commandos freed dozens of hostages held by militants at the army's own headquarters Sunday, ending a bloody, 22-hour drama that embarrassed the nation's milita...
6.0K - Oct. 11, 2009; scored 583.0 New York transit systems warned to watch for terrorists
DENVER An airport shuttle driver under arrest in Colorado may have been planning with others to detonate backpack bombs on New York City trains in a terrorism plot similar to past attacks on London s and Madrid s mass-transit systems, officials sai...
7.1K - Sep. 22, 2009; scored 534.0 DA seeks tougher sentencing in theft case
COQUILLE ” If a jury finds a Coquille woman guilty of embezzling money from a party fund for high schoolers, the Coos County District Attorney will have to do quick footwork to get her a sentence more severe than probation. District Attorn...
3.7K - Sep. 16, 2009; scored 511.0 Oregon State grad-turned Marine dies in Afghanistan
PORTLAND (AP) A 25-year-old graduate of Oregon State University was killed while supporting combat operations in Afghanistan. The Department of Defense announced the death of U.S. Marine First Lt. Michael E. Johnson. Johnson was born and raised in ...
0.6K - Sep. 11, 2009; scored 344.0 Sports Briefs: Draft pick Rubio traded to FC Barcelona
MINNEAPOLIS Ricky Rubio s Spanish pro team has agreed to trade his rights to Regal FC Barcelona in a deal that will prevent the 18-year-old point guard from joining the Minnesota Timberwolves for two years, according to two internet reports. Yahoos...
4.4K - Sep. 1, 2009; scored 454.0 Two Oregonians killed today in Iraq
Two Oregon National Guard members were killed and one wounded during a convoy security mission in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, Friday. The injured was taken to a combat support hospital for treatment with no additional information on status of injuries. Th...
0.5K - Aug. 28, 2009; scored 401.0 Economic gloom shows signs of lifting
WASHINGTON Americans pessimism about the economy appears to be lifting, with consumer expectations for the next six months hitting their most positive point since the recession began. The Commerce Department said today that orders for goods expect...
5.6K - Aug. 26, 2009; scored 556.0 Taliban leader is killed in airstrike
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) Pakistan s Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud, who led a violent campaign of suicide attacks and assassinations against the Pakistani government, has been killed in a U.S. missile strike, a militant commander and aide to...
7.4K - Aug. 7, 2009; scored 670.0 Plot on army base foiled
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Australian police said today they thwarted a terrorist plot in which extremists with ties to an al-Qaida-linked Somali Islamist group planned to invade a military base and open fire with automatic weapons until they were s...
5.3K - Aug. 4, 2009; scored 568.0 Missing Navy pilot found buried in Iraq desert
WASHINGTON Navy pilot Michael Scott Speicher was called the first casualty of the 1991 Gulf War. But his true status was a mystery, and the Pentagon didn't know whether he was dead or missing. For nearly two decades, Speicher's family, from outsi...
5.5K - Aug. 3, 2009; scored 624.0 Pilot's remains found in Iraq desert
WASHINGTON (AP) The remains of the first American lost in the Gulf War have been found in Iraq, the military said Sunday, a sorrowful resolution of a nearly two-decade old question about the fate of Navy pilot Capt. Michael Scott Speicher. The Pe...
8.3K - Aug. 2, 2009; scored 803.0 New GI Bill sending veterans to school
WASHINGTON Spc. Marco Reininger started the year on the dusty streets of Afghanistan. He ll end it on the campus of Columbia University with the government picking up a large chunk of the $100,000 tab for tuition. The Post-9/11 GI Bill rol...
6.3K - Aug. 1, 2009; scored 545.0 Idaho town kept mum on soldier's capture
HAILEY, Idaho Almost since the news two weeks ago that a U.S. soldier had been captured in Afghanistan, a small circle of people in this central Idaho town of 7,000 have known it was one of their own: a local family's only son who was home-schooled...
4.8K - Jul. 20, 2009; scored 662.0 | 
