Fewer sea lions eat more salmon
Killing or removing 25 California sea lions over the past two years has not reduced the toll on salmon at the base of Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River. A new report from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers estimates sea lions ate 4,960 salmon and st...
 3.1K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 524.0 12 dead in Fort Hood attack; U.S. soldiers in custody
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) A soldier opened fire at a U.S. Army base in Fort Hood, Texas on Thursday, unleashing a stream of gunfire that left 12 people dead and 31 wounded. Authorities killed the gunman, and apprehended two other soldiers suspected in ...
3.0K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 508.0 Pakistan army enters Taliban stronghold
ISLAMABAD (AP) Pakistani soldiers battled Taliban fighters today in the streets of a key militant stronghold, officials said, as government forces pressed ahead with their offensive in the tribal region of South Waziristan. The soldiers were fighti...
3.6K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 381.0 Israel commandos seize ship loaded with guns
JERUSALEM (AP) Israeli commandos seized a ship today that defense officials said was carrying hundreds of tons of weapons bound for Lebanon s Iranian-backed Hezbollah guerrillas the largest arms shipment Israel has ever commandeered. The Israeli ...
5.6K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 580.0 Pakistanis voice frustrations
ISLAMABAD (AP) U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton came face-to-face today with Pakistani anger over U.S. aerial drone attacks in tribal areas along the Afghan border, a strategy that U.S. officials say has succeeded in killing key terro...
5.1K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 651.0 China's military buildup concerns U.S. Navy leader
HONG KONG (AP) A U.S. Navy admiral expressed new concern today over China s military buildup and urged Beijing to be clearer about its intentions. With China s military growing at an unprecedented rate, the U.S. wants to ensure that expansion doe...
1.9K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 381.0 '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 580.0 Bush is gone; media forget caskets
Remember the controversy over the Pentagon policy of not allowing the press to take pictures of the flag-draped caskets of American war dead as they arrived in the United States? Critics accused President George W. Bush of trying to hide the terrible...
4.2K - Oct. 15, 2009; scored 381.0 Afghanistan corruption worries McChrystal
WASHINGTON (AP) The top military commander in Afghanistan is asking for up to 80,000 more American troops even as he warns that rampant government corruption there may prevent victory against the Taliban and al-Qaida, according to U.S. officials br...
4.7K - Oct. 14, 2009; scored 745.0 Pakistani jets bomb militants near Afghan border
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) Pakistani jets bombed militant targets in the main insurgent stronghold along the Afghan border today ahead of an expected ground offensive there, while the army killed 26 insurgents elsewhere in the northwest, autho...
3.5K - Oct. 13, 2009; scored 690.0 Rescuing Bandar
WASHINGTON (AP) They became good buddies during the war, the young American soldier and his invaluable Iraqi translator, an easygoing guy who could spot dangers in the shadows and calm jittery nerves in the streets. When it was time to go home, Joe...
13.7K - Oct. 13, 2009; scored 453.0 Senate leaders see need for more troops
WASHINGTON Saying the U.S. mission in Afghanistan is in serious jeopardy, the head of the Senate Intelligence Committee says more troops are needed to combat an increasingly potent Taliban. Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein s views on the issue ar...
5.1K - Oct. 12, 2009; scored 524.0 Clinton hopes to ease N. Ireland deadlock
BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton greeted the rival Protestant and Catholic leaders of Northern Ireland s power-sharing government today on a mission to urge them to keep their awkward coalition working. Clint...
1.3K - Oct. 12, 2009; scored 453.0 Obama wins peace prize
OSLO (AP) President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize today in a stunning decision designed to encourage his initiatives to reduce nuclear arms, ease tensions with the Muslim world and stress diplomacy and cooperation rather than unilater...
11.2K - Oct. 9, 2009; scored 580.0 Clinton, Gates: Goals steady in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON President Barack Obama s top defense and diplomacy advisers said the United States retains the Afghanistan war goal that he outlined just two months into his presidency to sideline al-Qaida but changing circumstances require a reasse...
5.9K - Oct. 6, 2009; scored 453.0 Taliban claim responsibility for deadly U.N. blast
ISLAMABAD (AP) Taliban militants claimed responsibility today for the deadly suicide bombing at the U.N. food agency s heavily fortified compound in Islamabad, saying international relief work in Pakistan was not in the interest of Muslims. The at...
5.0K - Oct. 6, 2009; scored 508.0 DAY PLANNER
Ongoing Coloring contest 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Headles and Treadles, Pony Village Mall, 1611 Virginia Ave.,North Bend. Ends Oct. 10 Today Pack Book Sale 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Coos Bay Elks Lodge, 265 Central Ave. Supports Snack Pack Program. Bullseye...
9.3K - Oct. 3, 2009; scored 453.0 DAY PLANNER
Ongoing Coloring contest 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Headles and Treadles, Pony Village Mall, 1611 Virginia Ave., North Bend. Ends Oct. 10. Today Fall Fling 5 - 8 p.m., Coos Art Museum, 235 Anderson Ave., downtown Coos Bay. $35 nonmember, &...
10.1K - Oct. 2, 2009; scored 453.0 DAY PLANNER
Ongoing br Coloring contest 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Headles and Treadles, Pony Village Mall, 1611 Virginia Ave.,North Bend. Ends Oct. 10. br Today br Photos and collectibles all day, all month. Judy Lochman photographs and Harley-Davidson collecti...
9.4K - Oct. 1, 2009; scored 453.0 Commander: U.S. can't lose sight of Iraq
LARA JAKES,Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) The top American commander in Iraq on Wednesday warned Congress against losing sight of that nation as a key Mideast ally, even as safer conditions have let him send home more U.S. troops faster th...
3.9K - Sep. 30, 2009; scored 381.0 | 
