Advocates for cancer patients decry waiting period; budget for high-risk pool seen as low
WASHINGTON (AP) You re afraid your cancer is back, and a health insurance company just turned you down. Under the health care bills in Congress, you could apply for coverage through a new high-risk pool that President Barack Obama promises would im...
 1.2K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 58.0 Sports Briefs: Seattle releases Edgerrin James
RENTON, Wash. The struggling Seattle Seahawks have released running back Edgerrin James. The Seahawks made the move Tuesday, two days after a lackluster 38-17 loss to the Dallas Cowboys. James signed with Seattle in late August hoping to revitaliz...
4.3K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 58.0 Obama coaxes states to change with school dollars
WASHINGTON One year after his election, President Barack Obama is coaxing states across the country to rewrite education laws and cut deals with unions as they pursue his vision for school reform. Obama is visiting Wisconsin, where lawmakers are po...
4.0K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 58.0 State gets good credit rating, says treasurer
SALEM (AP) The Oregon treasurer s office says national credit rating firms are reporting that Oregon remains a safe credit risk at a time when many states are being warned about potential downgrades. Moody s, Fitch Inc. and Standard and Poor s last...
1.0K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 58.0 Bandon police levy fails
Bandon voters narrowly defeated a measure that would have provided more money to the city s police department. The Coos County Elections Office released totals Tuesday night that showed 51.5 percent of voters were opposed to the tax, while 48.5 favor...
2.5K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 116.0 Slings? Arrows? Nay: Bard thrives in Oregon
ASHLAND (AP) With the recession cutting back travel and entertainment spending, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival was anticipating a tough 2009 season so much so it cut the budget $1 million and actors tripled-up on roles. But the repertory th...
0.9K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 58.0 When no child is left behind
President Obama s secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, now has nearly $5 billion in Race to the Top stimulus funds to enable each child to be a confident lifelong learner, not just a nameless statistic in national reading and math scores. At l...
3.2K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 58.0 Will cook for food
NORTH BEND Some cooks would find it difficult to make a meal with $8 worth of ingredients. Stretch that sum weekly between 25 culinary students, and the menu sounds meager at best. Culinary teacher Mary Willson says that s the difficult realit...
4.7K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 91.0 Tax breaks cost state more than predicted
PORTLAND (AP) State officials deliberately underestimated the cost of Gov. Ted Kulongoski s plan to lure green energy companies to Oregon with big taxpayer subsidies, resulting in a program that cost 40 times more than unsuspecting lawmakers were t...
11.0K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 134.0 Liberals likely to accept compromise on health care
WASHINGTON (AP) They may not like it, but many House liberals look ready to accept a compromise health care bill, putting Democratic leaders well on the way to delivering on President Barack Obama s call for overhaul. After claiming for months they...
5.1K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 58.0 Bandon fights the odds on police levy
Bandon officials say the day is approaching when the police department won t have enough officers to provide 24-hour protection. They are hoping taxpayers will dig deeper into their pockets to help pay for police officer salaries. Voters in the city ...
4.9K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 58.0 Suggestion powers Paranormal Activity phenom
The no-budget ghost story Paranormal Activity arrives 10 years after The Blair Witch Project, and the two horror movies share more than a clever construct and shaky, handheld camerawork. Like its predecessor, Paranormal Activity has been making...
3.6K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 91.0 Thefts & Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Oct. 29, 9:02 a.m., a vehicle was broken into overnight in the 500 block of South Broadway Street. Oct. 29, 9:58 a.m., police cited a minor for possession of tobacco at ...
2.2K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 58.0 Bandon runs a fiscally tight ship
It was with interest I read Jim Giambrone s letter (The World, Oct. 27). This is the same man who tried to coerce the city s budget committee into hiring an eighth officer two years ago. Police Chief Bob Webb told us there were other things he needed...
2.6K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 58.0 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 58.0 4-H kids pony up for new fair barn
A group of ambitious youngsters have dug into their own pockets to help fund a covered arena at the Coos County Fairgrounds in Myrtle Point. They are halfway to their goal of $40,000. Now, they are calling on the community to help come up with t...
3.1K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 58.0 Stimulus creating jobs
WASHINGTON (AP) About 650,000 jobs have been saved or created under President Barack Obama s economic stimulus plan, the White House said today, saying it is on track to reach the president s goal of 3.5 million jobs by the end of next year. New jo...
2.0K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 58.0 Perceived bias taints ballot titles
Legislators who write tax laws wrangle endlessly over details and nuances. Every phrase is subject to microscopic negotiation. But when a tax law goes to voters, the choice is a simple yes or no, based on just a few sentences of description. Those se...
2.0K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 91.0 Polarization menaces debt control effort
Suddenly, it s occurred to liberals as well as wonky budget hawks that the nation s fiscal future is unsustainable. But the chances of action are near zero. Blame political polarization. For years, Republicans have complained about runaway entitleme...
3.2K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 163.0 Moderates cautious on insurance option
WASHINGTON (AP) Democrats are still struggling to find a strategy that will let them push a health care overhaul through the Senate and fulfill President Barack Obama s goal of signing a bill this year. A day after Majority Leader Harry Reid announ...
0.9K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 58.0 | 
