Jackson estate facing massive tax bill
NEW YORK (AP) The Tax Man is in the mirror for the estate of the late King of Pop. Creditors and heirs of Michael Jackson hoping for a cut of his musical empire will have to line up with the Internal Revenue Service, which could lay claim to &#...
 7.0K - Jul. 11, 2009; scored 365.0 Jackson's parents waste no time seeking control
LOS ANGELES - The Jackson family is determined to move on in order to protect Michael Jackson's legacy and make sure his three children are well, family friend Al Sharpton said today. They've had challenges before, Sharpton said on ABC's Good Morni...
6.8K - Jun. 30, 2009; scored 365.0 Open sand
PORT ORFORD No serious golfer would want to play an entire course that s one big sand trap. But then again, nobody interested in a real round of golf would spend an afternoon using a 5-iron to smack a tennis ball up and down a windy beach. On a win...
3.7K - Jun. 27, 2009; scored 365.0 Open sand
PORT ORFORD No serious golfer would want to play an entire course that s one big sand trap. But then again, nobody interested in a real round of golf would spend an afternoon using a 5-iron to smack a tennis ball up and down a windy beach. On a win...
3.7K - Jun. 27, 2009; scored 365.0 Stuck in neutral
HAUSER A Coos County Parks Department crew was busy in the bright sunshine Thursday, laying the foundation for a bathroom and shower facility at Riley Ranch County Park. Around them, the grass planted last year had sprouted. Riley Ranch was startin...
5.9K - May. 30, 2009; scored 603.0 Officials bungled Riley Ranch Park project
Gosh, who could have seen this coming? You spend a bunch of tax money on an all-terrain vehicle park a park whose main attraction is the nearby Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area. You re not sure ATVs will have a legal route to the dunes. But wh...
2.0K - Jan. 22, 2009; scored 544.0 Umpqua Bank absorbs more bank deposits
Umpqua Bank has absorbed the federally insured deposits of the Bank of Clark County in Vancouver, Wash. The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services assures Oregonians who have accounts with the bank that their money is safe, a press relea...
2.7K - Jan. 19, 2009; scored 656.0 Challenge stalls effort to create ATV mecca
HAUSER When Coos County purchased the 135-acre Riley Ranch near Hauser in 2002, the county s dream was for it to become an ATV mecca, complete with dunes access by this summer. Not so fast. A national environmental group the Center for Biologica...
5.3K - Jan. 15, 2009; scored 1000.0 ATV drivers under 16 must be supervised
MEDFORD (AP) New all-terrain vehicle rules that took effect with the new year require that all children under the age of 16 must be supervised by an adult while driving ATVs on public land. The new state rules for 2009 say the adult also has to comp...
0.8K - Jan. 5, 2009; scored 788.0 State Parks commission meets in Brookings
Metal detecting and all-terrain vehicle use will be on the agenda this week when the commission that establishes policies for the Oregon Parks Recreation Department meets in Brookings. The commission holds its meetings around the state every other ...
2.0K - Dec. 2, 2008; scored 730.0 | 
