Alienated and now radicalized
In the brief age of Obama, we have had truthers, birthers, Tea Party activists and town-hall dissenters. Comes now, the Oath Keepers. And who might they be? Writes Alan Maimon in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Oath Keepers, depending on where on...
 3.1K - Oct. 26, 2009; scored 66.0 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 118.0 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 98.0 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 66.0 Thefts and Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Sept. 11, 6:45 a.m., criminal trespassing was reported on the Central Dock property, 1100 N. Front St. Sept. 11, 10:35 a.m., sexual abuse was reported in the Coos Bay ar...
6.2K - Sep. 14, 2009; scored 66.0 State seeks execution for bank bombing
WOODBURN (AP) The two men accused of a Woodburn bank bombing that killed two police officers could face the death penalty. Marion County prosecutors said Friday they would seek the death penalty if the two men are found guilty. Bruce Aldon Turnidge...
2.0K - Sep. 14, 2009; scored 501.0 Cheers & Jeers
This case was brief Cheers to the OSP Bomb Squad members for repeated visits to Coos County. These guys deserve thanks for keeping us safe even if Friday s alarm was a dud. Nop a drot, ossifer! Police, bless em, are out in force to catch drunken...
1.9K - Sep. 5, 2009; scored 66.0 Cheers & Jeers
This case was brief Cheers to the OSP Bomb Squad members for repeated visits to Coos County. These guys deserve thanks for keeping us safe even if Friday s alarm was a dud. Nop a drot, ossifer! Police, bless em, are out in force to catch drunke...
1.9K - Sep. 4, 2009; scored 66.0 Isham resigns as Marion County sheriff
SALEM (AP) Sheriff Russ Isham of Marion County resigned Wednesday as part of an agreement with the Oregon Department of Justice. In a statement, Isham acknowledged an affair with a woman who has no ties to the sheriff s office. This relationship, w...
1.9K - Aug. 20, 2009; scored 66.0 Obama has hopes for Egypt's Mubarak
WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama is trying to restore Egypt s President Hosni Mubarak as the U.S. ace-in-the-hole in its decades-long effort to forge an elusive peace among Israel and the Arabs. After a serious falling out over Bush administr...
5.0K - Aug. 18, 2009; scored 85.0 No more opium, no more money for Afghan villagers
SHAHRAN, Afghanistan (AP) For as long as anyone can remember, there was no need for paper money in this remote corner of the Hindu Kush. The common currency was what grew in everyone s backyard opium. When children felt like buying candy, they ra...
10.0K - Aug. 2, 2009; scored 66.0 Bomb attacks kills 29 near mosques
BAGHDAD Bombs exploded near five Shiite mosques in Baghdad, killing at least 29 people, in an apparent coordinated attack that targeted worshippers leaving today's prayers, Iraqi police and hospital officials said. The bombings shattered a period ...
5.6K - Jul. 31, 2009; scored 144.0 Vietnam War defense chief dead at 93
WASHINGTON Robert S. McNamara, the cerebral secretary of defense who was vilified for his role in escalating the Vietnam War, a role he later deeply regretted, died today. He was 93. McNamara died at 5:30 a.m. at his home, his wife Diana told The A...
8.1K - Jul. 6, 2009; scored 117.0 Plants lack funds to quiet reactors
VERNON, Vt.- The companies that own almost half the nation's nuclear reactors are not setting aside enough money to dismantle them, and many may sit idle for decades and pose safety and security risks as a result, an Associated Press investigation ha...
8.7K - Jun. 17, 2009; scored 66.0 At the movies
The following movies are playing at South Coast theaters. Times are shown for movies at Pony Village Cinemas. () indicates showings for Friday-Sunday only. For locations outside the Bay Area, call the theaters for showtimes. Angels and Demons When Ro...
7.5K - Jun. 12, 2009; scored 66.0 At the movies
The following movies are playing at South Coast theaters. Times are shown for movies at Pony Village Cinemas. () indicates showings for Friday-Sunday only. For locations outside the Bay Area, call the theaters for showtimes. Angels and Demons When Ro...
6.8K - Jun. 5, 2009; scored 66.0 At the movies
The following movies are playing at South Coast theaters. Times are shown for movies at Pony Village Cinemas. () indicates showings for Friday-Sunday only. For locations outside the Bay Area, call the theaters for showtimes. Angels and Demons When Ro...
6.4K - May. 29, 2009; scored 66.0 Obama, Netanyahu to tackle Mideast issues
WASHINGTON (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is signaling he may resist President Barack Obama's pressure to support Palestinian statehood as the two leaders try to tackle an array of Mideast issues Monday on which they disagree. A sen...
4.2K - May. 18, 2009; scored 66.0 March 2010 trial set in Oregon bank bombing
SALEM - A Marion County judge set a tentative March 1, 2010, trial date for a father and son charged in the December bank bombing in Woodburn that killed two police officers and seriously injured a third. But Judge Thomas Hart said he would postpone ...
0.9K - Mar. 19, 2009; scored 264.0 Memorial wall in Salem will add four names
PORTLAND - The two officers killed in December's Woodburn bank bombing will have their names added to a memorial for fallen law enforcement officers along with a reserve deputy and a policeman who each died more than a half-century ago. Eriks Gabliks...
2.1K - Mar. 18, 2009; scored 104.0 | 
