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. Amelia After becoming the...
 8.1K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 172.0 Judge rules man gold mined illegally
MEDFORD (AP) A federal judge has convicted an Oregon man of illegal mining while digging for gold on U.S. Forest Service land. Clifford R. Tracy of Gold Hill was sentenced to a year on probation. He was also ordered to pay the costs to remedy his r...
2.8K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 133.0 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. Astro Boy Set in futurist...
7.3K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 133.0 Native Americans learn about culture preservation
PORTLAND Malissa Minthorn stands at the back of a cavernous ballroom in the Red Lion Hotel on the River. Blue, yellow, silver and black beads cascade over her shoulders in a dress that her grandmother wore to weddings and funerals on the Umatilla R...
4.7K - Oct. 22, 2009; scored 133.0 ALCS: Angels win extra inning thriller
ANAHEIM, Calif. Sorry, Disneyland. The best roller coaster ride in Orange County on Monday was at Angel Stadium. Six homers by the Angels and Yankees. A late lead change. Extra innings again. A winning hit by a backup catcher who batted .211 this...
4.9K - Oct. 20, 2009; scored 172.0 Donation downturn
In hard times, many turn to thrift stores to save on everyday needs. But they might not find what they re looking for. Nonprofit retailers rely on donations for their inventory, and rising competition is combining with the weak economy to make high-q...
3.5K - Oct. 10, 2009; scored 172.0 3 Americans share Nobel physics prize
STOCKHOLM Three Americans whose 1960s research laid the foundation for today s world of computerized images and lightning-fast communication shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in physics today for their work developing fiber-optic cable and the sensor at ...
5.9K - Oct. 6, 2009; scored 133.0 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. All About Steve On a blin...
7.1K - Sep. 25, 2009; scored 172.0 What kind of science?
We ve all heard of the butterfly effect, which says that the world is such a complex, interactive, dynamic system that a tiny butterfly flapping its wings in Brazil can ultimately cause a hurricane thousands of miles away. My first thought on hearing...
3.2K - Sep. 25, 2009; scored 133.0 U.S. needs to end insurance collusion
The insurance companies have had their chance to be ethical and fair in their treatment of the American people. We have now experienced a doubling of premiums in the last 10 years, while they got a 400 percent increase in profit. This gives new meani...
2.4K - Sep. 22, 2009; scored 133.0 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. All About Steve Mary Horo...
7.4K - Sep. 18, 2009; scored 133.0 Astronomers find new solid planet
WASHINGTON (AP) ” Astronomers have finally found a place outside our solar system where there s a firm place to stand ” if only it weren t so broiling hot. As scientists search the skies for life elsewhere, they have found more ...
2.5K - Sep. 16, 2009; scored 267.0 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. All About Steve Mary Horo...
7.5K - Sep. 11, 2009; scored 199.0 Among fall s TV frosh, 10 new shows worth sampling
NEW YORK In sizing up the new series on tap for fall, it s worth remembering that a new show usually premieres with its pilot episode. And a pilot isn t always representative of the series that will follow. The pilot episode is a prototype, sample ...
5.0K - Sep. 4, 2009; scored 133.0 Journal entries of AP photographer in Afghanistan
The operation started really early Wednesday morning on this town called Dahaneh. It's south of Now Zad a few miles. It is Taliban-controlled. Alfred (Associated Press writer Alfred de Montesquiou), and Ken (AP Television News Cameraman Ken Teh) were...
21.3K - Sep. 4, 2009; scored 306.0 Casualty of war
DAHANEH, Afghanistan The pomegranate grove looked ominous. The U.S. patrol had a tip that Taliban fighters were lying in ambush, and a Marine had his weapon trained on the trees 70 yards away. If you see anything move from there, light it up, Cpl...
9.7K - Sep. 4, 2009; scored 220.0 Day Planner
Ongoing Three Generations of Artists Exhibit Through Sept. 4, Gallery by the Bay, 2100 Union, North Bend. (267-2693) National Watercolor Society exhibition Through Sept. 26, Coos Art Musuem, 235 Anderson Ave., Coos Bay. (267-3901) Susan Applegate...
6.7K - Aug. 29, 2009; scored 240.0 Suicidal planet seems on death spiral into star
WASHINGTON (AP) Astronomers have found what appears to be a gigantic suicidal planet. The odd, fiery planet is so close to its star and so large that it is triggering tremendous plasma tides on the star. Those powerful tides are in turn warping the...
2.8K - Aug. 26, 2009; scored 220.0 Former migrant worker about to blast into space
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) He toiled in California's farm fields alongside his Mexican migrant worker parents and didn't learn English until he was 12. Now Jose Hernandez, NASA astronaut, is about to rocket into orbit. His parents will be in Florida...
5.5K - Aug. 22, 2009; scored 220.0 Bolt smashes record in 200
BERLIN Teeth clenched, Usain Bolt grimaced as he churned toward the finish line, hoping to coax a fraction more out of his 6-foot-5 frame. The big, yellow numbers flashing another world record time told the Jamaican sprinter he had gotten what he w...
5.8K - Aug. 21, 2009; scored 172.0 | 
