We need jobs not health care
How many times have you heard Barack Obama talk about the fierce urgency of now ? The president has used the quote, from Martin Luther King Jr., to call for quick action on the war in Iraq, on global warming, on homelessness, on education you name...
 3.1K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 412.0 Iranian protest sparks battles
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) Iranian security forces beat anti-government protesters with batons today on the sidelines of state-sanctioned rallies to mark the 30th anniversary of the U.S. Embassy takeover. The counter-demonstrations were the opposition s fir...
5.6K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 638.0 Karzai wins Afghan election without a vote
KABUL Afghanistan s election commission proclaimed President Hamid Karzai the victor of the country s tumultuous ballot today, canceling a planned runoff and ending a political crisis two and a half months after a fraud-marred first round. The Obam...
6.2K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 759.0 The good, the ad, the ugly
Do you have NOPQ? If so, ask your doctor about Nopquease. I can t tell you how many times I ve watched commercials for medicine on TV without ever figuring out what malady the medicine is supposed to cure. Do you have shortness of breath? Loss of ea...
3.1K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 319.0 UN evaluates Afghan mission after attack
KABUL (AP) Traumatized U.N. staff in Afghanistan were under orders to stay home today, one day after Taliban militants stormed a guest house in the capital and killed eight people in a brazen attack that is forcing the world body to re-evaluate its...
1.3K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 412.0 8 US troops die; Oct. Afghan war's deadliest month
KABUL (AP) Eight American troops were killed in multiple bomb attacks Tuesday in southern Afghanistan, making October the deadliest month of the war for U.S. forces since it began in 2001. The eight deaths occurred during multiple, complex bomb s...
2.4K - Oct. 27, 2009; scored 412.0 What's up with Dems?
I have traveled since Labor Day to more than a dozen states, including Florida and Colorado, both of which switched from red to blue in the last presidential election, as well as Texas and Tennessee, which remained bright red. Regardless of which sta...
3.0K - Oct. 26, 2009; scored 527.0 Helicopter crashes kill 14 Americans in Afghanistan
KABUL Helicopter crashes killed 14 Americans today in the deadliest day for the U.S. mission in Afghanistan in more than four years. The deaths came as President Barack Obama prepared to meet his national security team for a sixth full-scale confer...
6.3K - Oct. 26, 2009; scored 893.0 Honduras coup talks end without resolution
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) The latest round of talks to resolve the dispute over Honduras June 28 coup has ended in failure, a negotiator for ousted leftist President Manuel Zelaya said today, adding that further talks were unlikely. Negotiator Vi...
2.3K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 319.0 Honoring an institution
COOS BAY - Bay Area Hospital has become such an institution in the community, offering health care and more than 1,000 jobs, it s easy to forget its construction attracted fierce opposition. One person who needs no reminder of the hospital s bumpy in...
5.1K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 574.0 Sports Briefs: Senator requests BCS investigation
WASHINGTON Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, whose undefeated home state school was bypassed for the college football national championship last season, urged President Barack Obama to ask the Justice Department to investigate the Bowl Championship Series,...
4.7K - Oct. 22, 2009; scored 412.0 Honoring an institution
COOS BAY ” Bay Area Hospital has become such an institution in the community, offering health care and more than 1,000 jobs, it s easy to forget its construction attracted fierce opposition. One person who needs no reminder of the hospital s b...
5.0K - Oct. 22, 2009; scored 574.0 Karzai's political rival accepts Nov. 7 runoff
KABUL (AP) President Hamid Karzai s chief political rival agreed today to take part in the Nov. 7 runoff election, setting the stage for a high-stakes showdown in the face of Taliban threats and approaching winter snows. Ex-Foreign Minister Abdulla...
0.9K - Oct. 21, 2009; scored 476.0 Sports Briefs: Group to push for playoffs over BCS
WASHINGTON Lawmakers who have been trying to prod college football to replace the Bowl Championship Series with a playoff system now have a political action committee. A group of college football fans launched the Playoff PAC with the goal of elect...
6.7K - Oct. 20, 2009; scored 319.0 Afghan leader agrees to runoff
KABUL Afghanistan s election commission today ordered a Nov. 7 runoff in the disputed presidential poll after a fraud investigation dropped incumbent Hamid Karzai s votes below 50 percent of the total. Karzai accepted the finding and agreed to a se...
5.9K - Oct. 20, 2009; scored 606.0 Cleric warns against rally in Iran
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) A hard-line cleric sought today to head off an attempt to reinvigorate Iran s anti-government movement, warning against a planned opposition rally next month that would coincide with annual state-sponsored demonstrations against t...
2.8K - Oct. 16, 2009; scored 504.0 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 476.0 Afghan leader accused of meddling in fraud probe
KABUL (AP) Afghan President Hamid Karzai s top challenger in disputed elections alleged today the embattled head of state engineered the resignation of a chief fraud investigator to cast doubt over a process that may force a runoff vote. Results fr...
4.6K - Oct. 13, 2009; scored 638.0 NB schools want levy on spring 2010 ballot
NORTH BEND The North Bend School District is getting on track to place a local option levy on the spring 2010 ballot to pay for items and potentially employees lost in recent rounds of budget cuts. At its regularly scheduled meeting Monday, the Nor...
3.0K - Oct. 13, 2009; scored 319.0 UN official says widespread fraud in Afghan vote
Heidi Vogt and Rahim Faiez, Associated Press Writers KABUL (AP) The head of the U.N. mission in Afghanistan acknowledged Sunday there was widespread fraud in the August presidential election but refused to give specifics or lay blame to avoid inf...
6.7K - Oct. 11, 2009; scored 870.0 | 
