Public Enemy No. 1: Cancer patients
A lot has changed in the 210-plus years since the nation adopted the Second Amendment, guaranteeing gun rights. For one thing, federal gun laws now ban convicted illegal drug users from toting handguns. But two Oregon sheriffs say that s not tough en...
 2.1K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 219.0 Oregon judge says furrier protected from elder abuse
PORTLAND (AP) A judge has ordered animal rights activists to keep their distance from a 75-year-old furrier because state law protects the businessman from elder abuse by shouting profanities. Horst Grimm, the owner of Nicholas Ungar Furs, won an o...
2.2K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 139.0 Sheriffs' group opposes guns for pot smokers
SALEM The right of Oregonians to use marijuana for medical reasons and also to obtain concealed handgun permits is being challenged by local sheriffs who say federal law prevents those people from packing heat. Advocates for the state s medical mar...
3.6K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 139.0 Sports Briefs: Padilla shot in leg during target practice
MANAGUA, Nicaragua Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Vicente Padilla is recovering from a bullet wound in his leg after a target shooting instructor accidentally shot him. Dr. Eduardo Reguera said Padilla didn t need surgery. Police spokesman Vilma Reyes...
2.6K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 139.0 Fined: Man who called 911 with complaint
ALOHA (AP) A 20-year-old man who called 911 to get his fast-food order straightened out has been told to pay a $300 fine. Washington County sheriff s deputies say Raibin Raof Osman called the emergency line to complain that a McDonald s in Alo...
0.8K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 139.0 State finds child abuse and neglect at school
The state of Oregon has shut down a boarding school for troubled teens in Central Oregon after allegedly finding a pattern of child abuse and neglect of its students, forcing parents around the country to scramble to bring home their children. Our fi...
5.9K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 139.0 Surprised the media elite backed Fox?
Nobody should be surprised to see the nation s esteemed celebrity news media align with Fox News against the White House. Supposedly, the press regulates its own behavior; in reality, that s been a joke for two decades. Today, even the fig leaf has b...
4.1K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 139.0 Cleveland general manager gone
BEREA, Ohio The Cleveland Browns invisible general manager has disappeared. George Kokinis, the hand-picked GM of first-year coach Eric Mangini, who was rarely seen or heard in Cleveland, left the team Monday under unexplained circumstances after ...
4.2K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 139.0 Activists rally to OK gay nuptials
SALEM Gay rights backers kicked off a voter education campaign Monday aimed at eventually overturning Oregon s ban on same-sex marriage. Evan Wolfson of the national gay rights group Freedom to Marry said Monday he thinks hearts and minds are chan...
3.4K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 322.0 Should find 'third way' on legal reform
There s an important task congressional moderates can perform on health-care reform besides fighting the public insurance option: Find a middle ground on medical malpractice. Even President Barack Obama ought to join the cause and go beyond the tepid...
4.4K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 923.0 Former Oregon State Bar president dies
SALEM (AP) Edward L. Ned Clark Jr., a former president of the Oregon State Bar and a pioneer in land-use planning for Marion and Polk counties, has died. He was 86. Clark practiced law in Salem for 42 years before retiring in 1995. He was also ch...
0.8K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 139.0 Recreation Report
Siuslaw River: Rains are moving fish into upper tidewater and fresh fish are expected to pulse in soon. The last day to fish for cutthroat trout is today. Coos County lakes: There was an additional stocking of both trophy- and legal-size trout last w...
2.4K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 139.0 Teachers renew legal fight with Sizemore
PORTLAND Two Oregon teacher unions have gone back to court against political activist Bill Sizemore to accuse him again of racketeering, this time in the 2008 elections. The legal battle between Sizemore and the unions dates to 2002 and a racketeer...
3.4K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 556.0 You can't outlaw unpopular ideas
If Oregon had a neck, environmental protesters would be a throbbing pain in it. But the state s Court of Appeals was right to confirm that these sometimes irritating activists have the same rights as other Americans. The court this week struck down a...
2.1K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 139.0 Sports Briefs: Beaver QB Moevao needs surgery on ankle
CORVALLIS Oregon State backup quarterback Lyle Moevao will need surgery after injuring his ankle during practice. The senior started most of last season but had a slow recovery from offseason shoulder surgery and settled into a backup role behind S...
4.0K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 139.0 It's time to solve Leah's murder
Nearly a decade ago, my daughter s life was cut tragically short when she was murdered at 15 years old in Coquille. My daughter is Leah Freeman and today, Oct. 29, she would have turned 25. As I endure this painful anniversary I am again reminded of ...
2.3K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 139.0 Bandon Fishing report
Local lakes: Last week, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife restocked Empire Lakes in Coos Bay with the last of its two-pound trophy trout and legal-sized rainbow trout. The reports I received from the Bites on Tackle shop in Empire were o...
3.5K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 139.0 Agassi admits meth use
NEW YORK ” Andre Agassi s upcoming autobiography contains an admission that he used crystal meth in 1997 and lied to tennis authorities when he failed a drug test ” a result that was thrown out after he said he unwittingly took the su...
5.4K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 139.0 No. No. No. No. No. No. No.
Just say No, seven times. That s what Lakeside voters should do in the upcoming recalls. Clearly, Lakeside is a divided community. But recalling six city councilors and the mayor will only worsen the animosities among the town s factions. Lakeside ...
2.0K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 139.0 Bear shot in return to Medford
MEDFORD (AP) Wildlife officials say a young black bear captured outside a Medford elementary school and released into the mountains northeast of Klamath Falls returned to the city and was legally shot by a hunter. The state Department of Fish and W...
0.5K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 139.0 | 
