Medford withdraws appeal of panhandling
MEDFORD (AP) The Medford City Council has withdrawn its appeal of a ruling that found its panhandling ordinance unconstitutional. The city had tried to prevent aggressive panhandling with an ordinance that prohibited people from asking for money at...
 0.8K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 64.0 Pastors urge families to give DNA samples
CLEVELAND (AP) Police say there s only one way for the families of missing women to know for sure if their loved ones are among the victims found in suspected serial killer Anthony Sowell s house: Give DNA samples. But relatives with checkered past...
1.4K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 128.0 British PM: Afghan success is vital
LONDON (AP) Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned Afghanistan s government today to take action against corruption, saying he would not risk more British lives there unless it reforms. Brown said in a speech that success in Afghanistan is vital to Bri...
1.1K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 64.0 New Multnomah Co., Ore., sheriff sworn in
PORTLAND (AP) Multnomah County has sworn in a new sheriff to replace one forced to resign. It s the second time in 16 months that s happened. Twenty-year sheriff s office veteran Lt. Dan Staton took the oath as sheriff on Thursday. Bob Skipper name...
0.9K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 64.0 Hotel deck collapse sends five into water
ASTORIA (AP) Astoria police say a deck outside a room of the Red Lion Inn of Astoria has collapsed, dropping five men into a mooring basin of the Columbia River. Sgt. Brian Aydt said by the time police responded to a call about the 5 p.m. Thursday ...
0.7K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 101.0 Man fatally shot by ex-wife after breaking into her house
REDMOND (AP) A man was shot and killed by his ex-wife after he broke into her house in Redmond and tried to attack her with an improvised weapon as she defended her children, authorities said. Patrick S. Hankins, 41, of Bend, was fatally shot We...
1.6K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 64.0 Official: discipline needed for Oregon custody death
PORTLAND (AP) The Portland city commissioner who oversees police has recommended that two officers be disciplined in the custody death of a mentally ill man in 2006. A recommendation released Wednesday by Commissioner Dan Saltzman goes beyond the d...
2.6K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 214.0 Mushroom pickers find human remains near Gold Beach
The Curry County Sheriff s Office is asking for help in identifying a deceased person found north of Gold Beach. Deputies responded to a forested area near Edson Creek Road and Old Coast Highway on Wednesday afternoon, after two Gold Beach residents ...
1.0K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 128.0 Gunman: 'Allahu Akbar!'
FORT HOOD, Texas Soldiers who witnessed the shooting rampage at Fort Hood that left 13 people dead reported that the gunman shouted Allahu Akbar! an Arabic phrase for God is great! before opening fire, the base commander said Friday. U.S. A...
9.0K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 128.0 Former employee opens fire at Orlando office tower - 1 dead, 5 injured
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) Officials searched Friday for a gunman who opened fire in a downtown office building where he used to work. At least six people were hurt. People streamed out of the 16-story Legion Place office building around lunchtime and some...
2.4K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 128.0 Army post shooting rampage leaves 13 dead, 30 hurt
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) Military officials were starting Friday to piece together what may have pushed an Army psychiatrist trained to help soldiers in distress to turn on his comrades in a shooting rampage that killed 13 people and wounded 30 in Tex...
7.3K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 128.0 Sports Briefs: Woods holds share of lead with Watney
SHANGHAI Tiger Woods has shot another 5-under 67 in the HSBC Champions, this one giving him a share of the 36-hole lead with Nick Watney in the final World Golf Championship of the year. Woods overcame mild frustration early in his round Friday by ...
6.0K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 101.0 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 101.0 Police narrow sights on school vandalism suspects
The Curry County Sheriff s Office has recovered 20 computers stolen last month from Pacific High School north of Port Orford. The soggy laptops were stashed on a suspect s property five miles from the school in a gorse patch, sheriff s Lt. John Ward ...
1.9K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 386.0 Wise approach to LNG: Be prepared
Coping with the recession has absorbed most people s energy for the past year, but looking beyond the immediate crisis is always smart. The city of Coos Bay is being prudently proactive by negotiating a financial relationship with the would-be develo...
1.9K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 64.0 Jury rejects suspect's insanity defense
EUGENE (AP) A Lane County jury has rejected the insanity defense of a man who confessed to kidnapping and raping a 10-year-old girl. The panel of eight women and four men took less than two hours Wednesday to decide that Malcolm Michael Gerlach bel...
0.8K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 64.0 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 64.0 AP source: Former NYC police commissioner Kerik plans to plead guilty to resolve pending cases
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) Just days before starting a triathlon of trials, former New York City police Commissioner Bernard Kerik appears to be opting for a shortcut. A person familiar with the case said Wednesday that Kerik, who won praise nationwid...
1.4K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 257.0 Thefts & Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Nov. 4, 8:09 a.m. police cited a minor for possessing tobacco on the west end of Elrod Avenue. Nov. 4, 10:23 a.m., suspicious activity and possible fraud was reported in...
2.6K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 193.0 Man rescued after truck goes into river
DAMASCUS (AP) A 57-year-old man whose pickup drifted off state Highway 224, then crashed down an 80-foot embankment and into the Clackamas River has been plucked to safety by a Clackamas County water rescue team. Oregon State Police said Richard Sa...
0.7K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 101.0 | 
