Plane, copter collide
LOS ANGELES (AP) The U.S. Coast Guard and Navy were searching early today for as many as nine people off the Southern California coast following a collision between a Coast Guard plane and a Marine Corps helicopter, officials said. The crash was re...
 2.4K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 620.0 Drones protect ships in Somalia
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) For the first time, sophisticated U.S. military surveillance drones capable of carrying missiles have begun patrolling waters off Somalia in hopes of stemming rising piracy. Three ships have been seized in a week off Africa s la...
1.4K - Oct. 25, 2009; scored 415.0 Drones protect ships in Somalia
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) For the first time, sophisticated U.S. military surveillance drones capable of carrying missiles have begun patrolling waters off Somalia in hopes of stemming rising piracy. Three ships have been seized in a week off Africa s la...
1.4K - Oct. 24, 2009; scored 415.0 Wall of water kills 100 people
APIA, Samoa A massive tsunami unleashed by a powerful earthquake flattened Samoan villages and swept cars and people out to sea, killing at least 99 and leaving dozens missing today. The death toll was expected to rise. Survivors fled the fast-chur...
7.6K - Sep. 30, 2009; scored 686.0 Jimena skirts resorts
LOS CABOS, Mexico (AP) Hurricane Jimena pounded the middle of Mexico s Baja California Peninsula today after lashing the Los Cabos resort region with driving rains and thundering surf. Winds from the once-mighty storm had fallen to near 105 mph by ...
5.7K - Sep. 2, 2009; scored 536.0 Losing Stevie
REEDSPORT The bus ride to Tennessee took days. But it seemed like eternity to Jessica Readen, as she rode to Dyersburg to gather her 15-year-old daughter from foster care. Stevie Milburn had called a few days before. Her father, Christopher Milburn...
8.0K - Aug. 22, 2009; scored 415.0 Russian search for ship grows
MOSCOW (AP) The disappearance of a Russian-manned cargo ship in the Atlantic more than two weeks ago spawned a variety of theories and intriguing reports today as the search drew in investigators from across Europe. Russia had naval vessels and sat...
5.8K - Aug. 13, 2009; scored 1000.0 Day Planner
Today Annual Sourdough, Chili, and Pie Contests All day. Old Agness Store, Agness. (247-7960) Windfest 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Bandon Boardwalk. (541-347-3206) Rummage/Trunk Sale 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Parking lot of First United Methodist Church, 123 Oce...
15.9K - Aug. 2, 2009; scored 686.0 Day Planner
Today SMOKING: HOW TO QUIT 3 p.m., Coquille Valley Hospital, Downtown Studio, 74 E. First St., Coquille. (541-842-0320) Bingo 5 p.m., North Bend Senior Center, 1470 Airport Lane. (888-2213) The Princess Parade play 7:30 p.m., Brookings-Harbor ...
16.6K - Jul. 31, 2009; scored 686.0 Day Planner
Today Rental Owners Association of Southwestern Oregon 5:30 p.m., dinner and meeting, Shark Bites, 240 S Broadway, Coos Bay. $10. (751-9415) Bingo 6:45 p.m., Coos Bay Eagles, No. 538, 568 S. Second St., Coos Bay. (267-6613) Nichole Coope...
17.5K - Jul. 30, 2009; scored 686.0 Day Planner
Today Toddler Tuesday/Storytime 10:30 to 11 a.m., carpet square in East Wing at Pony Village Mall, 1600 Virginia Ave., North Bend. (303-895-8587) NB Community Lunch 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., North Bend Senior Center, 1470 Airport Lane. $5. (...
18.0K - Jul. 29, 2009; scored 746.0 Day Planner
Today Toddler Tuesday/Storytime 10:30 to 11 a.m., carpet square in East Wing at Pony Village Mall, 1600 Virginia Ave., North Bend (303-895-8587) NB Community Lunch 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., North Bend Senior Center, 1470 Airport Lane. $5. (7...
18.2K - Jul. 28, 2009; scored 746.0 Grant aims to retrieve fishermens' lost crab pots
NEWPORT (AP) During his 35 years as a commercial fisherman, Jeff Feldner lost his share of crab pots when storms blew them out of position, a passing boat propeller sheared off the buoy, or a bank of kelp overwhelmed everything and dragged it away....
4.0K - Jul. 13, 2009; scored 415.0 Plane crashes in ocean; 153 aboard
MORONI, Comoros - A Yemenia jet with 153 people on board crashed into the Indian Ocean today as it tried to land during strong winds on the island nation of Comoros. Officials said one child was plucked alive from the sea. There was no word on other ...
4.5K - Jun. 30, 2009; scored 951.0 Brazil crash families get paid
PARIS (AP) - Air France focused on aiding families of victims from the crash of Flight 447, offering a first advance on compensation on Friday while investigators worked quietly to solve the mystery of what brought the jet down. The top European air ...
2.8K - Jun. 20, 2009; scored 620.0 Baseball: Phillies win on Ibanez homer
NEW YORK Raul Ibanez is fitting in nicely with the gritty Philadelphia Phillies. Ibanez hit a three-run homer with two outs in the 10th inning and the Phillies beat the New York Mets 6-3 Thursday night, handing their NL East rivals another difficul...
6.0K - Jun. 12, 2009; scored 415.0 Brazil flies bodies to mainland
RECIFE, Brazil - Brazilian helicopters began ferrying bodies of Air France crash victims to shore for identification today while a pilots' union said the airline was rapidly replacing speed sensors like those suspected of feeding false information to...
6.5K - Jun. 9, 2009; scored 951.0 Minister: No plane evidence found
PARIS (AP) France s transportation minister said today that French forces have found no signs of the Airbus A330 airplane that vanished over the Atlantic and urged extreme prudence about suspected debris taken from the ocean. Dominique Bussereau ...
1.1K - Jun. 5, 2009; scored 620.0 William J. Shephard
A celebration of life memorial service, including military honors, will be held for William "Bill" Shephard, 71, of Coos Bay, at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 30, at the Eagles Lodge, 568 S. Second St., Coos Bay with chaplain Don Desilippo, of Pacific Home H...
3.9K - May. 27, 2009; scored 536.0 Alaska volcano blasts continue for sixth day
EAGLE RIVER, Alaska Alaska s Mount Redoubt continued its volcanic explosions Friday, sending ash clouds as high as 50,000 feet above sea level and prompting drivers to head to the auto parts store for new air filters. The National Weather Service ...
2.7K - Mar. 28, 2009; scored 415.0 | 
