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Thieves hit Eugene businesses on Christmas night

KVAL Eugene: It was a very sour end to the holiday for several Eugene businesses.There were at least five burglaries in Eugene Christmas night. In one case they stole an entire ATM machine...Read More

Eugene police release video of tazering Chinese student

KGW NewsChannel 8 Portland: EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Eugene police released a 22-second video from an incident in which an officer used a stun gun on a Chinese college student mistaken as a trespasser in his own apartment. The footage was captured by a camera on officer Judd Warden's Taser. The black-and-white footage reveals only what happened in the seconds after he stunned the 19-year-old University of Oregon student. It .....Read More

Eugene couple paying generosity forward

KMTR Eugene: A Eugene couple, once down on their luck are grateful for the help they received getting back on their feet. Now, they're paying it forward...Read More

Lane County businesses get bogus award letters

The Oregonian: Notices from the US Commerce Association about the 2009 Best of Eugene Award are an attempt to get companies to buy vanity plaques...Read More

Thieves hit several Eugene businesses Christmas night

KVAL Eugene: Regulars at Midtown Marketplace had to get their caffeine fix somewhere else today. Someone broke into the business on 16th & Willamette sometime overnight...Read More

EUGENE LYONS: Current health reform is, well, a start

The Indiana Gazette: Buyer's remorse seems to be setting in among Democrats, even as the U.S. Senate is poised to vote (as I write this) on the most significant piece of social reform since the 1960s...Read More

Eugene police release Taser video of cop using stun gun on Chinese exchange student

The Oregonian: EUGENE  -- Eugene police released 22 seconds of footage from an incident in which an officer used a stun gun on a Chinese college student mistaken as a trespasser in his own apartment. The footage was captured by a camera.....Read More

Police locate 71-year-old Portland man in Eugene

The Oregonian: Larry Todd Pantle was taken to a hospital in Eugene but he does not appear to be injured...Read More

We hear . . .

New York Post: That Eugene Remm, Mark Birnbaum, Michael Hirtenstein and the EMM Group team are throwing New Year's Eve parties from New York to Miami with a performance by Ron Browz at Tenjune, dinners at Abe & Arthur's, a private party at SL and a performance by C.....Read More

Missing Portland man, 71, turns up in Eugene

KATU Portland: Larry Todd Pantel, 71, suffers from a medical condition and was last seen in the 1800 block of Northeast 129th Place on Wednesday. Late Thursday morning, he was located in Eugene. Police are trying to figure out how he got there...Read More

Eugene Robinson : What a difference a year makes

Memphis Commercial Appeal: WASHINGTON -- Christmas came early for journalists this year. Thank you, Tareq and Michaele Salahi, for being the gift that keeps on giving. The gate-crashers who upstaged President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama at the administration's first White House state dinner turned out not to be mere garden-variety poseurs. They are world-class poseurs, apparently -- dedicated and energetic .....Read More

Eugene Police release Taser video

KOIN News 6 Portland: EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Eugene police released a 22-second video from an incident in which an officer used a stun gun on a Chinese college student mistaken as a trespasser in his own apartment...Read More

Elmer Vannest

The Norwood Post: Hunting, fishing, and the great outdoors were Elmer’s passions. Elmer Eugene Vannest of Delta, Colo., entered into eternal peace at the age of 68 Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009 serenely in his sleep after a brief, severe illness...Read More

Missing Portland man found in Eugene

KOIN News 6 Portland: EUGENE, Ore. - Portland Police have tracked down a 71-year-old missing person on Christmas eve. Todd Pantle of Portland was reported missing yesterday, and he has been found and taken to a hospital in Eugene for further evaluation, police say...Read More

Missing Portland man found in Eugene

The Register-Guard: A man reported missing Wednesday in Portland was found this morning in Eugene, in good condition, Portland police said. The man, Larry Todd Pantel, 71, is being evaluated at a local hospital, police said. Investigators do not know how he ended up in Eugene. Police said Pantel suffers from a …..Read More

OBITUARIES

The Register-Guard: Carolyn Cockrell Carolyn Collier Cockrell of Eugene died Dec. 24 of age-related causes. She was 94. No service is planned. She was born July 2, 1915, in Princeton, Md., to Price and Mildred Willis Collier. She married John Cockrell on Dec. 28, 1941, in Richmond, Mo. She received a bachelor’s …..Read More

Haiti beckons to Valley

The Staunton News Leader: Patrick Eugene studies computer science at James Madison University, but teaching comes naturally. His father teaches math and history in the family's native country, Haiti. His parents asked each of their five children to get as much education as possible — then come home...Read More

Improving lives starts with helping out other people

The Staunton News Leader: The photograph on the front page today shows Patrick Eugene writing words on a whiteboard. He teaches a Haitian Creole class in downtown Staunton, and I am one of his students...Read More

A day’s worth of sunshine

The Register-Guard: It was a no-brainer for James and Shannon Hayes of Eugene. They had packed up their almost-one-year-old daughter Emma and were headed to Valley River Center for some after-Christmas returns, and found traffic backed up going to and coming from the mall. “So we kept going,” James Hayes said as …..Read More

FOR THE RECORD

The Register-Guard: Deadlines The For The Record deadline is noon the day before publication for Tuesday through Saturday newspapers, and noon Friday for Sunday or Monday newspapers. Items may be delivered to The Register-Guard newsroom at 3500 Chad Drive, mailed to The Register-Guard, P.O. Box 10188, Eugene, OR 97440, or faxed to …..Read More

Slain Eugene teen's possessions donated to nonprofit

The Oregonian: Jeanette Maples' stepgrandmother, Leaburg resident Lynn McAnulty, felt overwhelmed when faced with the task of cleaning up the rented north Eugene home where Jeanette lived with her mother and stepfather, both of whom face murder charges in her death...Read More

Standard setter

The News Virginian: Remembering Eugene Perry, W’boro’s 1st black policeman..Read More

TRAFFIC ALERT: Highway 99 at Royal down to one lane in each direction

KVAL Eugene: Traffic is down to one lane in each direction on Highway 99 between Royal and Roosevelt. Eugene Police say a vehicle hit a pedestrian around 4:45 pm. EPD Public Information Officer Melinda Kletzok says, "it looks serious". She says one person was transported to the hospital...Read More

Lucky Eugene man wins $200,000 in Powerball

KOIN News 6 Portland: SALEM - While visiting his daughter in Southwest Portland for Christmas, Dennis Fasold went to Albertsons to run an errand for her and bought himself two $5 Powerball tickets while he was at the store...Read More

Coming Out in Ireland: Stories Set to Song

New York Times: True stories of older Irish men willing to flout tradition by frankly discussing their homosexuality form the spine of “Silver Stars,” produced by Dublin company Brokentalkers...Read More

200 Photographs by W. Eugene Smith Included in Exhibition at La Lonja in Zaragoza

Art Daily: A visitor looks at a display of photographs taken by W. Eugene Smith at La Lonja in Zaragoza. Photo: EFE/Javier Cebollada. ZARAGOZA.- The exhibition includes over 200 images from the most emblematic series taken for Life magazine in the 1940’s and 1950’s and the projects Pittsburgh and Minamata...Read More

Dadi's days at Perth could be numbered

thewest.com.au: The future of Frenchman Eugene Dadi is in doubt after he didn't take part in Perth Glory's 4-0 win over Newcastle Jets at ME Bank Stadium...Read More

Ducks vs. Bucks vs. Mouse at Disneyland

AP via Yahoo! Sports: Chip Kelly walked to the podium in front of Sleeping Beauty's castle and cast a doleful look at the well-dressed mouse standing to his left. "I'm a Duck fan. Sorry, Mickey," the Oregon head coach said. "If you could get your boy Donald up here ..." A few minutes later, in a moment that even Disneyland probably couldn't engineer, two actual ducks flew in tandem over.....Read More

Police Refuse To Release Taser Tape, But DA Insists

WITN 7 North Carolina: A Eugene, Oregon police officer tasered a Chinese college student, a 19-year-old man the officer reportedly thought was a trespasser. Now, a tape from the incident has been made public...Read More

Les Schwab Invitational: Day two

The Oregonian: Lonnie Pearson of Rainier Beach (WA) dunks the ball against Beaverton at the 2009 Les Schwab Invtational. - (Ken Waz, Special to OregonLive.com) We're here for day two of competition at the 2009 Les Schwab Invitational. In case you missed the games yesterday, be sure to check out a.....Read More

A-League stars face World Cup dilemma

The Age: A goal-laden festive weekend has done little to ease concerns the A-League is facing a star player exodus on the verge of this season's finals...Read More

Corica strike hands Sydney win

BigPond News: Sydney FC stretched their unbeaten run to five A-League matches with a dominant win over Adelaide...Read More

World Cup dilemma for A-League stars

BigPond News: The A-League is facing a star player exodus to the Socceroos squad approaching this season's finals...Read More

2 killed in fire in Mandaluyong

Philippine Daily Inquirer: A fire believed to have been caused by faulty Christmas lights broke out in a house in an upscale subdivision in Mandaluyong City on Saturday night, killing a 33-year-old woman and her mother, authorities said...Read More

Corica strike hands Sydney win

Sky News Australia: Sydney FC stretched their unbeaten run to five A-League matches with a dominant win over struggling Adelaide on Sunday night...Read More

Boys water polo

San Diego Union-Tribune: U-T All-Academic team members: Boys water polo...Read More

Oregon Business Get Bogus Award

FOX 12 Oregon: Businesses in Lane County have received award notices that may be a someone's scheme to get companies to purchase plaques...Read More

If they can make it here ...

Chicago Sun-Times: Hedy Weiss: Yes, 2009 was the year when, for better or worse, many Chicago-bredshows ("Superior Donuts," "A Steady Rain," "The Lady With All theAnswers") received the "Manhattan transfer" treatment. But the real news was not what happened in New York; it was the largecrop of exciting shows that opened here — many of which enjoyedextended runs despite the economic turmoil...Read More

71-year-old Cleveland woman accused of killing her 33-year-old son while arguing over his Social Security check: Court ...

The Cleveland Plain Dealer: Ann Washington, 71, of East 72nd Street, will be arraigned Wednesday on a murder charge. She and her 33-year-old son, Damon Washington, argued over the mail Nov. 27 at their home. She grabbed a steak knife and fatally stabbed him in the chest, prosecutor's say...Read More

Casino brings holiday fun

Battle Creek Enquirer: Friday was a merry Christmas as Barb and Eugene Smith trudged through cold, spitting rain to the warm, bright lights of FireKeepers Casino...Read More

Browns lead Raiders, 17-9, at halftime

The Cleveland Plain Dealer: In a battle of two bad teams, Browns lead Raiders, 17-9, at halftime...Read More

Motorcyclist dies in crash at Indian Rocks Beach

St. Petersburg Times: A motorcyclist died Saturday when he lost control of his cycle and crashed on the Indian Rocks Beach Bridge, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said...Read More

Buckeye roots grow deep at UO

The Register-Guard: There are buckeyes in Eugene. And we’re not talking about Ohio State University alumni, although there are some of those around, too. We’re talking about real buckeyes, the nutlike seeds that grow on the trees of the same name.And they are — gasp! — on the University of Oregon campus. …..Read More

Pim reaper: pick of the crop to ditch A-League finals in World Cup bid

Sydney Morning Herald: A GOAL-LADEN festive weekend has done little to ease concerns the A-League faces an exodus of star players before this season's finals...Read More

Sydney happy, Verbeek given little to cheer

Brisbane Times: SEEMINGLY everyone knows what Socceroos coach Pim Verbeek thinks of the A-League, even if - for the sake of diplomacy - he's no longer prepared to say it...Read More

Two goal performance means more Glory for Harnwell

Brisbane Times: PERTH coach Dave Mitchell has confirmed he will re-sign striker Jamie Harnwell after the veteran's starring role in the Glory's 4-0 thumping of Newcastle on Boxing Day...Read More

Items from dead teen's house find a new home

The World: EUGENE (AP) — As improbable as it sounds, something good happened this week in the aftermath of 15-year-old Jeanette Maples’ death...Read More

EWEB adds to wind power

The Register-Guard: The Eugene Water & Electric Board’s power supply just got a bit greener. The publicly owned utility, in cooperation with several other Pacific Northwest utilities, has brought a new batch of wind turbines online. Beginning last week, Harvest Wind began generating electricity from a bank of 43 turbines east of …..Read More

Locals face a giant step up

The Australian: AUSTRALIA'S A-League players are struggling to catch the national coach's eye...Read More

Corica leads Sydney to summit

The Australian: A QUICK glance at the opposing coaches told the story...Read More