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Big week of BCS scoreboard watching for Oregon
This is a big week for Oregon's BCS title hopes. No, not because the second-ranked Ducks play hapless Colorado. That'll be a breeze. The teams ...
Release of abuse files: new challenge for Scouts
True to their motto, the Boys Scouts tried to be prepared. For months, they braced for the backlash sure to follow the court-ordered release of ...
K-State moves past Oregon for 3rd in BCS standings
Only in the BCS standings does Oregon get passed. Kansas State moved ahead of the Ducks and up to No. 3 on Sunday behind SEC rivals Alabama and ...
College Football Roundup: Gators thrash Gamecocks
No. 3 Florida lived up to its surprising BCS ranking by thrashing a South Carolina team that appeared to be a contender in the SEC. The Gamecocks gave ...
Police keep mum on arrest in killing of Ore. woman
The discovery of a 21-year-old woman's body on a remote, forested mountain gave a terrible answer to the family, friends and church members who worked ...
Scout abuse files release sparks public interest
A website with files showing the Boy Scouts of America's cover-up of decades of sexual abuse is generating interest from people wanting to know who ...
"Perversion files" show locals helped cover up
Again and again, decade after decade, an array of authorities — police chiefs, prosecutors, pastors and local Boy Scout leaders among them — quietly ...
No. 2 Oregon runs over Arizona State 43-21
Oregon lost a fumble on its second play, setting up a touchdown and a quick 7-0 deficit. Cause for concern? Yeah, right. Arizona State could have ...
Armed posse patrols timber land in sheriff's place
There's no room in the county jail for burglars and thieves. And the sheriff's department in a vast, rural corner of southwest Oregon has been reduced ...
Alabama, Florida are top 2 in BCS
Alabama and Florida are at the top of the season's first BCS standings, making it yet another all-SEC top two, with Oregon and Kansas State close ...
Soldiers claim illness after guarding KBR in Iraq
A war contractor knew a critical southern Iraq oilfield plant was riddled with a well-known toxin but ignored the risk to soldiers while hurrying the ...
No. 2 Oregon defeats No. 23 Washington 52-21
Marcus Mariota threw for 198 yards and four touchdowns, including two TD strikes to tight end Colt Lyerla, and No. 2 Oregon beat No. 23 Washington ...
Nurse Ratched actress can't stand 'Cuckoo's Nest'
Louise Fletcher says she can't bear to watch "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" because the Nurse Ratched character she won an Oscar for is so cruel.
Ore. pot measure struggles as Wash., Colo. thrive
As marijuana legalization efforts in Colorado and Washington pick up steam, a similar push in Oregon seems to be going up in smoke. More than $4 ...
Correction: Obama-China story
In a story Sept. 28 about a presidential decision to block a Chinese company's business deal in Oregon over national security concerns, The Associated ...
Authorities: Oregon farmer eaten by his hogs
Oregon authorities are investigating how a farmer was eaten by his hogs. Terry Vance Garner, 69, never returned after he set out to feed his animals ...
Boy Scouts to report pedophiles missed previously
The Boy Scouts of America plan to begin doing what critics argue they should have done decades ago — bring suspected abusers named in the ...
Oregon State outlasts Arizona 38-35
A momentum-swinging game hanging in the balance, Oregon State coach Mike Riley pulled out a play he had been saving all game. So what if he would have ...
Fight over canola pits biofuels vs. organics
Wet winters and cool, dry summers make Oregon's Willamette Valley one of the best places on the globe to produce seeds for organic broccoli, cabbage, ...
Deputies: Attempted burglar found asleep on floor
Sheriff's deputies responding to a burglary call say they found a 20-year-old man asleep on the kitchen floor of a home in Oregon. The Washington ...
Overwhelming Oregon makes case for No. 2 in Top 25
Breaking down the AP college football poll after Week 4 of the regular season. ____ MAKING A STATEMENT Oregon was overwhelming and now the Ducks are ...
Oregon moves past LSU to No. 2 in AP Top 25
Oregon has slipped past LSU to No. 2 in The Associated Press Top 25 behind Alabama after the Ducks rolled to a victory and the Tigers struggled to ...
West Virginia's Smith, S Carolina's Shaw on target
Geno Smith looked like a Heisman Trophy hopeful and Connor Shaw showed no signs of an injured shoulder. Smith threw for 338 yards to help No. 8 West ...
No. 3 Oregon blanks No. 22 Arizona 49-0
Redshirt freshman Marcus Mariota threw for 260 yards and two touchdowns, including a 55-yard scoring pass to freshman Bralon Addison late in the third ...