Wallace expected back Monday after missing 3 games

01/16/10 Associated Press - January 16, 2010 4:35 PM ET WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) - Rasheed Wallace expects to return for the Celtics' next game after missing three with a foot injury.

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Wallace expected back Monday after missing 3 games

01/16/10 Players ran under the basket and threw balls to distract Ray Allen and Eddie House in their free-throw shooting contest. Glen Davis rolled on the floor in amazement after an acrobatic dunk by J.R. Giddens. Practice time was fun time for the Boston Celtics, a tired team in need of a break. "Sometimes in the year you've got to remember why you play basketball," coach Doc Rivers said.

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Cardinals' Wallace expected back Monday

01/16/10 WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) -Rasheed Wallace expects to return for the Celtics' next game after missing three with a foot injury.

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New animal hospital coming to Genoa Twp.

01/16/10 Genoa Township pets will soon have a new hospital for their medical needs.

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Washougal man missing in Haiti has long history of disaster aid

01/16/10 Walt Ratterman was part of a group that was the subject of a 2006 documentary. Now, his friends from that group are on their to Haiti way to try help him.

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Petition seeks to expand medical marijuana program

01/11/10 Jim Greig is bedridden with severe rheumatoid arthritis, a condition he has had for 22 years. For 20 of those years, he has used marijuana to relive pain. Now he supports a ballot measures that would create state-regulated dispensaries for marijuana.

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Greek Cusina owner sued for unpaid rent in Tualatin; downtown Portland space available

01/11/10 Greek Cusina owner sued for unpaid rent in Tualatin while downtown Portland location is up for lease.

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Salem man accused of 'weird' behavior on jet to Hawaii appears in court

01/11/10 Joseph H. Johnson, 56, told FBI agents he was only joking around aboard a Hawaiian Airlines flight. But the government, skittish about airline security after the alleged Christmas day terrorist plot to blow up an airliner, charges him with a serious crime.

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Thousands gather to eulogize John Bernard

01/11/10 Thousands of people gathered at Big Bend Community College in Moses Lake to pay their respects to Grant County Sheriffs Deputy John Bernard who was killed while driving his patrol car on January 3rd.

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Empty Space Orchestra: On Tour

01/11/10 Empty Space Orchestra is heading out on tour this week, hitting up locations that up till now had been untrodden territory for the local instrumental space rockers. I ran into guitarist Shane Thomas last night at Parrilla Grill, where Thomas, a faithful employee of the wrap and burrito purveyor, constructed my R ...

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Ore. man accused in airliner disruption goes to court; be sure to come back, judge tells him

01/11/10 PORTLAND, Ore. - An Oregon man who FBI agents say was angling for frequent flier miles has made his first court appearance on a charge of interfering with a commercial jetliner crew by filling out a comment card that talked about crashing into the ocean.

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W. Basketball. Huskies Looking To Extend Winning Streak Against Cal

01/11/10 The Washington women's basketball team (8-6, 3-1) will travel down to the Bay Area to test their three-game winning streak against Cal (6-8, 0-3) in Berkeley.

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US announces $261 million for fuel efficiency

01/11/10 WASHINGTON, Jan 11 (Reuters) - The Obama administration plans on Monday to announce the selection of nine projects totaling $187 million (S$261 million) aimed at improving the fuel efficiency of cars and trucks.

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Oregon Supreme Court gets the final say - maybe - on the Dorothy English land-use case

01/04/10 THE OREGONIAN/2003The property rights case involving the late Dorothy English may finally come to a close with a hearing Wednesday before the Oregon Supreme Court.Dorothy English is gone but not forgotten, and not fully litigated, either. Oregon's longest-running property rights...

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Avalanche kills snowmobiler near Oregon peak

01/04/10 A snowmobiler from La Pine is dead after being caught by a 200-yard-wide avalanche in Oregon's Paulina Peak area.

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Woman accused of stabbing boyfriend's 3-year-old child as he tried to break up

01/04/10 Serenity Sanchez, 22, pleaded not guilty to allegations of attempted aggravated murder, first-degree assault and unlawful use of a weapon.

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W. Basketball. Huskies Finally Return To Bank Of America Arena

01/04/10 The Washington women's hoops team hasn't played at Bank of America Arena since Nov. 29. After seven straight road games, they're back to face the Arizona schools.

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Portland man arraigned on manslaughter, drunk driving charges

12/28/09 Quandrell Dumas is accused of injuring a man so severely that he later died

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Couple stranded 3 days after GPS leads them astray

12/28/09 (AP:KLAMATH FALLS, Ore.) A Nevada couple letting their SUV's navigation system guide them through the high desert of Eastern Oregon got stuck in snow for three days when the GPS unit sent them down a remote forest road.

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U.S. adding resources to consular staff, security for 2010 Winter Games

12/28/09 VANCOUVER, B.C. - The U.S. is tripling its consular staff in Vancouver and opening an outpost in Whistler, B.C. in anticipation of the thousands of Americans coming to the 2010 Winter Games.

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