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Ore. police searching for stolen robot
Posted by Examiner Oregon Headlines on 01 6th, 2009
Radford defeats Coastal Carolina 68-52
Police are looking for a robot that was stolen from a Portland State University professor. The Washington County Sheriff's Office says physics professor Erik Sanchez reported the theft Monday. The 90-pound robot had been in a car parked overnight...
Posted by Examiner South Carolina Headlines on 01 6th, 2009
Timber company drops road deal with Forest Service
Joey Lynch-Flohr scored 17 points to lead Radford to a 68-52 victory over Coastal Carolina on Monday night. Artsiom Parakhouski added 15 points and had 12 rebounds for the Highlanders (6-9, 3-1 Big South Conference), who ended the Chanticleers' four-game...
Posted by Examiner Montana Headlines on 01 6th, 2009
Burris says he’s senator _ but Dems won’t seat him
The nation's largest owner of timberland disclosed Monday that it will no longer pursue changes in agreements governing its use of U.S. Forest Service roads - changes that critics complained could transform forests into housing subdivisions. Critics...
Posted by Examiner District Of Columbia Headlines on 01 6th, 2009
Robert Morris beats Mount St. Mary’s, Md. 77-70
Senate Democrats struggled to avert a showdown steeped in race and corruption Monday as a defiant Roland Burris declared, "I'm a United States senator" and flew to the capital to claim President-elect Barack Obama's old seat in Congress. Even as...
Posted by Examiner Maryland Headlines on 01 6th, 2009
Presbyterian tops Liberty 67-66 in double overtime
Rob Robinson scored 17 points, grabbed nine rebounds and had three blocked shots to lead Robert Morris to a 77-70 win over Mount St. Mary's on Monday night. The Colonials (8-7, 3-1 Northeast Conference), used a 17-2 spurt early in the second half...
Posted by Examiner South Carolina Headlines on 01 6th, 2009
Ohio man admits to plotting wife’s murder
Pierre Miller scored 22 points - including a go-ahead 3-pointer with 28 seconds remaining - to lead Presbyterian to a 67-66 win over Liberty in double overtime on Monday night. Miller shot 7-for-12 from the field, with all of his field goals coming...
Posted by Examiner Ohio Headlines on 01 6th, 2009
Phone exec says Fumo sought $50 million in demands
A 74-year-old southern Ohio man has pleaded guilty to hiring someone to kill his wife in their farmhouse last spring. David Evans Sr. of Jackson pleaded guilty Friday to conspiracy to commit aggravated murder and conspiracy to commit aggravated burglary....
Posted by Examiner Pennsylvania Headlines on 01 6th, 2009
The former president of Verizon Pennsylvania testified Monday that a powerful state lawmaker sought $50 million worth of demands during negotiations with the state over phone-industry deregulation. The demands included $15 million for a small South...
Breaking News From California
Calif. officers search for brother in ax attack
Shasta County sheriff's deputies are searching for a 32-year-old man they say cut his brother's leg with an ax during a fight. Sgt. Marc St. Clair says Michael Mitchell hit his 31-year-old brother, Christopher Mitchell, twice with the ax. St. Clair says the injuries required stitches but were not life-threatening....
Breaking News From Chicago
Franken on top in Minn. recount; Coleman to sue
A Minnesota board on Monday certified results showing Democrat Al Franken winning the state's U.S. Senate recount over Republican Norm Coleman, whose lawyer promised a legal challenge that probably will keep the race in limbo for months. The Canvassing Board's declaration started a seven-day clock for...
Breaking News From New York
US appeals court: Detainee IDs can be secret
A federal appeals court ruled Monday that the government can keep secret the identities of detainees who claim they've been abused at the prison camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan reversed a lower court judge's ruling regarding eight files containing records...
Breaking News From North Carolina
Winston-Salem beats Columbia Union 85-61
Brian Fisher scored 19 points to lead Winston-Salem to an 85-61 win against Columbia Union College on Monday night. Jamal Durham added 15 points and Paul Davis chipped in with 10 for the Rams (4-8), who led by 25 points at halftime.
Breaking News From Florida
Balanced Spurs take control early, hold off Heat
Tim Duncan scored 19 points and grabbed nine rebounds, and the Southwest Division-leading San Antonio Spurs held off the Miami Heat 91-84 on Monday night. The Spurs, who won their third straight, only trailed once - and that was for a mere 31 seconds. San Antonio put five players in double figures, ran...
Breaking News From Minnesota
Franken on top in Minn. recount; Coleman to sue
A Minnesota board on Monday certified results showing Democrat Al Franken winning the state's U.S. Senate recount over Republican Norm Coleman, whose lawyer promised a legal challenge that probably will keep the race in limbo for months. The Canvassing Board's declaration started a seven-day clock for...