Eugene (Oregon)

With NBC part of his past, Conan O'Brien is in talks with Fox for a new late-night show. The next few months could keep Conan O'Brien very busy.

Oregon terminates the contract of men's basketball coach Ernie Kent. Ernie Kent, the winningest coach in Oregon history, was dismissed Tuesday after 13 seasons with his alma mater.

Arkansas-Pine Bluff went everywhere, finally reached destination _ NCAA tournament vs Winthrop. Boulder. Denver. El Paso. Akron. Tempe. Ann Arbor. Atlanta. Stillwater. Columbia. Eugene.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former late-night talk show host Conan O'Brien on Thursday unveiled plans to poke fun at being barred from television in a live comedy show that will tour U.S. and Canadian theaters starting next month.

Without a TV show, Conan O'Brien taking his show on 30-city tour beginning next month. Without a TV show to do every night, Conan O'Brien is taking his act on the road.

Without a TV show, Conan O'Brien taking his show on 30-city tour beginning next month. Without a TV show to do every night, Conan O'Brien is taking his act on the road.

US goaltender's relative chooses cousin over country in matchup with his fellow Canadians. Cousin over country.

Buy and hold strategy is not dead . I was reading an article recently that was asking if investors will ever trust Wall Street again. The author noted that the market's turbulence hasn't just destroyed wealth; it's also shattered our faith in the financial system itself.

Tension fills liberal Oregon campus as extremist group intensifies its anti-Jewish message. The students stomped their feet, heckled and then stood and turned their backs as the speaker at the University of Oregon defended red-baiting Sen. Joseph McCarthy and called Martin Luther King Jr. a communist dupe.

Total for Oregon tax measure campaigns top $8M with 2 weeks before Jan. 26 special election. With less than two weeks to go before a special election, more than $8 million has already gone into the political battle over a pair of tax measures that would boost rates for corporations and wealthy Oregonians.

Feds reopen case of Alaska whistleblower who died days after Forest Service job was eliminated. Federal prosecutors who look into the treatment of whistleblowers are reopening the case of an Alaska wildlife biologist who successfully sued the U.S. Forest Service and died of a heart attack days after his job was eliminated.

Oregon's cell phone ban has loophole, police expect challenges from some drivers. Beginning New Year's Day, Oregon police officers may hear some arguing when they start pulling motorists over for violating a new law banning them from talking on hand-held cell phones while driving.

Several batches of "filberts" pulled . Whole Foods Market is recalling several batches of organic raw hazelnuts, also known as "filberts," that were sold in bulk to stores in several states, including California, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and Washington. The popular upscale supermarket chain, in a recorded announcement, said the hazelnuts were recalled due to possible contamination with Salmonella.

RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - Usain Bolt and Tyson Gay, the world's two fastest men ever over 100 meters, will race in New York, London and Brussels next year, athletics sources told Reuters on Wednesday.

Usain Bolt, Tyson Gay set for 3 sprint showdowns in 2010 at elite Diamond League meets. Sprint stars Usain Bolt of Jamaica and Tyson Gay of the United States will race each other at least three times at elite Diamond League meets next year.

13 charged in $19M Central Oregon bank fraud. The collapse of a Bend real estate development company has resulted in charges against 13 people in what prosecutors say is the largest Oregon fraud case to emerge from the national real estate boom and bust.

13 charged with mortgage and loan fraud arising from collapse of Oregon development company. A federal grand jury in Eugene has indicted 13 people on mortgage and loan fraud charges arising from the collapse of a central Oregon development company.

USC takes tumble to No. 22 in AP rankings, Stanford soars after crushing Trojans 55-21. After another humiliating loss, Southern California tumbled to its worst ranking since Pete Carroll's Trojans began their run as one of college football's best programs in 2002.

Oregon police dog mistakenly bites wrong man while intruder flees. A Eugene man fighting a home intruder to defend his mother and young children was bitten by a police dog after officers mistook him for the prowler they had been chasing through the neighborhood. Tim Crossan told The Register-Guard he broke his hand on the intruder's face during the fight, just before police burst in and sent the dog after him.

FBI: 4 shots fired overnight at Eugene, Ore., federal courthouse; 3 hit congressman's windows. Three shots fired at a federal courthouse in Oregon late Wednesday or early Thursday hit windows in U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio's office, while a fourth shot hit a wall above the office, the FBI said.