Robin's Nest

KATU In response to President Bush's call vote of Congress to lift the Federal ban on oil and Gas Drilling off American coast, Oregon governor Ted "tax and gauge me" Kulongoski [not surprisingly] was unmoved by the calls to open coastal waters to Oil Drilling. Kulongoski commented on Wednesday that it would be a " short sighted response to a long-term issue of creating a sustainable...

Fox News-- An executive order signed on Friday by President Bush which would require all Federal departments and agency's that use contractors in an effort to crack down on illegal immigration would be required to verify that the workers are eligible to work within the United States. The order came after a worker verification bill was stalled in Congress, which would have required employers...

The Registerguard- A committee of residents appointed earlier this year by mayor Sid Leiken with the help of the 11 member task force, has concluded that by charging everyone with a Springfield address fee for road maintenance dubbed " street preservation fee" of $1.75 per month could raise up to one million dollars annually. According to assistant public works Director Len Goodwin,...

KMTR- For lane county, Thursday was considered D-Day for some lane county employees as the county cuts 8% of its workforce as a result of Congress not renewing the $47,000,000 annual Federal timber payments. A short term solution was for Eugene and Springfield to swap County road funds for general fund money, keeping some county services intact however, under the new budget constraints,...

Chicago Tribune-- It seems like Senator Brock Obama for example has spent more time during this race for the presidency defending or more accurately apologizing for who he associated with as a child, his ministers bigmouth, and being knit picked for every stupid little thing. Most recently, it was the word "sweetie" in response to a female reporter's question to him. Obama remarked, ""Hold...

the Portland Tribune A controversial day labor site in the city of Portland on Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Everett street has been delayed from May 6 to June 16, 2008 in order to have time to organize the program, award contracts and work out a good neighbor agreement with nearby businesses. The program led by Mayor Tom Potter and the Portland city Council awarded...

BBC News The national academy of sciences has found that they can predict mistakes up to 30 seconds in advance by predicting patterns in our brain activity. The team is hoping to design an early Warning system that can be used for pilots and others in "critical situations". "We can measure the signaling give feedback to the user that your brain is in the state where decisions are not going...