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GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - The Oregon man accused of killing his
wife and four children and setting their house on fire has
recovered enough to leave the hospital, and was immediately jailed
on aggravated murder allegations. Police say 51-year-old Jordan
Adam Criado was able to walk yesterday when he left the Rogue
Valley Medical Center in Medford and was taken to jail. He suffered
smoke inhalation in the July 18 blaze.

OAKRIDGE, Ore. (AP) - The Oakridge City Council has voted to
borrow $500,000 to help pay city bills. The council last night also
decided not to immediately fire City Administrator Gordon Zimmerman
over the financial problems. The council also voted for an outside
review of the city's finances during an emotional meeting at a hot
Oakridge High School auditorium. There were sporadic catcalls and
burst of applause from the audience of more than 100.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A 12-year-old girl who was struck by a car
while crossing the street to check the family mailbox has died at a
Portland hospital. The Oregon State Police say Kayla Campos died at
Oregon Health and Science University yesterday morning. The girl
was trying to cross Oregon Route 211 on Tuesday afternoon when she
was struck by a car. An investigation into the crash is ongoing.

GARIBALDI, Ore. (AP) - Oregon State Police say an 81-year-old
Vancouver, Wash., bicyclist has been killed in a collision with a
loaded log trailer on U.S. Highway 101 on the Oregon coast north of
Garibaldi. Sgt. Greg Plummer says the victim in yesterday's crash
was described as an experienced cyclist who was riding with his
47-year-old son. The victim was identified last night as Dale
Delane Beacock.

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Police found nearly 500 stolen commemorative
coins hidden in a boat when they served a search warrant at a home
in Eugene yesterday. The Register Guard reports the coins were part
of nearly 3,000 coins that were in a trailer stolen July 28 from
outside a medical clinic in Eugene. The whereabouts of the
remaining coins is unknown. Police say each coin is worth about $3.
Police arrested a 42-year-old man on charges of theft,
methamphetamine possession and being a felon in possession of a
firearm.

SEATTLE (AP) - The Seattle Mariners have released Jack Cust
after he was designated for assignment late last week. The
designated hitter never developed into the left-handed power hitter
Seattle hoped when they signed him to a one-year deal in the
offseason. Cust hit just .213 with three homers in 67 games,
eventually being relegated to the bench. The Mariners also optioned
outfielder Greg Halman to Triple-A Tacoma yesterday.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The Oregon Department of Transportation is
testing half-mile markers along state Highway 217 and U.S. 26 in
the Portland area. The Oregonian reports that posting signs every
half-mile should help drivers give specific information in an
emergency and improve accident statistics.

SWEET HOME, Ore. (AP) - Police in Sweet Home are wearing video
cameras. The portable cameras are about the size of a pager and
clip onto shirts. The police cams record officer actions, and the
video could be used as evidence. KVAL reports officers say the
visible camera on uniforms has helped control several situations
that could have escalated out of control.

BEAVERTON, Ore. (AP) - A collision near Beaverton, Ore.,
involving a minivan and an ambulance has left the van driver
hospitalized in critical condition. However, the ambulance
paramedics and their 90-year-old patient fared much better.
Washington County sheriff's Sgt. David Thompson says 51-year-old
Beth Caulfield of Beaverton was reported in critical condition last
night at a Portland-area hospital. The crash happened yesterday
afternoon.

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - A Klamath Falls man has been sentenced to
more than three years in prison after pleading guilty to criminally
negligent homicide in a March 16 fatal crash on Oregon's Willamette
Pass. Prosecutors say 27-year-old Sean O'Kelly was driving too fast
in icy conditions, lacked required traction devices and was under
the influence of drugs when his van slid into the path of an
oncoming tanker truck. Passenger Leah Kentta was killed in the
crash.

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) - Oregon State University has been named
one of the greenest universities in the nation. OSU says it was the
only university in Oregon to be named to the Princeton Review's
2012 Green Rating Honor Roll. OSU was one of 16 universities
nationwide to get the highest score possible on the review's rating
for commitment to sustainability and environmental responsibility.

NEW YORK (AP) - Oklahoma is the preseason No. 1 in the USA Today
football coaches' poll. The Sooners received 42 of 59 first-place
votes to easily top No. 2 Alabama, which received 13 first-place
votes. Oregon, which lost last season's BCS championship game, is
third and LSU is fourth. The Ducks and Tigers will open the season
against each other at Cowboys Stadium on Sept. 3 in Arlington,
Texas. They each received two first-place votes in the coaches'
poll. Florida State is fifth, then Stanford, Boise State, Oklahoma
State, Texas A&M and Wisconsin.

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