FBI Tipped off to investigate alleged bombing attempt
A Somali-born naturalized U.S. Citizen will be in a Portland courtroom this afternoon facing terrorism charges after a failed bombing attempt Friday night. FBI officials say they began investigating Mohamed Osman Mohamud after receiving a tip in June. Mohamud dialed a cell phone during a Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony in Portland and was immediately arrested by authorities. He thought the call was going to detonate a bomb in a van parked nearby. FBI agents said it wasn’t a bomb, it was dummy explosives they had supplied to the Corvallis teen. The claim Mohamud planned every aspect of the attempt, including where to place the van for “maximum casualties”. In a separate incident over the weekend, the Corvallis Mosque attended occasionally by Mohamud was the target of what officials are saying was an arson-caused blaze.
Peace Harbor Hospice will host their annual “Light Up a Life Celebration” Saturday December 11th at the Florence Events Center. Hospice Director Glen Thelin says in addition to being a fund raiser, it’s a time to remember friends and family members who have passed away in the previous year.
210 – “For each donation they get a star. There’s a celebration that’s an hour and a half, Saturday December 11th. Those stars are then placed on a holiday tree at the Florence Events Center and during the celebration there’s a reading of those names.”
Thelin stresses that it truly is a celebration and anyone is welcome.
Negotiations between commercial crabbers and processors were suspended late last week after the two sides failed to agree on an opening price for the season set to open this week. Crabbers are seeking $1.75 a pound, the same price they received to begin the season last year. However, processors are seeking lower prices. Further talks are expected this week… crabbers can begin pulling pots Wednesday. The majority of the catch is usually sold during the month of December.
Nearly 200 pounds of turkey, along with all the trimmings were served up Thanksgiving Day as about 260 people enjoyed the Community Thanksgiving Dinner. Organizer Kathleen Forbes said about 40 volunteers, mostly Kiwanis Club Members, set up, prepared and served the dinner that was open to everyone.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Springfield authorities have arrested a
28-year-old man in the death of an 18-year-old woman. Police say
officers found Allison Rachael Archibald with "obvious trauma to
her body" early Sunday after a passer-by reported a dispute
between a man and a woman on a Fairview Drive sidewalk. The
Register-Guard says Robert Darnell Boyd was later arrested and
charged with murder. He's being held at Lane County Jail.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Rather than name its new rescue boat in
honor of a former firefighter, the Portland Fire Bureau is
remembering two children tossed into the Willamette River by their
mother. Four-year-old Eldon Smith drowned on May 23, 2009. His
sister, Trinity Smith, survived. The new $400,000 boat will be
named Eldon Trinity. The Oregonian says now-8-year-old Trinity will
help dedicate it on Dec. 7.
ASHLAND, Ore. (AP) - Let others gorge on shopping sprees. An
Oregon town's post-Thanksgiving parade focused on giving and
recycling. Ashland's Festival of Light parade was held Friday, the
same day shoppers nationwide flocked to stores to buy discounted
holiday gifts. Boy Scouts are encouraging people to recycle their
Christmas trees after the holiday season. A parade ended with Santa
switching on more than a million lights.
CONWAY, Ark. (AP) - A linguistics professor at the University of
Central Arkansas is working to help save the endangered language of
an American Indian tribe. Professor Tim Thornes -- who once lived
in Oregon -- has spent 16 years trying to help save the Northern
Paiute, (peye-OOT') a language spoken by members of the Burns
Paiute tribe who live mostly in northern Nevada and eastern Oregon.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A man who was charged with helping run a
marijuana farm in Grant County is scheduled to be sentenced
Thursday in federal court in Portland. The Oregonian reports Sergio
Hernandez-Escalera of Roosevelt, Wash., will probably be deported
to Mexico after his prison term.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Eugene police are trying to identify a
bicyclist who ran away from a collision with a car and took off his
pants. KVAL reports the man in his 40s was hospitalized with a
serious head injury after the mishap late Saturday. Police found
him an hour later wearing only underwear and a sweat shirt.
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey Nets scored a 98-96 win over
Portland last night, the Trail Blazers' third straight loss. The
two teams traded the lead five times during the fourth quarter,
before Devon Harris hit a three-pointer with 1:11 to go. Reserve
Wesley Matthews scored 25 points for the Blazers.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
College Football:
Despite clinching a second straight Pac-10 Championship and at the least a guaranteed return to the Rose Bowl the Oregon Ducks have their sights set higher. Oregon trailed at the half Friday night against Arizona, but took the lead for good on an 85-yard touchdown run by Josh Huff and rolled to a 48-29 win in Eugene. The latest BCS Rankings dropped The Ducks to number two behind Auburn… just two-ten thousandths of a point separate the two teams.
Stanford moved up to number four in the BCS rankings after throttling Oregon State 38-nothing in Palo Alto Saturday evening. Andrew Luck threw four touchdown passes to set a single-season school record. The loss leaves the Beavers at 5-and-6 overall with one game remaining to become bowl eligible… that’s Saturday afternoon at Reser Stadium against the number two ranked Oregon Ducks.
College Basketball:
Kyle Singler had 30 points and five rebounds to lead Number One Duke to a 98-71 victory over Oregon Saturday afternoon at the Rose Garden in Portland. Singler’s younger brother E.J. Singler scored 14 points, all in the second half for Oregon.
Oregon State survived a lackluster first half in Washington DC and used a 17-2 second half run to pull away from Howard University 84-74 Saturday.
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