Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Father’s Day Weekend Youth Angling Event at Century Pond drew close to 100 participants. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife stocked 400 legal-sized and 100 trophy-sized rainbow trout into Century Pond and ODFW staff and volunteers were present to assist kids learning to fish and or improve their existing skills. “The event was a good time for the kids and seemed to be appreciated by fathers and mothers ... [full story]

BAYTOWN, Texas - A Texas woman trying to keep her car died when dragged by the tow truck her ex-husband sent to get the vehicle. Investigators in Harris County say Cathy Deemer apparently suffered a fatal head injury Saturday night, the Houston Chronicle reported. "We didn't get along, that's no secret," her ex-husband, Oda Soileau, said. "Who intends for something like this to happen? I didn't." Soileau and Deemer had a stormy relationship that included ... [full story]

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Winds whipped a California wildfire past a fire break Tuesday, sending residents of one hamlet fleeing and hurting firefighters' efforts to contain the blaze. Even before the 2,730-acre wildfire near Lake Tahoe jumped the fire line, officials had expected it would take until Sunday to fully contain the fire, which had consumed almost 200 houses and 75 other structures, the Tahoe Daily Tribune reported. The Angora fire, which began Sunday, ... [full story]

WASHINGTON - A federal judge who approved wiretaps for terrorism suspects defended the judicial review of applications for such eavesdropping. U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth Saturday described cases in which judges supervising wiretap applications under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act approved applications, including Sept. 11, 2001, when he happened to be driving by the Pentagon, The Washington Post reported. "My car was engulfed in smoke, and I couldn't move," Lamberth said in an address ... [full story]

BOSTON - A Boston woman admitted Tuesday she lied about her son being shot by intruders, admitting the 8-year-old boy was killed by his cousin. Lakeisha Gadson, speaking to reporters outside her home, said LaQuarrie Jefferson's shooting was accidental, the Boston Herald reported. She originally said three masked men broke in Sunday night. The shooting now is believed to have occurred while the two boys were playing with an illegal gun they had found in ... [full story]

A 26-year old Redmond man was transported to the hospital by helicopter after he was rescued from the bottom of a steep 200-foot embankment leading down to the Clackamas River east of Estacada on Monday evening, deputies reported. Danny Russell Crane was negotiating the side of a steep bank near milepost 24 of Highway 224 with a friend in order to get down to the Clackamas River below when the earth collapsed beneath their feet ... [full story]

The Oregon Air National Guard announced that an F-15 jet fighter has crashed about 35 miles off the Oregon Coast this afternoon. The plane from the 142nd Fighter Wing Oregon Air National Guard was on a training mission out of Portland Air Base when it went down west of Cannon Beach about 1:35 p.m. Tuesday. Search and rescue operations are underway by United States Coast Guard personnel from North Bend and Astoria. The aircraft was ... [full story]

ST. CHARLES, Mo. - Accused killer Christopher Vaughn will remain in Missouri at least another month before he is extradited to Illinois to face charges he massacred his family. Christopher Vaughn Vaughn remained jailed in St. Charles County Tuesday as prosecutors and defense attorneys huddled to work out plans for a full extradition hearing. Vaughn, 32, is charged in Illinois with shooting his wife and three children earlier this month inside a van near ... [full story]

WASHINGTON - U.S. President George Bush Tuesday pushed for adoption of an immigration reform measure before Congress, saying the current system "isn't working." Bush, speaking at an immigration reform briefing at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, said most Americans understand the current system needs reform and efforts to fix it in 1986 failed. "The first thing that we've got to recognize in the country is that the system isn't working," Bush said, calling for something ... [full story]

A 21-year old Eugene man died in surgery after the rifle his friend was carrying accidentally went off, striking him in the back after an evening of shooting and fishing on an Oregon coastal lake, police reported. Oregon State Police (OSP) detectives, in conjunction with the Lane County District Attorney’s Office are continuing the investigating into the death of Weston Schoener.  Police said that a group of four friends returned to a private dock on ... [full story]