BEND, Ore. — A 45-year old man from Bend, Oregon was sentenced Tuesday in Eugene to more than four years in prison for possessing over 600 images of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct that he obtained via the Internet, officials reported.   Bruce Kevin Moody - LCJ photo  Bruce Kevin Moody, 45, pleaded guilty on September 27, 2007 to knowingly possessing computer disks and data storage media, which contained visual depictions of actual minors engaged in ... [full story]

WASHINGTON -- Iran's nuclear program and Israeli-Palestinian relations are topics expected to be aired by U.S President George Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert."He and the president are good friends and they talk a lot about a range of issues, and they often have a little bit of one-on-one time," White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said.Olmert was in Washington to address the annual American-Israel Public Affairs Committee convention and meet with Bush Wednesday, CNN ... [full story]

TORONTO -- A Toronto Transit Commission bus driver was fired after police found his blood alcohol level was allegedly three times over the limit while he was working.A frightened passenger called 911 Tuesday morning saying it appeared the driver was drunk, the Toronto Sun reported Wednesday.Transit control radioed the driver to pull over, but after all of his passengers fled at one stop, he continued until police were able to pull him over, the Toronto ... [full story]

MOSCOW, Ind. -- Weather forecasters warn an outbreak of violent thunderstorms over the Midwest Tuesday could be followed by much more serious storms Thursday.At least six people were injured and several homes were destroyed in southern Indiana while heavy rain and lightning strikes sparked a huge fire at a petroleum tank farm and flooded roads around Kansas City Tuesday night, Accuweather.com reported. No one was reported injured in the fuel tank blaze in Kansas City, ... [full story]

WASHINGTON -- While Barack Obama wants to focus on the U.S. presidential election, his advisers say they know they must first consider Hillary Clinton and her supporters.Clinton let it be known she would be open to being his running mate before primaries in Montana and South Dakota ended Tuesday. Obama received enough delegate support to clinch the Democratic presidential nomination.Clinton, speaking from her home state of New York Tuesday night, said she wasn't making any ... [full story]

NEW YORK -- This is a transcript of U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton's remarks before supporters in New York following the Montana and South Dakota primaries:Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you all so much. Thank you, and thanks so much to South Dakota. You had the last word in this primary season, and it was worth the wait. (APPLAUSE)I want to start tonight by congratulating Senator and his supporters on the extraordinary race that ... [full story]

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The following are U.S. Sen. Barack Obama's remarks before supporters in St. Paul, Minn., following the Montana and South Dakota primaries.Sixteen months have passed since we first stood together on the steps of the Old State Capitol in Springfield, Illinois. Thousands of miles have been traveled; millions of voices have been heard. And because of what you said, because you decided that change must come to Washington, because you believed that ... [full story]

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- A bomb exploded Wednesday along a railway track in Sri Lanka, causing minor injuries to 17 people in a train as it passed.The incident occurred in a suburb of the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo, the LankaPage reported.Police spokesman Ranjith Gunasekera said a man tried to throw a parcel at a commuter train traveling from Panadura toward Colombo but was deterred by people in the area who began screaming, the report ... [full story]

NAIROBI, Kenya -- U.S. Sen Barack Obama's crossing the delegate threshold for the Democratic presidential nominee touched off celebrations in Kenya, home of Obama's father."I'm excited ... because he's a Kenyan. He's a half Kenyan," a woman in Nairobi told CNN.Obama is popular across the African country, especially in western Kenya where many of his relatives live.Kenyans danced and drank Senator Keg Lager, which was nicknamed "Obama Beer" in honor of the freshman senator from ... [full story]

ABYEI, Sudan -- Central Sudan has become a battleground for rival troops from the north and the south, a United Nations official says.The country is teetering on the brink of resuming its 20-year civil war, David Gressley, U.N. regional coordinator for South Sudan, told the BBC. Forces from the north and south have clashed recently over the oil-rich region surrounding Abyei, which both sides claim. About 50,000 people fled heavy fighting in the village in ... [full story]