KATUBADDA, Sri Lanka -- Two roadside bus bombings -- one blamed on the rebel Tamil Tigers -- killed at least 23 people and injured more than 70 in Sri Lanka Friday, authorities said.Bombing of the first bus came at the height of rush hour commuting at Moratuwa near the capital of Colombo, killing 21 people and injuring 64, officials said. Hours later, a second bomb, planted in the central hill country near Katugastota, killed two ... [full story]

JAKARTA -- The search continued Friday for five European scuba divers who disappeared in the waters of Komodo National Park in Indonesia.The group included three Britons, all living in Indonesia and involved in diving, and women from France and Sweden, The Telegraph reported.One of the missing divers, Kathleen Mitchison, runs a turtle sanctuary and diving school with her husband, Ernest Lewandowski. Lewandowski, who was leading another dive party nearby when his wife vanished Thursday, said ... [full story]

ATLANTA -- Sickness blamed on salmonella-tainted tomatoes jumped to 228 cases Friday with six new states added, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. The CDC found 61 new cases of Salmonella Saintpaul infection in Florida, Georgia, Missouri, New York, Tennessee and Vermont. That brings to 23 the number of states in which infections have been confirmed since mid-April, CNN reported.Some restaurants and grocery stores removed tomatoes from their inventories after reports of the ... [full story]

SALEM, Ore. – A 24-year old Salem man was apprehended by sheriff’s deputies early Saturday morning as he was gathering items from a south Salem home after he allegedly entered the residence’s garage, climbed into the attic, and cut a hole in a bathroom celing.   Sean T. Kirk - MCJ photo  According to a Marion County Sheriff’s Office news release, an alarm of the home in the 3200 block of Inland Drive South sounded shortly after ... [full story]

BEND, Ore. – A 34-year old Bend man was taken into custody and charged with driving drunk, hit-and-run and other crimes after he allegedly smashed his pickup into several mailboxes in the Tumalo area north of Bend, Oregon, then fled on foot before being apprehended Tuesday evening.   Kyle Anthony Dotson - DCJ photo  Deschutes County Sheriff’s Lt. Shane Nelson said deputies received a report about a hit-and-run incident involving a Chevrolet pickup and some mailboxes in ... [full story]

BEND, Ore. – A 40-year old Bend man was arrested early Sunday morning after police say he allegedly broke several bones in his wife’s face by hitting and kicking her, and by menacing and striking her with a firearm.   Jesse William Patterson - DCJ photo  CERT, Central Oregon Emergency Response Team – the area’s version of SWAT – was eventually called in to arrest Jesse William Patterson when a search warrant was obtained for 63010 Tuscany ... [full story]

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]

BEND, Ore. – A 24-year old Bend man was shot and injured during an altercation at a southeast Bend apartment complex parking lot Saturday night, police reported. Davin Wagner of 1707 SE Tempest  was transported to the hospital by private vehicle about 8:30 p.m., June 7, Bend Police Lt. Ken Stenkamp wrote in a news release. The investigation is continuing, and police offered few details into the incident although an acquaintance of the victim told ... [full story]

BEND, Ore. -- Larry Huhn has been promoted to Fire Chief by City Manager Eric King. Huhn replaces the retiring Larry Langston, whose last day as chief is slated for June 15.   Larry Huhn has been named the new Fire Chief by Bend City Manager Eric King - submitted photo  “Larry Huhn brings the type of leadership the Fire Department needs at this time,” said newly King. “He’s the ideal candidate to continue the tradition of ... [full story]

NEW YORK -- Hillary Clinton is the "chalk" -- the favorite -- to receive the Democratic vice presidential nomination, according to an online betting service.Intrade Tuesday was calling Clinton the leader, at least in the minds of online bettors, to be Barack Obama's running mate on what would be the much-discussed Democratic "dream ticket."The newspaper said the action on Intrade pegged Clinton with a 21 percent chance of running with Obama compared to Sen. James ... [full story]