FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - FBI officials said a man who was rescued after he plunged from a cruise ship that departed from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., appeared to be heavily intoxicated. FBI spokeswoman Judy Orihuela said Scott Durrin had been drinking with three friends for several hours Sunday on the Carnival Liberty when the group left the boat's casino area and tried t6o get into a lifeboat, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported Monday. "He took the ... [full story]

RALEIGH, N.C. - The North Carolina prosecutor who brought charges against three Duke University lacrosse players resigned Monday. Mike Nifong, who has been disbarred, submitted a letter to a Superior Court judge resigning from the Durham district attorney's job, the Raleigh, N.C., News & Observer reported. Nifong faces contempt charges for allegedly lying about DNA evidence in the case against the lacrosse players accused of rape, the newspaper reported. The state attorney general dropped the ... [full story]

BOISE, Idaho - An air ambulance worker in Idaho was nearly killed when a shattered window at 20,000 feet temporarily sucked part of his upper body out of a plane. Critical-care nurse Chris Fogg said that during a routine flight, his entire head and right arm were sucked out of a two-engine plane's window after it suddenly broke, The Seattle Times said Monday. "My left hand was on the ceiling and was holding me in, ... [full story]

WASHINGTON - Funds in the presidential campaign of U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., are down to $2 million and 50 campaign workers have been laid off outside Washington. McCain was in Iraq Monday as aides announced the campaign that employs about 150 people had raised $11.2 million in the past three months, which fell short of the $13 million in the previous quarter, The New York Times reported Tuesday. "The decisions we made today were ... [full story]

A 20-year old Wilsonville man has been arrested for the alleged rape, sodomy, and sexual abuse of two teenage girls he befriended on MySpace.com, deputies reported yesterday. Clackamas County Sheriff’s deputies said that Kyle James Green is believed to have specifically targeted underage girls on the internet, in public libraries, and through introductions from acquaintances.    Kyle James Green - CCSO photo Green was taken into custody on June 25 and lodged in the Clackamas County Jail ... [full story]

Oregon Human Trafficking Task Force Refers Information Regarding Minor Victim Involved in Production of Child Pornography PORTLAND, Ore.  – Charles Ross, Jr., 25, was sentenced to 180 months imprisonment following his guilty plea to one count of Production of Child Pornography.  U.S. District Court Judge Garr M. King ordered that Ross serve a term of 5 years on supervised release following the completion of his prison term. Law enforcement officers from Immigration and Customs Enforcement ... [full story]

Congressman to hold roundtable talks with Meth Action Coalition Congressman Greg Walden (R-Ore.) will visit Central Oregon for a speaking engagement with the Redmond Rotary and for a roundtable meeting with the Deschutes County Meth Action Coalition (MAC). Congressman Walden will be in the midst of a District swing during the Independence Day District Work Period. On Tuesday, July 3 he will be in southern Oregon to conduct town halls in Medford and Grants Pass. ... [full story]

Flags to be lowered Monday, July 2 and Tuesday, July 3 in honor of Spc. Joseph Kenny and Spc. Dominic Nathaniel Rodriguez Governor Ted Kulongoski has ordered all flags at public institutions be flown at half-staff on Monday, July 2 and Tuesday, July 3, in memory of Spc. Joseph Kenny and Spc. Dominic Nathaniel Rodriguez. Kenny, 20, of Veneta, and Rodriguez, 23, of Klamath Falls, both died on Saturday, June 22. Kenny died in Mosul, Iraq and ... [full story]

Si Chan Wooh, a former senior officer of SSI International, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc. until 2006, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division announced today. Wooh pleaded guilty at a hearing Friday before U.S. District Judge Garr King at U.S. District Court in Portland, Ore.  Wooh has agreed to cooperate with the Justice Department ... [full story]

Oregon Attorney General Hardy Myers on Friday announced the conviction of Carrie Ann Bowers on four counts of first-degree theft. Bowers was convicted in Lane County Circuit Court after a year-long investigation of diversion of prescription medications from three different Eugene long term care facilities where she had worked as a registered nurse. The investigation was prompted by a report that Bowers was fired from a facility for ordering unnecessary pain medication for residents. Allegedly, ... [full story]