Senator Wyden Sees Room For Improvement At Portland's VA Hospital

In the wake of the problems at the Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington DC, Portland's VA Hospital opened its doors for a tour Tuesday. Managers showed Senator Ron Wyden and reporters around. They conceded that like any large institution, the VA has problems.

Education as an enjoyable journey

Madeline Propert gives an affectionate pinch to student Michael Peollili's cheek in her reading and writing class. The other students are Ron Martin and Ali Rosa, whose father, Thomas, was in the first play Propert ever directed at Delsea Regional High School.

Provo man killed in scooter accident

A Provo man in his early 20s died Sunday after being hit on his motorized scooter Saturday morning near the campus of Brigham Young University. Police say the driver of a Honda Passport was turning left from University Parkway onto 500 East and didn't see Adam Cox on his scooter traveling in the opposite direction.

Reign Over Me: Adam Sandler Finally Nails a Somber Role
Adam Sandler plays a 9/11 widower and finally nails a somber role in Mike Binder's latest drama

FILM: Again With the Serious Face?
Like Spike Lees 25th Hour , writer-director Mike Binders Reign Over Me is less expressly about 9/11 than about how the city and its residents have tried (and in some cases failed) to reassemble lives in the aftermath.

Palm Beach County metro report
POLICE BLOTTER

Bluffton students return to a mourning campus

BLUFFTON, Ohio - Still reeling from a bus wreck that killed five college baseball players, students returning from spring break somberly shuffled to classes yesterday. "Usually everyone's upbeat," Bluffton University freshman Robert Simmons said. "It's been grim today.

Movie Review: Reign Over Me
Combined Rating: 71% (S:68%; P:75%) - REIGN OVER ME opens and closes with shots of the streets of New York City. As the people scurry through the maze, it is obvious that there are stories of pain and loss from September 11th still waiting to be told. This one however never quite feels real. Instead, it feels calculated and constructed which is made even sadder as it misses the emotional pay off ...

Provo man killed in scooter accident
A Provo man in his early 20s died Sunday after being hit on his motorized scooter Saturday morning near the campus of Brigham Young University. Police say the driver of a Honda Passport was turning left from University Parkway onto 500 East and didn't see Adam Cox on his scooter traveling in the opposite direction.

Personalities in abundance at Black trial
Fraud case full of flamboyant defense attorneys, confident prosecutors and star witnesses It could be a scene from "Law & Order."

Life gets even tougher after copter crash

Dania Hansen struggled through years of treatment for multiple types of cancer and eventually had to use a motorized scooter to get around and to walk her little white dog, Lily.

Healing begins at college that lost five players in bus crash
Just over a week ago, Ryan Baightel ushered his teammates out of the smoke-filled wreckage of their charter bus. On Monday night, the team captain led them into a memorial service to honor five Bluffton University players and the bus driver and his wife who were killed in the crash in Atlanta.

Man arrested on charge of vehicular homicide
Spokane Police arrested the driver of a minivan Tuesday night who allegedly struck and killed a teenager driving a small motorcycle on Spokanes north side.

Reign Over Me: Punch-drunk life
Adam Sandler gets serious for 9/11... By Curt Holman.

Final Salute: Mother never let adversity deter her

Sitting around their mother's dining room table in Battle Ground, Anita Edgerton's four daughters kept each other laughing with tales of Edgerton's legendary shopping trips, her shaky sense of direction and her sharp tongue.

Huntington volunteers say no parking anytime
On a bright but cold morning recently, Janis Kaiser patrolled Huntington village in her specially equipped van looking for people who park illegally in handicapped parking spaces.

The perennial court jester, Sandler can' quite carry drama of 'Reign'
REIGN OVER ME, written and directed by Mike Binder, 122 minutes, rated R.

Summerville principal to retire from beloved alma mater
SUMMERVILLE - With nearly 3,500 students, roughly 200 faculty members and a top-notch athletic program, Summerville High School often resembles a college in size, stature and tradition.

College mourns crash victims

BLUFFTON Bluffton University baseball players A.J. and Mike Ramthun walked with their teammates into a packed gym for a somber memorial service Monday night, some carrying candles to a makeshift altar, while others just struggled to reach their seats.

Life gets even tougher after copter crash
Dania Hansen struggled through years of treatment for multiple types of cancer and eventually had to use a motorized scooter to get around and to walk her little white dog, Lily.

Lochte Has Been A Threat to Himself, But Also to His Foes
U.S. swimmer Ryan Lochte remains in relative obscurity as he has the misfortune of specializing in the same events as Michael Phelps and Aaron Piersol.

Local Briefly
STANWOOD - A celebration of the life of Drew Brooks, who died last weekend in a car accident, is scheduled for 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday near Lake Goodwin.

Sandler, Cheadle deliver a moving masterpiece

Last year, some wondered if the based-on-real-life films "United 93" and "World Trade Center" were coming too soon after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. They worried about the movies opening wounds and causing pain.

No pain, no 'Reign'
In Reign Over Me, a scruffy Adam Sandler bears a strong resemblance to the midcareer Bob Dylan. His performance as a sad and lost man is occasionally as poignant as one of the heart-wrenching songs on Dylan's seminal 1975 album Blood on the Tracks. Indeed, music from that era plays a big part in the film.

Healing begins at college that lost five players in bus crash

Just over a week ago, Ryan Baightel ushered his teammates out of the smoke-filled wreckage of their charter bus. On Monday night, the team captain led them into a memorial service to honor five Bluffton University players and the bus driver and his wife who were killed in the crash in Atlanta.

Somber Return To Classes At School That Lost 5 Students In Crash
Still reeling from a bus wreck that killed five college baseball players, students returning from spring break somberly shuffled to classes Monday.

Young adults learn there's no such thing as free money

In an age of rampant personal debt, giving teenagers a credit card of their own seems a lot like handing them a cinderblock as they step into a swimming pool.

Man sought for posing as officer
East Pennsboro Twp. police yesterday released surveillance pictures of a man who claimed he was a police officer when he confronted a woman and her granddaughter last week in the Giant Food Store at Pennsboro Commons.

Life gets even tougher after copter crash
Dania Hansen struggled through years of treatment for multiple types of cancer and eventually had to use a motorized scooter to get around and to walk her little white dog, Lily.

Movie Review: Reign Over Me
Combined Rating: 71% (S:68%; P:75%) - REIGN OVER ME opens and closes with shots of the streets of New York City. As the people scurry through the maze, it is obvious that there are stories of pain and loss from September 11th still waiting to be told. This one however never quite feels real. Instead, it feels calculated and constructed which is made even sadder as it misses the emotional pay off ...

The perennial court jester, Sandler can' quite carry drama of 'Reign'
REIGN OVER ME, written and directed by Mike Binder, 122 minutes, rated R.

Swim instructor has long history with Albion College

ALBION The Kalamazoo River is a constant in the life of Betty Beese.

Community on guard
Continuing coverage of the hunt for the man who police say tried to lure a child into his vehicle.

Sandler 'reigns over' his latest movie
If I wanted to talk about an Oscar nomination for Adam Sandler, would you stop reading right now?

Man arrested on charge of vehicular homicide

Spokane Police arrested the driver of a minivan Tuesday night who allegedly struck and killed a teenager driving a small motorcycle on Spokanes north side.

Good acting is the rule in 'Reign'
THE UNOFFICIAL Adam Sandler Project is an effort by a group of Hollywood writer-directors -- with all the ego that hyphen implies -- to exploit Sandler's undeniable screen presence, while redirecting his acting energies from autistic to artistic. By placing Sandler's character in counterpoint to the world we know as normal, that world is turned upside down. Crazy becomes the new normal.

Public safety log
People arrested are innocent unless proved otherwise in court. Initial charges often change as a case progresses. Chasing their car The owner of a 1995 Honda Accord heard his car being stolen at about 4 a.m. today from the 1600 block of Tudor Way S.E.

Students get lessons in disabilities

The barriers that face people in wheelchairs may be clearer to third-grade students at Riverside Elementary thanks to a project started this month, some of those involved said Tuesday.