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The latest round of peace talks between the Israelis and Palestinians is starting off much like similar endeavors in the past, but the Obama administration hopes that this time, the outcome will be different.

Direct peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians will start Thursday as President Barack Obama urged both sides to come up with a peaceful solution to the long running Mideast conflict.

With Wednesday's announcement that it will be revamping its web TV offerings, Apple has made its most serious push into an emerging, and increasingly crowded, field.

I come from a small-ish town in Oklahoma where we've never met a vegetable we couldn't fry and the only things more super-sized than our portions are the huge church complexes that alternate with fast-food restaurants along our roads.

It's back-to-school time, which means some in the media have gone back to asking: "What's wrong with our schools? And how can we fix it?"

County Clerk Colleen Setzer was issued an order Friday to show cause before the Siskiyou County Superior Court as to why she should not be ordered to put Measure A back on November’s ballot.

EUGENE — An expert witness for the prosecution testified Tuesday that Islamic charities based in Saudi Arabia, including the one an Oregon tree surgeon is accused of smuggling money for, were regular conduits of funding to Muslim fighters in the...

Has Queen Amidala turned to the dark side?

Laramie Torres' promises of love and threats of abandonment kept his child victim silent for four long years as he groomed, manipulated and ultimately raped her.

Congressman Greg Walden has asked Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood for details on the Federal Aviation Administration investigation into Mercy Flights' promotional material that led to a $30,000 fine.

EUGENE — A prosecution witness testified Wednesday in the trial of an Ashland man accused of smuggling money to Muslim fighters in Chechnya that the Islamic charity they both worked for subscribed to a harsh form of the faith and distributed Qurans...

Having surpassed its goal to raise more than $500,000 to found a community-owned grocery store, the Medford Food Co-op will kick off interior renovations today at its future home on South Riverside Avenue.

Firefighters have extinguished the Oak Knoll fire and the smoke has cleared over the 11 houses burned, but the psychological effects of the disaster remain, said Ashland Fire & Rescue chaplain Mark Anderson.

Three people died after Typhoon Kompasu hit central South Korea Thursday morning, the Yonhap News Agency reported.

Police arrested rapper T.I. and his wife in California after they were allegedly found in possession of a controlled substance.

Authorities gave an "all clear" early Thursday after sweeping the headquarters of the Discovery Channel in Silver Spring, Maryland, where police shot and killed a man who was holding three hostages.

Greece has imposed a nationwide ban on smoking in enclosed public and private workplaces under a new slogan "cut smoking, gain life."

A jobless recovery? Hardly.

In the first two days back from his Martha's Vineyard family vacation, President Obama gave two speeches on two important subjects.

An extra in "Transformers 3" was seriously injured in Indiana on Wednesday evening during the filming of a scene for the upcoming movie, authorities said