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COOS BAY — The Department of Energy has awarded $4 million to a Seattle company for a wind power demonstration project off Coos Bay. The World reports ( http://bit.ly/VXxI9O ) Principle Power plans to install wind turbines on five floating foundations 15 miles offshore.

PORTLAND — The father of the 11-year-old Portland boy accused of attempted robbery was arraigned Wednesday on a charge of endangering a child by allowing access to a firearm. Joseph D.

SPRINGFIELD — A Persian cat breeder who stands accused of throwing two of her animals into the Willamette River has agreed to work with police to find homes for her other cats.

A Eugene woman died this morning after she was struck by a van and hospitalized on Tuesday evening, police said. Police identified the victim as Jolene Louise Parrish, 58.

More than three months after police raided his Eugene medical marijuana club and arrested him, the owner of the now-shuttered business was formally charged today with racketeering, money laundering and illegally growing and selling pot.

A University of Oregon Police Department investigation has resulted in the citing of a UO undergraduate for three recent incidents of campus graffiti and vandalism, the UO said.

Eugene’s new city hall will be located right where the old one is following a split decision by city councilors Wednesday.

Eugene city councilors on Wednesday approved a revised city ordinance that will allow temporary huts to be used at city-approved vehicle campsites for homeless people. It will take about a week to write and adopt the necessary administrative rules for the revised ordinance to take effect.

NEW YORK — An afternoon stock market rally has faded away after investors reassessed the Federal Reserve’s latest plans to stimulate the economy.

Of the three people shot by a gunman at a crowded Oregon shopping mall, only one survived — a 15-year-old girl whose family said she was recovering after the bullet missed major organs.