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NEW YORK — Stocks rose, extending a winning streak, after the Federal Reserve said it will continue to provide stimulus to support the U.S. economy. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 63 points at 13,311 as of 1 p.m. in New York.

SPRINGFIELD — Police have arrested a suspect in the beating of a 69-year-old man who suffered potentially life-threatening injuries after being assaulted last week outside his Springfield church. Matthew Allen Kegley, 29, of Springfield, is being held in the Lane County Jail on a felony charge of second-degree assault.

A Southern Oregon man has been identified as the person who was struck and killed by a freight train in Eugene on Monday. Police identified the victim as Thomas Howard King, 51.

It doesn’t matter if you’re on a bike, in a car or on foot: Eugene police plan to keep a close eye on traffic-law violators of all stripes Thursday afternoon in a busy section of downtown. Officers with the department’s downtown patrol team will work from noon to 5 p.m.

BEND — A man who just bought a gun Tuesday in Bend went back in the store a few minutes later seeking medical help. Police say the man shot himself through his left hand while loading the .22-caliber Derringer in his truck.

Advocates for the homeless are continuing a protest this morning outside the Lane County Courthouse, despite the fact that the plaza is now technically closed to the public.

A pedestrian was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after being struck by a vehicle in west Eugene early this evening, police said. The pedestrian, a 58-year-old Eugene resident, was hit while crossing Royal Avenue diagonally between Danebo Avenue and Candlelight Drive, witnesses told police.

Numerologists across the nation may still be speculating on the significance of Wednesday’s 12/12/12 date, but it’s no mystery for sixth-grader Sydney Wright of Eugene: Wednesday’s the day she turns 12 — and, after begging her parents for one, hopes to get her very own phone.

Members of a local transportation committee will review a list of proposed road projects on Wednesday before beginning to winnow it down and making a recommendation to the state on which ones to fund.

COTTAGE GROVE — A man accused in the April 8 drunken-driving death of Teresa Grondona had briefly accepted a cab ride home from a bar shortly before the early morning crash, a prosecutor told jurors in Jeremy Henry’s first-degree manslaughter trial today.