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The Lane County Sheriff’s Office is advising county residents to prepare for severe weather in the next few days. The National Weather Service is forecasting heavy rain and potential flooding beginning tonight through Wednesday.

Eugene police want to reunite a personal diary from the 1960s with its rightful owner, who may have inherited the book after its writer died in an automobile crash in 1972. Officers came across the brownish, leather diary on the morning of Nov.

Last month’s write-in contest for Judge Jay McAlpin’s seat on the Lane County Circuit Court bench will add about $13,000 to the county’s total tab for the Nov. 6 general election. Elections Supervisor Roxanne Marshall said she does not yet have a total estimated cost for the entire 2012 election.

A 9-year-old student of Eugene Corridor Elementary School reported being grabbed by an unidentified man this afternoon, police said. The incident was reported at approximately 1 p.m.

PORTLAND — Oregon business leaders and Gov. John Kitzhaber on Monday called on the Legislature to approve funding for a new bridge carrying Interstate 5 across the Columbia River.

DETROIT — Superstorm Sandy gave an extra boost to already strong U.S. auto sales last month, although carmakers warned that uncertainty over the “fiscal cliff” could undo some of those gains. Most major companies, from Toyota to Chrysler, posted impressive increases from a year earlier.

WASHINGTON — Wearing his gray morning coat and striped trousers, Justice Department lawyer Malcolm Stewart was the very picture of Supreme Court propriety Monday as he sought to placate the frustrated Chief Justice John Roberts.

In its fourth decade of use, Charnel Mulligan Park, a small park south of downtown Eugene, needs a makeover and other changes to make it more family friendly, city officials say.

PORTLAND — A Roseburg man rode his runaway dock several miles down the Umpqua River in high, fast water and refused to be rescued because that would mean giving up the three boats tied to it.

PORTLAND — Oregon business and political leaders are meeting to discuss ways to improve Oregon’s business climate. U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, Gov. John Kitzhaber and legislative leaders are scheduled to speak at the annual Oregon Leadership Summit on Monday.