SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The unemployment rate in Oregon has dipped below 8 percent for the first time since the nation fell steeply into the Great Recession in the fall of 2008.The state unemployment rate was 7.8 percent in May and, after a revision, 7.9 percent in April, the state Employment Department said Tuesday.Job gains have been strong recently in construction as well as in the trade, transportation...

Source : News Times | 4 Hour(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Salem

Driver arrested in death of soccer ball dribbler

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Police in Oregon say they have arrested the driver they say fatally struck a man trying to dribble a soccer ball 10,000 miles from Seattle to Brazil for the World Cup., of Neskowin, was arrested Monday on a charge of criminally negligent homicide., of Seattle, planned to dribble the ball for more than a year through 11 countries before reaching Sao Paolo, Brazil, where the opener...

Source : News Times | 1 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Salem

Bus conductor killed in mishap

Salem, June 11: The conductor of a Karnataka state road transport corporation bus wasand two passengers injured when the vehicle collided with a tanker lorry on the National Highway near here, police said.The mishap occurred when the bus driver tried to overtake a lorry at a turn on the road, they said. The bus was on its way to mysore from here....

Source : Oneindia | 8 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Salem

Ore. Senate passes bill regulating police drones

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Following several lengthy public debates over the use of domestic drones in Oregon, the state Senate decided Monday to move forward with a plan that would bar law enforcement officers from using unmanned aerial vehicles to collect information except with a warrant or in emergency circumstances.Supporters said it was an important first step in regulating the new technology and protecting...

Source : News Times | 8 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Salem

15 injured as swarm of bees attack tourists

SALEM (TN): Fifteen people were injured when a swarm of bees attacked them after one of them threw a stone at a honeycomb near theThe incident happened on Saturday evening when some people from Erode, Salem and Chennai were visiting the park, police said.People started running helter-skelter when the bees swarmed out from the comb and started attacking them.Copyright © 2013 Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd....

Source : Times Of India | 10 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Salem

15 injured as swarm of bees attack tourists

(TN): Fifteen people were injured when a swarm of bees attacked them after one of them threw a stone at a honeycomb near theThe incident happened last evening when some people from Erode, Salem and Chennai were visiting the park.People started running helter-skelter when the bees swarmed out from the comb and started attacking them.Copyright © 2013 Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. For...

Source : Times Of India | 10 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Salem

Ore. timber counties could see more levy votes

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Commissioners from two southern Oregon counties that rejected public safety levies last week say they may give voters an opportunity to reconsider.Officials from Curry and Josephine counties told a state legislative task force on Wednesday that they'll consider going back to the ballot in coming months. The loss of federal timber subsidies has left the counties with bare-bones jails...

Source : News Times | 20 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Salem

80-year-old woman serious after rape in Salem

SALEM: An 80-year-old woman was allegedly brutally raped by a 41-year-old man in a village in Salem district late Friday night. The woman, who was seriously injured in the assault, is undergoing treatment at Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College Hospital in Salem. Doctors treating her said her condition is serious but stable.Police arrested the accused, S Palanivel, a vegetable vendor from...

Source : Times Of India | 38 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Salem

80 year old woman battling for life after being brutally raped

Salem (TN): In a shocking incident, an 80-year old woman was allegedly raped by a 41-year old man following which she was admitted to hospital in serious condition.The woman, a widow, is reportedly battling for her life at a government hospital here, the police said on Saturday.The accused, identified as Palanivel is a vegetable vendor of Malliyakari in the district and was detained by the local people.He...

Source : Hot Trends | 39 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Salem

80-year-old raped in Tamil Nadu

Salem, May 11 : An 80-year old woman was allegedly raped by a 41-year-old man in Tamil Nadu's Salem city, police said on Saturday.The incident took place around midnight when vegetable vendor Palanivel went to the widow's house in Malliyakari area to ask for water."On being refused, he forced himself on her, raped her and bit her private parts," said a police officer at Malliyakari Police Station."The...

Source : Newkerala | 39 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Salem