News Digest
Sunday, April 22, 2007 1:03 AM PDT
OREGON - Committee OKs allowing appointees to use dogs in cougar hunts
SALEM (AP) — The Oregon House will debate whether to allow a state agency to appoint volunteers with dogs to hunt and kill problem bears and cougars.
A committee voted 4-2 for the measure on Thursday.
Some have criticized it as violating the spirit of a 1994 initiative that outlawed dogs and bait in hunting the animals.
Gasoline prices rise;
Oregonians say, ’Let’s have more of it’
PORTLAND (AP) — As gasoline prices rose last year, Oregonians bought more of it. Some observers think that many Oregonians were feeling flush in a good economy, and vehicle dealers responded to the rising fuel prices by marking down the gas guzzlers. That led buyers to think they could afford both to buy and to fill the big rigs.
‘‘They say, ‘Gee, if these things are getting marked down $3,000 or $4,000, that’ll buy an awful lot of gas,’’’ said Dave Kavanaugh, chief economist at the Oregon Department of Transportation.
IDAHO
Board approves tuition
increases for Idaho schools
MOSCOW (AP) — The state Board of Education has approved tuition increases for Idaho colleges and universities, though allowing less than the schools had sought.
The board Thursday approved a 6.16 percent increase at Boise State University and 5 percent increases at the University of Idaho, Idaho State University, and Lewis-Clark State College.
ODDS AND ENDS
N.C. convenience store clerk accidentally prints two Powerball tickets, wins $200,000
CONOVER, N.C. (AP) — A store clerk’s slip-up at the cash register has paid off big time. Wayburn Allen on Tuesday accidentally rang up two duplicate Powerball tickets for a customer in this western North Carolina town.
At the end of the day, after she was unable to sell the second ticket, Allen paid for it herself.
