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Duck men lose Jordan Kent, and could have just eight players available today.

Bellotti: "When you get beat like that, you look at everything.".

LAS VEGAS - The only time Oregon suffered a worse bowl loss than the Ducks did here, a significant conversation took place between football coach Mike Bellotti and Nike co-founder Phil Knight.

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A climbing expedition has ended badly near the snowy summit of Mount Hood, but that doesn`t mean that all climbing expeditions are bad. The three men who died paid a high price for their adventure, and others endured risks as a result - but resentment would be misplaced. A life without adventure, and adventurers, would be flat.

Oregon relies mainly upon disclosure to ensure that public officials don`t abuse their offices for private gain. Seven state legislators who went to Hawaii courtesy of the Oregon Beer ` Wine Distributors Association, for instance, got in trouble recently for failing to report the gifts, not for having accepted the $2,000 trips. It`s time Oregonians gave their ethics rules, and the systems for tracking and enforcing them, a good shake-up.

Plans to build a $300 million geothermal power plant at Newberry Volcano in Central Oregon hit a legal hurdle after one of the companies involved in the deal filed suit, accusing one of its partners of acting in bad faith.

Workers sampling holiday cookies at a Stayton wood plant complained of feeling lightheaded and dizzy, and police believe the secret ingredient may have been marijuana.

A child molester sentenced to 4 years in prison and mistakenly released soon afterward was recaptured Friday, police said.

Heading to Oregon`s only national park could get a lot more expensive, if proposed fee increases are approved.

The nation`s tallest Sitka spruce could be on its last limbs.

Kosherland games and Holy Huggables dolls are part of a growing, if a bit quirky, market.

Although no progress was made, diplomats pledge to reconvene.

Relief was in sight for thousands of stranded travelers at Heathrow Airport on Friday after forecasters said the thick, freezing fog that forced flight cancellations and delays for four days should begin to lift.

A roadside bomb exploded next to a police patrol in southern Afghanistan on Friday, killing five policemen, an official said.

The federal researcher did not reveal consulting work he did for Pfizer.

FEMA trailers, the cramped, impersonal housing units that have come to define the federal response to major disasters, may be on the way out, thanks to $388 million in federal grants, announced Friday, that will test half a dozen cozier, more permanent models of post-disaster housing.

A long-awaited study by federal scientists concludes that meat and milk from cloned animals and their offspring is safe to eat and should be allowed to enter the food supply without any special labeling.

Discovery`s Friday landing was delayed to add another space walk.

The alleged victim recants, but the players still face other charges.

The husband and wife were accused of locking their kids in cages.

The decision clears the way for President Bush to order an Iraq buildup.

Drunken driving deaths down nationwide WASHINGTON - Drunken-driving deaths declined slightly around the nation in 2005, and the rate of drunken-driving deaths fell in 23 states last year, transportation officials said Friday.

Ayham al-Samaraie says he plans to return to his Chicago home.

Five die in day of heavy fighting in Haiti PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - U.N. peacekeeping troops traded heavy gunfire for more than five hours Friday with gangs in a slum of the Haitian capital, and at least five people were killed.

Limited flights are taking off, but some travelers may not make it for Christmas.

Two Marines, two soldiers and a sailor die as the death toll nears 3,000 and the defense secretary considers the options.

The Selective Service scurries to scuttle the notion that an involuntary military is back.

Retailers are calling it the Coat Crisis of 2006, a fashion fiasco measured in racks of unsold fur-lined shearlings at Saks Fifth Avenue and down puffer jackets at Bloomingdale`s.

Teenager shoots himself in front of police officer A 19-year-old man shot and killed himself Thursday in front of a runaway teenage girl and a Eugene police officer who had come to take the girl home, police said.

The For The Record deadline is noon the day before publication for Tuesday through Saturday newspapers, and noon Friday for Sunday or Monday newspapers. Items may be delivered to The Register-Guard newsroom at 3500 Chad Drive, mailed to The Register-Guard, P.O. Box 10188, Eugene, OR 97440, or faxed to the city desk at 683-7631. Births SACRED HEART MEDICAL CENTER EUGENE Dec. 12, 2006 Hawkins - Brenda Machado and Randy Doyle, of Eugene, a daughter. Dec. 13, 2006 Fellows - Chrissy and Michael Fellows, of Springfield, a daughter. Dec. 14, 2006 Remington - Kristin and Matt Remington, of Veneta, a son.

As if the leaf raking season weren`t already exciting, busy and stressful enough, the holidays are thrown in, only adding to the frenzy of what we like to call "the most wonderful time of the year."

No room left at annual dinner for senior citizens The Senior Holiday Dinner is sold out with about 700 seniors expected to attend.

NORAD radar will track the trek from the North Pole on Christmas Eve.

At issue is whether the chemicals are pollutants.

I t`s not the Santas or the snowmen or the Christmas trees that most impress Ayako Kobayashi and Eri Kinoshita.

The mother-daughter team spearheaded U.N. recognition of the disease.

FOOD for Lane County has holiday gift cards starting at $10 that support the agency`s emergency food program.

What is it in the Christmas story that has such compelling power over us and works magic inside us? In this story, through the workings of angels and shepherds and simple people, we are reminded of the triumph of the power of love over the love of power.

It was the perfect inscription for their corks, Stephen and Gloria Reustle thought, wedding their love for wine with their love for God.

The company could pass GM next year as the world`s largest car manufacturer.

An Anchorage jury awarded the punitive damages after the 1989 Valdez oil spill.

NORTHWEST Washington Mutual ordered to pay whistleblower $1 million SEATTLE - Washington Mutual Inc. has been ordered to pay more than $1 million to a whistleblower who complained of retaliation for reporting that policies were not being followed in loan processing.

American, United, Delta and US Airways are among the major carriers to raise prices.

Fearful of being saddled by development, Norco, Calif., moves to rein in growth.