No Megabucks winner; jackpot increases to $8.8 million
Nobody won the $8.6 million jackpot Wednesday night in the Oregon Lottery's Megabucks lotto game, pushing the estimated jackpot to $8.8 million for Saturday's drawing.

Disputed doe to be sent to Oregon elk ranching facility
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is moving Snowball the disputed doe to an elk ranching facility.

Tobacco casts constitution as pristine, but reality is otherwise
The way tobacco companies tell it, Oregon's constitution is a pristine document that would be badly damaged by the proposed inclusion of a tax on cigarettes, which would pay for an expansion of children's health care coverage.

Union runs ad targeting Walden over SCHIP vote
U.S. Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., is one of nine Republicans being targeted by one of the country's largest unions over his intention to support President Bush's veto of a federally funded children's health insurance program.

Oregon food stamps get benefits increase
Oregonians on food stamps will see their benefits increase this month, the state said Wednesday.

Willamette Week: Wrong man convicted in Ore. prison chief murder?
Nearly 20 years after former Oregon prison chief Michael Francke was murdered, questions about whether the right man was convicted of the crime have been raised yet again.

Back in the top 10; concerns for the Cougs
Oregon didn't even have to take the field to crack the top 10.

Portland Stocks
The following are opening and closing bids for Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007.

Stroughter out for the season; Beavers to seek redshirt
It wasn't a complete surprise when Oregon State announced Tuesday that Sammie Stroughter would sit out the remainder of the season and that the school would seek a medical redshirt for the wide receiver and punt returner.

A decade later, Oregon still the only state with assisted suicide
A decade after Oregon became the first state to allow physician-assisted suicide, it remains the only one.

Injuries hit the Pac-10's QBs; Brink heads home
Injuries are making a big impact on the Pac-10.

War chest for Smith's Oregon Senate race reaches $4 million
U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith of Oregon said Wednesday that his campaign raised $827,000 between July 1 and Sept. 30, bringing his war chest to just over $4 million.

Bush administration appeals Patriot Act ruling in Oregon case
The Bush administration is appealing a ruling by a federal judge in Oregon striking down key portions of the USA Patriot Act as unconstitutional.

Oregon judge awards $1 million for language CD scam
A judge has ordered three California companies and a California resident to pay more than $1 million in civil penalties and restitution for offering free English instructional CDs to Spanish speakers in Oregon and then trying to collect money from them.