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EUGENE - Vin Lananna denied reports he was stepping down as Oregon track coach and associate athletic director in a text message Friday night. "Not true," Lananna texted. Lananna did not respond to requests to elaborate. "He's not stepping down," UO spokesman Greg Walker said. "I talked to him about that this morning.

The City of Austin, concerned that the customs and immigration facility at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport is too small to effectively handle potential Formula One charter flights, could spend almost $5.5 million on a temporary facility under a no-bid contract coming before the City Council on Thursday.

A New York Long Island woman said she was fired after she donated a kidney to help save the life of her boss. Debbie Stevens, a 47-year-old divorced mother of two, filed a formal complaint with the New York State Human Rights Commission last Friday, claiming her boss used her for her organ then fired her "after the woman got what she wanted."

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Deferred maintenance on the Coos Bay Rail Link line means millions of dollars in repairs to bridges, tunnels and the line itself before the volume of trains can be increased, a new study says. The Oregon International Port of Coos Bay recently completed a rail capacity study on the CBRL to determine the work necessary to ship material to a bulk terminal in the bay.

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Looking for a break in movies? Be a zombie By Alex Paul, Albany Democrat-Herald gazettetimes.com | Posted: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 6:30 am | Loading... Font Size: Default font size Larger font size BROWNSVILLE - If you can convincingly "walk about aimlessly," Tony Miller may have a spot for you in a movie he plans to shoot next month in the Brownsville/Halsey area.

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As the Ashland City Council considers whether to loosen regulations on backyard chickens, some residents are pushing for rule changes to welcome another group of creatures into town - bees.

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By Omar L. Gallaga | Thursday, March 8, 2012, 03:27 PM Did you know that South by Southwest Interactive starts on Friday? The Linkdown may have mentioned it in passing. Here are some events and reads related to the fest (including what we've written up to this point).

Austin360 blogs > Digital Savant > Archives > 2012 > March > 08 > Entry By Omar L. Gallaga | Thursday, March 8, 2012, 03:27 PM Did you know that South by Southwest Interactive starts on Friday? The Linkdown may have mentioned it in passing.

Update: A flyer for the event (added below) mentions Austin-based Critical Mass Interactive as part of the panel. A quick trip to the developer's website resulted in the banner image above, which pretty much removes any doubt about what this announcement could possibly be for.

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