OBITUARIES.
Byline: The Register-Guard "Wilson" Crispin A celebration of life will be at 1 p.m. June 1 at First United Methodist Church in Eugene for Herbert "Wilson" Crispin of Eugene, who died May 21 of chronic lung disease and age-related causes. He was 90. A reception...

Stroughter eyes season debut.
Byline: Bob Clark The Register-Guard CINCINNATI - On a night when Oregon State may need some fresh legs, the Beavers will have the swift and shifty ones of Sammie Stroughter to help out against Cincinnati. After the Beavers went through a 45-minute workout Wednesday in...

Eileen C. (Leary) Lauzon, 87.
DUDLEY Eileen C. (Leary) Lauzon, 87, of Glendale Drive, died Saturday, August 25, 2007, at St Vincent Hospital in Worcester, after a short illness. She was predeceased by her husband, Wilfred L. Lauzon of Worcester, a U.S. Navy veteran and member of the Howard Gallant American Legion Post in...

A Brief History of Vatican II.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF VATICAN II. By Giuseppe Alberigo. Foreword by John W. O'Malley, S.J. Translated by Matthew Sherry. Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis, 2006. Pp. xv + 141. $20. VATICAN II: FORTY YEARS LATER. Edited by William Madges. Annual Publication of the College Theology Society 51. Maryknoll, N.Y.:...

ON THE AIR.
ON THE AIR TELEVISION SAILING America's Cup semifinals, reserve day, Versus ... 5:30 a.m. CYCLING Giro D'Italia, stage 9 (taped), Versus ... Noon MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL Boston at New York Yankees, ESPN ... 4 p.m....

BUSINESS BEAT.
Byline: The Register-Guard People The West Coast Bank in Eugene has promoted Brent Murray to relationship manager and Sandy Plummer has been hired as assistant relationship manager. Murray worked previously as an assistant relationship manager for West Coast Bank. Plummer previously worked as a credit...

Frontiers of freedom; Cincinnati's Black community, 1802-1868.
0821415794 Frontiers of freedom; Cincinnati's Black community, 1802-1868. Taylor, Nikki M. Ohio University Press 2005 315 pages $55.00 Hardcover Ohio University Press series on law, society, and politics in the Midwest ...

Great galloping crinoids: lilylike sea animal takes a brisk walk.
A video has caught an underwater animal, which looks like a flower, practically jogging along the ocean bottom. The stalked crinoid spends most of its time sitting and catching food with the flowerlike wheel of feathery arms that have earned it and its relatives the nickname sea...

Primary stroke centers may boost use of TPA: improved patient care and wider use of tissue plasminogen activator are likely, experts say.
Acute stroke care in the United States is undergoing a dramatic transformation. The era of primary stroke centers has arrived. In February 2004, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations began accrediting primary stroke centers. By the end of last year, JCAHO had certified 61 stroke...

Gene mutation associated with miscarriage, found more common in PCOS.
WASHINGTON -- The hypofibrinolytic plasminogen activator inhibitor was an independent predictor of miscarriage in a cohort of 441 women with polycystic ovary syndrome who had previous pregnancies, Charles J. Glueck, M.D., reported at the Clinical Research 2005 meeting. PAI-Fx is highly correlated with fasting serum insulin resistance,...