Today in April's Mop-Up --

Today's hits from the big national dailies

New York Times
Lines Are Drawn for Big Suit Over Sodas
In a lawsuit to be filed in the next few months, a group of high-powered attorneys with experience from the tobacco wars will seek a ban sales of sugary beverages in schools. Some good Oregon-related data here.

Most Mexican Immigrants in New Study Gave Up Jobs to Take Their Chances in U.S.
A report about the work lives of recent Mexican immigrants in seven cities across the United States suggests that they typically traded jobs in Mexico for the prospect of work here, despite serious bouts of unemployment, job instability and poor wages.

Washington Post
Court Weighs Juries' Death Penalty Decisions
This Supreme Court case is the news hook for Steve Duin's 5-part series on the Randy Guzek case in The Oregonian.

Los Angeles Times
U.S. Urges States to Prepare for Bird Flu
Oregon's public health director is quoted in this update on the on-going bird flu story.

Seattle Times
Tsunami expert's forecast "raises a flag"
Can't scare you with bird flu stories, how about a huge wave charging toward the coast?

Lighting up? After tonight, take it outside -- way outside
It's a "a crave new world" as Washington's smoking ban kicks in.

...and from the northwest's regional papers.

The Oregonian

Steve Duin archive

Courtesy link to the Steve Duin series mentioned above.

Salem Statesman Journal
State treasurer puts in his two cents for an annual Legislature
How often do we need the Oregon Legislature to meet?

Bend Bulletin

Eugene Register Guard-posted at noon
Professor Makes Waves Over In-Class Surfing
"With more college classrooms bathed in WiFi -- wireless internet signals -- and more students toting laptop computers, tuning out of a professor's lecture and tuning in to online gambling, eBay auctions, music videos and the rest of the Internet's vast catalog of distractions is easy. Too easy, UO chemistry professor Paul Engelking says."

Eugene Weekly

LaGrande Observer

Lake County Examiner (weekly)

East Oregonian (subscription only)

Hermiston Herald

Tri City Herald

D.C. deal could direct asparagus' future

"Kevin Bouchey, a Toppenish asparagus farmer, is worried what he'll get paid for next year's crop with what's going on in Washington, D.C."

The effects of another free trade agreement on Northwest farmers.

Sisters Nugget

the Source (Bend's alternative weekly)

Central Oregonian (Prineville)

Madras Pioneer

Baker City Herald

Wallowa County Chieftain

Blue Mountain Eagle

Argus Observer (Ontario)

Corvallis Gazette Times

Albany Democrat-Herald
Restoration to begin on Yaquina lighthouse
First I've seen of this project. What's the BLM doing restoring a lighthouse?

Lebanon Express updated late morning

The Columbian (Vancouver) updated late morning
Racist fliers litter streets in Ridgefield

The Dalles Chronicle

Hood River News
Support gathers for Hood plan
"Two Hood River County officials praised U.S. Reps. Greg Walden, R-Ore., and Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., on Saturday for their "multi-tiered" plan to protect resources on Mount Hood while expanding recreational opportunities."

The Daily Astorian (most stories subscription only)
Cannon Beach Haystack Rock program draws in the crowds
"Organizers of the Haystack Rock Awareness Program spoke to 67,218 beach visitors in 2005, with a record number of 700 visitors in an hour."

Tillamook Headlight Herald

theworldlink (South Coast)

Klamath Falls Herald & News
Klamath rides the tsunami of growth

Ashland Daily Tidings
Mt. Ashland set to open Friday
Snow here, snow there, it's agood snow year everywhere.

Roseburg News Review

Quick links to nearly every daily in the state
http://www.usnpl.com/ornews.html
http://www.cascadelink.org/ritnet/news.html