• There is much joy in Madras
MADRAS -- Jacoby Ellsbury nearly lost his cool Saturday morning.

• Democrats just wild about wins in West
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, R-Colo., was one of the first, deciding in 2004 that it would be more fun to ride his tricked-out Harley than run for re-election. Voters promptly replaced him with Democrat Ken Salazar.

• The color of isolation: Blacks battle insensitivity at OSU
CORVALLIS -- Shannon Warren and Roshawn Davis are used to being the only black students in a classroom, so they thought they were prepared for life at Oregon State University, where only 297 of the nearly 20,000 students are African American.

• Oregon runs to its own beat
Hooked on your iPod? Oregon's the place to run.

• The criminal had a familiar face
Customers started calling Wells Fargo Bank in February to report money mysteriously draining from their accounts.

• Jeweler reins in service plan sales
Mike Thayer keeps track of $1 million worth of diamonds as he zigzags across four states staging sales for Fred Meyer Jewelers Inc. Like many in the business, Thayer's a detail guy. So when he noticed salespeople selling service plans on loose gems, he was alarmed.