Lawn-chair balloonist drifts from Oregon to Idaho (CNN.com)
BEND, Oregon (AP) -- A man flying across Oregon in a lawn chair rigged with helium-filled balloons has reached his destination in Idaho.

Lindsay Schnell: Rupp enjoys pro-Oregon crowd (Sports Illustrated)
EUGENE, Ore. -- When Galen Rupp's turn finally came Friday night at the Olympic Track and Field Trials, the Oregon native ruffled his blond hair, waved to his hometown crowd and proceeded to show why so much hype has surrounded him for so many years. Running in front of a record 20,936 at Hayward Field, Rupp finished second to Abdi Abdirahman in the 10,000, earning a spot on the Olympic Team. ...

150 party balloons carry Oregon man toward Idaho (AP via Yahoo! News)
Riding a green lawn chair rigged with more than 150 giant party balloons, Kent Couch took off with the sun Saturday, hoping to ride the wind from his gas station in Central Oregon to Idaho.

Oregon doctor to lead programs at Women & Infants, Brown med school (The Providence Journal)
Women & Infants Hospital and Brown University’s medical school have chosen Dr. Joanna M. Cain, an Oregon physician with expertise in women’s cancer and women’s health research, to serve as the top obstetrician-gynecologist for both institutions.

150 party balloons carry Oregon man to farm field in Idaho (Los Angeles Daily News)
Using his trusty BB gun to help him return to Earth, 48-year-old gas station owner Kent Couch realized his boyhood dream Saturday of flying a lawn chair rigged with helium-filled party balloons more than 200 miles across the Oregon high desert to land in a farm field in Idaho.