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Reuters News Service || National News || World News || USA Today Visitors Jean Menton of San Jose, Calif, Dorothy Martin of Richardson, Texas, and Joni Clause of San Diego (from left) find the local paper doubles as an umbrella Wednesday in Jacksonville. Photo by Bob Pennell Rain, rain won't go away By BILL KETTLER Wet weather may disappear in the Rogue Valley today and Friday, but another batch of showers may arrive for the weekend. "Friday could be actually decent, with temperatures in the mid-80s," said Rick Holtz, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service's Medford station. (More...) Drug-resistant bacteria shows up in Japan Wire and staff reports DALLAS ­ The bacterium responsible for most hospital-related infections is close to becoming unstoppable, scientists say. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention scientists confirmed that Staphylococcus aureus, also known as a staph infection, has for the first time defended itself from vancomycin, the last drug that could kill all its strains, The Dallas Morning News reported Wednesday in a copyright story. (More...) Biologist John Thiebes tags the tranquilized, 130-pound bear. Photo by Mark Freeman He'll have bear of a hangover By MARK FREEMAN WHITE CITY ­ A young black bear picked the wrong White City back yard for his post-hibernation breakfast this week, a mistake that earned him a one-way ticket to the High Cascades. The 130-pound bear was just an average 2 1/2-year-old ursine when it wandered early Tuesday along Pinehurst Street near the Denman Wildlife Area and into Don Anderson's back yard, where Anderson's collies chased it up a tree. (More...) Mail Tribune Home Page