Oregon Hunter acquitted of killing man mistaken for bear

An Oregon hunter has been found not guilty of manslaughter in the shooting death of a Marine reservist from California he says he mistook for a bear.

An Oregon hunter has been found not guilty of manslaughter in the shooting death of a Marine reservist from California he says he mistook for a bear.

The stretch of rural Oregon interstate where a tour bus crashed through a guardrail and plummeted 100 feet down a steep embankment is so notorious that state transportation officials have published a specific advisory warning of its dangers.

A tour bus careened through a guardrail along an icy Oregon highway and several hundred feet (meters) down a steep embankment Sunday, killing nine people and injuring about 20 others, authorities said.