Sports in Brief

‘Barbaric’ London attack sparks new terror fears

May 23, 2013 4:00 am

LONDON — In an attack that raised new fears of terrorism in Britain, a man walking near a military barracks in south London on Wednesday was rammed by a car and then hacked to death by two knife-wielding assailants, according to witness....MORE

Senators push for timber money

May 23, 2013 4:00 am

WASHINGTON — Oregon’s senators are trying to compel the Department of the Interior to release $2 million in county timber payments withheld in anticipation of the mandatory budget cuts that took effect in March. On Wednesday, Oregon....MORE

Scoreboard

May 23, 2013 4:00 am

ON DECKTodayTrack: OSAA 3A, 2A, 1A state championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, 10 a. m. FridayTrack: OSAA 6A, 5A, 4A state championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, 9 a. m.; OSAA 3A, 2A, 1A state championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, 2:30 p. m.....MORE

Preparing for the worst

May 23, 2013 4:00 am

Volunteers with simulated injuries are treated as a number of regional agencies participate in a weeklong exercise to evaluate interagency and regional incident response, at Camp Withycombe in Clackamas on Wednesday. The Portland Area Capabilities....MORE

Man with ties to suspect in bombings fatally shot

May 23, 2013 4:00 am

BOSTON — A man in Orlando, Fla., who was being interviewed early Wednesday morning by law enforcement officers about his ties to the deceased Boston Marathon bombing suspect was fatally shot after he tried to attack the officers with a knife,....MORE

Editor's choice

Long waits for green cards may end soon

May 23, 2013 4:00 am

SAN FRANCISCO — Sanket Sant, a citizen of India, came to the United States at age 21, earning a master’s degree in engineering, followed by a doctorate and then landing a well-paying job at a firm making semiconductor equipment. Then, he....MORE

Klamath Falls, Pacific Power clash over utility

May 23, 2013 4:00 am

KLAMATH FALLS — The city of Klamath Falls and the utility Pacific Power are squaring off for a fight over the city’s idea of creating a municipal utility. The City Council has commissioned a $40,000 feasibility study, the Klamath Falls....MORE

Motor sports

Jarrett, Petty enter Hall of Fame

May 23, 2013 4:00 am

CHARLOTTE, N. C. — NASCAR honored members of its royal families with inductions into the Hall of Fame on Wednesday. Past champion Dale Jarrett joined father Ned in the hall and master mechanic Maurice “Chief" Petty became the fourth....MORE

Groups file petition on coal ports

May 23, 2013 4:00 am

GRANTS PASS — Environmental groups and a public health organization want the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers to consider the big picture — from mining in Wyoming to air pollution in China — before allowing development of three....MORE

Drones killed 4 from U.S.

May 23, 2013 4:00 am

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama plans to open a new phase in the nation’s long struggle with terrorism today by restricting the use of unmanned drone strikes that have been at the heart of his national security strategy and shifting....MORE

DAs seek reduced drug sentencing

May 23, 2013 4:00 am

OREGON CITY — Prosecutors who have resisted changes in Oregon’s voter-approved mandatory minimum sentencing are proposing an alternative that includes reducing marijuana terms so that most offenders wouldn’t go to prison. The....MORE

Basketball

Coach K back with U.S. team

May 23, 2013 4:00 am

Mike Krzyzewski has decided to remain coach of the U. S. men’s Olympic basketball team. Krzyzewski will try to lead the Americans to a third straight gold medal, a person with knowledge of the decision said Wednesday. Originally expected to step ....MORE

World Briefing

May 23, 2013 4:00 am

IRS probe — At the center of a political storm, an Internal Revenue Service supervisor whose agents targeted conservative groups swore Wednesday she did nothing wrong, broke no laws and never lied to Congress. Then she refused to answer....MORE

Deaths Elsewhere

May 23, 2013 4:00 am

Deaths of note from around the world:Wayne F. Miller, 94: Photographer who created a ground-breaking series of portraits chronicling the lives of black Americans in Chicago after serving with an elite Navy unit that produced some of the most....MORE

Around the State

May 23, 2013 4:00 am

Klamath drug raids — A Klamath County grand jury has returned indictments against 47 people in last week’s drug raids in Klamath County. The indictments handed up Tuesday show 28 people indicted on racketeering charges, which allege they ....MORE

Panthers start playoffs with 4-1 win over Liberty

May 23, 2013 4:00 am

REDMOND — The first game of the state playoffs can be the most difficult to win, so Redmond High's J. D. Abbas said he stepped on the mound Wednesday with the mindset that he was throwing in the championship.“It's always his game,"....MORE

Local sports

Olympic nordic skier in Bend for 'Fast and Female' program

May 23, 2013 4:00 am

Kikkan Randall, a three-time U. S. Olympian in cross-country skiing and the reigning World Cup sprint champion, will be in Bend this weekend for the “Fast and Female" girls sports program. Scheduled from 2 p. m. to 5 p. m. on Sunday at the....MORE

Prep Softball

Redmond triumphs

• The Panthers begin the Class 5A postseason with a 4-3 victory over Wilsonville

May 23, 2013 4:00 am

REDMOND — Redmond High softball coach John Ferera feared he might experience deja vu on Wednesday. But a year after suffering a first-round home loss in the Class 6A state playoffs, the Panthers did not let history repeat itself with a 4-3....MORE

Prep Baseball

Bend opens with win at state

May 23, 2013 4:00 am

As the game wore on, Duke DeGaetano only got stronger. Bend High’s senior ace led the Lava Bears to a 7-3 home victory over Pendleton on Wednesday, pitching a complete game in the first round of the Class 5A baseball state playoffs. DeGaetano,....MORE

Population growth is back

But not past the Deschutes County line

May 23, 2013 4:00 am

Bend seems to be back in growth mode. The city's population grew by an estimated 2,470 residents between 2010 and 2012, according to estimates released today, putting its population at 79,109. After ballooning by more than 20,000 residents from 2000....MORE

Memorial Day Weekend

Flurries of activity heading into holiday

May 23, 2013 4:00 am

Flurries of snow at higher elevations in recent days are unlikely to affect travel across the state over the approaching Memorial Day weekend, according to forecasts by the National Weather Service. In Central Oregon and on the highways over Santiam, ....MORE

Bend projects health savings

May 23, 2013 4:00 am

As Bend prepares its biennial budget, officials are projecting that employee health insurance costs will be $1.3 million lower than they would be if the city faced a premium increase and employees remained on traditional health insurance plans. City....MORE

Redmond hires city manager

• Keith Witcosky will leave Portland to fill a position that's been vacant for nearly a year

May 23, 2013 4:00 am

When new Redmond City Manager Keith Witcosky steps into his office for the first time July 15, it will mark a nearly one-year anniversary since the city had a permanent administrator behind the desk. A first-round search in fall 2012 yielded a....MORE

Mushroom hunter lost, then found

May 23, 2013 4:00 am

A Deschutes County Search and Rescue team saved a La Pine man late Tuesday from a freezing night in the woods west of town.“I’m just glad there were people looking for me because it was cold and wet," Albert Reisert said Wednesday.....MORE

Jones, 60, was public servant for Sisters

May 23, 2013 4:00 am

Chris Jones July 20, 1952 - May 11, 2013Longtime Sisters resident and school board member Chris Jones, who succumbed to leukemia May 11, will be remembered by family, friends and colleagues as an extraordinarily intelligent, caring woman who was....MORE

Green light for U.S. 97 stoplight

May 23, 2013 4:00 am

A bill that will allow Deschutes County to use $200,000 from the sale of county-owned lands to make safety improvements to U. S. Highway 97 in La Pine is on its way to Gov. John Kitzhaber’s desk for his signature, according to Kevin Curry from....MORE

Study

Shipwrecks: An environmental threat?

May 23, 2013 4:00 am

While a recently released government report says that the wrecks, many from World War II, are not “ticking time bombs," a few have the potential to leak large amounts of oil. WASHINGTON — Shipwrecks lying deep off America’s coasts....MORE

Discovery

Mathematician makes breakthrough on prime numbers

May 23, 2013 4:00 am

Three and five are prime numbers — that is, they are divisible only by one and by themselves. So are five and seven. And 11 and 13. And for each of these pairs of prime numbers, the difference is two. Mathematicians have long believed that....MORE

Major League Baseball

May 23, 2013 4:00 am

StandingsAll Times PDT———AMERICAN LEAGUEEast DivisionW L Pct GBNew York 28 18 .609 —Boston 28 19 .596 ½Baltimore 25 21 .543 3Tampa Bay 24 22 .522 4Toronto 19 27 .413 9Central DivisionW L Pct GBCleveland 26 19 .578....MORE

Sony may spin off parts of company

May 23, 2013 4:00 am

Sony said Wednesday that its board was considering a proposal from the hedge fund Third Point to spin off part of its entertainment business, but it emphasized that the discussions were preliminary and that it had not set a time to respond. Sony,....MORE

Small businesses ‘reshoring’ production

• Manufacturing in the U.S. is becoming a more viable option

May 23, 2013 4:00 am

NEW YORK — When Martin Rawls-Meehan started making adjustable beds in 2004, it was a foregone conclusion that key parts would be made overseas. It was cheaper to manufacture in Taiwan than in the U. S. And from Taiwan it was easier to ship to....MORE

Median chief executive pay rose to $9.7M in 2012

May 23, 2013 4:00 am

CEO pay has been going in one direction for the past three years: up. The head of a typical large public company made $9.7 million in 2012, a 6.5 percent increase from a year earlier that was aided by a rising stock market, according to an analysis....MORE

Existing-home sales rise in April

May 23, 2013 4:00 am

Existing-home sales rose in April to hit the highest rate since November 2009, pointing to an ongoing recovery supported by low interest rates and pent-up demand, according to data released Wednesday. Existing-home sales rose 0.6 percent in April to....MORE

Bernanke: Recovery still needs Fed’s help

May 23, 2013 4:00 am

WASHINGTON — Despite recent improvement in the job market, the Federal Reserve needs to continue its stimulus efforts to avoid endangering the recovery, the Fed chairman, Ben Bernanke, told Congress on Wednesday. While acknowledging the risks....MORE

Permits

May 23, 2013 4:00 am

City of Bend• Robert A. Seam, 19494 Spencers Crossing, $279,847• NTC & Co., 20033 S. W. Millcrest, $197,624• Wood Hill Enterprises LLC, 2938 N. E. Dogwood, $188,062• Bridges at Shadow Glen, 61148 S. E. Ambassador $246,....MORE

House OKs foreclosure measure

May 23, 2013 4:00 am

SALEM — A measure aimed at giving homeowners facing foreclosure a chance to speak face-to-face with their lenders before losing their homes sailed through the Oregon House on Wednesday. Senate Bill 558 passed on a 45-12 vote and now heads to....MORE

Drivers don’t know

May 23, 2013 4:00 am

From my observations while driving in downtown Bend, nearly 100 percent of the drivers don’t know that they are allowed to make a left-hand turn onto a one-way street after stopping for a red traffic light and looking to see that traffic is....MORE

Preserve Mirror Pond

May 23, 2013 4:00 am

Mirror Pond should be preserved as an icon of Bend. This can be achieved by the city of Bend purchasing the dam owned by a private utility, with the revenue thus derived from power generation committed to dredging of Mirror Pond as needed. Bend....MORE

How is it right?

May 23, 2013 4:00 am

How is it right to provide illegal aliens, regardless of how they got here, in-state tuition? How is it right to provide illegal aliens a driver’s card? How is it right to provide any service of any kind to anyone in this country illegally?....MORE

Citizens Academy will open your eyes

May 23, 2013 4:00 am

Wednesday night ended Class 30 of the Bend Police Department Citizens Academy, and I was among those privileged to participate. In prior years, I benefited from the offerings of the DCSO Citizens Academy. Differences exist in how these agencies are....MORE