May 05, 2008

LOCAL & STATE

• A ‘typical’ spring pattern
• A year for local measures to outdo double majority?
• An ever-evolving downtown
• As nitrate vote nears, committee a bit in flux
• Lohan to appear on ‘Ugly Betty’ finale
• Mayor can’t afford to live in Ashland
• News of record: Bankruptcies, civil suits
• No injuries, but $735,000 in damage in early-morning Bend warehouse fire
• Northbound Highway 97 reroute set to open today
• On a journey to learn, from a world away
• Vintage motocross bikes roar back to life in Crooked River Ranch race

BUSINESS

• An ever-evolving downtown
• As nitrate vote nears, committee a bit in flux
• Business Calendar
• Company launching Outlook extension
• Entrepreneurship 101: A new discipline
• Government intensifies its no-proof loan investigation
• Low-maintenance mutual funds require some work at the outset
• Microsoft must find its Internet strategy
• Mobile TV spreading to Europe, U.S.
• Mood at Yahoo is celebratory – for now, at least
• Music label’s ‘alternative’ identity extends beyond rock to marketing
• Northwest to charge $25 for second bag
• Positive economic data expected
• Publisher tested waters online, then dove in
• Thrifty fashion: More shoppers buying into it
• Two new restaurants to open downtown

SPORTS

• At Indy 500 practice, some pretty good rookies
• Auto Racing Scoreboard
• Bend biker takes 31st at World Cup event
• Bend man wins another marathon
• Celtics win Game 7 easily
• Earnhardt sees win vanish at Richmond
• Golf Scoreboard
• Golfing, with discs
• In death, no cards for Derby’s Eight Belles
• Kim cruises to PGA victory
• NBA Scoreboard
• On the Air
• Oregon State baseball loses again at Washington State
• Penguins oust Rangers
• Rangers’ Jagr may be done in N.Y., not with hockey
• Yankees complete sweep of Mariners

OBITS

• Brachtenbach was a former Washington Supreme Court justice
• Mildred ‘Vonnie’ LaVonne Chubb
• Radio host Brian Clewer, 79, dies

NATION & WORLD

• A year after deadly tornado, Bush visits tiny Kansas town
• At least 12 dead as Brazilian boat sinks
• Beetle-ravaged forests prompt campground closures in Rockies
• Biking through a blooming Switzerland
• Bogus ads highlight the need for Craigslist caution, critics say
• Colorado crews working to clear Independence Pass
• Cyclone kills hundreds in Myanmar
• Fat cells die and are replaced, researchers find
• First U.S. astronaut reaches space in ’61
• For scientific mom, plastic worries come home
• Goats plus human genes may equal better, safer milk
• In a first, Virginia to teach kids e-safety
• In Bolivia, tensions explode over vote
• In death, no cards for Derby’s Eight Belles
• In North Carolina, votes pile up early
• Iran’s religious leader vows to resist West
• Jenna Bush’s wedding to be a private affair
• ‘Lunch-bucket’ issues are on Indiana’s menu
• Mexico cites reprisals in killing of 9 police
• New panel may consider museum to U.S. Latinos
• Officers involved in attempt on Karzai
• Olmert inquiry casts shadow on U.S. talks
• President of Iraq’s wife is safe after attack
• Rebuilding costs push many from Greensburg
• Salvage plan proposed for G.W. Fire area
• Sea lions shot dead on Columbia River
• Second round is planned for China-Tibet meetings
• Seeking an answer to the hunger crisis, U.N. eyes the potato
• Turkmenistan topples reminders of old ruler

FEATURES

• Fat cells die and are replaced, researchers find
• Turning to a slower, less costly approach at life’s end

ENTERTAINMENT

• At 34, country star finishes high school
• Calendar
• Stones keyboardist offers grads advice
• Two new restaurants to open downtown

OPINION

• Clinton is right for Democrats
• Motor coaches aren’t as safe for transporting kids as school buses
• Supporting the Redmond school bond is the right move

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Northbound Highway 97 reroute set to open today