May 09, 2008

LOCAL & STATE

• A break in dogfighting case that may span Northwest
• A regular spot on Tumalo Creek
• Ad against Smith shows his seat is priority for Dems
• Baby’s cries a reaction to change, not anger
• Cold, dry spring thwarts hopes of irrigators in Eastern Oregon
• Commercial oasis in southwest Bend
• Community can help name new school
• Correction
• Decision on Aspen Lakes subdivision is postponed until June 12
• Dispatches
• 4 finalists named for Bend city manager
• GO! Magazine
• Keep reading skills active this summer
• Long-term City Hall fix may create short-term disruption
• New municipal court judge named in Bend
• News of Record: Police log, Bend fire runs, stolen vehicles and pets
• Parents’ Guide to Movies
• PGE gets OK to install 850,000 smart meters
• Rapist’s release contingent on hearing
• Redmond boy who shot his brother is sentenced
• Region's tourism declines in March
• Restaurant Guide
• Rivals woo Oregonians; Obama in Bend Saturday
• Roseburg youth, 16, indicted in fatal crash
• Sea lion inquiry doesn’t point to poison
• Search is suspended for 3 tribal fishermen
• Shelter asks owners to reclaim lost pets
• Teen faces charges in puppy cruelty
• Valuing education, family and fun
• Why we love mom
• Woman, child escape during home invasion in Prineville

BUSINESS

• 2008: Aging hipsters are starting to lose their cool
• AIG posts first-quarter loss of $7.81 billion
• American Airlines plane loses panel while in air
• As airline fares rise, discounts are being negated
• Best Buy gains new retail ally in Europe
• Business Calendar
• Central Oregon gas prices
• Cheap food, the Amish way
• Commercial oasis in southwest Bend
• Court reinstates 1 of 2 computer patent cases
• Decision on Aspen Lakes subdivision is postponed until June 12
• Discount, wholesale stores see better sales
• Dispatches
• Does Microsoft have a Plan C?
• Europe’s Central Bank leaves rate unchanged
• Exports propping up nation’s economy
• Facebook agrees to add more safeguards
• Farm bill would increase funding for local ‘specialty crop’ growers
• Gasoline prices jump; oil passes $124 a barrel
• Jobless claims drop beyond expectations
• Long-term City Hall fix may create short-term disruption
• Marriott weighs risk, opportunity of hotel in Iraq’s Green Zone
• Region's tourism declines in March
• Small bites
• Staple food prices drop, but volatility remains
• To help end strike, GM will pay up to $200M
• Toyota earnings are lower than expected
• TV Guide bracing to be sold, again

SPORTS

• Bend rider shines in Extreme Cowboy Race
• Big weekend for high school rodeo
• Bryant unanimous All-NBA team pick
• European Championship hosts prepare in own sweet time
• Ex-major league pitcher finds passion on links
• Golf Scoreboard
• Hasselbeck glad to be on the field
• Horse Country Events Calendar
• Horse show this weekend in Redmond
• Hot state of hockey as Flyers, Penguins meet
• Making the play
• M’s scuffle before suffering another loss to Rangers
• ‘Natural horsemanship’ program slated
• NBA Playoffs Scoreboard
• Nets’ GM post goes to Vandeweghe
• Not all progress is academic
• On the Air
• On the move
• Pole Pedal Paddle is on its way
• Prep Scoreboard
• Red Wings roll to easy win over Stars
• Roddick, Blake advance to quarterfinals in Rome
• Scoreboard
• Sherars and White River falls
• Sheriff’s posse slates fundraiser trail ride
• Spurs defend home floor, close gap versus Hornets
• Strong start for Garcia
• U.S. soccer star closing in on 100 career goals
• Value of dressage
• White Buffaloes’ postseason hopes take hit after IMC loss to Cougars
• White Sox manager Guillen talking himself out of a job

OBITS

• Art gallery owner Lau, 80, appreciated nature
• Bonnie Mae (Craig) Roberts
• Claude Rosenberg, 80, was advocate for philanthropy
• Country music icon Eddy Arnold dies
• Paul R. Ward
• Singer Jerry Wallace dies
• Wilma ‘Wimpy’ McEachran

NATION & WORLD

• Benjamin Franklin’s ‘JOIN, or DIE’ cartoon was published in 1754
• Beset by paparazzi, Malibu taps Ken Starr
• catch al-Qaida leader
• China critics decry torch’s Everest ascent
• Ex-Alaska lawmaker sentenced for bribery
• Farm bill would increase funding for local ‘specialty crop’ growers
• FBI backs off request for data after lawsuit
• Fishermen try to adapt to no salmon
• Fuel pioneers are in hot oil
• Great Salt Lake Institute is created
• Hawaii to import cheap foreign drugs
• Housing bill passes, faces Bush veto threat
• If E.T. ever calls, these ‘ears’ will be listening
• In lake, signs of the shift that created the Sahara
• Israeli premier denies taking bribes
• Judge threatens to halt war court trial
• Man faces charges in deaths of Colo. bison
• Man who imprisoned daughter discusses it
• McCain said to press his views about the FEC
• Mexico’s acting federal police chief shot dead
• Montana judge rejects delay of wolf lawsuit
• North Korea releases documents to U.S.
• Obama returns to capitol, tries to rally the party
• Putin appointed prime minister
• Texas-sized sinkhole continues to grow
• U.N. demands freer access for cyclone aid
• U.S. congressman seeks criminal charges in Utah mine collapse
• 2 U.S. officials must leave, Russia says
• Violence paralyzes Beirut for second day
• Violent storms sweep through the Southeast
• 8 Western states rebuff plan to bury Italy’s waste in Utah
• Wyoming man to stand trial in bald eagle case

FEATURES

• Health screenings filling up fast
• Medical malpractice limit is upheld
• Small bites
• St. Charles Bend psychiatric unit to be remodeled
• State, county give mental health care provider assistance
• The sun’s here; are you getting your vitamin D?

ENTERTAINMENT

• Amped up
• Art exhibits
• Caldera announces residencies
• Castro’s hall of shame
• Chair-I-Table Event Auction set for June 6
• Coming to a house near you: Lowry Olafson
• Cultural Trust grant deadline looms
• Damon Castillo Band to play The Summit
• DIVA seeks proposals for six-gallery facility
• Double take
• Family Calendar
• Fine arts students show work at college
• Flannery shares inter-’Office’ love
• Floater’s psychedelic rock returns to Bend
• Keb’ Mo’ sold out in Sisters
• Lucky number
• Music releases: Mariah Carey
• Music releases: Moby
• Music releases: Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
• Music releases: The Kooks
• Once more with feeling ...
• Out of town
• 4 Peaks ticket prices increase Thursday
• Planning ahead
• Sales gallery jury convenes
• Saturday Riverfest wraps up this week
• Singer KT Tunstall lights up the Tower
• Small bites
• Something is rotten in the state of Denmark ...
• Story times, library youth events for May 9-15
• Talks, classes, museums & libraries
• This week
• Treasure trove
• Wiieeeeee!
• ‘Young Indiana Jones’ returns in third, final DVD boxed set

RESTAURANTS

• Lucky number

OPINION

• Bend was correct to release names
• Confused voters
• Democratic change
• Disciplining a bad health care report
• High school needed
• Today's 20-somethings seek to make the world better
• Vote for school bond