May 31, 2008

LOCAL & STATE

• Accident blocks traffic on U.S. Highway 20
• Area political junkies vying for seats at Democratic convention
• As gas prices cut into profits, region’s movers get creative
• Attorney general joins suit over new smog rules
• Bend meetings now closed-captioned
• Bend-La Pine Schools gets $100,000 grant
• Budget-fueled cutbacks reduce service hours in Bend Community Development Department
• Correction
• Corrections
• Crook County ready to start repeal of old resort rules
• Finding $61K in car, Oregon officers suspect drug dealing
• For the birds
• Fundraiser for fighting breast cancer
• Get extra shade from bug-eye sunglasses
• Graduating milestones
• Kulongoski urges end to labor dispute at feedlots
• Lovin’ the sun
• Mine proposal, M37 claims and roadwork on agendas at local meetings
• Nearly 1,000 turn out for Culver teen’s memorial service
• News of Record: Police log, Bend fire runs, pets
• Redmond house fire causes damage
• Sale of Bend parking lot hits a snag
• ‘Shear’ desperation
• State, feds near hospital accord
• 3 Union-Baker service district workers accused of misconduct by state agency
• What's Going Up
• Woman rescued from Lava River Cave

BUSINESS

• Agency sounds an alarm on banks’ shaky outlooks
• Amazon’s Kindle gets 5,000 more books
• As gas prices cut into profits, region’s movers get creative
• Bend meetings now closed-captioned
• Budget-fueled cutbacks reduce service hours in Bend Community Development Department
• Crook County ready to start repeal of old resort rules
• Horizon Air founder Milton Kuolt dies
• Incomes, spending see slow April gains
• Mine proposal, M37 claims and roadwork on agendas at local meetings
• MySpace clicks again after a profile update
• Price concerns spur review of commodities
• Sale of Bend parking lot hits a snag
• Third business-class airline stops flying
• Unconventional choice ascends to prominence in housing crisis
• United-US Airways merger called off
• What's Going Up

SPORTS

• American women out of French Open
• Bend golfer still alive at NCAA tourney
• Bend runner Neuman qualifies for NCAA track title
• Biffle takes pole position at Dover
• Boston pitcher placed on DL with shoulder injury
• Celtics punch ticket to meet Lakers in NBA finals
• Golf Scoreboard
• Leunen shoring up draft status
• Mayo to be looked at for ties to charity
• NBA Scoreboard
• NBA set to fine floppers next season
• On the Air
• Pitcher worth his weight — in bats
• Seniors ready to ride
• Solo home runs give Jays win over Angels
• Tough course tests Memorial leaders
• UConn coach treated for skin cancer
• Yankees’ Chamberlain moves to starting rotation

OBITS

• Alexander Courage composed theme to ‘Star Trek’ TV show
• Betty Overholt
• Folk singer ‘Utah’ Phillips dies at 73
• Former big league pitcher honored at stadium
• Hein Hvatum engineered telescope to the heavens
• Horsewoman Louise Firouz was known for Caspian breed in Iran
• Joan Irene Switzer
• Maurice ‘Maury’ Dale Payne
• Norma Louise Heinz
• Robert ‘Bob’ Gene Tutt

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Betty Overholt
• Joan Irene Switzer
• Maurice ‘Maury’ Dale Payne
• Norma Louise Heinz
• Robert ‘Bob’ Gene Tutt

NATION & WORLD

• A brother lost, a brotherhood found
• A tribe may disappear
• Blair’s new charity to enlist religion as a positive force
• China prepares for possibility of flood
• Crane falls, kills 2 in N.Y.
• Cyclone victims face huge hurdle: neglect
• Do you ignore billboards? Now, they’re taking notice
• Earth-like planet is detected
• Employer of dead teen had past violations
• Everything looks good for today’s space shuttle launch
• Ex-Obama adviser ‘regrets’ comment
• FEMA moves hundreds of families into hotels
• Females shouldn’t be priests, Vatican says
• Iran may talk with next administration
• Israel will review its stance on Palestinian scholars
• Jefferson Davis’ home restored for reopening
• McCain defends his Iraq comment
• Mosque shooting kills 8 in Yemen
• Police search for robbers in thong ‘masks’
• Rainbow Family to hold meeting in Wyoming
• Reunion for Texas sect’s kids and parents will be awhile
• Rice rejects Iceland’s criticism of Guantanamo Bay
• Rules committee likely sways Democratic race
• Shiites across Iraq protest U.S. presence
• Spelling Bee e-x-c-i-t-e-m-e-n-t
• There he is: Mr. California
• Trans-Alaska oil pipeline finished in 1977
• U.S. intelligence on North Korea nukes disputed
• U.S., Libya agree on victim reparations
• U.S.’s Gates issues warnings to China
• What’s in a new name? Fun, protest and a sense of one’s self

FEATURES

• Breaking racial barriers with pillars of faith
• Correction
• Graduating milestones
• Religion in Brief
• Today’s Discovery Expo takes fresh approach to senior health

ENTERTAINMENT

• Author Ajak to speak at COCC
• Bill Murray’s wife files for divorce
• Brush up on astronomy at free Star Party today, tonight
• Calendar
• Campbell charged over airport assault
• Regis: ‘Live’ each day, and now ‘Password,’ too
• Rumors swirl over Jolie giving birth
• Spears ‘not yet fit’ for court participation
• Winehouse to play at Mandela birthday bash

OPINION

• ‘Bridge to Peace’ will help change consciousness, end violence
• Don’t rationalize ethanol policy
• Driving a bus is harder than you think
• Driving age