June 06, 2008

LOCAL & STATE

• Alan, Anvil Blasters to play Silver Moon
• All you need to know about hot-air balloons
• Alleged Sept. 11 mastermind asks for the death sentence
• Al-Qaida claims attack on Danish embassy
• Art exhibits
• Bend rated as second in U.S. for overvalued housing
• Bend sewer rates could double over next 5 years
• Brushstrokes of light
• 16 Buddhist monks arrested in Tibet
• Catch the reading buzz
• Chairs to be auctioned during Art Walk
• Cherry harvest late along the Gorge
• Clinton, Obama back off VP talk
• Dark energy: cool name, little known
• ‘D-Day’ invasion took place in 1944
• Death investigated in Clackamas County
• Deschutes ‘08 defaults surpass ‘07 totals
• Deschutes fair seeks talent show performers
• Dispatches
• Downtown Bend's urban oasis
• Expect High Desert freeze, mountain snow, forecast says
• Family Calendar
• Flying the friendly skies
• Food meeting ends with call for action
• GO! Magazine
• Headed to work
• Heading for the stars
• Hillstomp is back at the Domino Room
• Initiative wars are heating up
• Investigators accuse 2 of stealing wire
• Judge sends polluter to prison for 6 months
• Madras plans collection of hazardous waste
• McCain in Florida
• Meeting scheduled on septic system upgrade
• Memories still linger 40 years after RFK made Bend one of his last campaign stops
• Music releases: Clay Aiken
• Music releases: Donna Summer
• Music releases: 3 Doors Down
• Music releases: Duffy
• Music releases: Foxy Brown
• Music releases: Gavin Degraw
• Music releases: John Hiatt
• Music releases: Scarlett Johansson
• Music releases: T Bone Burnett
• Neighbors present another hurdle for Ducks’ new arena
• News of Record: Police log, Bend fire runs, stolen vehicles and pets
• Oregon GDP grows 3.2% in 2007
• Out of town
• Pastor gets 3 years for abusing women
• Planning ahead
• Police plan checkpoints in D.C. neighborhood
• Police: Woman ran in front of car on purpose
• Pope & Talbot pulp mill is sold
• Raid south of Sunriver results in 2 arrests
• Redmond library is seeking artists
• Restaurant Guide
• Rollover near Prineville sends 4 to the hospital
• Sect’s families unite but slow to come home
• Senate panel faults Bush on case for war
• Smith: U.S. should take lead on climate change
• Special charts NASA’s first 50 years
• Stolen Jesus statue returned to church
• Story times, library youth events for June 6-12
• Students feel the pressure of ‘real’ emergency care
• Summer Sunday concerts are back at Les Schwab Amphitheater
• Summit High School grads capture the moment
• Talks, classes, museums & libraries
• Textile exhibit opens today in Madras
• This week
• Timber payments bill fails despite majority support
• Too much good stuff
• Tour eases Bend fifth-graders’ middle school anxiety
• Try to keep your opinions on others’ parenting to yourself
• Turkish high court rules on head scarves
• Two ousted over Air Force mistakes
• United Arab Emirates to set up Iraqi embassy
• United they stand
• Updated - Body of missing man found downstream of Benham Falls
• Vacuum-like device helps save heart attack victims
• Web sites earn awards
• When 2 families become one
• Wyden introduces Badlands legislation
• Yee-haw! Concrete Cowboys back in Bend
• Youth theater holds summer conservatory
• Zimbabweans detain U.S. diplomats

BUSINESS

• A possible peek behind veil of bank secrecy in tax inquiry
• A slick car can have effect on teenage psyche
• Bank of America OK’d to buy Countrywide
• Bend rated as second in U.S. for overvalued housing
• Broadcom founder is held on charges
• Business Calendar
• Central Oregon gas prices
• Continental Airlines to cut jobs, capacity
• Costly gas hasn’t always altered habits, but that’s all changing now
• Deschutes ‘08 defaults surpass ‘07 totals
• Dispatches
• Madras plans collection of hazardous waste
• May sales give retailers a welcome surprise
• Mortgage troubles reach record levels
• Oil prices see largest single-day price jump
• Oregon GDP grows 3.2% in 2007
• Redmond Airport begins cleanup of de-icer in soil
• Regulators sign off on Miller, Coors merger
• Small bites
• South Korea plans to fine Intel $25 million
• Verizon Wireless agrees to buy Alltel
• What airline maneuvers will mean for passengers

SPORTS

• Celtics up early in finals
• Equine Outreach program now a full nonprofit
• Golf Scoreboard
• Horse Country Calendar
• Horse Country Scoreboard
• Is the Belmont Stakes already over?
• Ivanovic, Safina to meet for title at French Open
• Kiss at ballpark stirs a debate
• Kiwa Butte
• Metolius River
• NBA Scoreboard
• Ochoa battles back from slow championship start
• On the Air
• Oregon Coast Aquarium
• Sisters Rodeo slated for its 68th running
• Steroids dealer found dead at Texas home
• Tempers flare as Red Sox beat Rays
• The century club
• This plan could cause gridlock

OBITS

• Charles Moskos came up with the ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy
• Death notices
• Gymnast won 13 Olympic medals
• John D. Woody Woodruff
• WWII veteran earned Medal of Honor at 17

ENTERTAINMENT

• Keep your cool with summer-centric movies
• Parents’ Guide to Movies
• Ready for the scrapheap

OPINION

• Digital switch
• Ethanol’s a waste
• High school graduation marks transition to adulthood
• Hillary, don’t stiff the state’s kids
• Obama’s faults
• Skier reduction
• Stop spending on bus stops
• Veterans’ benefits