June 07, 2008

LOCAL & STATE

• A diploma, 66 years after he was drafted
• Bend transit’s union OKs 3-year contract
• Break out your cap and gown
• Contractor for schools in Bend says it hasn’t violated union laws
• Drug team finds $72K in fuel tank
• Family of cyclist killed by garbage truck sues
• Graffiti, M37 claims among issues at upcoming meetings
• Homeless study counts 1,700 in Central Oregon
• Idling trains still draw ire of neighbors
• Klamath Falls man sentenced to 6 years in sex-abuse case
• Lane County house fire kills 65-year-old woman
• Missing man’s body found in the Deschutes
• New church builds strong foundation
• News of Record: Police log, Bend fire runs, pets
• Nonprofits in region struggle to stay afloat
• Oregon tuitions to increase by an average of 3.4 percent
• 3 OSU staff members recognized by campus
• Proposed I-5 bridge over Columbia gets backing
• Regulators give environmental OK for LNG terminal
• Setting an example
• Walden discusses timber payment vote
• What's Going Up
• Wounded Eagle gets a new beak, new look
• Wreck removal

BUSINESS

• Borrowing rises at slower pace in April
• Contractor for schools in Bend says it hasn’t violated union laws
• Graffiti, M37 claims among issues at upcoming meetings
• Homeless study counts 1,700 in Central Oregon
• Icahn quantifies Yahoo sale price
• Minivan sales slow
• Nonprofits in region struggle to stay afloat
• Oil up, stocks down on ‘unprecedented’ day
• Stimulus checks aiding faith projects, charities
• Turns out, vacations really are good for you
• U.S. will join investigation against Intel
• Wall Street: Investors are facing their ‘worst fears’
• Wal-Mart: Low-price mantra is working
• What's Going Up

SPORTS

• Big eighth inning lifts Rockies over Brewers
• Dixon wins fourth Indy Car pole of season
• Doug Collins will not become Bulls’ coach
• Easy day puts Ochoa on top
• Ex-Steeler Dwight White dies at 58
• Federer, Nadal back in French final
• Golf Scoreboard
• Hotshots fall to Volcanoes in IBL action
• Marathon man
• Memories of the ’79 C.O. Phillies
• NASCAR’s Kahne to start first at Pocono
• On the Air
• Panel upholds doping ban for Justin Gatlin
• Police say steroid dealer killed himself
• Spring Tennis Classic gives area players a chance to get outside
• U of O gets OK to sell basketball arena bonds
• Ultimate Frisbee tourney on tap today
• Welterweight champ Mayweather Jr. retires
• What does it mean if Big Brown wins the Triple Crown?

OBITS

• Author, statesman, scholar Harlan Cleveland dies at 90
• Death notices
• India’s Vijay Tendulkar a creative playwright
• Oscar Ratnoff led study of blood clots

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices

NATION & WORLD

• Academic conference examines TV hit ‘Buffy’
• Appeals court blocks work on Colorado gas pipeline
• ‘Buildering’ up for debate after 2 scale New York Times tower
• Climate bill is defeated without vote in the Senate
• Convention loophole tests Obama’s stance against big money
• Dems mum on one-on-one
• Disfigured as a child, now he helps kids with facial trauma
• Georgia warned by Russia against plans to join NATO
• Grieving parents seek justice for their losses
• Levitating train from L.A. to Las Vegas gets boost
• $21.5 million raised a record for McCain
• Mugabe bans opposition rallies
• NYC crane inspector accused of corruption
• Obama and McCain start courting Clinton’s loyal base of female voters
• OLMERT WARNS OF A MAJOR MILITARY THRUST IN GAZA
• Pakistan foils potential attack
• Police chief’s arrest, guns jolt town of 1,150
• Rain adds to flood danger from quake lakes
• Resolution for American independence proposed to Continental Congress in 1776
• Restaurant defies Baghdad bombers
• Short on water, state curbs construction
• Smith’s votes on climate show a big shift
• Stem cells appear to cure boy’s fatal disease
• Typo on diplomas embarrasses principal
• UAE forges a future using manual labor
• Veterans gather to remember D-Day at World War II museum
• Washington immigrants fear ferry ID checks
• WVU president resigns in wake of scandal

FEATURES

• Group sues in denial of church use permit
• New church builds strong foundation
• Parents oppose Muslim presentation
• Religion in Brief
• Setting an example
• Stem cells appear to cure boy’s fatal disease
• Stimulus checks aiding faith projects, charities
• Surprising find for diabetics’ sugar counts and heart risk
• Youngest Catholic bishop ordained

ENTERTAINMENT

• Bend author’s e-book explains birds, bees
• Bend dancers perform well at convention
• Calendar
• De la Fuente recovers from ‘Dancing’ injury
• Gary Cole does time for ‘Good Behavior’
• Harry Potter author enchants Harvard grads
• It’s a baby girl for Vin Diesel
• Larkspur Festival to give books to kids
• Let’s Pull Together targets noxious weeds
• ‘Nashville Star’ will skip audition footage
• Retirement party for superintendent June 16
• Rocker Doherty misses show due to late train
• Showtime books ticket to ‘Tara’-dise
• Steve Carell jokes about kissing The Rock in film

OPINION

• Courtroom victory for property rights
• Fund payments with new leases
• Juniper a gem
• Misleading petition
• Rescue of a race
• Safeguarding the Nazi
• Sorry for comments that were taken completely out of context
• There are options
• Welcome tribute