June 10, 2008

LOCAL & STATE

• Bend and Redmond home prices jump in May
• Crook schools budget avoids cuts for now
• Driveway mix-up: It’s permitted, then it’s not
• Expert: Levee not an immediate threat
• Holocaust denier to speak at UO
• Lieutenant on Redmond police force is cited for harassment
• Living off the land
• Lost hiker rescued on Mount Hood
• Man accused of assaulting infant son
• Man extradited in his mother’s killing
• Measures taken to preserve history
• Nearly 1,000 in Bend lose power
• News of record: Deeds
• News of Record: Police log, pets
• Ochoco plans higher fees, less maintenance
• Oregon State Hospital still short-handed
• Revisiting Heritage Square
• Salmonella outbreak linked to tomatoes
• Something’s fishy
• Springfield reveals its new slogan
• Surprise quilt
• The Perfect day for a kite
• Three suspects arrested in kidnapping
• Timber payments extension introduced
• Two hospitalized after Prineville collision
• Working with steel, but staying flexible

BUSINESS

• A few big-box retailers give vinyl records a spin
• Bend and Redmond home prices jump in May
• Business Calendar
• Driveway mix-up: It’s permitted, then it’s not
• Fed chief: Economy might not slip much
• FHA expects big loss from soaring defaults
• Ford offers incentives on F-series
• High-tech tinkerer is at the top of his ‘modding’ game
• Lehman raising $6B in capital to survive
• Living off the land
• Measuring our happiness, stress
• Mt. Bachelor names new general manager
• Nearly 1,000 in Bend lose power
• New iPhone speedier and half the price
• News of record: Deeds
• People alter their plans with gas up to $4 a gallon
• Rates rise at weekly Treasury auction
• Timber payments extension introduced
• U.S. pending home sales jump in April
• Willamette Pass not done with skiing yet
• Working with steel, but staying flexible

SPORTS

• Bears release Benson following 2nd arrest
• Bend rugby squad falls to Portland club
• Big Brown loss still a mystery
• Bulls offer coaching job to Del Negro
• Cascade Lakes Relay deadline coming up
• COBL division champions crowned
• Community Sports Calendar
• Community Sports Scoreboard
• Dutch team beats Italy in Euro 2008
• Elks hope arms help bats this season
• Free swim day slated at area pool
• Get Outside 5K around the corner
• Giants lineman Strahan calls it quits
• Hewitt wins in quest for fifth Queen’s Club title
• Horseman named to hall of fame
• In Madras, students will pay more to play sports
• Kickball league meeting next week
• ‘Ladies Night Out’ connects women with other cyclists
• Madras Swim Team is making waves quickly
• Mariners fire Pentland as hitting coach
• Michael Curry will be Pistons’ next coach
• North Wickiup boat ramp to close
• On the Air
• Oregon wrestlers sue to keep sport
• Red Wings goalie Hasek retires
• Reds’ Griffey hits home run No. 600
• Rugby goals
• Ultimate Frisbee tourney held in C.O.
• Youth fall soccer deadline is nearing

OBITS

• Dino Risi helped create popular Italian film style
• Dr. Randolph Chase explored many diseases
• Harriet Johnson was a prominent activist for rights of the disabled

NATION & WORLD

• Attacker in Tokyo foretold mayhem
• Congress’ impasse on spying could lead to tighter rules
• First lady praises Hillary Clinton for 'grit and strength’
• Flooding in Midwest after days of rain
• 2007 global military spending totals $1.34T
• Indonesia cracks down on Muslim sect
• Italy declares war on France, Britain in 1940
• Kennedy at Cape Cod after brain surgery
• Obama, McCain trade barbs on the economy
• Physicists in Congress are calculating their influence
• Report: Fair runoff in Zimbabwe impossible
• Slovenia first stop on Bush’s European tour
• Smartphones now ringing for women
• U.S. is ‘main obstacle’ to progress, Iran says

FEATURES

• Bacardi's new mojito ready for sipping
• Clean the shower curtain liner easily
• Designer’s site prioritizes process for achieving the right end result
• Entertaining comes down to the details
• Favorite favas
• Fragrant sumac thrives in High Desert
• Hail to the hammock
• Kiwanis Club taking frozen berry orders
• Meatloaf lovers, rejoice
• Nuts about almonds? Check ingredient list
• Out of Africa: A new trend in flavors
• Real estate site has foreclosure resources
• Recipe Finder
• Salmonella outbreak linked to tomatoes
• Save money with a greener home
• Send freeze-dried fruit to summer camp
• Small businesses’ insurance outcry spurs new look
• Surprise quilt
• Tasty way to stretch dinner dollars
• The DNA of patio furniture
• Tips to help you avoid wasting food
• Watch what you’re wrapping

ENTERTAINMENT

• Alba has a baby girl
• Art Station seeks help, offers scholarships
• Calendar
• Cascade Horizon Band plans two free shows
• Cattrall puts sex on food awards menu
• Correction
• First Central Oregon blues festival planned
• Flashback attack: Must every rock band reunite?
• Forget the real news, what about Brangelina’s twins?
• Kiwanis Club taking frozen berry orders
• Lionel Richie: Nicole a ‘struggle-and-a-half’
• Showing off

OPINION

• Board should consider W. Miller Elementary
• Daly’s comments
• Helping workers
• Hollow complaint
• Plenty of blame to go around for national energy problems
• Senate sinks teeth into privatization