June 26, 2008

LOCAL & STATE

• A day in the park
• Animal neglect suspect released
• 2 arrested in Redmond pellet gun shooting
• Citizen Police Academy scheduled in Redmond
• Crook County topped Deschutes in wages in ‘06, census data show
• Doctor agrees to be extradited to Australia
• Enforcing Jessica’s Law
• Escaped inmate captured in Woodburn
• Forbes publisher to keynote Bend event
• Help arrives for fire crews
• Intruder found passed out on couch is fatally shot
• Motorcyclist injured trying to avoid deer
• News of Record
• News of Record: Permits
• Outlaw biker freed after serving one day of one-year sentence
• Peak renamed after Indians raise concerns
• Prineville chase leads to arrest
• Redmond will build its new school on south side
• Self-serve gas isn’t an option here; does that cost you?
• Sisters developer dies in accident
• The Village at Sunriver likely to get green light
• Victim of jogger rapist talks to parole board
• Wind turbines are an idea whose time has (almost) come
• 20 years, and many, many beers

BUSINESS

• A benefits primer for those new to the working world
• American Express sees worsening conditions
• Be careful playing chicken with your car’s fuel light
• Business Calendar
• Crook County topped Deschutes in wages in ‘06, census data show
• Fed holds rates steady for now
• Forbes publisher to keynote Bend event
• Genetic tests come under scrutiny
• Hybrids don’t pass economy test drive
• InBev ups pressure in bid for Anheuser
• Land bureau hopes to add herbicides to its arsenal
• New-home sales fall again in May
• News of Record: Permits
• Nike earnings jump 12% in fourth quarter
• Self-serve gas isn’t an option here; does that cost you?
• 2 states file lawsuits against Countrywide
• The Village at Sunriver likely to get green light
• Tribune Tower could be sold, chairman says
• WaMu shareholders OK $7B investment
• Wind turbines are an idea whose time has (almost) come
• 20 years, and many, many beers

SPORTS

• Anglers catching rainbows at Crane Prairie Reservoir
• Blazers reported buying 27th draft pick
• Busy brothers take time for Open
• Crooked River Roundup focused on the cowboys
• Deschutes fly fishing season far from over
• Drive the cattle, then get some chow
• Elks take out Kelowna
• Elks win sixth in a row
• Fab freshmen set to take NBA by storm
• Fly-tying corner
• Fresno State caps unlikely CWS title run
• Hotshots prepare for IBL playoffs
• Hunting and Fishing Events Calendar
• In Spokane, a fishing show worth watching
• On the Air
• Phils back on track with win at Oakland
• Sorenstam to play in her final U.S. Open
• Stars commit to Cycling Classic
• The wind prevails
• Weekend warm-up to draw many to mountains

OBITS

• Leonid Hurwicz, 90, was oldest to win Nobel Prize
• Musician Sonny Okosuns fought apartheid
• Richard Koke enlightened the public on NYC’s place in U.S. history

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death Notices
• Esther Elaine Wood
• Peggy Ann Purvis

NATION & WORLD

• A ‘shortage psychology’ that"s keeping oil prices high
• Afghans say Pakistan behind plot to kill Karzai
• Breakthrough foreseen in N. Korea talks
• Candidates reach out to Latinos
• Crackdown targets tenacious L.A. gang
• 6 dead in Kentucky plastics plant shooting
• Forces in Iraq see spike in deadly violence
• Israel avoids turmoil with election deal
• Land bureau hopes to add herbicides to its arsenal
• Lavish graduation ceremonies are out at many middle schools
• Mandela, Bush join in condemning Mugabe
• McCain pledges oil independence
• More states drop federal abstinence education grants
• NBC settles suit over its ‘Catch a Predator’ series
• No executions for child rape
• Oil spill victims stunned by ruling to cut damages
• Online, on the offensive: Al-Qaida’s war of ideas
• Oregon senator touts Obama link
• Overnight rains dump on Midwest
• President Kennedy declares ‘Ich bin ein Berliner’ in 1963
• South Korea to lift ban on U.S. beef today
• Talks to turn rivals into allies

FEATURES

• Cost of patients in area hospitals
• Dairy: Sorting fact from fiction
• Does taking birth control pills affect athletic performance?
• Glacier park relocates sun road celebration
• Golf is a walking sport that can burn off plenty of extra calories
• Gray Line of Seattle spices up culinary tours
• Grilled or baked, salmon is full of heart-healthy nutrition
• Health Datebook
• How to get the best health care
• Imminent danger
• Moving forward
• People
• Reno revs up for Hot August Nights
• Spice up your life – and food
• Using the web: Oregon Immunization ALERT

ENTERTAINMENT

• Alec Baldwin heard on NYC homelessness ad
• Calendar
• Cher allegedly harassed at Nashville lounge
• Community Datebook
• John Day museum now open after restoration
• Kid Rock jokes to fans: ‘Steal everything’
• Life, death in a hospital, but these stories are real
• Tom Hanks in home construction dispute
• Volume shares naturalist’s early essays

OPINION

• Congress should preserve Medicare payments to doctors
• Demolishing gas
• Illegal-firework users should be reported
• OSU-Cascades plan
• Plan for failure
• Price of surrender for the Legislature
• Scarce water

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Motorcyclist injured trying to avoid deer