June 30, 2008

LOCAL & STATE

• BendBroadband speeding things up
• Democrats ponder a plan for the South
• Embezzler’s ex-wife admits to stealing
• For our airport, it’s use it or lose it
• Gas prices hit the oil exploration industry, too
• Heat to continue, perhaps with rain
• How a YouTube world has altered attack ads
• Lamp left near bed ignites blaze in Bend
• Lane County fined over fuel tank leak
• McCain meets with evangelist Billy Graham
• New driver’s license rules to take effect
• News of Record: Bankruptcies, civil suits
• Pets find flood shelter at Iowa college
• Powered by innovation
• Rare turtle rescued from backyard
• Redmond reroute gets some finishing touches
• Reroute redux
• Rhythms of culture
• School program for at-risk kids won’t see cuts
• Search winding down for missing swimmer
• Tumalo Creek Fire is largely under control

BUSINESS

• BendBroadband speeding things up
• Books to help you understand bonds
• Business Calendar
• Digital music store to try new strategy
• For our airport, it’s use it or lose it
• Gas prices hit the oil exploration industry, too
• Group proposes exchange to trade Internet capacity
• Modern technology takes a cue from a humpback’s flippers
• Powered by innovation
• Retire? Not until you’re 64 or 65, report suggests
• Siemens expected to cut 17,200 jobs
• This milk jug is new, but is it improved? Many are saying ‘no’

SPORTS

• Athletes beat the heat at Pacific Crest
• Auto Racing Scoreboard
• Competitor dies during Wickiup leg of triathlon
• Crooked River Roundup crowns all-around cowboy
• Elks drop series against Kitsap
• Floating the day away
• Gay wins Trials in 100 meters with fastest time ever
• Golf Scoreboard
• Horse sanctuary opens near Oakland
• Hotshots fall in IBL West semis
• Kurt Busch finds victory lane
• Larkin is first Bend swimmer in the pool at U.S. Trials
• Mariners complete sweep in San Diego
• Motorsports Events Calendar
• On the Air
• Phelps, Hoff set records in 400 IM at U.S. Trials
• Scoreboard
• Spain takes Euro ’08, wins first major title in 44 years
• Trial by fire
• U.S. Women’s Open crowns youngest winner in history

OBITS

• Basil Rifkind linked heart disease to cholesterol
• Katherine Loker was an heir to StarKist fortune
• Pianist Leonard Pennario, best-selling classical artist
• Thomas Atkins was civil rights leader

NATION & WORLD

• China to resume talks with the Dalai Lama
• 6 die in medical helicopter collision
• Exploiting U.S. divisions, al-Qaida grows in Pakistan
• General who jumped from planes set to break 4-star barrier
• ‘Gone with the Wind’ is published in 1936
• Hoarding nations are fueling the fire of food inflation
• Israel agrees to swap prisoner for soldiers
• Lion kills eagle at Vancouver, B.C., zoo
• Malaysian opposition leader seeks refuge
• Moderate Muslims see their traditions besieged in India
• Need press? A few key words might get you some coverage
• NYC keeps the cannoli but drops the trans fats
• Pakistani forces push back militants from major city
• Scientists: Nothing to fear from atom-smasher - really
• Ship pilots, apprentices navigate troubled waters
• South Korean beef protests turn violent
• Swift boat veterans want their name back
• U.S. officials advised Iraqis on oil contracts
• U.S. ship carrying aid reaches North Korea
• Zimbabwe’s Mugabe sworn in for a 6th term

FEATURES

• Anglican conservatives to form new group
• Health care found to be better with online help
• NYC keeps the cannoli but drops the trans fats
• School program for at-risk kids won’t see cuts
• This milk jug is new, but is it improved? Many are saying ‘no’

ENTERTAINMENT

• ‘American Idol’ Studdard ties knot
• Amy Winehouse strikes back at fan
• Books to help you understand bonds
• Calendar
• Movie Times
• Will Smith’s school not Scientologist

OPINION

• $4 a gallon is cheap – consumer outrage is misdirected
• Jefferson commissioners should be nonpartisan
• Punitive damages should be predictable
• School name good choice

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Redmond reroute gets some finishing touches
• Reroute redux