July 08, 2008

LOCAL & STATE

• A big, hairy mess
• Body recovered after kayaking accident
• Calendar
• Correction
• Council minutes reflect Bend’s history
• Crooked River Ranch man caught after chase
• Deschutes poised for nitrate vote
• Doctor’s body found below Benham Falls
• Domestic partnership law gets another day in court
• Downtown Bend work to partially close street
• Ex-Corvallis cop helps drivers beat drunken driving in court
• Fireworks complaints in Bend nearly triple from 2007
• Gas leak in Redmond prompts street closure
• Head Start program to expand
• Injured climber recovering at hospital
• Kicking the e-mail habit, and other productivity boosters
• Kulongoski is back to work after surgery
• More people to receive health plan paperwork
• News of Record: Deeds
• News of Record: Police Log and Bend Fire Runs
• Oregonians who changed parties stay put, for now
• Owner calls remote land a treasure – whether there’s gold there or not
• Prineville could get a college program
• Reflections on a summer day
• State panel to review pay for public officials
• Suspects sought in Redmond break-in

BUSINESS

• At the border: Food in, little checked
• Business Calendar
• Cloud computing: Why is it the talk of the industry?
• Dialysis company to buy drug maker for $4.6B
• Europe reconsiders its biofuel goal
• Fannie, Freddie share woes signal trouble
• IndyMac to cut jobs, most of its lending
• Kicking the e-mail habit, and other productivity boosters
• Microsoft backs Icahn in his effort to reshape Yahoo
• News of Record: Deeds
• Oregon is in a ‘mild recession,’ report says
• Rates fall at weekly Treasury bill auction
• Scouring the Web for unhappy customers
• Trying to right a sinking ship

SPORTS

• 15, 5 and 1K races to be held at Smith Rock
• Awesome Aussie comes to CCC
• Bend teen upbeat after arm severed while surfing, a friend says
• Big names coming to Prineville horse races
• Children sought to compete in bike race
• Community Sports Calendar
• Community Sports Scoreboard
• Few spots remain for Crater Lake Rim Runs
• In battle of Bend, Elks defeat Bucks
• Little Leaguers score big in district tourneys
• Local runner receives hall of fame honor
• Nadal closes in on Federer in rankings
• Nadal withdraws from Mercedes Cup
• New leader takes over Tour de France
• Oakland snaps home skid against Seattle
• On the Air
• Rising star
• Sabathia traded to Brewers
• Scoreboard
• Seahawks’ Tatupu pleads guilty to DUI
• 11 soccer club teams fare well in Washington
• Swim records fall at invitational meet
• Swimmer will not compete in 100 free
• Trail Blazers add to coaching staff
• Volleyball team places at national tourney
• Wakeboard and water ski contest on tap

OBITS

• Actor Don Davis, 65, played sci-fi TV roles
• Boxer Mando Ramos
• Science-fiction writer Thomas Disch ‘a genius’

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death Notices

NATION & WORLD

• At least 40 dead in Afghanistan blast
• At the border: Food in, little checked
• Bertha becomes a Category 3 hurricane
• Cruise ship runs aground near Alaska’s Glacier Bay
• Fresh crews, cool weather aid California fire battles
• G-8 leaders stalled on crisis in Zimbabwe
• Iraqi PM wants a plan for U.S. withdrawal
• McCain, Obama duel on economy
• Obama’s speech moving outside
• Seeing double: Two-headed dragon lizard beats the odds
• Serbia approves new coalition government
• The Wall Street Journal first published in 1889
• Train spills coal into Yellowstone River
• 8-year-olds on statins? Proposal is under fire
• 40 years later, lunar rocks continue to tell secrets

FEATURES

• A big, hairy mess
• A locavore’s dilemma — when to eat, and not to eat, locally
• As good as any curry takeout, but healthier
• Camping: Roughing it needn’t refer to meals
• Can’t get the grass to grow? Here’s why
• Color’s important role
• DIY project is the cat’s meow
• Doctor’s body found below Benham Falls
• Easy, loved and delicious
• Get away from it all – in your bedroom
• Good home insulation will help you cool it, too
• Heirloom tomatoes shame the others
• How to gather your own seeds
• Lost & found
• Never mind the basil - peas make pesto, too
• Paints that don’t raise a stink
• Recipe Finder
• Sushi, make room for ramen
• This ‘essential’ fish cookbook’s the real thing

ENTERTAINMENT

• Art works for a good cause
• Children sought to compete in bike race
• Jon Bon Jovi helps bring down the house
• Kidman and Urban welcome baby girl
• Legendary soprano hospitalized after fall
• Summer’s reality: odd skills, absurd obstacles
• West Coast vintners featured at Sunfest

OPINION

• A new way to commute
• Control your cat
• Gas rationing
• Growing the UGB in the right way
• Obama is not ready
• Teaching Arabic with a heavy helping of propaganda
• Working for peace

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Downtown Bend work to partially close street
• Gas leak in Redmond prompts street closure