July 09, 2008

LOCAL & STATE

• All-day kindergarten expands
• An underwater get-together
• Bend Brush fire quickly extinguished
• Correction
• Couple killed when pickup runs off trail into river gorge
• Deschutes commissioners approve rule to reduce nitrates
• GW Fire timber salvage bid awarded
• House damaged by fire in Prineville
• La Pine park district is putting tax measure on ballot this fall
• Madras company lays off 10% of work force
• Madras sewer fines anger Tops Trailer Park residents
• May room taxes dip in Bend, county
• New terminal poised to arrive on schedule
• News of Record: Police Log, Bend Fire Runs and Pets
• Oregon takes shape
• People On the Move
• Plans for dog parks in Bend expected by the fall
• Redmond funds its downtown publicity drive
• Services planned for Bend doctor
• Startups offered $100,000 enticement
• Surgeons reattach teen’s arm after coastal surfing accident
• The dirt on carpet cleaning
• Weekend host now at Farewell Bend Park

BUSINESS

• Alcoa’s profit sinks 24% on higher costs
• Anheuser-Busch says InBev’s bid is ‘illegal’
• Art, poster site agrees to be sold to CafePress
• Business Calendar
• Correction
• Employers should handle layoffs with care, respect
• Fed sees turmoil lasting longer than expected
• Fire causes damage at Old Mill bar
• Generation Y set to reshape the workplace
• Madras company lays off 10% of work force
• Marketplace casts a nervous eyes on GM’s dashboard
• May room taxes dip in Bend, county
• New terminal poised to arrive on schedule
• Numbers add up to organic – or not
• Oil prices drop for second day
• People On the Move
• Ratings agencies flouted guidelines, study says
• Redmond funds its downtown publicity drive
• Restaurant fire put out by occupants
• Restaurant slated for south Bend mall
• Shoes are work-worthy - and get good mileage
• Siemens to eliminate almost 17,000 jobs
• Startups offered $100,000 enticement
• The dirt on carpet cleaning
• Top entertainment sellers
• VMware’s CEO quits
• Wal-Mart loses appeal of discrimination ruling
• Web site helps spot fake bags
• When a sundress simply won't do

SPORTS

• Air Force graduate from Bend now one of top fencers in U.S.
• A’s trade pitcher Harden to Cubs
• Bend rider on a roll as a pro rider
• 2008 CCC competitors
• Club-head speed can add power, distance
• Cyclist critically injured in first stage of race
• Elevations make a difference on both sides of the mountains
• Elks use six-run inning to earn win
• Former Olympic sports came right from playground
• Fundraiser to benefit Bend Little League team
• German wins Tour time trial
• Golf Scoreboard
• Golf Week
• On the Air
• Safin rebounds for win at Swedish Open
• Scoreboard
• Sunriver Resort: Meadows
• Time to ride
• Tour de France veterans could ‘cause some drama’
• Watching the CCC? Some do’s and don’ts
• Water polo makes a splash with middle school kids
• White Sox score late to beat Royals
• Women’s race returns to CCC after one-year hiatus

OBITS

• Clem McSpadden was a rodeo announcer, congressman
• John Templeton invested in exploring ‘Big Questions’
• Philip Coady commanded in Gulf War

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death Notices
• Floydine 'Deanie' Friend
• Mary L. Sawyer
• Services planned for Bend doctor

NATION & WORLD

• At least 1 mountain in the Lower 48 — Shasta — sees glaciers growing
• Britain’s Princess Elizabeth engaged in 1947
• Cheney interfered in testimony on climate, ex-EPA official says
• Common treatment for prostate tumors may be ineffective
• Company’s monitoring of Web surfing changes
• Disney guard protests gun law — and is fired
• Fertile country: Babies linked to music festival
• Fire burns dozens of California homes
• Former Sen. Jesse Helms is laid to rest
• G-8 vows pollution cut by 2050
• Gorbachev laments U.S. use of military
• House moves to keep shark fins out of soups
• House speaker’s platform to be wheelchair-accessible
• How the military prepares for its big-screen close-ups
• IOC: Issues remain for Olympics in Beijing
• Iraq won’t sign pact without a U.S. withdrawal timetable
• Judge wants speed in Guantanamo cases
• Kenya’s president lost disputed election, U.S. exit poll indicates
• McCain’s health care plan faces hurdles
• Obama and McCain court Latino voters
• Obama donors are slow to aid Clinton
• Online supporters criticize Obama
• Pet owners poll: McCain favored
• Playing all sides, Qatar casts itself as the Mideast mediator
• Senate panel cuts Bush’s budget for nuclear dump
• Senate report links Medicare payments to dead doctors
• Smith says Democrats broke rules in ads with Merkley
• Spain’s annual bullfighting festival gets under way
• Summit not as green as billed, activists say
• Top authorities resign after fatal Mexico raid
• Tougher immigration enforcement planned
• U.S., Czechs sign accord allowing missile shield
• U.S. returns looted art to Colombia
• U.S. seeks data swap with Europeans
• Wild horses’ fate at risk as adoptions fall

FEATURES

• Common treatment for prostate tumors may be ineffective
• Deschutes United Way reaches its goal
• People On the Move
• Weekend host now at Farewell Bend Park

ENTERTAINMENT

• ‘Burn Notice’ is back - and quirky as ever
• Calendar
• Drew Barrymore, Justin Long call it quits
• Fire causes damage at Old Mill bar
• McConaughey’s girlfriend has a boy
• Restaurant fire put out by occupants
• Restaurant slated for south Bend mall
• Steve-O says sobriety won’t stop stunts

OPINION

• ‘Batty’ proposal
• Bilking taxpayers
• Co-sleeping can be safe
• Don’t blame environmentalists for high gas prices
• Don’t oversell Head Start
• Protect old growth
• U.S. should leave speed limit alone

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• CCC Traffic report