July 24, 2008

LOCAL & STATE

• A gaming revolution
• Arrested Serb leader seeks to represent self
• Astoria settles lawsuit over 2005 landslide
• Baker City Council retains prayers before meetings
• Bend police to conduct public opinion survey
• Bend startup gets $600K investment
• Bend-La Pine educator goes to tech conference
• Builders in Deschutes to help pay for roads
• Cigarette starts fire in bank’s landscaping
• Deschutes plans to aid ailing Humane Society
• Fire damages Portland warehouse
• Investigators call Tumalo pot growing operation region’s largest
• Many oppose BLM land deal near Bend
• Millican proposal OK’d again by commission
• Motorcycles collide with semi in Salem
• News of Record: Permits
• News of Record: Police Log, Bend Fire Runs and Pets
• Nurse wants firearm permit returned after gun went off at St. Charles
• Officer in fatal shooting denied bail in sex case
• Pay-as-you-drive auto insurance gains speed
• Pottery Games planned for Aug. 1
• Russian indicted in $1M Medicare fraud
• Salem girl pleads guilty to baby shaking death
• Sting operation moves in on unscrupulous movers
• Swimmers advised to avoid Cannon Beach
• Upcoming Bend roadwork
• Vandals damage 3 schools in Bend
• Why’s Bend so dark? Some illumination ...
• Would-be ice-cream man admits to murder over truck

BUSINESS

• Amazon’s profit more than doubles
• Bend-La Pine educator goes to tech conference
• Boeing profit falls
• Business Calendar
• Central Oregon building permits down in June
• Chrysler plans to cut 1,000 salaried jobs
• Columbia Bancorp posts loss in quarter
• Costco revises its earnings estimate
• Credit unions: What are the advantages?
• Getting picky with fruits, veggies can keep costs down
• Housing bill is on fast track
• McDonald’s returns to profitability
• Microsoft has a message of patience for investors
• Millican proposal OK’d again by commission
• News of Record: Permits
• Oil drops below $125 on demand worries
• One economy’s waste …
• Pay-as-you-drive auto insurance gains speed
• Report underscores Fed’s policy dilemma
• Toyota outsells GM worldwide in first half
• Vandals damage 3 schools in Bend
• 3 ways to cut spending without too much pain
• Weak dollar boosts drug-makers’ profits

SPORTS

• As more trails begin to open, don’t forget to leash dogs
• Beijing broadcasting center evacuated
• Ducks football coach Mike Bellotti set to speak in Bend July 31
• East Lake slam
• Federer knocked out of Rogers Cup early
• Fishing report unavailable
• Fly-tying corner
• Halibut summer fishing opening near Columbia
• Hunting and Fishing Events Calendar
• Jumping again
• Leunen lights up Vegas
• Little League team headed to regionals
• New AD ready to take over at Crook County
• On the Air
• Plan has salmon back in Upper Klamath Lake
• Red Sox complete sweep of Mariners
• Report: Olympic swimmer tests positive
• Scoreboard
• Spaniard wins tour’s 17th stage
• Taking the path less traveled
• Top Gun Open golf event slated to begin today
• Trail Blazers sign draft pick from France
• Trout and bass: When it is all about the numbers
• U.S. basketball team expected to play Canada without James

OBITS

• Larry Haines starred on soap opera, Broadway
• Sid Craig created weight-loss empire
• Wick brought more Hollywood pizazz to Reagan White House

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices
• Doris June Osterdock Park
• Gloria Belle VanSchoyck Stalker
• Helen Virginia Staska

NATION & WORLD

• A divide of grades, expectations
• After battling for the U.S., Iraqi fights for citizenship
• As 1 fire lets up in central Washington, others ignite in north Cascades
• Authorities on hunt for 5 indicted in sect
• Beijing to set up areas for protests
• 2 billionaires pool $500M to help fight tobacco use
• Cancer center warns of cell phone risks
• Cindy McCain plays supporting role as husband takes national spotlight
• Defense: Throw out MySpace suicide case
• Do you have an energy vampire in your house?
• Flood fears remain as Hurricane weakens
• Hoodoo to run Deschutes forest campgrounds
• In 1858, Abraham Lincoln challenges Stephen Douglas to series of political debates
• Invasive species threaten Hawaiian national park
• Man shows a ‘hole’ lotta love to Western bluebird
• McCain denies Iraq surge mistake
• Merkley unveils his proposals for rural towns ahead of visit
• Obama seeks to reassure Israelis of U.S. commitment
• Rice, N. Korea’s senior diplomat in first talks
• Thailand-Cambodia temple conflict surges
• The old man who farms with the sea
• U.S. to grant $30M for 9/11 ailments
• USGS estimates vast oil supplies in Arctic
• VA mistake forced thousands of vets to miss out on benefits
• Veto could halt Iraq’s elections this year
• Washington med school opens, aims to aid region

FEATURES

• A gaming revolution
• An RV park that’s cost-saving
• Bad news for breast self-exams
• Bend startup gets $600K investment
• Blueberries may be small, but they have healthy benefits
• Healing hoops
• Health Datebook
• Hospitals saw rise in uninsured patients visiting the ER after drop in OHP enrollees
• If it’s moldy - even just a bit - don’t eat it
• More can get AIDS drugs, but cost often is a burden
• Never eat shellfish in a month without an ‘R’?
• Parents concerned about kids' waistlines
• People
• Sunscreen safety is called into question
• Walking at work
• Want to burn calories? Skip the green tea — just go for a good run
• What’s that hiding under your shirt? An ab-solute

ENTERTAINMENT

• ‘A Beautiful Mine’ delves into stories of female prospectors
• Calendar
• ‘Cleaner’ star Benjamin Bratt finds that life influences art
• Community Datebook
• Dancing stallions coming to Redmond
• Fair season gets rolling
• Fire danger prompts forest restrictions
• Jefferson County aims to draw families to old-fashioned fair

OPINION

• Affordable housing
• Council stumbles with Juniper appointments
• Domestic energy sources could and should be exploited
• Make case for lottery cash
• Policing expression
• Pump more oil
• Who’s at fault?

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Builders in Deschutes to help pay for roads
• Why’s Bend so dark? Some illumination ...