October 12, 2008

LOCAL & STATE

• A debate among voters
• A meal, a trim, maybe a line on a place to live
• Accused Cusack stalker accepts plea deal
• Afghan president shuffles Cabinet
• Any useful function for tire-stem caps?
• Austrian rightist dead in crash
• Author Nicholas Sparks really is ‘The Lucky One’
• Births
• Boy recovering after being pulled from ditch
• Calendar
• 3,000 Christians flee Mosul, officials say
• Connecticut"s gay marriage ruling doesn’t end debate
• Corn — Rowe
• 8-day Feast of Tabernacles to be held at Deschutes expo center
• Deborah Sharp uses broad humor in debut
• Defining a long lost word
• Democrats likely will ask for 2nd stimulus this fall
• Desalting facility prepares to reopen
• Fallout from Rezko remains unclear
• Fearing the worst, GOP officials hope for clarity, focus from McCain
• Final cost estimates on natural gas reflect latest drop
• Gay candidates expect breakthroughs this year
• Gay support group criticizes Mormon church
• Gladstone woman admits stealing from grandparents
• Global meeting on economy fails to provide many specifics
• Hawes — Preston
• Heritage in full bloom
• Hiller — Depper
• Holiday bazaar deadline Thursday
• Hurricane Norbert weakens, nears Mexico
• Is Junior a bit lead-footed?
• Jailed O.J. believes he was ‘railroaded’
• Jobs program created for girls in poor nations
• Karly’s Law brings more suspected child abuse cases to light
• Khrushchev pounds shoe on desk at the U.N. in 1960
• 3 killed in missile strike near Pakistan market
• Kyger — Packman
• Lance Armstrong to guest star as Binky in ‘Arthur’ on OPB
• League of Women Voters to host events
• Maestro Michael Gesme to host 3 music appreciation classes
• McCain turns to policy in Iowa
• Media pulls back as story in Iraq transforms
• More affordable housing on the way for Madras farmworkers
• Movie Times
• Mugabe unilaterally claims key ministries
• New voters’ guides available for pickup
• News of Record: Deeds
• No quick exit for Bush in his final 100 days
• Obama makes four stops in Philadelphia
• Obama thanks McCain on tone
• OHSU halts its plans to expand Portland wing
• Oregon astronaut set for next space shuttle
• Oregon hiker killed in fall
• Patrick — Nelson
• Precinct 7 A place for McCain
• Redmond may decide to sell 4 of its houses
• Renowned fantasy writer Le Guin joins Nature lineup
• Rice — Martinez
• ‘Ritual’ is crime fiction at its best
• Robert Wagner writes of love and tragedy in new memoir
• Romain — Yule
• Slash to play at tribute to Les Paul
• Somali pirates seize a second ship, threaten to destroy first
• Suspect in $1.5M disability scheme is shown on tape
• That money you might have lost — where did it all go?
• ‘The Brass Verdict’ is simply a guilty pleasure
• Troopergate effects may hold till vote
• Unemployed locals seek out ways to work through "grim’ job market
• Wall Street greed? Not in many neighborhoods around the globe
• Washington’s assisted suicide measure draws strong feelings
• Weston — Northup
• What’s fall without pumpkins?
• Where innovation finds investment
• White House begins overhaul of bailout
• Who wins, who loses under Measure 59’s tax provisions
• With economic crisis, more Republican candidates may be at risk
• With inspection deal, N. Korea off blacklist
• Wyoming town reflects 10 years after Shepard’s murder
• 25 YEAR AGO Drivers bag buck with car in 1933
• 50 YEARS AGO Drivers bag buck with car in 1933

BUSINESS

• Big chains give small drugstores big pain
• CEO exit rate set to hit all-time high
• Fox’s Hannity renews contract
• Growth in online advertising slows
• More affordable housing on the way for Madras farmworkers
• News of Record: Deeds
• Taking a new, hard look at Greenspan’s long legacy
• Unemployed locals seek out ways to work through "grim’ job market
• Where innovation finds investment
• 30-year mortgage rates dip below 6%

SPORTS

• Baseball Scoreboard
• Beavers rout Cougars
• Bend shuts out Mountain View, stays perfect in IMC
• Burton climbs into NASCAR contention
• C.O. athletes finish Ironman triathlon In Brief
• Cowgirls reach top bracket of 24-team Bend invitational
• Dawson beats Tarver to take IBF, IBO titles
• Ducks hold off Bruins
• Golf Scoreboard
• Is boats’ wastewater a worry?
• Klitschko stops Peter for boxing’s WBC title
• Late run lifts Longhorns
• Nuggets beat Suns in outdoor game
• On the Air
• Prep Scoreboard
• Price makes a big move at Senior Players tourney
• Rally leads Jankovic to final
• Rays even ALCS in extra innings
• Scoreboard
• Sharks earn win over Kings
• Summit girls cross country is second at Portland meet
• Trojans’ defense records shutout over ASU
• Unbeaten Bears
• Warriors suspend Ellis for 30 games
• Win has U.S. going to World Cup qualifying finals

OBITS

• George Palade a leader in intricate cellular study
• Irene Dailey, stage and TV actress

FEATURES

• A meal, a trim, maybe a line on a place to live
• Andorra: a place of infinite delights
• Any useful function for tire-stem caps?
• Heritage in full bloom
• Look again at much-maligned propane
• News of Record: Military Notes and Youth Notes
• Ordinary isn’t always bad
• Precinct 7 A place for McCain
• Still tapping after all these decades
• Vacationing in Miami on a budget
• Woman resists half sister’s effort to make a connection

OPINION

• Dancer is best choice for secretary of state
• Danger on the remote Pakistan border
• For donators, it’s not what it seems
• Investing in watchdog journalism
• It’s time to innovate to cut health care costs
• John McCain has not proven to be steady in his campaign
• Let the idiom remain in its place
• Now is the testing time again
• Palin’s intolerable record
• Support Bend buses
• The old money lessons were right
• We need mavericks
• What happened to the U.S.?

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Any useful function for tire-stem caps?