October 14, 2008

LOCAL & STATE

• A new cash source: that stuff collecting dust in your attic
• Bathtub zen
• Bend schools may get break on SDCs
• BendFilm Festival announces winners
• Boomers go back to school
• Britain rejects Labor plan in blow to Brown
• Britt Festival organizers report budget deficit
• Calendar
• Candidate forum today
• Cast of ‘Eli Stone’ returns to face the music tonight
• CEC case full of legal fireworks
• Clearing the slide
• 2 counties see housing voucher use skyrocket
• Crook County forum planned
• Czech writer said to have informed on alleged spy
• Death Notices
• Debris-burning days scheduled in Bend
• Environmental Center forums
• Foreign kidnappings by terrorists are up
• Forums on community center
• Gay couples rush to marry ahead of vote in California
• Hawaii’s coin is the finale for state quarter program
• Holiday bazaar listing deadline Thursday
• Hopper named to the French Legion of Honor
• Indoor pollution poses threat to China’s health
• Infant recovering from rare disease
• Jeanne Pinckney
• Jobless rate spurs calls for action from state government
• Jonas Brothers to play Cowboys’ Nov. 27 game
• J.R., rest of ‘Dallas’ to celebrate 30th anniversary with reunion
• Last chance to register to vote
• ‘Marcia Brady’ tells all about drug addictions
• Merkley and Smith face off in last debate
• N. Korea renews U.N. access to nuclear site
• New law meant to improve stability for U.S. foster care
• News of Record: Deeds
• News of Record: Police Log, Bend Fire Runs and Pets
• Normans defeat English at Battle of Hastings in 1066
• Nutrition, training 2 of many topics in store for the 1st Oregon Pet Expo
• Obama calls for U.S. to aid middle class
• One cool cat
• OSU professor given $1 million for research on first Americans
• Portland mayor axes Zimbabwe trip
• Public can weigh in on resort laws
• Ray D. Blair
• Redmond City Council forum
• Reward is offered in fatal fire case
• Salem officials report sewage spill in river
• Santa Ana winds fan deadly fires
• Scam targets Bend bank customers
• Sisters candidates differ on drawing businesses to city
• Staffers’ issues with law worry parents
• Stem cell research surges — now what’s the future hold?
• Sudanese militia chief arrested over Darfur
• Suspects arrested in pumpkin thefts
• Take them to the river
• Tension may feed drop of U.S. power in space
• The Center Foundation sets annual fundraiser
• The ‘Great Schlep’ kicks off in Florida
• ‘The last swim of the season’
• Untroubled waters
• VFW hosting candidate forum
• Where everybody knows your name
• Zimbabwe leaders’ deal is in jeopardy

BUSINESS

• A new challenger to Apple’s iPod where music is free and plentiful
• Apple shares see biggest gain since ‘99
• Bank gets a lifeline
• Bend schools may get break on SDCs
• Boeing-machinists talks break down
• Business Calendar
• CEC case full of legal fireworks
• GM, Ford shares rally on possible merger
• GM to close plant, cut SUV production
• Government’s actions represent historic shift of power in the U.S.
• Major airlines slash their fuel surcharges
• Meat prices forcing restaurants to rethink
• News of Record: Deeds
• Outdoor communications
• Paul Krugman wins Nobel for economics
• Public can weigh in on resort laws
• Random tales of kindness on the Web
• Scam targets Bend bank customers
• Sovereign is in talks with Spanish bank
• Tech guru lectures a new generation: Time to get serious
• Untroubled waters
• U.S. investing $250B in banks; Dow soars
• Waste Management drops bid for Republic

SPORTS

• Adult basketball registration looms
• Armstrong to race in Giro d’Italia in 2009
• Austrian cyclist tested positive for CERA
• Back to life after beating Armstrong
• Bend woman to be honored at banquet
• Bend’s Big Fat Tour this weekend
• Big Brown injured, racing career over
• Bitty Ball basketball late registration open
• BMX film coming to McMenamins
• Bobcat cross-country run approaching
• Bowden steps down as Clemson coach
• Browns stun Giants
• Community Scoreboard
• Community Sports Calendar
• Dallas quarterback out with broken finger
• Dirty Half dozen
• Early registration closing for Lord’s Acre
• Fast-pitch softball tryouts Sunday
• Fundraiser features UO-OSU game on TV
• Giant Gallop 5K race offered on Saturday
• Hasselbeck out at least 1 more week
• Homers lift Phillies over Dodgers
• Just add snow
• Local racewalkers bring home medals
• Middle school hoops coaches needed
• NBA reducing U.S. staff due to economy
• New Orlean’s VooDoo football team folding
• On the Air
• Playoff monster Rays rout Boston
• Predators earn shootout win over Blackhawks
• Program teaches kids the basics of safe cycling
• Roughriders rugby club rallies to the end
• Simon to win Madrid Masters opener
• Sisters girls get a shutout over Elmira
• Skyliners Winter Sports Swap on tap
• WSU QB Lobbestael out for season
• Youth basketball registration closing

OBITS

• Harry Albright changed New York bank policies
• Kim Chan was a familiar face in films, on TV
• Susan Williams, bubble champion

FEATURES

• A word to the wise decorator: Retro owls making a comeback
• Aloe: A little TLC goes a long way
• Bathtub zen
• Bright ideas for thrift-store lamp
• Curry recipes
• DIY fixes for problem-haunted house
• Energy efficiency starts with a lifestyle adjustment
• Get trees off to a good start
• Great pumpkin: It serves as ingredient and pot for stew
• Learning to speak ‘wine snob’
• Meat prices forcing restaurants to rethink
• No-knead bread doesn’t quite make itself, but it’s a lot quicker
• Ramen: It’s not just for starving students
• Random tales of kindness on the Web
• Recipe Finder
• Rethinking curry
• Rotating your crops keeps your soil healthy

OPINION

• County offices
• Let them fail
• McCain’s bad choice
• Smith has earned another six years
• U.S. shouldn’t hesitate to exploit Canada’s tar sands
• We elected them

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Clearing the slide