October 20, 2008

LOCAL & STATE

• All articles are free today
• Arduous transition awaits next president
• Campaigns vie for early votes in some key battleground states
• Cooler temperatures today will warm up as the week goes on
• Highway 126 delays expected between Sisters, Redmond
• La Pine begins working on its land use plan
• Mountain bikers gather for a grueling 3-day tour
• New rule alters septic landscape
• News of Record: Bankruptcies
• Next big challenge: transportation
• Our endorsements
• Powell backs Obama
• When investors tremble, eyes turn to fear index

BUSINESS

• Analysts: Oil slump unlikely to reverse
• Blue Cross Blue Shield’s plan to improve care, limit costs
• Business Calendar
• California’s green policies created jobs, study finds
• Credit scores: One thing you can still control
• Credit-default swaps under investigation
• Discounts, new ideas, parties: Local shops plan for the holidays
• Fish intake construction nears critical milestones
• ING Group gets $13B injection from Dutch government
• Is the public ready for a 24-page bank ad?
• New rule alters septic landscape
• Next big challenge: transportation
• Slow growth likely in electronics sales
• When investors tremble, eyes turn to fear index

SPORTS

• As economy downshifts, NASCAR could suffer
• Athletes compete in Sisters Poker Run
• Auto Racing Scoreboard
• Baseball Scoreboard
• Bears score often in victory over Vikings
• ‘Canes score road victory
• Golf Scoreboard
• Hamilton wins Chinese Grand Prix, extends points lead
• Injured horse found in Deschutes forest
• Johnson dominates, pads Sprint Cup edge
• Murray takes Madrid Masters
• No. 6 USC doesn’t need early BCS poll
• On the Air
• Rays take ALCS
• Rookie grabs Vegas victory
• Scoreboard
• Snowy winter on tap?
• Texas on top as first BCS standings are released
• Welcome, strangers! Rays, Phillies reach World Series

OBITS

• Dee Dee Warwick sang with her famous sister
• Paul Montgomery reported on civil rights, Selma march
• Tony-winning actress, TV star Edie Adams dies

NATION & WORLD

• A few radical sites surface; al-Qaida’s still mostly down
• Author of Mafia exposé living under sinister cloud
• Biden defends Obama tax plan
• China announces long-discussed rural land reforms
• Genome project pits research vs. privacy
• ID thefts’ ‘Bonnie’ sentenced
• Iraqis continue to debate accord
• Israeli ministers consider Saudi plan
• Jacqueline Kennedy weds Aristotle Onassis in 1968
• McCain appeals to middle class
• Mexico’s drug war takes toll on country’s children
• 30 militants killed in Pakistani clashes
• More lawsuits target the world of bloggers
• Our words say more than we think
• Parents press states on autism insurance
• Paul Montgomery reported on civil rights, Selma march
• Showdown expected in Stevens case
• South Korea says nothing unusual to the north
• South Ossetian police ordered to return fire
• Taliban insurgents behead as many as 30
• Trial to get under way for Fort Dix suspects
• Why are the grocery bills still high? Blame ‘sticky’ prices
• With record month, Obama tops $600M
• 50-year-old vials hold hint of life’s origins
• Zimbabwean rivals to discuss dispute

FEATURES

• Gas theft victim gets satisfaction

ENTERTAINMENT

• Calendar
• Movie Times
• Palin appearance boosts ‘SNL’ ratings
• Tony-winning actress, TV star Edie Adams dies

OPINION

• Do you want the Democrats to win or the Republicans?
• Don’t bail them out
• Media and Fannie/Freddie
• Our endorsements
• Redmond Our endorsements
• Sisters Our endorsements
• State offices Our endorsements
• Statewide ballot measures Our endorsements
• Support transit district
• Widmer for Madras mayor
• Wizard Fire responsibility