November 15, 2008

LOCAL & STATE

• AAUW to hear expert on stem cells today during brunch
• accepting orders for holi
• Al-Sadr takes stand prior to security vote
• Articles of Confederation approved in 1777
• At Mormon-run canneries, preparation for tough times is the word of the day
• Battle is on for GOP’s national leadership
• Bend forced to regroup on transit after a 3rd bond failure
• Bridge flaws may not be as rare as once thought
• Bush wants to hurry $25B to carmakers
• Calendar
• California wildfire burns exclusive area
• Costner releases country music album
• day pies
• Death notices
• Decisions are due as Redmond looks east for growth
• Emerging nations weigh new clout as finance summit starts
• Ex-officer guilty in assault on motorist
• Fast-moving fire takes a huge toll
• FDIC: Plan could help
• Former Tumalo resident ‘grateful’ and ‘surprised’ by writing award
• Free program to help adults with mental illness in the workplace
• Governor warns schools that cuts may be coming
• Group seeks records on White House e-mail
• Hamas fires rockets into southern Israel
• HBO acquires Obama doc
• Housing tight in Texas 2 months after Ike
• Hudson moves forward with ad campaign
• Indictment drafted against private guards
• International queries about China abortion
• Kanye arrested after U.K. nightclub incident
• Kim Jong Il’s health just one more example of tight secrecy
• Klan ordered to pay $2.5M in damages
• Longer presidential term closer to reality in Russia
• 1.5M keep homes
• Medvedev backs off missile threats
• Missile strikes kill 11 on Pakistani border
• Movie Times
• ne Senior Activ
• Nebraska lawmakers work on ‘safe haven’
• News of Record
• omen’s group to discuss ste
• Pilot error blamed in Mexican crash
• Police arrest suspect in knife assault
• Portland housing market takes a hit
• Portland to get ‘green’ holiday decorations
• Railroad sues ODOT over $7.7M grant
• Recording of Beat poet Gary Snyder surfaces
• Redmond man injured, arrested after crash
• Redmond set to hire contractor for city’s centennial celebration
• Roberta A. (Holmes) Watson
• Shuttle departs with equipment for inside station
• Somali Islamists emboldened, set their sights on the capital
• 1st woman promoted to 4-star general
• State leaders gather to solve urban vs. rural ‘culture wars’
• Supreme Court to hear election-law case
• ‘The Two Mr. Kissels’: A true tale of decadence, greed and murder
• Ties to lobbyists prevalent in Obama’s transition team
• Tough times for turkey
• Turning the page
• U.S. priest to appeal excommunication
• USFS calls for closer eye on fires it lets burn
• Virtual affair leads to real divorce in Britain
• W

BUSINESS

• Difficult times call for ... a helping of Spam?
• For employers, a quandary: Be candid in bleak times or silent?
• Heating oil prices drop 50 percent in past 4 months
• Retailers out to reassure customers as holidays near
• Skip the pliers and gougers: Easy-open packages emerge
• Tech sector, once unfazed, is finally feeling the pinch
• What’s Going Up

SPORTS

• Beavers drop opening game in Washington, D.C.
• Cincinnati wins, sets up showdown with Pittsburgh
• Cougs move on
• Culver wins, advances to state quarters
• Ducks looking for revenge against Arizona
• Ducks survive a scare from Northern Colorado
• Edwards qualifies ahead of Johnson in final Sprint Cup race
• Golf Scoreboard
• Hamhuis’ OT goal gives Predators win
• Hats aplenty as rodeo rolls into town
• Heels over head, and having a ball
• Hornets hold off Trail Blazers 87-82
• La Pine’s season ends with loss at Astoria
• Missing hunters found in Crook County
• Murray ousts Federer from Masters Cup
• Nash, Alston, Barnes suspended for fight
• NBA Scoreboard
• No. 15 Arizona State starts with a victory
• No. 23 Beavers trying not to think past Cal
• On the Air
• Prep Scoreboard
• Scoreboard
• Stanford takes lead in Ochoa’s LPGA tourney
• Throwing away awards in the name of teaching
• Tour de Georgia cancels 2009 race
• Triumphant ride
• Yankees make offer to pitcher Sabathia

OBITS

• C. Harmon Brown was pioneer sports doctor
• George Housner designed earthquake-proof structures
• Reitz unearthed music of women in jazz, blues

FEATURES

• Designers: First lady’s ball gown should be bold
• Drug war is taking a toll on Mexican tourist town
• Religion in Brief

OPINION

• Change the writers
• Congress should pass a manufacturing content law
• Guess who hates ‘green’ forests
• Isolation
• Lower taxes
• ‘Obsession’ propaganda
• Satisfying dinner
• Selfish skiers

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Decisions are due as Redmond looks east for growth