November 16, 2008

LOCAL & STATE

• A new glimpse into Tolkien’s world
• Across U.S., gay advocates protest marriage ban
• After U.S. breakthrough, Europe looks in mirror
• Alaska turns down Exxon Mobil’s ice road request
• Astronauts inspect shuttle for damage
• Audit: Sharpton owes
• Bach-N-Brew to feature The Prima Trio on Nov. 21
• Best-sellers
• Births
• Calendar
• California mountain’s name spurs avalanche of opinion
• Car chase, foot chase ends in an arrest
• Closing Guantanamo faces a hurdle: Yemeni detainees
• Congress has much to do, but lame ducks could foil action
• diocese is 4th to split
• ‘Envy the Night’ is an action-packed story
• Flat screen makers plead to price fixing
• From sidelines, Obama urges Congress to act
• ‘Go Green for Kids’ raffle
• Husband’s foreign leverage may pose an issue for Clinton
• Iraqi leader, top cleric back 2011 exit by U.S.
• Is a GPS more reliable than a speedometer?
• Jonas on phone-call breakup: He’s no cad
• Mary Madeline Norton
• Mazur — Raburn
• ‘Media Project’ aims to train TV viewers to question what they see on the news
• More countries make spreading HIV a crime
• More harsh sentences
• Mortgage rates drop
• Movie Times
• News of Record
• News of Record: College notes
• Now back in the Senate, what course for McCain?
• Obama weighs a ‘team of rivals’
• Oklahoma senator halts Mount Hood legislation
• On economy, leaders vow action - but few specifics
• Oregon lawmakers brace for revenue drop and spending cuts
• Owners of demolished mobile home park fined; spread of asbestos cited
• Pakistan accepts $7.6B IMF bailout
• Palestinian faction claiming statehood celebrates 20th independence day
• Police arrest suspect
• Possible cougar sighting near park
• Rail tiff may slow Roseburg drivers
• Remember, remember the 4th of November
• Rihanna cancels concert in Indonesia
• Roberta A. (Holmes) Watson
• Roger Moore on being Bond
• Russell E. Hilliard
• Severe storm kills 2 in North Carolina
• Ship carrying crew of 23 seized off Somalia’s coast
• Simpson — Tang
• Tall and proud, Montana tree heads to D.C. for the holidays
• ‘The Paris Enigma’ is a complex whodunit
• 3 2 Through Red Cross, holiday wishes for troops 3 ways that Obama could help our region
• to come in Myanmar
• to fund Bend nonprofit campus
• U.N. envoy in Congo amid new fighting
• Unforgettable Chinatown
• U.S. nearly $500,000
• 2 U.S. soldiers killed in copter crash in Iraq
• U.S., Soviet Union establish diplomatic relations in 1933
• Via text, all the details to sell a home
• What a massive transportation plan may bring
• Wild horse advocates decry euthanasia plan
• Wildfires surround L.A.
• Windows Live adds social networking
• Worth Episcopal
• 25 YEARS AGO

BUSINESS

• A motocross crash and rescue
• Federal scrutiny turns to foreign shops doing airplane maintenance
• Managing debt doesn"t have to be a headache
• Mt. Bachelor reaches out
• News of Record
• One bright economic spot: Deals for travelers
• Renegotiating your mortgage
• Retailers feel pinch of rising returns
• Taxable distributions that may shock fund investors
• Via text, all the details to sell a home

SPORTS

• American Vonn wins World Cup slalom opener
• Avalanche use late heroics to top Oilers
• Bears are Bend’s best
• Bend’s victory gives C.O. girls a 5A sweep
• Davydenko, Djokovic to meet for Masters Cup title
• Golf Scoreboard
• Johnson fast, Edwards struggles at practice
• NBA Scoreboard
• No. 4 Florida routs Spurrier and No. 24 South Carolina
• No. 6 USC gets the job done against Stanford this time
• No. 18 USC wins season opener, begins life without O.J. Mayo
• Oden scores 13, Blazers win again on the road
• On the Air
• Oregon scores 55, holds off Arizona rally
• OSU continues run at Rose Bowl with win
• Scoreboard
• Seahawks get healthy at QB
• Sorenstam closes on lead in LPGA’s Ochoa Invitational

OBITS

• ‘Boy of Summer’ Preacher Roe rode spitball to greatness
• Writer Sheehan ‘went where he saw a story’
• Years of service - often with a sense of humor

FEATURES

• A home wedding keeps it personal, affordable
• For the ‘UniGeezer,’ cycling a lot like life
• Is a GPS more reliable than a speedometer?
• Living la vida Oprah
• News of Record: College notes
• "09 Outback: Big, but agile
• Teenager caught in a lie feels trapped by parents’ distrust
• The bugs of winter
• The new Capitol Visitor Center: A gateway fit for a democracy
• Time for another James Bond watch
• Unforgettable Chinatown
• Where to go Obama sightseeing

OPINION

• Anatomy of the credit crunch
• Back to which-hunting
• Bailing out industries: When do you stop?
• Confessions of a young Republican
• Either choice an expensive proposition
• Measure 49 has victims
• Obama and the war on brains
• Sarah Palin did mean change, just not what she wanted
• Still an outlaw, Iran is wooing Latin America
• The GOP’s darkness at dusk and the fierce debate
• The soldier’s code my mother keeps

ROADS & TRAFFIC

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