November 17, 2008

LOCAL & STATE

• Afghan president offers safety to Taliban leader
• After record highs, chance of rain returns later in week
• Airstrikes kill four Palestinian militants
• Bend Fire Department puts out small blaze
• Bend man arrested in wife’s stabbing
• Broadband: from luxury to make-or-break necessity
• Buses growing into vital cog
• Calendar
• Catherine Baker Knoll was first female lieutenant governor in Pennsylvania
• Congo rebel leader backs cease-fire
• Congress holds its first session in Washington Capitol in 1800
• Congress meets for one last fight and to look ahead
• Debt vs. earnings: a critical equation for college students
• Demand up, donations down at local food banks
• Drilling near parks sparks outrage
• Economic troubles push Bend plans back
• Filling empty bowls for charity
• Firefighters begin to gain control of California blazes
• Four dead in Kashmir bridge collapse
• Germany’s Green Party elects ethnic Turk to lead it
• In Egypt, is it just one more old pyramid?
• Iraqi Cabinet OKs pact setting withdrawal date
• Italy, taking on the mob, faces a ‘strategy of terror’
• Legislature may widen privacy protections
• Maoris to get ministers in new government
• McCartney promotes funky Beatles track
• Migration at dawn
• More U.S. students choosing to study abroad
• Most people like to watch, not hunt wildlife, report says
• Movie Times
• MRSA lurks in Washington’s hospitals, investigation finds
• News of Record: Bankruptcies, civil suits
• No delays on bridge project in Prineville
• Obama tries to savor the days before Jan. 20
• Office shooting suspect called a family man
• Pakistan, U.S. have tacit deal on airstrikes, officials say
• Pendleton man stabbed in Bend
• Salaries climb for university presidents
• Scaling back holiday help
• Scientists learning more about how, why we age
• Shuttle links up to space station
• Sri Lanka bombs major rebel defense line
• Study correlates death by drinking, price of alcohol
• Synthetic biology brings a new look to field
• Teachers facing disciplinary charges for Facebook posts
• Tibetan exiles to meet on homeland’s future
• Tsunami alarm lifted after Indonesia quake
• Vitamin C and E pills don’t prevent cancer, study says
• Wanda Sykes says she’s ‘proud to be gay’

BUSINESS

• As many face a more modest retirement, 401(k)s get a close look
• Burned once, Intel preps its new chip with constant tests
• Business Calendar
• Computing pioneer has a new idea
• Economic troubles push Bend plans back
• Japan’s economy officially in recession
• Managing finances online, with a little help from others
• Media companies pitch in to promote laptop project
• News of Record: Bankruptcies, civil suits
• No bonuses for top 7 Goldman executives
• Portland’s famed Powell’s may get artsy new look
• Scaling back holiday help
• Tech savviness low among half of adults
• What would happen if GM failed?

SPORTS

• A Central Oregon sweep
• After great season, runner-up Edwards starts looking ahead
• After 0-2 start, Beavers near a Pac-10 title
• Ann Curry struggling up Mount Kilimanjaro
• Auto racing Scoreboard
• Bode Miller reaches podium in slalom
• Djokovic closes season with Masters Cup win
• Golf Scoreboard
• ‘07 Horse of the Year Curlin set to be retired
• Johnson wins record-tying third Sprint Cup title
• Locals have endless fun in ‘hash runs’
• Montreal gives St. Louis the blues with shootout win
• NBA Scoreboard
• No. 8 Duke holds off Rhode Island
• Nuggets hand eighth straight loss to T’wolves
• On the Air
• Oregon gets a break before the Civil War
• Pedregon wins second Funny Car title
• Rider crosses West, 2,000 miles, on horse
• Scoreboard
• Stanford holds off Sorenstam in Mexico
• Titans come from behind to stay unbeaten

OBITS

• Artist Walter Gabrielson, 73, chose not to follow art trends
• Carl Keith, co-inventor of catalytic converter
• I. Bernard Weinstein, 78, studied causes of cancer

FEATURES

• Need a job? Try updating your online status

ENTERTAINMENT

• ‘Twilight’ fans thirst, swoon as film nears

OPINION

• A sad Tuesday
• America is not center-right
• Closed doors
• Our new president
• Property tax trade-off
• State needs to avoid opening its piggy bank
• The money pinch is also being felt by America’s rivals
• Voting overseas

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Buses growing into vital cog
• No delays on bridge project in Prineville