December 04, 2008

LOCAL & STATE

• Activists want AWOL soldiers welcomed in Portland
• Aging tech yields golden opportunity
• Authorities arrest man after meth lab found
• Bend council closer to decision on UGB
• Bend man on cruise tells of brazen pirate attack
• Bronze statue stolen from UO
• Burn that turned into Wizard Fire unchecked, review says
• Christian camp on Rajneeshee site plans expansion
• Clarification
• Compass Park issues
• Correction
• Crab season gets healthy start
• Cruise ship crew used sonic weapon, speed to get away from pirate attack
• Dow climbs 2 percent
• Driver narrowly avoids disaster in Culver
• Family planning services get extra funds
• Firm still interested in Clear Choice
• It’s time to consider repealing modern-day Prohibition
• Jan's video test
• Meeting set to address
• Merkley plans to support timber revenue, auto aid
• 2nd bomb threat in Culver temporarily closes schools
• New purpose may be found for old Bend landfill
• News of Record
• No quick end in sight for Minnesota Senate race
• ON TRACK to be fit
• Outlook is positive on dog park plans
• Partygoer is stabbed at OSU fraternity party
• Police identify body found in Willamette
• Room-tax collections mixed within county
• State index declines
• Washington task force releases climate change report
• Why aren’t diesel prices dropping as much as gas prices?
• Woman accused of theft from trade group

BUSINESS

• Aging tech yields golden opportunity
• As rates fall, a rush to refinance
• Auto workers union pledges to do its part to cut costs
• Bally’s falls into bankruptcy again
• Bend council closer to decision on UGB
• Biological, nuclear risks are ‘growing’
• Business Calendar
• Dark day for many large book publishers
• Dow climbs 2 percent
• Family loans: Keep them formal, documented
• Fed report suggests worsening economy
• Firm still interested in Clear Choice
• French company seeks to buy U.S. reactors
• Group wins auction to buy Neuberger
• Harvard’s endowment fund drops by 22 percent
• Harvard’s endowment shrinks by 22 percent
• New purpose may be found for old Bend landfill
• News of Record
• Nordstrom agrees to pay $60,000 fine
• Online shoppers offer hope to retailers
• Oregon court upsets the Supreme Court
• Pratt & Whitney lays off 350 employees
• Protect yourself against thieves on the Internet
• Room-tax collections mixed within county
• SEC adopts new rules for rating agencies
• State index declines
• To afford gifts for kids, moms make sacrifices
• United plans 1,200 layoffs in early ‘09
• Why aren’t diesel prices dropping as much as gas prices?
• 21 years later, ring found inside a fish

SPORTS

• A life remembered
• AL MVP Pedroia gets $40.5M, 6-year deal
• An IMC scramble
• Armstrong, Contador train together
• Blazers beat Wizards, extend streak to six
• Browns’ Quinn has successful surgery
• Ducks fall at Utah, 95-81
• Fly-tying corner
• Forbes: Knicks most valuable NBA team
• Former Mountain View, Summit A.D. receives recognition
• Giants: Pierce called trainer after shooting
• Great trout fishing reported recently at Crescent Lake
• Hampton finalizes deal with Astros
• Hunting & Fishing Events Calendar
• Irish try to cap soccer season with title
• Local struggles in first round of LPGA’s Q-School
• Mariners hire Adair, Wetteland as coaches
• Minnesota judge blocks suspensions
• M’s ink deal with free agent Branyan
• National Finals Rodeo begins tonight in Vegas
• NBA Scoreboard
• Oilers defeat Stars, end 5-game home losing streak
• On the Air
• Quiet and ideal
• Rays closer Percival has back surgery
• Scoreboard
• Seahawks put Spencer on injured reserve
• Snow still missing, but summer trails endure
• Taking one more look at instant replay, 45 years later
• Tuberville out as coach at Auburn
• Two from C.O. named first team all-state
• Vazquez likely headed to Braves in trade
• Warm winter fishing
• Waterfowl showing up in good numbers in The Dalles district

OBITS

• Oldest inmate in Massachusetts dies

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices
• Edward "Bud" H. Torcom
• Ernest "Ernie" Robert Schuerch
• James Michael Webb
• Robert Bob M. Hawley
• Robert Bob T. Bliven
• Robert Chaney
• Robert L. Belcher

NATION & WORLD

• Afghans to sign bomb treaty
• Bangkok airport partially reopened
• Caracas mayor seeks detente with Chavez
• CIA agents’ trial in Italy is suspended
• College dreams vs. financial realities
• Conservative leaders in U.S. move to split Episcopal Church
• Crowded ERs make room by using the hallways
• Dianne Feinstein named San Francisco’s first female mayor in 1978
• Fans, vendors eager for Rowling book
• For some drugs, ‘time-released’ may mean years
• Is technology rewiring our brains?
• Medical imaging may be overused, study suggests
• Obama taps Richardson for commerce secretary
• Oldest inmate in Massachusetts dies
• Palestinian politics stopping Gazans from making pilgrimage to Mecca
• Rare lion skull could be yours – for a price
• Rice urges Pakistan, India to cooperate with investigation
• Zimbabwe police clash with doctors

FEATURES

• A good sitter’s services go to the highest bidder
• A mean, green cancer-fighting VEGETABLE?
• Be sure to include fiber in your diet
• Clarification
• Dow climbs 2 percent
• Drug plan premiums to rise, so start shopping around
• During the stressful holidays, strive for balance on all fronts
• Family planning services get extra funds
• Firm still interested in Clear Choice
• Food safety
• Health Datebook
• HPV vaccine shows promise in boys
• If paying for prescriptions has you down, check out these Web sites:
• ON TRACK to be fit
• People
• Room-tax collections mixed within county
• Ski conditioning: lunge jump
• Sounding a warning on earbuds
• State index declines
• Strep throat cases are on the rise
• Study: Ginkgo shows no benefits against dementia
• Think fast: Some foods have the power to help you focus

ENTERTAINMENT

• Calendar
• Center seeks camping gear for homeless
• Community Datebook
• Country star Jackson honored with special
• Kid Rock upset with Georgia judge’s ruling
• Lil Wayne, Coldplay lead nominations for 51st Grammys
• Madonna delays first concert in Argentina
• Making his small-screen return, Newhart joins TNT’s ‘Librarian’
• Movie Times
• OSU seeks volunteers for nutrition classes
• Sisters artist gives Oregon its spot in the White House
• The guide that shows where not to go

OPINION

• Bend’s Jim Noteboom: lawyer, veteran, father
• Gay marriage solution
• No new forest
• Support marine reserves
• U.S. Senate must end secret ‘holds’