December 09, 2008

LOCAL & STATE

• A fire-tested job generator
• A holy rite for Muslims
• Alpine’s ‘Polka Palace’
• Ashes spark fire on deck of Bend home
• Ashland women propose local good-works currency
• Astoria candidate wants recount
• Baby recovers from rare botulism
• Back to geothermal drawing board
• Beaverton police kill charging pit bull
• Beaverton, Washington County credit scores up
• Bend, Redmond housing data mixed
• Bond set for Bend woman held in ’72 Marine murder
• Budget irks community colleges
• Census report shines new light on population of Washington state
• Coastal town split in water debate
• Commonwealth Games gold medalist dies
• Concealed weapons permits may set record
• Correction
• Crook schools may cut 10 days
• destroyed by fire
• Home prices in Deschutes rated as ‘overvalued’
• Human rights day event planned
• Kulongoski objects to BLM logging plan
• Kulongoski’s budget sets higher fees
• Les Schwab reports move, new top staff
• Madras wins large grant from ODOT
• Middlekauff is fit for trial, judge rules
• Mt. Ashland Ski Area expansion delayed by lack of USFS analysis
• News of Record
• News of Record: Deeds
• Pendleton police ID man killed by car
• Port of Bandon sues over waterfront
• 2 rollovers due to ice on U.S. Highway 26
• Santa (and helpers) to the rescue
• Statue thief back to prison for a theft in the tons
• Street patching work to close lanes in Bend
• Traffic through Sisters
• Trouble for Community Hope Chest
• Walking with friends

BUSINESS

• A fire-tested job generator
• Anheuser-Busch InBev to cut 1,400 U.S. jobs
• Auto bailout plan nears approval
• Back to geothermal drawing board
• Bend, Redmond housing data mixed
• Business Calendar
• CEO Christie Hefner to depart Playboy
• Debt-saddled Tribune files for bankruptcy
• Dow Chemical to slash 5,000 jobs, close plants
• Home prices in Deschutes rated as ‘overvalued’
• How marketing tricks you, and how to beat it
• In Britain, protest raises concerns over airport security
• In difficult economic times, travelers redeem miles for merchandise
• Les Schwab reports move, new top staff
• Loan officer sentenced in mortgage fraud case
• 3M lowers ‘08 outlook, eliminates 1,800 jobs
• McDonald’s sales jump in November
• News of Record: Deeds
• Redmond center lands Straw Hat Pizza
• ‘Techno-nationalism’ shouldn’t drive Obama’s tech policy, professor argues
• Wall Street extends rally to second session

SPORTS

• Alpine skiing
• Baseball
• Baseball camp coming to Redmond this month
• BCS questions? We’ve got answers
• Bend rider nears a title in cyclocross
• College football
• Community Sports Calendar
• Community Sports Scoreboard
• Golf
• Howard leads Magic to win
• Jingling all the way
• Junior baseball tryouts coming up for ’09 season
• Local tae kwon do students earn black belts
• Men’s college basketball
• Middle school basketball volunteer coaches needed
• Mote wins round at NFR
• NBA Scoreboard
• NFL football
• No. 9 Louisville pulls away from Lamar, 78-56
• On the Air
• Panthers beat Bucs, take control of NFC South
• Park district looking for youth basketball coaches
• Redmond girls basketball fundraiser is canceled
• Registration open for C.O. Storm baseball
• Scoreboard
• 2009 Tele-Fest coming soon
• Tennis
• Vanek scores 20th in Sabres’ win

OBITS

• Bend altruist ‘went above and beyond for people’
• Elizabeth Fernea lived among Iraqi women in 1950s
• Social scientist Robert Zajonc illuminated human behavior

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices

NATION & WORLD

• Documents reveal case against Blackwater personnel
• Dog-rescuing dog a national hero in Chile
• Elizabeth Fernea lived among Iraqi women in 1950s
• EPA didn’t break the law, audit finds
• French police detain new ‘No. 1 member’ of ETA
• Giving Peace Corps a chance
• Governor supports Chicago workers
• Half-dose flu shots effective, study finds
• 3 killed as military jet crashes in San Diego
• Latest cooking trend shows that a kid’s place is in the kitchen
• Liberals wondering when Obama team will reflect them
• Mexican drug killings more than double in ’08
• Mexican government plane crashes, kills 2
• Muslim soldier tombs desecrated in France
• Pakistan arrests suspected plotter of Mumbai attacks
• Report urges compromise with Iran
• Rioters rampage for 3rd day in Greece
• Russians flock to pay tribute to patriarch
• 5 seek to plead guilty in Sept. 11 attacks
• Simpson begins serving prison term
• Social scientist Robert Zajonc illuminated human behavior
• Solidarity founder Lech Walesa wins Poland’s presidency in 1990
• Suspicious letters sent to at least 6 governors

FEATURES

• Beauty only skin deep for fruits, veggies
• Big ideas for a small kitchen
• Churches draw crowds to finance courses
• Cutie pie: the dish on decorative crusts
• Gifts for the gardener
• Holiday decorations are for the birds
• Holly’s holiday symbolism has a long history
• Light up the season
• Make the holidays shine
• Master Gardener applications are now available
• New book demystifies green cleaning
• So guests won’t have to juggle
• The perfect winter drink
• Time, care spent on soup pays off
• Use the power of the sun to help heat your home
• Wallpaper can pack a wallop – at low cost, too
• When holiday money is low, do it yourself
• With the right stuff, baking bread is easy

ENTERTAINMENT

• A New chapter
• actor knew pal had gun
• Barnes & Noble sales to benefit Bend school
• Calendar
• Corrections
• Cromwell honored in N.M. for life’s work
• DeVito gets into the Christmas ‘Spirit’
• Know of great holiday lights? Tell The Bulletin
• Madonna wins case against U.K. tabloid
• McDonald’s sales jump in November
• Milano says stalker hiked to see her
• Movie Times
• Oprah: I’m not seeking job with Obama
• Paula Abdul selling ‘Idol’ gifts on HSN
• Redmond center lands Straw Hat Pizza
• Witness: ‘Sopranos’

OPINION

• Bad budget
• Curtailing car dealer competition a bad idea
• Discrimination won’t cure discrimination
• Forest makes sense
• It’s a tough time to be a small-government conservative
• Wasted roadkill
• We recommend less

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Ashes spark fire on deck of Bend home
• Human rights day event planned
• Madras wins large grant from ODOT
• 2 rollovers due to ice on U.S. Highway 26
• Street patching work to close lanes in Bend
• Traffic through Sisters