December 11, 2008

LOCAL & STATE

• A workout trend
• Assault victim can’t avoid towing fee
• Auto blue laws have few fans in Central Oregon
• Bend 10th in state for manufacturing jobs
• Calendar
• Car crashes into Tigard salon; 3 hurt
• CFO plans to leave OHSU
• Concern for the environment trumps school rivalries in Bend
• Drug arrest made at Redmond storage unit
• Evergreen?
• 1984 family murder case back in court
• Former Alaska lawmaker dies
• High-tech gadgets a hit at sheriff’s trade show in Bend
• Illinois’ disgraced governor was trouble from the start
• Jewell Elementary receives state award
• Loan for La Pine senior housing OK’d
• $2.9M contract will complete U.S. 97 project
• Madras shooting victim knew his killer, police say
• Mosaic college fair gives information to potential first-generation students
• News of Record: Permits
• News of Record: Police log, Bend fire runs, pets at shelters
• Office Depot closing its store in Bend
• Parents accuse bus driver of spanking
• PV Powered is ready for growth with its new 9-acre Bend facility
• Redmond using SDC credits to lure developers
• Santa’s little helper
• School yanks book from class after complaint
• Snow, wind expected to blast region on a wintry weekend
• St. Charles Bend upgrades NICU
• State budget cuts may be on the way, legislator says
• The joy of giving
• War protester ends fast after meeting governor
• With road funds lacking, Deschutes County considers going back to gravel
• Wyoming resort to debut new $32M aerial tram

BUSINESS

• AIG working to settle soured investments
• Airlines post their best on-time results since ‘03
• Auto blue laws have few fans in Central Oregon
• Bend 10th in state for manufacturing jobs
• Bill passes the House, now faces leery Senate
• Blunt advice for Treasury on progress of the bailout
• Business Calendar
• Chinese exports declined sharply in November
• Eastman Kodak Co. withdraws ‘08 forecast
• Enterprise designates Eugene as hybrid outlet
• Evergreen?
• Federal deficit on pace to reach $1 trillion
• GMAC struggling to raise capital
• Green jobs needed, UO economist says
• High-tech gadgets a hit at sheriff’s trade show in Bend
• Loan for La Pine senior housing OK’d
• More Americans making the leap to a completely debt-free lifestyle
• Mortgage relief may be on the way for troubled homeowners
• Mt. Bachelor plans to open Sunday
• New rules would make it easier to employ foreign farmworkers
• News of Record: Permits
• Office Depot closing its store in Bend
• Oil prices jump after rumor of Saudi cuts
• PV Powered is ready for growth with its new 9-acre Bend facility
• Redmond using SDC credits to lure developers
• Use your financial losses to your benefit
• Wholesale inventories, sales plunge in October
• Yahoo shareholder has eye on Microsoft

SPORTS

• A big fish story
• Bowled over: Unlucky 51 left home for the holidays
• Boxing
• C.O. players dominate 5A all-state selections
• College basketball player is lacing up at the age of 73
• College football
• Coyote are plentiful in Ochoco District
• Cross-country skiing is a low-risk workout that burns a lot of calories
• Cycling
• Florida’s Tebow, pair of Big 12 QBs are named Heisman finalists
• Fly-tying corner
• Former Cowgirl earns honor in volleyball
• Gasol leads Lakers to 115-110 win over Suns
• Golf
• Hockey
• Hunting and Fishing Events Calendar
• Hurting veterans Hasselbeck, Jones seek return to Seahawks
• Mobley to announce retirement today
• Morrison’s late goal lifts Ducks past Blues
• NBA Scoreboard
• No. 4 Gonzaga beats Washington State 74-52
• On the Air
• Panthers hold off Lava Bears for victory
• Perfect outdoors gift?
• Pro football
• Reports of good angling for rainbows
• Riding into the lead
• Scoreboard
• Suns trade Bell, Diaw for guard Richardson
• Three-team trade nets first-round draft pick
• Trails could see some snow this weekend
• Winter meetings heat up as Yankees land Sabathia
• You don’t have to be Santa to climb this chimney

OBITS

• Classics IV lead singer Dennis Yost dies at 65
• Elite WWII pilot Betty Jane Williams
• Nixon aide, businessman William ‘Mo’ Marumoto
• Physicist Arthur Kantrowitz helped the space program

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices
• James 'Jim’ Neil Pickett

NATION & WORLD

• Balloons are weapons in man’s peaceful war against Kim Jong Il
• Braille instruction declines despite better technology
• British to start Iraq pullout in March
• Cholera death toll in Zimbabwe hits 775
• Classics IV lead singer Dennis Yost dies at 65
• Efforts under way to remove Illinois governor from office
• Elite WWII pilot Betty Jane Williams
• Fed up with slow research, patients lead drug trials
• Fewer students are seen taking grad school test
• Germany, Italy declare war on the United States in 1941
• hampers climate talks
• Immunity for Ashcroft, Mueller being challenged
• Jury is still out on soy’s cholesterol benefit
• 2nd Mumbai plot suspect jailed
• Nixon aide, businessman William ‘Mo’ Marumoto
• Obama picks advisers on energy, environment
• Physicist Arthur Kantrowitz helped the space program
• StoryCorps lets ordinary Americans have their say
• Televised suicide condemned in Britain
• U.S. forces mistakenly kill 7 Afghans
• U.S. political transition
• Youths firebomb Athens courthouse

FEATURES

• A few lifestyle changes can help prevent varicose veins
• A workout trend
• Community Datebook
• Doctors are slow to start prescribing electronically
• Health Datebook
• Holidays are a time to eat, but don’t forget your diet
• How to remake dessert
• Medical network
• People
• Redmond man who had pancreatic cancer and surpassed a 6-month prognosis dies
• Saved by the kettlebell: Low-tech tool promotes fitness
• St. Charles Bend upgrades NICU
• The tongue
• When choosing a yogurt to eat, think plain — and add a few fruits

ENTERTAINMENT

• A.M. Interstate
• A.M. Interstate, “Kimono Dragon”
• Amsterdam, “The Good Hurt”
• Bend church offers free
• Benga, “Diary Of An Afro Warrior” (Tempa)
• Blitzen Trapper, “Furr” (Subpop)
• Braxton had benign tumor removed
• Chris Lohrey
• Dale Largent
• Darker My Love, “2” (Dangerbird)
• David Miller
• DMX arrested again
• Don Hoxie
• Drew Kelliher
• Dungen, “4” (Kemado)
• Erin Cole-Baker
• Fleet Foxes, “Fleet Foxes” (Subpop)
• Gabe Johnson
• George Strait, “Troubadour” (MCA Nashville)
• Hayes Carll, “Trouble In Mind” (Lost Highway)
• Hip-hop dominates the local music scene in 2008
• Jackson’s famous glittery glove for sale
• Joe Schulte
• Kathleen Edwards, “Asking For Flowers” (Zoe)
• Kristal Sall aday
• Larry And His Flask
• Larry and His Flask, “Never Long Gone!”
• Mark Quon
• Martin calls fatherhood a ‘spiritual moment’
• Mindscape, “Points of View”
• 5 more worth your time
• Morning show tries to help you find a job
• Mosley Wotta, “Scrap Mettle”
• Movie Times
• Mr. Potato, “Improphecy”
• My Morning Jacket, “Evil Urges” (ATO)
• new venue for CD party
• Paul Eddy
• Prada honored — with no ‘sound bites’
• Reed Thomas Lawrence, “Reed Thomas Lawrence”
• Rhoda and Creig Jones
• Santogold, “Santogold” (Downtown)
• Sarah Antoniou
• Sigur Ros, “Meo Suo I Eyrum Vio Spilum Endalaust” (XL)
• Slick Side Down gets
• Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, “Pershing” (Polyvinyl)
• Stacy Totland
• The Black Angels, “Directions To See A Ghost” (Light In The Attic)
• The Dirtball, “Crook County”
• The Dirty Words
• The Dirty Words, “The International Machine”
• The Empty Space Orchestra
• The Helio Sequence, “Keep Your Eyes Ahead” (Subpop)
• The Swimmers, “Fighting Trees” (MAD Dragon)
• Throw Me The Statue, “Moonbeams” (Secretly Canadian)
• Tim Schroeder
• TK Webb & The Visions, “Ancestor” (Kemado)
• Tobacco, “F---ed Up Friends” (Anticon)
• Vampire Weekend, “Vampire Weekend” (XL)
• Various Artists, “DECA: A Hush 10th Anniversary Compilation” (Hush)
• ‘Walk to Bethlehem’
• Wayne Newcome
• Will Quinlan & The Diviners, “Navasota” (Ironweed)
• Willie Carmichael
• Willie Carmichael, “Serious Business”

OPINION

• A temper tantrum in support of gay rights
• Don’t single out community colleges
• Obama infrastructure plan needs vision

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• $2.9M contract will complete U.S. 97 project
• Snow, wind expected to blast region on a wintry weekend
• With road funds lacking, Deschutes County considers going back to gravel