December 12, 2008

LOCAL & STATE

• A WELCOME SITE
• Agreement on regulations for exempt wells proving elusive
• Application filed for natural gas pipeline
• B of A likely to cut 30,000-35,000 jobs
• Bend’s 4 new fitness centers
• Body found near missing girl’s home
• Border agent won’t be retried in immigrant’s death
• Build a gingerbread house this Saturday
• California adopts tough plan on greenhouse gases
• Councilors-elect hear concerns, wishes of Bend business leaders
• Dispatches
• Ex-cop gets probation in attack on Bend driver
• Ex-member of sect must submit to interview, judge rules
• Experts vote to ban two asthma drugs
• Faith-healing parents ask for dismissal of case
• Family Calendar
• Finding their own way
• Gadgets good for the senses
• Giving is good for the ‘sole’
• Gorge panel takes on city growth request
• Judge orders religious license plates halted
• Klamath Falls asks for geothermal loan
• Lane County judges seek jail funding
• Man pleads guilty in $7.9M fraud scheme
• Museum event focuses
• New year to bring forest thinning projects to La Pine
• News of Record
• on night creatures
• Oregon ranks 14th in U.S. Internet speeds
• Parents in Tigard unhappy about new math
• Police ID body found in Columbia River
• Portrait with Santa not enough? Try these events
• Restaurant Guide
• Retiring DA to lobby for anti-crime group
• School board split over ‘Bunny Suicides’ book
• Space for homeless a concern in Bend as chill nears
• State leaders optimistic about a ‘green’ future
• Story times, library youth events for Dec. 12-18
• Timber company to lay off 201 employees in Oregon
• Towing company will give refund to victim in domestic violence case
• Wolf Creek residents rescue 3-legged dog

BUSINESS

• A failed auto bailout would have wide ripples
• A top trader is charged in massive fraud
• Agreement on regulations for exempt wells proving elusive
• Aston Martin: Just think ‘007’ (and add $269,993)
• B of A likely to cut 30,000-35,000 jobs
• Bend’s 4 new fitness centers
• Boeing again delays testing, delivery of 787
• Business Calendar
• Congress passes relief for battered pension funds
• Costco’s quarterly profit is nearly flat
• Councilors-elect hear concerns, wishes of Bend business leaders
• Dispatches
• Feds tell PNC to sell 61 bank branches
• Fred Meyer settles harassment suit
• Giving is good for the ‘sole’
• KB Toys again files for Chapter 11
• Make friends, impress people: Talk like an automotive expert
• Oil prices near $48 as dollar’s value falls
• Oregon ranks 14th in U.S. Internet speeds
• Powell’s asks staff to scale back hours
• Procter & Gamble trims sales outlook
• Recession might set mood for baby bust
• Recyclers left to scrape by
• Rescue effort collapses in Senate
• Rise in trade deficit a surprise to analysts
• Volo closed; future plans are unclear
• Wall Street tumbles on bailout anxiety
• White holds spot as top North America car color

SPORTS

• Astoria
• Auto Racing
• Bears take win over Saints in OT
• Beyond his years
• Boxing
• Brothers
• Cowboys suffer road loss
• Coyotes beat Wild, end 8-game losing streak
• Events Calendar Adventure Calendar
• Free throws get Villanova past Saint Joseph’s
• Governing body requests new research on high-tech swimsuits
• Hockey millionaires know how to behave properly
• Less-pristine rec sites may greet us in 2009
• Maxwell Award goes to Florida QB once again
• Mobley retires because of heart condition
• Mote maintains bareback lead
• Mountain biking still prime, but snow is in the forecast
• Mt. Bachelor, other ski areas hope to open
• NBA Scoreboard
• Okur leads Utah to win
• On the Air Sports in Brief
• Orlando’s Howard leads early All-Star voting
• Prep Scoreboard
• Redmond swimmers take care of McNary
• Scoreboard
• Sisters suffers loss to Cascade
• Snow forecast cancels several preps sports events
• Sorenstam opens final tournament with 70 in Dubai
• Suspect arrested in Bend drug case
• Webster in no hurry to come back from injury
• Yankees, Mets go home big winners at winter meetings

OBITS

• Bettie Page was queen of the ‘50s pinup girls
• Pioneering dermatologist Ackerman spoke out on issues of medical ethics
• William Dowd renowned for his old-style harpsichords

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices
• Emory W. Thurston, III
• Jeremy Todd Mickel
• William 'Bill’ Edward McConville

NATION & WORLD

• 14 arrested in Belgium raids amid terrorism fears
• Bettie Page was queen of the ‘50s pinup girls
• Bush officials are blamed in abuses of detainees
• controversial charity
• Elephants live longer in the wild than zoos, new research shows
• Estrogen could be of benefit in the breast-cancer battle
• Fighting food allergies? Study might offer hope
• Gates seeks a bigger force in Afghanistan
• Greek demonstrations inspire wider unrest
• Hopes raised with U.S. at climate conference
• House swears in first black lawmaker in 1870
• Iraqi restaurant blast kills at least 50
• Less-pristine rec sites may greet us in 2009
• Mugabe says epidemic is over; others dispute him
• North Korea nixes written nuclear pact
• Obama points to Daschle on reforming health care
• Obama to detail any staff talks on Blagojevich
• Pakistan moves against
• Peacock flock sends feathers flying in L.A.
• Pioneering dermatologist Ackerman spoke out on issues of medical ethics
• Protester complaints worsening in Greece
• Putin names peak after Russian spies
• Taiwan’s Chen to be indicted, prosecutors say
• White House cuts rules on endangered species
• William Dowd renowned for his old-style harpsichords

FEATURES

• Bend’s 4 new fitness centers
• It’s time for mother to put an end to boy’s tantrums

ENTERTAINMENT

• A well-known story
• ART EXHIBITS
• Full steam ahead for Golden Globes
• GO! Magazine
• Here’s what’s showing on Central Oregon movie screens.
• Holiday bazaars
• HOLIDAY NOTES
• Home-Style Cooking
• Lackluster stories
• ‘Letters on a page’
• Library accepting art submissions
• Local art studio sells limited-edition prints
• Local musicians play Silver Moon’s stage
• ‘Longshots’ is about more than football
• MOVIE TIMES * For the week of Dec. 12
• Music releases
• New dvd releases The following movies were released to DVD on Dec. 9.
• Old Mill Martini Bar hosts Braille from PDX
• Operetta in Eugene
• Out of town
• Parents’ Guide to Movies
• Planning ahead
• Poetic journey series set for evening show
• Reminder: Slick Side Down releases CD
• Sagebrush Rock visits Reed Pub on Saturday
• Talent is lacking in ‘Delgo’
• Talks, classes, museums & libraries
• Theater company plans mini-musical
• This week
• Upcoming Concerts
• Volo closed; future plans are unclear
• Xbox 360 ‘Scene It?’ a crowd pleaser

RESTAURANTS

• Home-Style Cooking

OPINION

• Crook County’s eager censors
• Don’t be fooled by Obama’s apparent centrism
• Don’t reduce newspaper
• Gramlich should name landowner
• I was chilled
• Make oil biz pay
• Marine reserves needed
• We have it good

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• A WELCOME SITE