December 13, 2008

LOCAL & STATE

• A record for valor in Afghan clash
• Attorneys in murder case drop objections over letters
• Baker City close to 10,000 strong
• Bi-Mart submits plans for Sisters
• Blizzard warning for the Cascades
• Bomb blast at Woodburn bank kills 1
• CEC customers to get refund checks soon
• CEO confidence index reaches 5-year low
• COCC may try again for bond in May
• Correction
• Deschutes offers some permits online
• Hood River woman killed in kiteboarding accident
• Local charity drive enjoys banner year
• Man arrested in Black Butte Ranch burglaries
• 217-mile natural gas pipeline in feds’ hands
• More Bend churches could see use as winter shelters
• News of Record: Police log, Bend fire runs
• Not the latest in deer decor
• People On the Move
• Sharing clothes and warmth with holiday donation drive
• Suspect identified in Madras shooting
• The ‘Best Santa’
• U.S. forest chief could have local ties
• What's going up?
• 1 wounded in Portland funeral shooting

BUSINESS

• Bi-Mart submits plans for Sisters
• CEC customers to get refund checks soon
• CEO confidence index reaches 5-year low
• Correction
• Deschutes offers some permits online
• Dream Dinners helps provide meals to needy
• Drugmaker’s ghostwritten studies are questioned
• Grocery chain brands thriving in down times
• 217-mile natural gas pipeline in feds’ hands
• More Bend churches could see use as winter shelters
• People On the Move
• Pork-plant workers vote to unionize following contentious 15-year fight
• What's going up?
• White House vows to keep automakers from collapse

SPORTS

• American Vonn going for elusive women’s World Cup all-discipline victory
• Another victory keeps Mote in the title hunt
• Army fires Brock after two years as coach
• Austrian earns win in super-combi
• Clippers beat Blazers in double-overtime
• Cowgirls score big, get win
• Gilchrist gets quick start, rolls to easy win over MBA
• Hockey
• Iowa State coach a candidate at Auburn
• Klitschko wary of Rahman in title defense
• La Pine girls cruise to victory over Grant
• Mawae, Stallworth, Kelly fined by NFL
• NBA Scoreboard
• Olympics
• On the Air
• Prep Scoreboard
• Sailing
• Scholarship fund set up in memory of longtime coach
• Seahawks’ Jones to miss rest of season
• Snowriders rejoice
• Sorenstam leads after 2nd round of last tournament
• Swimming
• Syracuse hires Saints’ coordinator as coach
• Three quarterbacks in close race for Heisman Trophy
• Vito tries to defend U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix title
• Weis needs surgery to right, then left knee
• Weiss, Vokoun lead Panthers over Flames in shootout win

OBITS

• Cardinal Dulles was prominent in church and politics
• Henry Molaison’s amnesia was a boon for researchers
• Van Johnson, ’40s idol and ‘voiceless Sinatra’

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Dallas Dean Arney
• Death notices
• Rev. Stanley Gordon Macgirvin

NATION & WORLD

• Belgium authorities charge six in terror investigation
• Carbon tax dispute mars climate talks
• Cardinal Dulles was prominent in church and politics
• Franken gets boost in Senate recount
• Greek riots hit a week as support spreads
• Henry Molaison’s amnesia was a boon for researchers
• Ice storm knocks out power in 7 states
• Illinois showdown: State AG seeks removal of governor
• Iraqi clerics request calm after bombing
• Jury condemns police in subway shooting
• Lutheran bishop group to travel to the Mideast
• 217-mile natural gas pipeline in feds’ hands
• New test aims to better predict risk of breast cancer
• No death sentence for court gunman
• Obama’s environment team fills with regulators
• Orthodox convert now leader of church
• Remains look to be of missing toddler
• Report finds national interests in Congo
• Rome declares emergency as heavy rains pound Italy
• Saddam captured by U.S. forces in 2003
• Van Johnson, ’40s idol and ‘voiceless Sinatra’
• Vatican fortifies stance on cloning, stem cells

FEATURES

• Bargain luxury
• Calendar
• More Bend churches could see use as winter shelters
• People On the Move
• Postal Service makes, sends holiday cards in a few clicks
• Religion In Brief
• The ‘Best Santa’

ENTERTAINMENT

• Calendar
• Culkin’s sister killed after being hit by car
• Enjoy tea, treats with Mrs. Claus on Sunday
• Face to face with the old High Desert
• Free clinic registering new patients today
• Kate Walsh’s husband files for divorce
• Monday is the last day to share holiday lights
• Movie Times
• Nickelodeon band writes song for Obama
• The more holiday TV, the merrier
• Usher welcomes son
• Women’s group invites public to holiday party

OPINION

• Bend ‘peace’ bridge will generate anger
• From the Archives
• Help Indians
• Let road kill rot
• SUVs serve well

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Blizzard warning for the Cascades