December 15, 2008

LOCAL & STATE

• A few road projects continuing in the cold
• Annual passes on sale for coastal lands, parks
• Archdiocese meets child protection rules
• 2 arrested in Bend car break-ins
• Astoria port struggles with proposal for research fleet
• Bread is bad for wild birds, experts say
• Care for kids, right in school. Payment? On a sliding scale
• Christmas bird count begins this week
• Coalition considers new goals beyond timber payments
• Conservation money more than triples
• Crash kills man in Southern Oregon
• Frigid weather will stay in region through week
• Hot meal – warm hearts
• Input sought on Wickiup project
• Keeping pets away from Christmas trees
• Meet Dublin
• Multi-vehicle crash closes Highway 97
• News of Record: Civil suits
• Opening day at Bachelor
• Portland sign owner backs university’s bid
• Prineville shelter to send cats to Seattle
• Seattle sees some snow
• The new boss at Cascades campus
• Thinking of giving a pet as a gift? Consider the long-term obligations
• Willamette Valley grapples with storm
• Your pets

BUSINESS

• Input sought on Wickiup project
• Need help with class? YouTube awaits

SPORTS

• Arizona defeats No. 4 Gonzaga
• Armstrong plans a quick start at Giro d’Italia
• Avery, Stars parting ways
• Bowling
• Canucks rally for 5-3 victory
• Central Oregon boarders finish strong at World Cup
• College hoops prospects set to square off in Redmond
• Dallara to cut prices for spare parts in IRL
• Downhill race attracts all kinds
• Football
• Gymnastics
• Kobe, Lakers pull away from Timberwolves late
• Marathon
• Maryland tops North Carolina for title
• NASCAR Hall of Fame questions: How and who
• NBA Scoreboard
• On the Air
• Pets calendar
• Reining in horse costs
• Scoreboard On the Air Sports in Brief
• Sorenstam ends career with birdie, no regrets
• Steelers rally, beat Ravens for division title
• Unser Jr. listed as extortion victim
• Vonn returns to top after strong slalom
• Watkins Glen seeks Cup race sponsor

OBITS

• Dorothy Sterling, 95, wrote black history in children’s literature
• George Brecht, artist-provocateur, dies at 82
• Richard Topus, 84, trained pigeons during WWII
• Robert Chandler, 80, helped create ‘60 Minutes’ format

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices

NATION & WORLD

• Blizzard closes Dakota highways
• Britain’s Brown tries to calm India, Pakistan
• Bush points to progress in Iraq and Afghanistan
• Dorothy Sterling, 95, wrote black history in children’s literature
• Final arguments today in Fort Dix case
• George Brecht, artist-provocateur, dies at 82
• ‘Gone With the Wind’ has its premiere in 1939
• Illinois legislators focus on governor
• Kentucky domain name tiff heats up
• McCain declines to back Palin for 2012
• More claim losses in investment scheme
• More power loss possible in Northeast
• Opposition leader to be Thai premier
• Poor land, hidden riches - and conflict
• 20,000 pounds (at least) smuggled under the sea
• Report: Justice lawyer leaked eavesdropping
• Richard Topus, 84, trained pigeons during WWII
• Robert Chandler, 80, helped create ‘60 Minutes’ format
• Russian police detain protesters
• Somalia’s president fires prime minister
• Some auto insurers offering free coverage for the four-legged set

FEATURES

• Calendar
• Care for kids, right in school. Payment? On a sliding scale
• Hot meal – warm hearts
• Paris heist the work of movie gang?

ENTERTAINMENT

• Calendar
• It’s all about helping others, says Smith
• Movie Times
• Networks have 10 o’clock blues
• ‘Pulp Fiction’ writer enters plea in car death
• Sheen’s daughters unhurt in collision
• Tara Reid latest celeb to check into rehab

OPINION

• Spending our way out of trouble
• Taking the emotional pulse during Washington’s transition
• The door that Bush kept open
• The state shouldn’t bail out prisoners

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• A few road projects continuing in the cold
• Multi-vehicle crash closes Highway 97