December 16, 2008

LOCAL & STATE

• Ashland deer dying at a surprising rate
• Bad weather in the Valley cancels high school sports events tonight
• Cascade Healthcare caught in the crisis
• Clarification
• Clear Choice rejects rival insurer’s buyout bid
• Collecting memories
• Correction
• Couple face trial on child abuse charges
• Crook County parents look for options
• Driver loses control, crashes into garage
• Fed could drop rate to a new low today
• High court rejects appeal by Hanford contractors
• It’s a chilly job, but they get by
• It’s official: Oregon goes for Obama
• Land board approves Yellowstone bison deal
• Lebanon man fatally shoots himself
• Mirror Pond dam to be repaired
• News of Record: Deeds
• News of Record: Police log, Bend fire runs, pets at shelters
• Oven cleaning cause of smoke in house
• Prineville couple saves neighbor from blaze
• Redmond gun club rejects proposed site
• Remembering seniors this season
• Roseburg man killed in Texas plane crash
• Sculpture stolen from high school in Benton County
• Six-month T- bills hit a historic low
• Snow, cold to continue in Washington
• State forecast shows cold weather, more snow in the Valley
• Suspect’s identity released in Woodburn bank bombing
• SUV rolls over on Powell Butte Hwy.
• Wolf kills increase in Northern Rockies

BUSINESS

• A Retail 2.0 experiment
• A software secretary that can take charge
• Boeing gets 15 new orders for its 787
• Business bankruptcies up significantly in ‘08
• Business Calendar
• Cascade Healthcare caught in the crisis
• Cash in credit card rewards to help with holiday spending
• Clear Choice rejects rival insurer’s buyout bid
• Fannie to help renters in foreclosed homes
• How to stay green and save at the same time
• Index of homebuilder confidence still low
• Industrial output falls
• It’s a chilly job, but they get by
• Japan’s manufacturing confidence level drops
• Local McDonald’s has been in the family for generations
• Major oil projects coming undone
• News of Record: Deeds
• Oregon jobless rate rises to 8.1 percent
• Redmond gun club rejects proposed site
• SEC image deteriorates in a string of setbacks
• Send mass voice messages for free
• Siemens to pay $1B in fines in settlement
• Study on Bowman Dam delayed up to 6 months
• Taiwan, China launch shipping and air links
• The pain of the ailing auto industry spreads all the way to Silicon Valley
• Toyota shelves plans for 1st U.S. Prius plant
• Washington zinc mine closes temporarily
• White House and Big 3 nearing a bailout deal

SPORTS

• Arena Football League cancels its 2009 season
• Ball St. coach headed to San Diego St.
• Baseball salaries should outrage, but they don’t
• Celtics defeat Jazz, win 15th in a row
• Chizik: I’m the ‘right guy’ at Auburn
• Cleveland State’s basket at the buzzer shocks No. 11 Syracuse
• Community Sports Calendar
• Community Sports Scoreboard
• Enrollment currently open for youth cross-country ski program
• Football
• Golf
• Harlem Globetrotters set to appear in Redmond in February
• Hot Chocolate Run
• Illinois State picks Purdue assistant
• Local cyclist reigns in ’cross
• Local distance runner sets record in age group for USA Track & Field
• McNabb helps lead Eagles over Browns
• NBA Scoreboard
• No world title, but still a successful ‘08 for Mote
• On the Air
• Oregon, Washington differ on chinook allocation
• Phillies sign Moyer to new deal
• Sacramento fires coach Theus after 6-18 start
• Sharks defeat Kings in shootout
• Snowboarding
• Swimmers place at U.S. short course meet
• Terrebonne’s Mays consistent in 10 days of barrel racing
• UConn tailback Brown to return in 2009
• Winner named for 2009 Pole Pedal Paddle logo contest
• Winter baseball camp on tap in January at Genna Stadium
• Yurts are coming to Three Sisters

OBITS

• D. Carleton Gajdusek won Nobel Prize for disease study
• Ex-President of Ecuador Febres Cordero, 77, dies
• Rugby star John Drake dies at 49

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Dale J. Duvall
• Death notices
• Ina Louise (McCallum) Coe
• James Orton Arntz

NATION & WORLD

• Athens university a haven for Greek protesters
• Bringing real sensations into touch technology
• Caroline Kennedy to seek Clinton’s seat in Senate
• Closing arguments begin in Fort Dix case
• Colonists protest tea taxes in Boston Tea Party in 1773
• D. Carleton Gajdusek won Nobel Prize for disease study
• Ex-President of Ecuador Febres Cordero, 77, dies
• Fewer dying from heart disease and stroke – but for how long?
• Government cracks down on pool drains
• Hard task for new team on energy and climate
• High court allows suit over ‘light’ cigarettes
• Illinois Legislature to begin impeachment proceedings
• Israel frees prisoners, boots U.N. envoy
• Rugby star John Drake dies at 49
• Russia plans to dock warships in Cuba
• Scandal in Illinois raises questions of quid pro quo
• Shoe-thrower inspires Iraqis
• Spider web said to be 140 million years old
• Study: Leaner nations use ‘active transport’
• Thai opposition leader chosen to lead country

FEATURES

• Calendar
• Cascade Healthcare caught in the crisis
• Cast-iron cooking ... and seasoning
• Clear Choice rejects rival insurer’s buyout bid
• Collecting memories
• Decorating with a modern vibe
• Even seemingly secular holiday decorations have religious roots
• Food video games: For those remotely into art of cooking
• Giving can be yummy
• Glow and behold
• Healthy for the holidays: These party offerings are guilt-free
• Holiday baking leaves a spice trail
• Homemade for the holidays: 4 (and more) gift ideas
• Make your holiday guests comfortable
• Prevent ice dams to stop roof damage
• Put the garden to bed — partially, at least
• Recipe Finder
• Spread cheer with Christmas food books
• Take care with festivities, decorations this season
• The best eggnog
• When is it too late to plant bulbs?
• Winter flora

ENTERTAINMENT

• Calendar
• Calendar features regional photography
• Community center
• Local McDonald’s has been in the family for generations
• Movie Times
• Music therapy room
• named for AC/DC singer
• Nathan Lane, Bill Irwin head ‘Godot’ cast
• serves Christmas meals
• There’s no justice like show justice
• Tony and Tina to wed at community center

OPINION

• Correction
• Don’t give up
• Don’t sap voter control of initiatives
• Forest Service failure
• Keeping the homeless warm
• Our just rewards
• Report the truth
• Undeserved disdain for carmakers from left and right

ROADS & TRAFFIC