December 21, 2008

LOCAL & STATE

• A dose of grandparentlike advice in Washington tribes’ ‘Elder Court’
• Aid for American Indians in need, mostly fueled by holiday catalogs
• Bend leads in state’s plane accidents
• Bend's biggest loser to be revealed Tuesday
• Bergelin — Smith
• Births
• BLM ends drilling auction amid tainting allegation
• Broken Top donates 3,000 pounds of food
• Canada offers $3.27B auto bailout of its own
• China blocks access to N.Y. Times Web site
• Differences among 3 fuel-rating systems
• Eugene chamber recognizes former Bend businessman
• For first official day of winter: more snow
• Halverson — Roshak
• Holiday tourism forecast: Chilly
• Iraq rejects legislation on non-U.S. troops
• Kaiser going ahead with $285 million hospital
• Law officers mourn trooper slain by bomb
• 7 leave hospital after Atlanta bridge collapse
• Malone
• Manure fuels Idaho energy hope
• Militants kill 3 in latest convoy attack
• Military to let nature deal with jet fuel jettisoned over the Great Salt Lake
• Nelson — Aparicio
• News of Record: Deeds
• Obama visits Hawaii as corruption report nears
• Obama’s NOAA pick an expert on climate and overfishing
• Pakistan:
• Possible pet pals
• Putting homes on mine site up for talks
• Recyclables: Demand drops - could our rates rise, then?
• Red Cross in Bend quietly celebrates 75 years
• Rioters clash anew in Greece
• Several hurt as jetliner catches fire in Denver
• Small-time repair shop, world-class innovation
• Snow, wind, freezing rain expected from Pacific front
• Southerners missing from Obama Cabinet
• Trout — Nix
• United Way hits $1M, still behind its goal
• Vote on where Bend will grow draws closer
• 100 YEARS AGO
• Zimbabwe’s president hints at early elections

BUSINESS

• A whole new world:
• Alaska pilots form pre-strike committee
• Bend leads in state’s plane accidents
• Disney looks to Russia
• Eugene chamber recognizes former Bend businessman
• Holiday tourism forecast: Chilly
• Mexico struggles as migrants return
• More threatened butterflies found, tantalizing researchers
• News of Record: Deeds
• On Wall Street, the bonuses, not profits, were real
• Small-time repair shop, world-class innovation
• Vote on where Bend will grow draws closer
• Woolworths chain in U.K. follows its U.S. predecessors into oblivion
• Yale endowment falls 13.4 percent
• 30-year mortgages at 37-year low

SPORTS

• Arizona knocks off No. 17 BYU in Vegas
• Beavers get revenge, beat Bison
• Boozer will have third MRI on quadriceps
• Bowl season has finally begun — and here’s what to watch for
• Celtics look like they want another title
• Commissioner: Tour cutting costs, but not its work force
• Crews implode Indianapolis’ former home
• Culver wrestling earns a solid finish in Vegas
• Ducks hang on for 79-76 overtime victory over Pilots
• Falcons rookie no longer flying under the radar
• Golf Scoreboard
• Gordon, former IU coach have meeting
• Jones brothers going opposite ways
• Kim takes lead at Chevron Challenge
• NBA Scoreboard
• Olympics
• On the Air
• Paterno vs. Bowden: A showdown for the ages
• Prep Scoreboard
• Problem of few black coaches has no easy fix
• Ravens put a dent in Cowboys’ playoff hopes
• Report: LeBron James may sign extension
• Sharks rebound with home win against Rangers
• Soccer
• Storm starts season on top
• Summit’s victory at Redmond is a first
• Suns beat Nuggets with a late flurry
• UConn rallies past Gonzaga in OT
• Valuev defends WBA title with majority decision over Holyfield
• Volleyball

OBITS

• Author Julius Fast dealt in fact and fiction
• Dock Ellis, an All-Star pitcher who reportedly threw a no-hitter on LSD
• James Bevel was influential MLK aide

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices

NATION & WORLD

• A nation of movers becomes, slowly, one of stayers
• Afghanistan school used to store tons of marijuana
• Angry and outspoken, youths are a new force in Darfur
• Author Julius Fast dealt in fact and fiction
• Dock Ellis, an All-Star pitcher who reportedly threw a no-hitter on LSD
• Israel strikes Gaza 1 day after truce collapses
• James Bevel was influential MLK aide
• Mayflower Pilgrims go ashore for first time in 1620
• More threatened butterflies found, tantalizing researchers
• Rally planned at Wal-Mart where worker was trampled
• Refrigerate the planet? Earth as a fridge?
• Under Putin, Russia looks to widen treason definition
• U.S. force in Afghanistan may double

FEATURES

• A departure from bland
• Bend's biggest loser to be revealed Tuesday
• Calendar
• Death Valley winter
• Differences among 3 fuel-rating systems
• Loafers go fashion forward
• News of Record: Military notes
• Possible pet pals
• Red Cross in Bend quietly celebrates 75 years
• Saving Grace gets van
• Spirit of the Season

ENTERTAINMENT

• Best-sellers
• Book explores 200 years of NYC’s fictional demise
• Burroughs-Kerouac book not worth the wait
• Calendar
• Dupri: Janet Jackson is not pregnant
• Movie Times
• Once again, Leviant delivers a witty read in ‘A Novel of Klass’
• Picture from the moon detailed in newest book
• The legacy of punk band Clash
• The news never stops
• When you need a Christmas alternative
• ‘Whiskey Rebels’ full of history and depth
• ‘Yaddo’ a portrait of past artists

OPINION

• A Kennedy for Clinton’s U.S. Senate seat — a name game
• A prescription for failure in the world of diagnoses
• And the results are ...
• Campaign rhetoric, presidential reality
• Despite all the hubbub, it’s no time to panic
• Disparate justice
• Don’t be fooled, Americans; the invisible hand isn’t there
• Dumbing down and bumping up
• How will Obama choose his diplomats?
• Same problems, two approaches

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Differences among 3 fuel-rating systems