December 23, 2008

LOCAL & STATE

• Accused of trapping cats, elderly couple refuse deal
• After-school programs thrive on their own
• All articles free today
• An heirloom in the making
• Area jobless rates jump to record highs
• Bend 1031 exchange files for Chapter 11
• Donations no longer needed for house fire
• Don’t forget to shovel
• Former city manager pleads guilty
• Free recycling set to begin for electronics
• Have to travel? It won’t be easy
• Heat lamp causes Lake Oswego fire
• Highway death in Nevada blamed on icy conditions
• Mortgage companies are hopping with rates at historic lows
• New Beaverton police chief named
• New leaders take on area forestry jobs
• News of Record: Deeds
• News of Record: Police log, Bend fire runs, pets at shelters
• PacifiCorp and Bend near deal for Juniper substation
• Sisters project OK’d
• Storm stymies Portland area
• Take care to avoid serious winter accidents
• Toyota projects first loss in 70 years
• Washington considers harvest of geoducks grown on state lands
• Washington state pursuing pared-down climate change agenda
• Western areas drop below air standards

BUSINESS

• AIG plans to sell unit
• An heirloom in the making
• Area jobless rates jump to record highs
• Bend 1031 exchange files for Chapter 11
• Business Calendar
• Caterpillar scales back executive pay in 2009
• Down economy slows growth in South, West
• Get your feet wet before taking the Linux plunge
• Have to travel? It won’t be easy
• Klamath Falls paper cuts Monday edition
• Lax federal oversight uncovered in IndyMac collapse
• Mortgage companies are hopping with rates at historic lows
• News of Record: Deeds
• PacifiCorp and Bend near deal for Juniper substation
• Restaurants prep for possible new era of food regulations
• Sisters project OK’d
• Toyota projects first loss in 70 years
• Walgreen profit falls
• Ways to trim the holiday spending spree
• 2-year Treasury notes dip to a record low

SPORTS

• Auto racing
• Bears rally to beat Packers in OT
• Bend Bluesox Baseball meeting, sign-ups coming soon
• Cascade Alliance is recruiting coaches for fast-pitch softball
• College football
• Community Sports Calendar
• Community Sports Scoreboard
• Free throws lift La Pine past Summit
• High Tech Swim Clinic offered at Athletic Club of Bend in February
• Lava Bears rally to beat Panthers in overtime
• NBA Scoreboard
• NFL football
• No. 4 Oklahoma uses defense to overcome poor shooting to beat Rice
• Olympics
• On the Air Sports in Brief
• Oregon Cup
• Prep Scoreboard
• Redmond baseball prep program holding tryouts on Jan. 2
• Roy, Blazers fall to Nuggets
• Sedin scores twice in Canucks’ win
• Soccer
• Swimming
• Tele-Fest schedule announced for seventh annual event
• Telemark skiing
• Tireless volunteer gives an old trail new life
• World Cup skiing
• Yard Baseball Academy Camp rescheduled for Jan. 10-11
• Youth New Year’s baseball camp is set next week in Redmond

OBITS

• Al Meyerhoff, 61, prominent labor lawyer
• Guinea’s president, Lansana Conte, dies

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices
• Jean D. Doolittle Boyle
• Julia Mary
• Margaret 'Marge' Pauline Lewis Beckwith
• Wilma Jean McGaughey

NATION & WORLD

• Al Meyerhoff, 61, prominent labor lawyer
• Britain, U.S. step up pressure on Mugabe
• Bush v. Gore: a precedent set to outlast the president
• China quake victims’ parents file suit
• Clinton seeks to bolster role of State Department
• Conflicting reports on Russia-Iran deal
• 5 convicted in Fort Dix plot
• Franken leads, but Senate race isn’t over
• Guinea’s president, Lansana Conte, dies
• Impeachment panel hears of Blagojevich fundraising
• In downturn, shoplifting is up - and sophisticated
• Investigators check Denver plane wreck
• Japan’s emperor may feel weight of crown
• Mexico honors decapitated soldiers
• ‘Night Before Christmas’ published in 1823
• NYC dodges charge in deadly fire
• Recall
• Russian lawmakers back longer presidency
• Security officials seek strategic shift on Afghanistan
• Shoe thrower remains defiant
• ‘Sopranos’ actor cleared of murder
• Space station crew conducts spacewalk
• Women with breast cancer often not given full picture

FEATURES

• 2008: a delicious year for cookbook lovers
• A sweet treat for Santa
• And for the rest of us ... Festivus
• Crunchy cookies wrapped in the spirit of the season
• Derailment suspends Amtrak service
• Don’t forget to shovel
• Energy inspections are a valuable idea
• Healthy tart: Every calorie counts — so shave a few off the crust
• Hosting in a dirty house: 5 holiday cleaning cheats
• How to drive on black ice
• Make your kitchen counter sprout central
• Making meringues
• Recipe finder
• Ringing in the spirit of giving
• Rugged ivy may turn more finicky indoors
• Set the scene with scent
• The domino effect of home decorating
• What do you need to throw a holiday shindig?

ENTERTAINMENT

• 2008: a delicious year for cookbook lovers
• Calendar
• Celebs share adoption stories for TV special
• Dunst granted restraining order
• Fresh and familiar holiday TV
• Help fund drilling of Ugandan well
• Movie Times
• 3 rd time’s a charm
• Restaurants prep for possible new era of food regulations
• ‘Sopranos’ actor cleared of murder
• Spade donation helps police buy 50 rifles
• Special ‘MILK’ event at Pilot Butte 6

OPINION

• Six truly deadly drivers