December 25, 2008

LOCAL & STATE

• Another year of holiday cheer
• Area churches squeeze in newcomers for Christmas
• California kidnapper was murder suspect
• Consumer spending posts slight rise
• Correction
• Deschutes County sells $9.6M in bonds
• Early tally suggests weak holiday sales
• Fire causes $40K in damages at Eugene blood bank
• For scores of travelers, the holidays must wait
• Gift of gratitude
• Goats butt heads on path to friendship
• Good will toward man
• Health Datebook
• It’s the end of the line for Prineville dinner train
• ‘I’ve been given my life back’
• Jewish Santa spreads joy at Seattle hospitals
• La Pine preps policy for snow removal
• $2.2M state grant for transit hub in Bend may go to waste
• Merry Christmas
• News of Record: Permits
• News of Record: Police log, Bend fire runs, pets at shelters
• N.Y. politics ensnares Kennedy’s Senate bid
• Over-the-air viewers prep for digital TV
• Russian ballerina honored at the Bolshoi in Moscow
• Snow impacts grocery store shelves
• Snow turns to rain in Portland
• Soup kitchen to open on New Year’s Day
• Standoff over cable fees shows no signs of resolution
• The call to duty makes for bittersweet holiday
• Unclear why man made fake calls
• Unemployment filings at 26-year high
• When a home is built in the forest
• Witness in Stevens trial affirms immunity offer

BUSINESS

• AIG buys $16B of CDOs in risk-reduction effort
• Business Calendar
• Disney decides to pass on next ‘Narnia’ movie
• Durable goods orders are down
• Feds aim to complete IndyMac sale this year
• Founder’s grandson
• Founder's grandson might take over Toyota
• Gift of gratitude
• GMAC wins bank vote with ease
• Investing as environmental activism
• It’s the end of the line for Prineville dinner train
• Mortgage rates fall to new record low
• News of Record: Permits
• Some unlikely groups seeking stimulus help
• Standoff over cable fees shows no signs of resolution
• When a home is built in the forest

SPORTS

• Be knee deep in white for Christmas
• Captivated by quail in Arizona
• COCC adds track and field to its club sports
• Cycling
• Events Calendar
• Family wants others to learn from hunters mistakes in tragic death
• Fly-tying corner
• Former Blazer Calvin Natt assists grieving parents with funerals
• Irish end bowl skid, cruise over Warriors
• Lost in a rush of games, the Mercy Bowl remembered Former Blazer Calvin Natt assists grieving parents with funerals
• NBA basketball
• NFL football
• Nice coat of snow for area sno-parks
• North Twin providing solid trout opportunities
• Olympics
• On the Air Sports in Brief
• Panther football players receive all-state honors
• Pedometers go high-tech
• Plenty of coyote in Maury, Ochoco units
• Slow start for snowpack
• Wounded soldiers enjoy special pheasant hunt

OBITS

• Berlinsky, cellist in renowned string quartet
• David Rampe, New York Times foreign desk editor, dead at 60
• Tech Data chief Raymund was entrepreneur from the start

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Daniel Burton Adams

NATION & WORLD

• Avalanche dangers rise across the West
• Berlinsky, cellist in renowned string quartet
• Bethlehem festive, but Gaza violent
• David Rampe, New York Times foreign desk editor, dead at 60
• For giving, it really is the thought that counts, study finds
• Heretic, now hero? In shift, Vatican salutes Galileo
• 5 hurt in California home explosion
• Log: the directors’ cuts
• Obama praises troops in holiday radio address
• ‘Silent Night’ has its debut in 1818 at Church of St. Nikolaus in Austria
• What’s open and closed for Christmas?

FEATURES

• A balanced diet includes protein with every meal
• Area churches squeeze in newcomers for Christmas
• Calendar
• Community Datebook
• Donated vehicles can help Bend radio station
• Gala tickets available
• Good will toward man
• Health Datebook
• Hula hoop grows up
• Hungry for a snack this Christmas? Skip the cookies and try an orange
• It’s one small step at a time
• ‘I’ve been given my life back’
• Learn to snowboard — in France
• Pucker up and kiss your lip balm addiction goodbye
• Put your best foot forward
• Teacher’s lessons inspire thanks from former student
• The neck
• Vital stats

ENTERTAINMENT

• Calendar
• Ledger’s death voted top ‘08 people story
• Movie Times

OPINION

• Acts of mercy
• Bad battle
• No plows here
• Teen journal

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Deschutes County sells $9.6M in bonds
• La Pine preps policy for snow removal
• Snow impacts grocery store shelves
• Soup kitchen to open on New Year’s Day