January 01, 2009

LOCAL & STATE

• After 90 years, theater in Enterprise closes
• Ashland-area shaman, wife win church land-use case
• Avalanche danger is high in Cascades
• Case against lone Culver cop may see jury trial
• China dairy boss stalled reporting quality issue
• Clouds are parting in mortgage market
• Colorado self-defense law eyed in shooting
• Correction
• Decisions await a new manager at Bend airport
• Deschutes defaults spiked 228% in ‘08
• Fun-seekers jam Arizona snow venues
• Girl born on U.S. flight now a Canadian citizen
• Groups to sue over logging plans
• High winds expected
• Just winging it
• Lawmaker wants drugmakers to dispose of unused medicine
• 2 men arrested after pot is found in truck
• Montana high court rules against compensation for game farmers
• Mother arraigned in baby’s death
• New Year’s resolution: Take care of that old Christmas tree
• News of Record
• News of Record: Permits
• No deal: KFXO rejects BendBroadband offer
• Nursery business is wilting amid storms, economic woes
• Pakistani confesses to Mumbai attacks
• Portland man pleads guilty in bomb threat
• President Lincoln frees slaves in 1863
• Proposed closure of Washington school debated
• Revelers look to happier days
• Reward is increased in 1994 murder probe
• Speaker-elect wants college plan hearings
• Thailand nightclub fire kills dozens of revelers
• Thrift store sale to benefit animals
• Timber funds, bonds boost budget
• Two eagles found shot near Pendleton die of wounds
• Vital routine
• Water might not meet state’s needs
• 3 ways to get shows you might have lost but can't live without
• Welcoming a New Year with a walk for a cause
• Westside Video closes
• What’s open and closed for New Year’s Day?

BUSINESS

• After a bruising stretch, the market limps into ‘09
• Bankruptcy an option for chemical giant
• Business Calendar
• Citigroup’s top execs to forgo bonuses
• Clouds are parting in mortgage market
• Decisions await a new manager at Bend airport
• Deschutes defaults spiked 228% in ‘08
• 2 executives to leave Dell in a revamping
• gas supplies to Ukraine
• GMAC completes deal to help raise capital
• Jobless-claims data paint grim picture
• 2 men arrested after pot is found in truck
• Merenda closing Sunday
• News of Record: Permits
• No deal: KFXO rejects BendBroadband offer
• Oil ends volatile year below $45 per barrel
• Prius pride
• Report: AIG seeks change in loan terms
• Russian company to cut
• Smoking ban in one city means fewer heart attacks
• Thrift store sale to benefit animals
• Tracking bailout money is difficult, officials say
• Viacom blackout likely for Time Warner Cable
• 3 ways to get shows you might have lost but can't live without
• Westside Video closes
• What’s open and closed for New Year’s Day?

SPORTS

• • Air Force falls to Houston in Armed Forces bowl:
• Baseball
• Between a rock and a hard place
• College football
• Cougars roll to win
• Ducks win exhibition
• Ducks win exhibition SPORTS
• Events Calendar
• Family snow break
• Fly-tying corner
• Golf
• Madras boys beat Pendleton to end 5-game losing streak
• More snow, lots of traffic are expected at sno-parks this weekend
• Mueller scores twice to lead Coyotes
• NBA Basketball
• NBA Scoreboard
• NFL football
• Nuggets get Karl his 900th career victory Nevada no match for North Carolina
• Ochoco Creek is a little known, but productive, redband trout fishery
• On the Air On the Air
• Once-in-a-lifetime backcountry trophy goes to Bend hunter
• Prep Scoreboard
• Scoreboard Sports in Brief
• Skiing
• Three is enough for OSU
• Twins help Cowgirls cruise over Vikings
• Walton Lake offers ice fishing
• While watching college football today, try not to overlook a link to the past
• Winter conditions can become dangerous

OBITS

• Amy Samuels, animal behavior expert
• French designer Ted Lapidus developed 1960s unisex look
• Singer-guitarist Delaney Bramlett influenced many other musicians
• Versatile avant-gardist Willoughby Sharp drew his share of controversy

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices

NATION & WORLD

• After 50 years of communism, Cuba re-evaluates its revolution
• Amy Samuels, animal behavior expert
• Colleges and credit card companies: questionable ties
• Even in 2009, DNA isn’t foolproof forensics
• Illinois Senate pick goes to court
• Israel rejects Gaza truce, but offers aid
• Nutritionists target better education as well as kids’ meals
• One school system’s enrichment: fiscal literacy
• One student at a time
• Singer-guitarist Delaney Bramlett influenced many other musicians
• U.S. deaths down 65% in Iraq since early 2008
• Versatile avant-gardist Willoughby Sharp drew his share of controversy

FEATURES

• A new way to count calories
• Bringing comfort back
• Calendar
• Community Datebook
• Correction
• Economy and health care costs
• Fewer doctors entering primary care after debt, income considerations
• Gastroenteritis spreading in kids
• Health Datebook
• Infants sought for national autism study
• Listen up: Here are some podcasts for the health-conscious
• Lung cancer accounts for more deaths
• New sweetener causes controversy
• New Year’s resolutions made for one day set examples all year long
• Nostalgia may have therapeutic qualities, according to study
• People
• Resolved to join a gym? Cost isn’t everything
• Take steps to improve circulation
• ‘The perfect solution’
• Vital routine
• Walk briskly ... and carry a smaller stomach
• Week One: Chest press with body bar
• What foods should you eat when you’re sick?
• When cooking, canola oil has a healthier fat intake

ENTERTAINMENT

• Calendar
• Cloris Leachman to lead Rose Parade
• French designer Ted Lapidus developed 1960s unisex look
• Inner-city school gets $365K from Oprah
• Merenda closing Sunday
• Movie Times
• OPB, Think Out Loud invite public to taping
• ‘Scrubs,’ near death, is given a miracle cure

OPINION

• Climate change pain
• Don’t take away property owner rights
• Doomed to repeat history? The great hangover of 2008
• Skip rental smokers bill

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• High winds expected