January 05, 2009

LOCAL & STATE

• Area tattoo school melds art, practice
• Bendbroadband and KFXO reach deal, Fox back on the air
• Body found in Clackamas River
• Cano picked to head Latino Network
• Fight in Madras leads to arrest of 3 teens
• 2 found fatally shot in Madras apartment
• Hope at a struggling Oregon high school
• How do you do didgeridoo?
• Idaho Christmas tree bonfire
• Local shops bag tradition in favor of reusable sacks
• Man accidentally shoots neighbor
• Man leads authorities on high-speed chase
• Meet Buffy
• Migrants, labor focus of lecture
• News of Record
• Oregon’s court buildings in need of repair
• Orphan kangaroo gets pampered
• Pet stores feel pinch as cost of food soars
• Portland Loo freezes during snowstorm
• Seattle has first homicide of 2009
• Some Washington eateries must post calorie content
• Spokane is bracing for even more snow
• Training for the cat walk
• U.S. EPA concerned about proposed LNG pipeline path
• U.S. Highway 26 reopens after slide
• Vineyard looks for ‘Snake River Valley’ label
• Washington man dies in walk across I-5
• Wetter weather, winds moving into region this week
• Your pets

BUSINESS

• Area tattoo school melds art, practice
• Gadgets raise a ruckus for pulsar researchers
• In a blue economy, green is very much alive

SPORTS

• Blazers no match for Lakers
• BLM seeks wild-horse board nominations
• Bodine, Lucas win Bobsled Challenge
• Boston College stuns No. 1 North Carolina with 85-78 win
• Cowher says he won’t coach in 2009 season
• Crash costs Vonn victory as German wins slalom
• Dolphins’ turnovers give victory to Ravens
• Eagles fly past Vikings
• Former NASCAR Rookie of the Year Sam McQuagg dies
• NBA basketball
• NBA Scoreboard
• Nonstop soccer
• On the Air Sports in Brief
• OSU takes out USC in overtime
• Pet Express begins waste-reduction plan
• Pets calendar
• Prep sports heats up with start of league competition
• Raiders looking at Gilbride for open post
• Rally falls short as Ducks fall to Bruins
• Rematches highlight next week’s playoff games
• Ryan, Hiller lead Ducks past Coyotes, 2-0
• Scoreboard
• Skiing
• Smith edges Sparano for AP Coach of Year
• Tennis
• Texas, Ohio State set for Fiesta Bowl

OBITS

• Actor Pat Hingle, Batman’s Commissioner Gordon, dies

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices

NATION & WORLD

• Actor Pat Hingle, Batman’s Commissioner Gordon, dies
• Darfur peace slowed by splits among rebel forces
• Egyptian women break new ground
• Female bomber strikes Shiite pilgrims in Iraq
• Fighting forces civilians into unpleasant choices
• For dogs, fairness matters — a lot
• For Israel, a chance to strike before an ally leaves
• French vessel saves 2 others from pirates
• Illinois’ Burris vows to fight on as Senate appointee
• In Eastern Europe, lives languish in mental facilities
• India gives Pakistan evidence over attacks
• Iranian hard-liners flex influence before vote
• Israeli troops push deeper into Gaza
• Kaine poised to head the DNC
• Mexicans emigrate for new lives, but also trying to save their own
• Obama plan includes $300 billion in tax cuts
• Obama’s historic support online - an advantage in the White House?
• Richardson withdraws as commerce nominee
• Russia again raises Ukraine’s gas bill
• Russia’s hackers, once just thrill seekers, are a growing global threat
• Sport of the samurai still thrives
• Suicide attack kills 7 in northwest Pakistan
• Thai police charge nightclub owner
• The army’s urban tool for recruiting: an arcade
• Wyoming’s Nellie Ross becomes first female governor in U.S. in 1925

FEATURES

• How do you do didgeridoo?

ENTERTAINMENT

• Date set for appeal in Winehouse drug fine
• Grammy nominees get together — on CD
• Heather Locklear is given probation
• Movie Times
• New twist as ABC’s latest ‘Bachelor’ looks for both a wife and a mother
• Reports of Reiser’s demise exaggerated
• Sam Shepard jailed in Illinois DUI case
• Travoltas devastated by death of son, Jett
• Winslet weighs in on a cultural obsession

OPINION

• A shove for the economy
• Deschutes needs beds before financing facility
• Don’t drink bottled water
• Good opportunity for Forest Service
• Help with the snow
• Iraq’s political leaders appear set to strive for stability
• Kulongoski’s mileage tax

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• U.S. Highway 26 reopens after slide