January 06, 2009

LOCAL & STATE

• Alternative school to close in Redmond
• Baby’s body found in trash dump site
• Bend councilors approve latest version of UGB
• Calendar
• Central Oregon officials sworn in
• Clear Choice Health Plans announces acquisition
• Closing on a career
• Correction
• Eastern Oregon digging out from heavy snowfall, drifts
• Finally, the impasse is over
• Fire extinguished in northeast Bend
• In Deschutes, resorts a top concern
• 2006 Jefferson sex abuse case may be resolved next month
• Justice suggests death penalty review
• KB Toys gift cards expire Sunday
• Legislature set for second look at metal thefts
• Man hurt in rollover
• More details emerge in young couple’s deaths
• More students enrolling at COCC
• Morning trek
• News of Record
• News of Record: Deeds
• northwest of Prineville
• OSP swears in 17 new troopers
• Police searching for stolen robot
• Prayers for prosperity
• Reward offered for elk poaching info
• Shooting banned in subdivision near Sunriver
• Spokane pounded by snowstorm again
• Town considers deer feeding ban
• Utility work planned in southwest Bend

BUSINESS

• A chilly December for auto dealerships
• A push to balance costs with a 2nd job
• Bankruptcy filings jump 33% in 2008
• Bend councilors approve latest version of UGB
• Borders announces new chief executive
• Business Calendar
• Clear Choice Health Plans announces acquisition
• Even in recession, a gadget mecca has an appeal
• From potatoes to putters
• Gas prices reversing course as OPEC cuts production
• Health care spending slows in 2007; generic drugs cited
• In Deschutes, resorts a top concern
• Maker of crystal, china files for bankruptcy
• Monaco Coach pursues ‘strategic alternatives’
• News of Record: Deeds
• Rates rise at weekly Treasury auction
• Recall
• Tyson Foods executive resigning immediately
• What tech innovations will we see in 2009?

SPORTS

• Auto Racing
• Baseball
• Basketball
• College football
• Community Calendar
• Community Scoreboard
• Cool Runnings
• Court to hear frisk challenge
• Director Kilkenny to speak at UO function in Bend
• High winds close lifts at Mt. Bachelor
• Ivanovic wins at Brisbane
• Martin scores 25 to lead Nuggets to win
• MBSEF names interim nordic ski director
• NBA Scoreboard
• NFL football
• No. 13 Notre Dame beats No. 9 Georgetown
• Oilers beat Islanders 3-2
• Oklahoma’s Bradford an inspiration to a nation
• On the Air Sports in Brief
• Oregon Adaptive Sports receives grant
• Scoreboard
• Skiing
• Texas rallies past Ohio State in Fiesta
• Winter Triathlon: changes, high expectation for 2009

OBITS

• Architect Peter Dominick Jr., 67, was son of late Colorado senator
• Griffin Bell, 90, served as Carter attorney general
• Washington Rep. Bill Grant, 71, dies of lung cancer

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices
• Shalae Rae Mortensen

NATION & WORLD

• Alaska trooper says drug arrest delayed
• Apple’s Jobs discloses medical condition
• Architect Peter Dominick Jr., 67, was son of late Colorado senator
• Britain moves to curb rise in stabbing deaths
• Bush announces airlift of goods to support Darfur peacekeeping
• Bush family cat dies at 18
• Bush moves to shield large areas of Pacific
• China critical of Google, others on pornography
• Congressmen critical of SEC in Madoff case
• Construction spending dips
• Dreaming of cuspids: Will medical advances bring cultural change? Good news you can sink your teeth into
• During constant vigil in church, protesters find renewed faith
• Figure skater Nancy Kerrigan attacked in 1994
• For Merkley, new job as senator brings back old times
• Former congressman and Clinton adviser tapped as CIA chief
• Griffin Bell, 90, served as Carter attorney general
• Gunmen attack police in Greek capital
• Hydroponic farming grows in popularity among buyers
• India expects Pakistan to act quickly on Mumbai evidence
• Israel rejects renewed effort for a cease-fire
• LG TVs to stream movies via Netflix
• Milky Way bigger than once thought
• New U.S. Embassy called the symbol of ‘a new era’ in Iraq
• Obama seeks backing on his economic plan
• Premium tuna fetches $100K at Tokyo auction
• Senate denies Illinois appointee’s credentials
• Venezuela suspends aid program to U.S.

FEATURES

• Aloe barbadensis
• Clear Choice Health Plans announces acquisition
• Closing on a career
• Consider finishing off your meal with fruit and cheese Consider finishing off your meal with fruit and cheese
• Creating salads with a crunch
• Eat well and prosper
• Martha talks foreign spices, odd meals and mattresses
• Master Gardener deadline extended to Jan. 15
• Meaty, moist chicken - in under 35 minutes
• Modern, clean design inspires the McGahans
• Nervous about CFLs?
• Pizza-lasagna hybrid: a flavorful marriage
• Protecting the turnips from pests
• recipe finder
• Recycling Xmas trees
• 21st-century slow cooking
• Winter’s high season for gardening classes

ENTERTAINMENT

• ABC show tests social ethics
• Autopsy: Travolta’s son killed by seizure
• ‘Bachelor’ spoiler: Mesnick’s engaged
• Big, important picture? Sure. But is it best?
• Double joy for Romijn, O’Connell
• Funeral held for widow of ‘Star Trek’ creator
• I’m trying to see all these movies. You want to talk?
• Movie Times
• ‘Neighborhood Ball’ new inaugural party
• REALMS benefit to include auction, raffles and Warren Miller film
• Register for COCC’s winter term

OPINION

• Bad drug policy
• Bridge will light way
• Bureaucrat attack
• David Black’s punishment is a travesty of justice
• Examine green credits
• Moore is missed