January 07, 2009

LOCAL & STATE

• Alcoa to cut 13% of global work force
• An up-close history lesson in Idaho
• Bad weather closes Highway 26
• Becoming a tribal culture
• Bend crash damages mailboxes, power pole
• Bend jewelry designer makes celebs sparkle
• Bend parks receives football funding
• Cans stolen from La Pine park district
• Centennial Park plan gets design upgrades
• City, county report mixed room taxes
• Climate expert hired for research institute
• Correction
• Creative concentration
• Crook County schools get $23,000 grant
• Dogs get more space
• Foster dad sentenced in abuse case
• Future of water company in limbo
• Jeff Merkley is sworn in as Oregon’s new senator
• Keeping dry
• Kids in the hall
• Les Schwab cutting Prineville positions
• News of Record: Bankruptcies
• News of Record: Police log, Bend fire runs, pets at shelters
• Northwest part of state expecting heavy rain
• Professor chosen for Canadian fellowship
• Redmond selects new city councilor
• Retailers might get reprieve from new lead rules
• School partnerships can be nominated
• Sleep Country USA sponsors pajama drive
• U.S. Rep. Walden opens new office
• 4 wild areas proposed for study
• Woman shot through wall recovering

BUSINESS

• Airlines fly into new year with a wave of discounts
• Alcoa to cut 13% of global work force
• Apple to lift restrictions on iTunes songs
• Bank of America exec wants to forgo bonus
• Before you buy high-end resale, know your labels
• Bend jewelry designer makes celebs sparkle
• Business Calendar
• Centennial Park plan gets design upgrades
• City, county report mixed room taxes
• Convictions upheld for former Enron CEO
• Economists warming to public spending campaign
• German billionaire takes his own life
• Les Schwab cutting Prineville positions
• Pending home sales dive in November
• Pieces of nature in one-of-a-kind art
• QVC to cash in on inauguration
• Recalls
• Retailers might get reprieve from new lead rules
• Service sector shrinks; factory orders decline
• Strong headwinds for area ski resorts
• There’s plenty of snow now, but resorts are hardly packed
• You may not like it, but learn to network

SPORTS

• Auto racing
• Baseball
• Basketball
• College football
• Cougars knock off Cowgirls in IMC play
• Hockey
• Hornets beat Lakers 116-105
• Langkow and Flames stop Sharks, 5-2
• Madras earns first IMC win since 2007
• Mt. Bachelor's east side to reopen tomorrow
• NFL football
• No. 5 UConn outlasts No. 25 West Virginia
• Olympics
• On the Air
• Ron Buerger, Eagle Crest
• Scoreboard
• Sisters takes down Marist
• Skiing
• Special member
• Summit defeats Bend
• Tulsa rolls over No. 23 Ball State in wet GMAC Bowl

OBITS

• Christopher Hibbert wrote books on British history
• Robert Prince was hero of WWII’s ‘Great Raid’
• Ron Asheton played guitar in protopunk band The Stooges

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Benjamin Everett Klimp
• Clarence Maurice Walker
• Death notices
• Louie Bailey Dobbins
• Sarah Jane Logan
• Shalae Rae Mortensen

NATION & WORLD

• Arubans say end of Holloway case is near
• Christopher Hibbert wrote books on British history
• Environmentalist’s concern runs deep for lake in Russia
• Europe shivers as Russia cuts off gas
• Ex-Detroit mayor’s aide starts jail term
• Falling prices squeeze Chavez oil diplomacy
• First U.S. presidential election held in 1789
• In this election, Iraqis hear and see their candidates
• Israel applying lessons learned in 2006 – but how well?
• Israel strikes U.N. school
• Japan clashes with anti-whaling activists
• Military voters may get shortchanged
• North Korea planning election in March
• Obama seeks to mend rift over Panetta
• Obama vows fiscal discipline in the face of huge deficits
• Pakistan bristles at accusations on Mumbai attacks
• Private TV station attacked in Sri Lanka
• Senators now considering end to Burris imbroglio
• Stored beneath England: Earth’s insurance policy
• U.S. hid evidence on detainee, judge says
• Web site helping African-Americans trace their ancestry

FEATURES

• Add homemade touch to your thank-you cards
• Calendar
• Eco-packaging fails to flush
• Merry Christmas … AGain

ENTERTAINMENT

• Apple to lift restrictions on iTunes songs
• Calendar
• Colmes plays Colbert’s sidekick for a day
• Izzard performs for Mumbai attack victim
• Lohan: It’s not over with Ronson
• Movie Times
• Ron Asheton played guitar in protopunk band The Stooges
• Swayze discusses cancer in ABC special

OPINION

• Blame Dems, too
• Designate Badlands
• End of a painful mistake
• No kidding
• 9th Circuit ‘victims’
• The war between Israel and Hamas is about perception
• Work for lawyers

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Bad weather closes Highway 26