January 11, 2009

LOCAL & STATE

• A Presidential welcome for the USS George H.W. Bush
• 7 Bend parks hit with graffiti; suspects sought
• Bend snowmobiler dies in crash with tree
• Big-box standards up for a vote in Prineville
• Births
• Calendar
• Canada: Obama's first official foreign stop
• Cleanup begins in wake of Washington flooding
• Couple aim for fun on their special day
• Dahl
• Does going downhill in neutral instead of in drive save on gas?
• Environmental rules anger ranchers
• Flocking south for the winter? Not these birds
• Housing opportunists
• If Mexico drug violence spills over, U.S. has plan
• Jake’s Diner accepting winter coat donations
• Marine amputee back on the slopes
• Martin — Nye
• Medical school stops taking indigent bodies
• Missing man, 71, returns home
• Moerschell — Mallahan
• Newborn’s first bath
• News of Record
• Obama names choice to lead prayer service
• Old lobster avoids date with NYC dinner plate
• Partisan wrangling mars Senate wilderness bill
• Redmond downtown’s new faces
• Reviving the economy top job for Legislature
• Shortfalls force states to rethink prison policy
• Snowstorm blasts Midwest, Northeast
• Snyder — Kolasinski
• Springfield strip club owner pushes to open
• Texas rethinking $6M school steroid testing
• Trimble — Emerson
• Truck rollover in Bend injures 2 passengers
• Vale Hotel coming back to life
• Wallencheck — Davis
• What makes this area special? Top spots will get put on a map
• Woman dies in crash on Highway 30
• Woman’s body found after a 2-day search
• 25 YEARS AGO

BUSINESS

• Big-box standards up for a vote in Prineville
• Brazil’s coffee crop may fall up to 20%
• Data analysts mesmerized by the power of R
• Downtown Bend: Trying to keep it all in perspective
• Fitness industry struggles to stay in shape
• For Pittsburgh, a new life after casting steel aside
• Have more questions?
• Housing opportunists
• In hard times, having a degree is a lifesaver
• Late loan payments hit record high in 3Q
• News of Record
• Readiness checklist
• Redmond downtown’s new faces
• Report: Auto recalls are at a 14-year low
• Social Security has new e-application
• Ukraine, Russia sign deal over gas
• What makes this area special? Top spots will get put on a map

SPORTS

• AFC divisional playoffs
• Bend boys secure first IMC win
• Bobsled
• Canadiens’ victory sends coach to All-Star game
• Cards a step from Super Bowl
• Cougs hand Hermiston first IMC loss since 2007
• Culver wins Oregon Wrestling Classic
• Late birdies help give Ogilvy big lead at Kapalua
• Memphis ignores Portland’s threat, signs Miles
• NBA Scoreboard
• NFC divisional playoffs
• NFL football
• NHL hockey
• No. 2 Duke gets ACC victory over Florida St.
• Nordic combined
• On the Air
• On-a-roll Chargers seek another Steelers surprise
• Prep Scoreboard
• Raich wins men’s giant slalom, Ligety 9th
• Rivalry adds edge to Giants-Eagles in playoffs
• Robinson ejected, OSU falls at Arizona
• Roy’s back, and Blazers win
• Ski free-for-all
• Summit boys, girls edge Bend
• Sun Devils roll past Ducks
• Tennis

OBITS

• Harry Kinnard suggested famed one-word answer at the Battle of the Bulge
• ‘Hee-Haw’ comedy duo member Jon Hager, 67
• William Zantzinger, subject of Bob Dylan song

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices
• Harold F. "Andy" Anderes

NATION & WORLD

• A lot is up with this doc, even at 95 years old
• A macho truck refined, sort of
• Abbas urges Israel, Hamas to stop battle
• Asian immigrants turn to technology in hopes of a son
• At defining time for GOP, a diverse leadership choice
• Biden in Afghanistan for talks on war
• China says it will celebrate 1959 defeat of Tibetans
• 37 days until the digital TV transition
• English-only action stirs controversy in Nashville
• Gaza war is one of adaptation — and trickery
• Grand Canyon becomes national monument in 1908
• Harry Kinnard suggested famed one-word answer at the Battle of the Bulge
• Iraqi government won’t evict Iranians
• Israel warns of escalation
• Kurdish leader warns against al-Maliki
• Obama lifts job creation estimate
• Self-adjusting lenses invented for the poor
• Senate OK of Obama’s Cabinet is no sure thing
• 5 Somali pirates drown with ransom share
• The Big 3 go electric; will drivers follow?
• THE NEW MEANING OF AN OLD BATTLE
• Type of trial that awaits Blagojevich is all politics
• U.S. rejected aid for Israeli raid on Iranian nuclear site
• William Zantzinger, subject of Bob Dylan song

FEATURES

• Couple aim for fun on their special day
• Does going downhill in neutral instead of in drive save on gas?
• Emergency help proves efficient
• Grateful for help after losing home to fire
• Heineken Experience reopens in Amsterdam
• Passport cards proving popular
• Seasons of romance
• Some travel deals worth checkout out

ENTERTAINMENT

• Best-sellers
• Book links JFK assassination to killings of RFK and MLK
• Book on elders’ wisdom offers few real insights
• Bringing back a dead rapper, and the tears
• Clever exploration of writing styles
• 37 days until the digital TV transition
• Downtown Bend: Trying to keep it all in perspective
• Free hula-hoop class today for breast cancer survivors
• Golden Globes: ‘Bigger and better’
• ‘Hee-Haw’ comedy duo member Jon Hager, 67
• Jolie thinking about brief return to film
• Michael Jackson leases swanky estate
• Movie Times
• Obama and Spider-Man appear in comic together
• Peek behind the scenes at Super Bowl
• Pitt says he was faithful to Aniston
• ‘Restructure, reshape and reassure’
• Robert Zelnick lays out the background of current events
• Snowmobile convention to offer safety information, host vendors
• ‘Stalin’s Children’ blends history and reporting
• Strong story line makes ‘The Messenger’ a hit

OPINION

• Boldness: our new surplus
• Cartoon Corner
• Downtown Bend: Trying to keep it all in perspective
• Financial meltdown: So what else is new?
• Gaza is now the Mideast’s ground zero
• Help stop the BLM from closing public land to off-road vehicles
• If this isn’t slavery, what is? The stories are true
• Let’s try some honesty in 2009
• Mixing politics, climate science
• Support growth transfers
• Warm cooler? Depends how you say ‘beer cozy’
• What’s the story of success? Malcolm Gladwell isn’t entirely correct

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Does going downhill in neutral instead of in drive save on gas?