January 29, 2009

LOCAL & STATE

• A life-saving donation
• Ancient bones identified as Indian’s in Grants Pass
• BURGEONING BIOSCIENCE
• Business owner in Ashland wants outdoor ashtrays
• Businesses reel at cost of storm water rule compliance
• Clatsop County to review state-disputed LNG project
• Clear Choice to get $1M state settlement
• COCC to host seminar for transfer students
• Correction
• Corrections
• Crews blame ashes in La Pine house fire
• Crooked River Ranch Water Company is taken over by state for second time
• For Peruvian exchange student, night out in Portland was fatal
• Grim data on children reported in 2 counties
• Man accused of killing 4 in crash is in jail
• Man arrested in Mexico is wanted in Oregon killings
• News of Record: Permits
• News of Record: Police Log
• Officials begin budget cut talks
• Open seat gives Bend councilors an early test
• People
• Senate approves $176M for statewide projects
• Shakespeare Festival costumes are stolen
• Snowmobiler spends cold night in woods
• Spawning season?
• Stalking protection limited in court case of 2 couples
• State expects to receive $6B for tax cuts, roads, schools
• 10th Oregonian ill in salmonella outbreak
• Trial begins in ranch killings
• Two businesses that flooded back on feet
• Woman injured after rollover near La Pine

BUSINESS

• ‘Bad bank’ speculation spurs market rally
• Boeing reports loss and 10,000 job cuts
• BURGEONING BIOSCIENCE
• Business Calendar
• Clear Choice to get $1M state settlement
• Corrections
• Fed ready to try new ways to spur lending
• Financial aid system being put to the test
• Geithner says plan is in the works
• GM to end ‘jobs bank’
• Healthier eating out
• House defeats bill delaying transition to digital television
• Image-conscious corporations dump jets to avoid ‘black eye’
• News of Record: Permits
• Putting it in the bank: Saving is back in vogue
• Recalls
• Senate approves $176M for statewide projects
• Spanish bank settles Madoff suit for $1.8B
• Starbucks announces more store closures
• Two businesses that flooded back on feet
• Wall Street bonuses total $18.4B, down 44% from ‘07
• WellPoint profit dives, but stock rises anyway

SPORTS

• Baseball
• Bend edges Madras in wrestling
• Big trophies in Africa
• Blazers’ Fernandez, Oden named to All-Star Youth Jam
• College basketball
• College football
• Ducks fans fret about season tickets at new arena
• Enclosed 16th will be a test at FBR Open
• Fair opportunities to be found on Haystack Reservoir
• Fly-tying corner
• Give it up for gravity
• Golf
• Hunting & Fishing Events Calendar
• No downturn?
• No. 1 Duke falls to Wake
• On the Air
• Preds get 5-3 win over Canucks
• Prep Scoreboard
• Serena Williams reaches Aussie final
• Soccer
• Storm win third straight
• Tennis
• Tickets still available for Civil War basketball game
• Trail Blazers beat Bobcats, 88-74
• Trick plays in the Super Bowl? Why not?
• Warm days might take trail conditions back a notch

OBITS

• Billy Powell, 56, played keys for Lynyrd Skynyrd
• James Brady was celebrity columnist for Parade
• Mary Crist Fleming founded U.S. schools abroad
• Trumpeter Irving Bush dies at 78

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices
• Diane Jane (Hilts) Jacobsen
• Dorothy Johnson Salmons
• Martha G. Havill

NATION & WORLD

• A bit of sunbathing for 2 elk in Idaho
• Babe Ruth among first to enter Hall of Fame in ’36
• Blagojevich may make statement at trial
• Early voting begins in Iraq elections
• Economic adviser pick raises ethics questions
• Former strangers reaching out to one another after plane crash
• How the stimulus stands to help
• Law school hopes to lure students with free tuition
• Mary Crist Fleming founded U.S. schools abroad
• Mayor indicted on Katrina fraud charges
• Medicare expands coverage for unapproved cancer drugs
• More than 1 million left in icy darkness
• New president doesn’t always stand on formality
• Pope reacts to furor over Holocaust denier
• Protestants object to IRA victim payouts
• Recall widens in salmonella outbreak
• State expects to receive $6B for tax cuts, roads, schools
• Study adds to evidence that vaccines are safe
• Study links calories, memory
• Trumpeter Irving Bush dies at 78
• U.S. envoy urges both sides to strengthen Gaza cease-fire
• Weather can’t stop mail carriers, but a recession might

FEATURES

• A life-saving donation
• A walk can get you going
• Am•bu•la•tory serv•ices
• Camping, Vegas-style
• Clear Choice to get $1M state settlement
• Community Datebook
• Correction
• Drink something hot if you have a cold, flu
• Green tea may help you lose that belly
• Health Datebook
• Healthier eating out
• Medicare expands coverage for unapproved cancer drugs
• New inhalers a costly change
• People
• So far, flu season isn’t as rough
• Study adds to evidence that vaccines are safe
• Study links calories, memory
• The omega-3 fad
• Two businesses that flooded back on feet
• Week three: Ball squat against wall
• Which exercise machine counts calories best?

ENTERTAINMENT

• Author McCarthy’s childhood home burns
• Beyonce's father no longer Rowland’s manager
• Billy Powell, 56, played keys for Lynyrd Skynyrd
• Bret Michaels is looking for lust – er, love
• Calendar
• Candy sale to benefit local youth programs
• Former Bahamas official granted bail in Travolta case
• Healthier eating out
• House defeats bill delaying transition to digital television
• Michelle Obama immortalized in wax
• Movie Times
• ‘Oregon Field Guide’ to focus on local lava
• ‘Thriller’ director sues Michael Jackson

OPINION

• Eye exam bills should make lawmakers blink
• Hunting naivete
• OHVs are destructive
• Pick a councilor
• Prove the danger
• The Legislature shouldn’t thwart direct democracy
• Wild animals should be preserved, not hunted and shot

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Should bicyclists be allowed to roll past stop signs?