February 11, 2009

LOCAL & STATE

• As scammers get better, ‘be skeptical’ of offers
• Aviation companies split on Bend tower
• Bend and Redmond home prices reported
• Bend captain on leave during FBI investigation
• Bend-La Pine board gets financial update
• Citizen’s Academy seeks applicants
• Education funds worth fighting for, say Oregon Democrats
• Fewer foreclosures reported in California
• Go with the glow
• Kids in the hall
• Local banks take hit in market’s plunge
• Local dogs give it their best – and one scores a big win
• Local printers take aim at competition from schools
• Martial arts instructor pleads guilty to abuse
• New Bend city councilor sworn in
• News of Record: Bankruptcies
• News of Record: Police Log, Pets
• Northwest council approves Columbia management plan
• Owls off to new home
• Panel clears lawmaker of conflict charge
• Portland’s Bunyan statue added to historic register
• Prineville police seek stalking suspect
• Redmond cuts back downtown makeover
• Sisters school raises $3,500 for charity
• Spring sports cut to help schools shore up budget
• Verizon move affects 49 at Bend call center
• Woman arrested after chase in stolen car

BUSINESS

• As scammers get better, ‘be skeptical’ of offers
• Aviation companies split on Bend tower
• Bend and Redmond home prices reported
• Bend captain on leave during FBI investigation
• Business Calendar
• Congress subpoenas Peanut Corp. president
• Don’t let dry cleaning dry up your finances
• Don’t shop, just swap
• Fewer foreclosures reported in California
• GM to slash 10,000 salaried positions
• Intel: $7B investment will save jobs in Oregon
• Local banks take hit in market’s plunge
• Local printers take aim at competition from schools
• Molson Coors reports drop in quarterly profit
• Mood music company files for bankruptcy
• My frugal Valentine
• NBC tackles war crimes – and attracts criticism
• Nike says it might cut up to 4% of work force
• 3 pickups pummeled in crash tests
• Qwest profit falls 49%, beating expectations
• Ready to go solo? 4 tips for making the freelance leap
• Redmond cuts back downtown makeover
• Spice up your recipes with a cookbook club
• Ticketmaster chairman defends merger plans
• Top sellers
• Twitter your way toward savings
• Verizon move affects 49 at Bend call center

SPORTS

• Appeals court to decide fate of list with test results
• Bend Golf and Country Club: Tom Baty
• Bend High names an A.D.
• Boxing
• Celebrity in C.O.
• College football
• Golf Scoreboard
• Kobe scores 34, now has 23,000 for career
• Leunen leads Redmond past McKay
• Motocross rider dies after crash
• NBA basketball
• NHL hockey
• No. 13 Villanova easily beats No. 10 Marquette
• On the Air
• prep Scoreboard
• Redmond gets key CVC victory
• Scoreboard
• Sharks beat Bruins in battle of NHL’s best
• Skiers enjoy snow; more on the way
• Skiing
• Sports

OBITS

• Former Washington state Rep. Sim Wilson

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Barbara A. Brown
• Barbra Rae Bates
• Death notices
• Jean Hellerud
• Juanita Nita Mae Barks O'Rourke
• Marjorie Ruth Kurtz
• Marques Charles Thomas
• Rebecca "Becca" Lianne Varco

NATION & WORLD

• A winged migration, heading north
• Amid ‘Troopergate’ criticisms, Alaska attorney general resigns
• China TV network apologizes for fire
• Details undercut $2.5 trillion pledge
• Election leaves Mideast peace in doubt
• Interior chief rejects offshore drilling plan
• Iran softens its stance on U.S. talks
• Israeli parties scramble for power after vote
• Marijuana activists urge Kellogg boycott
• New England sets a record at 50 below
• of France to visit Iraq
• Patients’ brains, nerves control ‘bionic’ limbs
• Residents returning home face devastation and loss
• Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin sign Yalta Agreement in 1945
• Sarkozy is first leader
• Stamp prices will increase by 2 cents
• Zimbabwe premier to be sworn in

FEATURES

• Billy Joel, Elton John to play Wrigley Field
• DA sends Chris Brown case back to police
• ‘Dreams’ anniversary celebration canceled
• First lady lands on cover of Vogue
• Prosecutors want Francis’ bail revoked

ENTERTAINMENT

• Calendar
• ‘Dancing’ sticks to prototype
• Immunization deadline approaches
• Juggler teaches students that ‘anything is possible’
• 2 local students are top youth volunteers
• Movie Times
• Student art exhibit on display at COCC
• Top sellers
• Twitter your way toward savings

OPINION

• Brown school’s value
• Change the system
• Council compromise messy, reasonable
• Federal road money won’t last forever
• How to stimulate
• Metolius resort
• What it would mean to return to our ‘founding principles’