February 13, 2009

LOCAL & STATE

• Agreement will save birds from fishing lines
• Astoria cutter to get $6 million makeover
• Bend man arrested
• Children’s charity receives $10,000
• Closing school’s students voice their concerns
• Columbia River Bank is ordered by FDIC to raise capital levels
• Corrections
• Dispatches
• Diversifying to stay afloat
• Elections Division investigates Sizemore
• Explosive device found at high school
• Family Calendar
• Fire at La Pine school suspends classes
• Former Culver cop, husband arrested on theft charge
• Get MBA info from Concordia University
• Girl dies after smoking
• GO! Magazine
• Grants in high demand in Bend
• in drug investigation
• It’s dumping snow at The Old Mill
• Jefferson cultural coalition gives awards
• Juniper to host Kids’ Night Out
• Latest stimulus: school funds but little clarity
• Logging push stalls forest proposal near Gilchrist
• Making Valentine’s Day a family affair
• Man who abused 3 girls gets 54-year sentence
• Missing Portland mother, baby found
• News of Record: Police Log, Bend fire runs, Stolen vehicles, Pets
• Oregon public employee union offers concessions
• prescription pills
• Presidents Day closures
• Prineville, Crook County to test sirens
• Puppy seller won’t have to pay surgery costs
• Redmond class leads effort to aid Pakistani kids
• Report calls for preparation for end of timber payments
• Restaurant Guide
• SAT prep helps those who can afford it
• Senate panel OKs higher liability caps
• Sheriff IDs body found near Multnomah falls
• Spring break camp info due Monday
• Story times, library youth events for Feb. 13-19
• Want to build an igloo?
• Warm Springs man sentenced to prison

BUSINESS

• Business Calendar
• Columbia River Bank is ordered by FDIC to raise capital levels
• Dispatches
• Diversifying to stay afloat
• Experts urge more action on banks’ toxic assets
• Federal agencies scrutinize Texas firm
• Huge debt prompts Charter’s bankruptcy
• Microsoft to open its own retail stores
• Retail sales rise; first increase in 7 months
• The coolest Lotus (skis included)
• Vaccines don’t cause autism, special federal court rules

SPORTS

• Beavers can’t keep up with Huskies late, lose 79-60
• Big hitters take the lead at Pebble Beach
• Blazers stumble, fall to Warriors
• Chicago, Tokyo bid for 2016 Olympics
• Cowboys take IMC dual with Lava Bears
• Diamond Lake tubing hill
• Ducks lose to Cougs, 67-38
• Events Calendar
• Flatiron Rock
• German wins giant slalom at worlds; Mancuso is 18th
• Gordon, Busch win qualifying races at Daytona
• Griffey to Mariners? Talks have started
• Northwest Division-leading Calgary shuts out Los Angeles, 2-0
• On the Air
• Portland is still waiting on Blake
• Prep Scoreboard
• Selig on A-Rod: ‘Shamed the game’
• Steep and deep
• This weekend’s rail jam in Bend is going big — really big
• White Buffaloes rally to take IMC wrestling dual from Cougars, 46-34

OBITS

• Irish playwright Hugh Leonard

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices
• Evelyn Helen Concannon
• Loyd Priday

NATION & WORLD

• A cure for the common cold? Not yet, but possible
• A Valentine’s Day project
• Allies begin bombing Dresden, Germany, in 1945
• Arizona boy offered plea in dad’s killing
• 49 dead as plane crashes into upstate New York home
• Decoding the history of human evolution
• Economy is a threat to security, official says
• Gesturing shapes child vocabulary, study finds
• GOP Sen. Gregg withdraws as Commerce pick
• Hundreds of thousands lose power to wind
• Iraqi attacks kill 13, including Sunni leader
• Irish playwright Hugh Leonard
• Latest stimulus: school funds but little clarity
• Little birds log big miles, astounding researchers
• Moderates hold edge in final Israel count
• Mumbai plotters used Pakistan, country says
• Obama touts stimulus to Caterpillar workers
• 2 Pennsylvania judges plead to kickbacks
• Police to investigate octuplet mom threats
• Pope condemns Holocaust denial
• Special U.S. envoy arrives in Afghanistan
• Suspect charged in Australian fire
• Texas recalls all items from peanut plant
• The science of romance: Brains have love circuit

FEATURES

• Art Station updates with a new name
• Closing school’s students voice their concerns
• Corrections
• Cultures offer chemical cues to hopeful Cupids
• Group nurtures spiritual aspect of parenting
• Professional theater offers acting classes
• Sisters artist to be featured on OPB

ENTERTAINMENT

• A personal style
• American Nobody rolls through town
• An overview of where the locals are playing
• ART EXHIBITS
• Art Station updates with a new name
• Classic fun
• Have a very hip-hop Valentine’s Day
• Here’s what’s showing on Central Oregon movie screens.
• Keeping it simple at Dillon’s Grill
• LYNX, Jamie Janover play make-up show
• Music releases
• New HBO comedy throws a curve
• Not suitable
• Not your grammy’s Grammys ... sort of
• Out of town
• Planning ahead
• Professional theater offers acting classes
• Sisters artist to be featured on OPB
• Suitable for families
• Suitable for families, with reservations
• The following movies were released to DVD on Feb. 10.
• The more the merrier
• Third time’s a charm
• This week
• Upcoming Concerts
• Xbox Live remains essential

RESTAURANTS

• Keeping it simple at Dillon’s Grill

OPINION

• Admitted sexual abuser should not be teaching
• Council mistakes
• Good hunters
• Public records bill should be killed
• Republican flip-flop
• Stop pointing fingers
• There are many reasons to celebrate Oregon’s birthday