March 17, 2009

LOCAL & STATE

• A late blanket of snow
• Authorities investigate death in Beaverton
• Company to pay expenses in Columbia River pollution suit
• Councilors meet public at informal chat session
• Court upholds hatchery policy
• Family whose home burned needs help
• Fatal fire in Salem called homicide
• Hiker finds skeleton in Douglas County
• Indigenous migrants face challenges
• League of Rogue Valley fruit growers disbands
• Many school buses filled with fumes, DEQ says
• New Bend bank hits regulatory hurdles
• New classes designed for fans of global, state matters
• News of Record: Deeds
• News of Record: Police Log, Bend fire runs, Pets
• Oregon jobless rate jumps to double digits at 10.8%
• Proposal would clear records in false DUII busts
• Snow days
• Speeding up learning
• State cuts Deschutes gang program funds
• State may send inmates to unused Multnomah County jail
• Traffic enforcement planned on parkway
• Travelers, make note of passport rule change
• Washington teen’s death rips family’s daily fabric
• When pruning, look before you leap
• Wife killed in murder, suicide try, police say

BUSINESS

• Business Calendar
• Citi nominates 4 new directors in shake-up
• Gas prices dip, but not for long
• Goldman offers loans to its employees
• Grocery tiff may mean fewer choices in the aisle
• Homebuilder sentiment remains low in March
• Hoodoo sells 500 discounted passes
• Industrial output drops in February
• Lithia Motors loses $252.6 million in 2008
• Mortgage fraud reports up under recession pressure
• New Bend bank hits regulatory hurdles
• News of Record: Deeds
• Obama’s auto panel: Bankruptcy not goal
• Prosecutors will seek Madoff’s wife’s assets
• Results are mixed at Treasury auction
• Seattle P-I set to print for the last time today
• Study finds cows, deer feel pull of power lines
• The incredible shrinking PC

SPORTS

• Adult coed soccer registration closing
• Aldridge leads Blazers past Grizzlies for 103-92 victory
• Auto racing
• Baseball
• Bend firefighters charge the stairs
• Bend Nordic Team skiers medal at J.O.
• Bend Rugby loses to Washington team
• Boxer’s plight raises puzzle: How?
• College football
• Community Scoreboard
• Community Sports Calendar
• Culver softball earns easy win over La Pine
• Cycling
• Federer, Murray advance at Indian Wells
• Kayak slalom race event coming soon
• Lightning lose in football opener
• Mackey keeps big lead at Iditarod, Scdoris in 50th
• Madras boxers keep training in shadow of fighter’s injury
• NBA Scoreboard
• NCAA women's basketball tournament bracket
• Not a rah-rah squad
• On the Air
• Predators get 4-3 victory over Kings
• Prep Scoreboard
• Registration open for Horse Butte 10-miler
• Renegade Rollergirls bout Saturday
• Rod and custom show starts Friday at fairgrounds
• Skiing
• Smith out as Oregon women’s hoops coach
• Spin for Cancer event brings in funds for charities
• St. Patrick’s Day Fun Run offered today
• Summit golfers tie for third at Marshfield invite
• Swimming
• Two natural history snowshoe tours on tap
• UConn picked as top seed in NCAA tourney
• Whychus Creek plan ready for review

OBITS

• British diplomat Henderson rallied Falklands War support
• ‘Keystone Kid’ actor Coy Watson Jr., 96
• Mr. Magoo co-creator Kaufman, 92, partially based character on his uncle
• Transportation chief Brinegar endorsed 55-mph limit

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices

NATION & WORLD

• Afghanistan bombing kills 11, wounds 28
• Austrian admits to incest, imprisonment
• British diplomat Henderson rallied Falklands War support
• CIA director turns to retired senator
• Free-spirited no more? San Francisco having a bit of an identity crisis
• Fresh challenges arise for minorities in the 2010 census
• Human remains found after crocodile attack in Australia
• ‘Keystone Kid’ actor Coy Watson Jr., 96
• Leftist president-elect takes conciliatory tone
• Mr. Magoo co-creator Kaufman, 92, partially based character on his uncle
• NASA: Station safe from debris
• Obama lashes out at AIG over executive bonuses
• Obama lays out measures to help small businesses secure loans
• Pakistan’s new, uncertain path Zardari status unclear as justice returns
• President can join those celebrating their Irish heritage
• Project is a first for the stimulus (well, sort of)
• Reformist candidate withdraws in Iran
• Say hello to North America’s smallest meat-eating dinosaur
• She walks; she talks
• Suitcase Venezuelan sentenced to 4 years
• Talks on kidnapped Israeli soldier at crucial point
• The Dalai Lama flees Tibet for India in 1959
• Transportation chief Brinegar endorsed 55-mph limit
• U.S. says it shot down Iranian drone in Iraq
• Were you admitted to the hospital? Maybe you should check
• White House: Cheney a Limbaugh stand-in

FEATURES

• At Home With … Ginger and Jaime Aguirre of Ginger’s Kitchenware
• Combine ‘economy’ with ‘ecology’
• Evolution of tastes: "Mrs. Charles Darwin’s Recipe Book"
• Free seminar addresses landscape restoration
• Good things for spring
• Perish the idea of outdated food
• Put your heads together for a better pint of beer
• Recipe finder
• Soup for the heart
• Travelers, make note of passport rule change
• When pruning, look before you leap
• Wholly unrivaled

ENTERTAINMENT

• Andy Samberg to host MTV Movie Awards
• 'Borat' fools Alabama Guard in training stunt
• Calendar
• Creative writing competition is now accepting submissions
• Elvis memorabilia up for auction online
• Leno adds free show for Michigan’s jobless
• Luck of the Irish — Europe gets to see new ‘Simpsons’ episode
• Movie Times
• Oregon reads
• Police say gangsta rapper Trick Trick shot at club
• Preparedness Fair includes demos on canning, building emergency kits
• Shock jock Imus says he has prostate cancer

OPINION

• Easy on agents
• Keep school local
• Keep the vote
• Rich Americans, greedy corporations can afford higher taxes
• Shame on Obama
• Support Skanska
• Wolf delisting a success

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Snow days
• Traffic enforcement planned on parkway