May 28, 2009

LOCAL & STATE

• Area geothermal effort may gain with U.S. grant
• Bend firefighters douse suspected electrical fire
• Bend home prices down 2% for quarter
• Clear Choice revenues rise despite tough environment for insurers
• Climate not only factor in predicting fire season
• Correction
• Deal for new forest around Gilchrist close — if state can pay for it
• Eugene man accused in post office fire
• Father arrested in death of 2-month-old
• Girl who survived fall into river expected out of hospital soon
• Good, classic fun
• Growing pains for young Redmond school model
• Health Datebook
• House approves gas tax increase
• Kitzhaber back in the Capitol?
• 10 left in search for city manager
• Man connected to ID theft sentenced
• Man says he shot at wolf in E. Oregon
• Man to serve 27 years in robbery, sex abuse
• Mercy Corps gets grant to aid Pakistan
• Music labels to startups: Pump it up
• News of Record: Permits
• News of Record: Police Log, Bend fire runs, Pets
• 1 of 3 shot in Salem park dies
• Scientists use tags to track Columbia River salmon
• Short sales, auctions are dragging down property appraisals
• Sunny days (and storms?) ahead
• Traffic deaths, DUIIs up on holiday weekend

BUSINESS

• Area geothermal effort may gain with U.S. grant
• Back to college: 529 plans aren’t just for kids
• Banks earned $7.6B in the first quarter
• Bend home prices down 2% for quarter
• BofA boosts capital via share exchange
• Business Calendar
• Clear Choice revenues rise despite tough environment for insurers
• 2 Costco locations will take food stamps
• GM all but certain to file for Chapter 11
• Inflation concerns send stocks lower
• Music labels to startups: Pump it up
• News of Record: Permits
• Recalls
• Saudis: OPEC should keep production levels
• Short sales, auctions are dragging down property appraisals
• Unemployment hits workers without college much harder
• Western home sales up 16% in April

SPORTS

• Basketball
• Casey brings new world No. 3 ranking to Colonial
• Cycling
• Detroit takes out Chicago to reach Cup final
• Events Calendar
• Expect less snow, more traffic on area trails
• Fan starts ‘Vote for Manny’ Web site
• Fly-tying corner
• Following the fish on the McKenzie
• Football
• Lakers grab series lead
• Major League Baseball
• On the Air
• Rainbow trout excellent at Haystack Reservoir
• Scoreboard On the Air Sports in Brief
• Sharapova extends her Slam comeback in Paris
• Soccer
• Sports
• Summit falls in state playoffs
• Whoa, Bessie!
• Who’s the best?
• Youth shooting competition set for this Saturday

OBITS

• Actress Jane Randolph known for ‘Cat People’
• Filmmaker Marc Rocco, son of actor Alex Rocco, dies at 46
• Rolf McPherson was a Pentecostal leader

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices
• Gretchen Ann Powell
• Penelope "Penny" Ferraro
• Robert "Bob" E. Lee

NATION & WORLD

• Both sides of Bush v. Gore team up to fight California gay marriage ban
• Catholic orders cite poverty in abuse case
• Clinton calls for complete halt to Israeli settlements
• Cyclone death toll up to 191 in South Asia
• Denials aside, recovery hard for Burris’ image
• Differences among Hispanics muted, but remain, in Sotomayor celebration
• Filmmaker Marc Rocco, son of actor Alex Rocco, dies at 46
• 2 from Muslim charity get 65 years in prison
• GI death makes May a bloody month in Iraq
• In China, longtime critic Pelosi skirts rights issue
• Inflation concerns send stocks lower
• 41 kids spell their way to national semifinals
• Man pleads not guilty to killing Chandra Levy
• No work sheets, just robots; can math be this much fun?
• Rolf McPherson was a Pentecostal leader
• Russian capsule blasts off for space station
• 2 sides’ confirmation strategies emerging
• ‘Slumdog’ filmmakers meet poor child stars
• South Korea on alert amid North’s threats
• Suicide squad targets Pakistan"s intel agency
• Texting might take a toll on teenagers
• The Sierra Club is organized in 1892
• Too early for Obama Elementary? Some precedents
• U.S. changes long-held stance on Cuba’s inclusion into pan-American organization
• Where else drug abuse hurts: the government pocketbook
• Worldwide, deaths from swine flu top 100
• WWII-era ship becomes sunken reef off Florida

FEATURES

• Clear Choice revenues rise despite tough environment for insurers
• Correction
• Edamame is a good source of protein and fiber — but avoid the temptation to salt it
• Finding balance in your life
• First learn about food, then eat it
• Germs at the gym: Protect yourself from lurking bugs
• Growing pains for young Redmond school model
• Health Datebook
• Hoping the FDA gets the beauty message
• How to get more ‘good’ cholesterol in your body
• In search of the perfect push-up
• More-nutritious choices for kids who skip the cafeteria?
• Physicians and health insurers
• Recession takes toll on caregivers
• Start with a clean bill of health
• Study sheds new light on pros, cons of vegetarianism for teens
• The neck
• Worldwide, deaths from swine flu top 100

ENTERTAINMENT

• Calendar
• Community Datebook
• Concert honors Strait as artist of the decade
• Ed McMahon settles over broken neck
• Elizabeth Taylor home and ‘feeling great’
• Future professionals host putt putt benefit
• Golf event to aid Sunriver music fest
• ‘Idol’s’ Lambert keen on Queen offer
• ‘Jon & Kate’ plus hate?
• Movie Times
• Peruvian promotes his project in Bend

OPINION

• City irresponsibility
• Cover track
• Dealers in trouble
• Dissatisfied with spending
• Drop irrigation district provision in resorts bill
• Handgun privacy
• Look into BMC
• Minimum wage law out of touch