June 08, 2009

LOCAL & STATE

• Baker County braces for grasshoppers
• Boning up: travel gear for pets
• Felon being sought at time of shooting in Washington
• Fight Scotch broom, conservationists say
• Grant may aid travel to trails
• Groups seek increased protection for sea turtles
• Hispanic council aids cultural integration
• How the cuts have fallen for local teachers
• Meet Gomer
• News of Record: Civil Suits
• Night work zones remain on U.S. 97
• Police ID boy killed in Portland shooting
• 70s this week, but storms could pop up
• Station in The Dalles will host BBC radio program
• Therapy dog motivates kids to overcome their disabilities
• To keep houses safe, Joe Stutler has worked from the ground up
• Town tries to fix its feral cat problem
• Washington County crash kills 2 teens
• What’s it like when school’s a family affair?
• What’s next for Umatilla depot?
• Your Pets

BUSINESS

• FDA approves cancer treatment for dogs

SPORTS

• Button takes Turkish GP for sixth victory
• Charge it
• Cycling
• Eaton receives student-athlete award at UO
• Federer finally gets career Grand Slam
• Golf Scoreboard
• Griffey Jr. still shows flashes with M’s
• Lakers need overtime to take 2-0 lead in NBA Finals
• Major League Baseball
• Merritt bests own Hayward record in 300 at Prefontaine
• Not all highlights made prep headlines
• On the Air
• Parking all night, hoping to drive at Bethpage
• Pets calendar
• Pink-slipped Pens on verge of proving Hossa right
• Racing Scoreboard
• Rookie earns top spot in Top Fuel
• Scoreboard
• Soccer
• Stewart wins first as Sprint Cup owner
• Stubborn as a ... dressage champ?
• Tiger tops field at Memorial
• Wheelchair racer places first in Heaven Can Wait

OBITS

• Boris Pokrovsky, Bolshoi Opera’s director, dies at 97
• Professor who mentored founders of Google found dead in home pool

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Robert Eugene Irving

NATION & WORLD

• A Columbia River mystery: Why so many small salmon?
• ‘A reason to keep on going’ found in online networks
• 5 Americans arrested in stabbing in Iraq
• Boris Pokrovsky, Bolshoi Opera’s director, dies at 97
• Companies aided by bailouts face pay scrutiny
• Conservatives score wins in EU parliament voting
• 18 dead in vicious Acapulco shootout
• EU elections another blow to British PM
• In Iran, harsh talk and brawls as the election approaches
• Japan to try using cell phones to defeat pandemics
• Journalists get 12 years in labor prison
• Lebanon looks to favor pro-Western coalition
• Mexican day care deaths stir anger at safety rules
• 15 more bodies found in Atlantic plane crash
• Palin talks about special needs in N.Y.
• Professor who mentored founders of Google found dead in home pool
• Taliban feeling Pakistanis’ wrath after mosque blast leaves 33 dead
• Tensions simmer in Obama’s economic circle
• ‘Texaco Star Theater’ debuts on NBC in 1948
• The Web knows more than you think
• Tiller shooting suspect warns of more to come
• Trial to begin Tuesday for ex-Rep. Jefferson
• U.S. considers forcibly halting North Korean shipments

FEATURES

• Racing against breast cancer
• What’s it like when school’s a family affair?

ENTERTAINMENT

• ‘Billy Elliot’ dances off with 10 Tonys
• Bo Diddley a big hit in Gainesville
• Calendar
• Date set for new album from Whitney Houston
• Lori Petty’s new role: defendant in DUII case
• Movie Times
• ‘Nurse Jackie’ a tough pill to swallow
• Racing against breast cancer
• Rock the vote: Nirvana bassist seeks office
• Security guard charged with shoving Seymour

OPINION

• Animals are being abandoned
• Put tax increases in hands of voters
• Right to dry: Drawing the line at clotheslines
• Venezuela’s Chavez proudly wears the title of dictator

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Grant may aid travel to trails
• Night work zones remain on U.S. 97