June 09, 2009

LOCAL & STATE

• ‘An aha moment’ that led to antiques
• BendBroadband to launch several Wi-Fi hot spots
• Bill aims to bring lenders, owners together
• Business Calendar
• Business owners slam liquor board during Bend town hall
• Car plunges into river after police chase
• Clarcon skin products recalled for bacteria
• Coin toss may decide Klamath County vote
• Correction
• Decoy checks cigarette sales to minors
• Farm fresh
• First Oregon swine flu death reported
• High water closes Third Street, Greenwood underpasses
• Highway 97 south of Klamath Falls now reopened following fatal crash
• Horizon Air adjusts Redmond-L.A. times
• House OKs expansion of health care coverage
• Japanese-American receives diploma, 67 years after war
• Making the most of time in prison
• Man pleads not guilty to sex trafficking
• Man who stole $2M in loot gets prison time
• Medford reports sharp rise in drug cases
• News of Record: Deeds
• News of Record: Police Log, Bend fire runs, Pets
• Pregnant woman cut open, baby taken, investigators say
• Redmond dealership set to lose franchises now faces a lawsuit
• Redmond teachers OK proposed 4-day week
• State economic index rises in April
• Study faults federal effort on wildfires
• Teen struck by lightning goes back to school

BUSINESS

• A race to keep up with the tightwads
• Airlines expected to lose $9B in 2009
• ‘An aha moment’ that led to antiques
• Apple drops entry iPhone to $99
• BendBroadband to launch several Wi-Fi hot spots
• Bill aims to bring lenders, owners together
• Business owners slam liquor board during Bend town hall
• Clarcon skin products recalled for bacteria
• GM to stop making medium-duty trucks
• Horizon Air adjusts Redmond-L.A. times
• McDonald’s posts 5.1% increase in sales
• News of Record: Deeds
• Qwest calls off sale of long-haul network
• Rates rise at weekly Treasury auction
• Redmond dealership set to lose franchises now faces a lawsuit
• Shell settles human rights suit for $15.5M
• State economic index rises in April
• U.S. trading partners claim protectionism

SPORTS

• Area riders make their marks at Mt. Hood Classic
• Baseball
• Basketball
• Bend’s Eaton lands Western regional track & field honor
• Cascade Swim Center celebrates summer
• Coed kickball league teams to meet
• Community Sports Calendar
• Community sports Scoreboard
• Crossing over
• Cycling
• Dirty Half running race is Sunday
• Elks open 2009 slate tonight at Corvallis
• Football
• Lakers look to make Magic vanish in Orlando
• Major League Baseball
• On the Air
• Scoreboard On the Air
• Soccer registration deadline nears
• Summer cycling session starts in July
• Synchronized swimming offered
• Tennis
• Tiger eases his way back into form, set for run at U.S. Open

OBITS

• Gabon’s president dies after 42 years in power
• Painter, writer Fleur Cowles
• Singer-songwriter Kenny Rankin dies

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• George E. Russell
• L.C. (Leonard) Moe
• Suzanne Fairchild

NATION & WORLD

• Boston Globe’s biggest union rejects deal
• Canada geese forced Hudson landing
• China requires PC blocking software
• Climbing gas prices could slow a recovery
• Continental divide: Economic crisis pits Europe against its parts
• Cuba officially spurns OAS offer
• Day care fire toll rises as cause is sought
• Gabon’s president dies after 42 years in power
• Gingrich urges GOP inclusion
• Huge campaign rallies snarl Tehran
• Is this a pandemic? Define ‘pandemic’
• Lebanese victor Hariri faces tough road
• 7,000 Marines in Afghanistan as first part of summer buildup
• Obama to ramp up stimulus spending
• Obama urges North Korea to free journalists
• Officials link wire transmitters to Mexican crime syndicates
• Police open fire on Kashmir protesters
• Prison with a view: Sale talk worries inmates at San Quentin
• Quirk lets anyone sue over old patents
• Searchers find key clue in downed jet
• Sotomayor hobbles to Senate meetings
• Spending disparities stir a fight in health care plans
• Stores, brands tap into power of frugal bloggers
• Supreme Court moves to delay Chrysler’s sale
• Supreme Court notes role of money among elected judges
• Tornado strikes Worcester, Mass., leaving 94 people dead in 1953
• U.N.’s Gaza war crimes investigation faces obstacles

FEATURES

• Farm fresh
• Freshening up outdoor furniture
• Gadgets chefs love
• Kitchen classic offers a new trove of tips
• Making the most of time in prison
• No charges in BMC records complaint
• Nuisances: Thistles, mealybugs and squirrels
• Plan ahead for entering produce in county fair
• Reducing your ‘cookprint’
• Savor spring with new potatoes
• Start your kitchen garden
• Studying night-dwellers from ‘Twilight’ to ‘Interview’
• Teen struck by lightning goes back to school
• Turn off even fluorescent lights to save energy

ENTERTAINMENT

• Bend library offers adult reading program
• Bette Midler marks 100th show in Vegas
• Bret Michaels suffers busted nose and lip
• Calendar
• DMX avoids more jail time for assault
• Doherty detained for heroin use on flight
• Endless options
• Larry David to star in new Woody Allen film
• Movie Times
• Painter, writer Fleur Cowles
• Special Olympics group asks for can donations
• Support Relay for Life event this weekend
• ‘True Blood’ fans are thirsty for more
• TV’s ultimate cougar
• Youth pastor to speak at Bend churches

OPINION

• Concessions are nearly painless
• Don’t put quota on tires
• How to make government affordable
• Modern art piece is an insult to the White House

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Bend man cited on wildlife violations
• 3-car crash closes lane of Highway 20
• City to offer free bus rides Monday
• Delays expected with Bend roadwork
• Endless options
• High water closes Third Street, Greenwood underpasses
• Highway 97 south of Klamath Falls now reopened following fatal crash
• Night construction set on Third Street