June 18, 2009

LOCAL & STATE

• 1,070-acre land deal for La Pine is closer to realitys
• Bank robbery suspects arrested at tavern
• Bend dealerships shake up locations, expansion plans
• Budget comes in at $381M
• Business Calendar
• Call made before kids went off bridge
• Careful planning, stimulus money fill budget gaps
• Catching unlicensed dogs
• COCC enrollment jump a budget challenge
• Commission to review Skyliners events
• Corrections
• Cutting down the risk of fire
• High school papers look to the future – and find it online
• Judge allows ranchers to run cattle in forest
• Judge bans woman from owning horses
• Lawsuit alleges ‘distress’ from assault
• New downtown bar opening tonight
• News of Record: Permits
• News of Record: Police Log, Bend fire runs, Pets
• 2 planned marine reserves await governor’s signature
• Pressure’s on as Metolius bill is deadlocked
• Rabbit-obsessed woman found with more bunnies
• Slump dashes Oregon dreams of Californians
• Spring dry spell approaching record in Seattle
• The high rate of back surgeries in Bend
• Woodburn chief forgives men accused in bombing
• Youth ChalleNGe graduation
• Youth sitting at table hurt by student driver

BUSINESS

• ‘A careful balance’
• 1,070-acre land deal for La Pine is closer to realitys
• 10 banks repay bailout money
• Bend dealerships shake up locations, expansion plans
• Business Calendar
• Careful planning, stimulus money fill budget gaps
• Chrysler to restart 7 assembly plants
• Consumer prices rose slightly in May
• Cutting down the risk of fire
• FedEx losses widen
• Hanford nuke treatment plant takes shape
• Honey, it’s time to talk about a retirement strategy
• 2-jet order is small, but it’s Boeing’s first at Paris Air Show
• Natural gas gets big boost
• New downtown bar opening tonight
• News of Record: Permits
• On social networking sites, identity theft has a new meaning
• Pressure’s on as Metolius bill is deadlocked
• Recalls
• Standard & Poor’s cuts ratings on 18 banks

SPORTS

• Auto racing
• Baseball
• Basketball
• Bass fishing heats up on Lake Billy Chinook
• Clarification
• Corrections
• Cycling
• Elks toss a shutout at home
• Expect to find more snow the higher up trails you go
• Fishing for sturgeon on the Columbia river
• Fly-tying corner
• Football
• Former Elk helps Arkansas stay alive
• Hansbrough among players working out for Trail Blazers
• In the Bleachers
• Madras junior named to Class 5A all-state first team
• Making the U.S. Open fun (but not easy)
• New & improved
• ODFW to host youth fishing event on Saturday
• On the Air
• OSU golfer surges to top
• Picture perfect
• Scoreboard
• Summit girls head to national meet
• Tennis

NATION & WORLD

• Anti-terrorist officer fatally shot in Athens
• Chemical compound’s properties may transform computing, researchers say
• Compromise on health care reform may prove elusive
• Cutting down the risk of fire
• Headed to the beach? Be careful taking medication
• ‘Invisible refugees’ strain hospitality in Pakistani towns
• Man detained in Iraqi lawmaker’s slaying
• Mir Hossein Mousavi: He’s rallying Iran, but who is he?
• Natural gas gets big boost
• Obama under pressure to strike a firmer tone on Iran
• Pioneering program turns high school into spy school
• Plane likely broke up in midair, experts say
• Romanian Gypsies attacked in Belfast
• Same-sex benefits inadequate, gay leaders say
• Shuttle launch scrubbed as hydrogen leak returns
• U.S. declares war against Britain in 1812
• Woman in Ensign affair steps forward

FEATURES

• A whole lot of choices in the milk aisle
• Better living through healthy sleep patterns
• Brown rice is not a quick meal, but it packs more fiber, fewer calories
• Corrections
• Doctors try to ease patients’ financial pain
• Enjoy a free visit to national parks
• Fallout? Bill to raise wrongful-death compensation stalls after Metolius vote
• Financial risk
• Grand Canyon fraught with peril for unprepared
• Health Datebook
• It’s summer, but stay motivated
• Keeping the machismo in check during workout
• Move around a bit before reading this
• People
• Should you take folic acid?
• Sun protection rules: Apply some sunblock, apply more, repeat
• The high rate of back surgeries in Bend
• Week five: Dying bug
• Where injuries occur

ENTERTAINMENT

• Calendar
• Community Datebook
• Crawford is People’s ‘hottest bachelor’
• ‘Daily Show’ correspondent reports from Iran
• Gervais, Morgan, Maher to headline comedy fest
• Gless is a scene-stealer on ‘Burn Notice’
• Home tour to benefit Assistance League
• Movie Times
• New club for girls to meet Mondays
• On social networking sites, identity theft has a new meaning
• Police: Mia Farrow’s brother kills self
• Sean Penn opts out of ‘Cartel,’ ‘Stooges’

OPINION

• Copy Israeli system
• Government control
• It’s time for us to rethink America’s failed war on drugs
• La Pine parks
• Metolius legislation threatens credibility
• Total bus cost
• Unwanted federal funds

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Budget comes in at $381M