June 20, 2009

LOCAL & STATE

• A growing response
• Convicted of assault, ex-St. Charles nurse is sued for $500K
• Craigslist scam targets Bend’s Community Center but fails to fool anyone
• Environmental Center to unveil new plans
• Interim principal named for Highland
• It was always about the students
• Lack of a vote may be a sign for resort bill
• Liberty Theater owner pleads guilty
• News of Record: Police Log, Bend fire runs
• Officer sues Eugene over his reassignment
• Open houses to be held on fire management
• Parts of Deschutes might get curbside recycling
• People on the Move
• Police arrest man on vandalism charges
• Raindrops’ speed may aid forecasters
• What’s Going Up
• Youth and family center gets $5,000 donation
• Youths to clean up Benham Falls graffiti

BUSINESS

• A chance to jam, Celtic style
• ‘A time bomb’: Fungus threatens world’s wheat
• Airlines add fees — and some fees on top of fees
• Among the squawks of chickens, a key to henhouse prosperity
• As big chains shift strategies, what’s it mean for the shopper?
• CUPCAKES THAT COME TO YOU
• Energy prices drop, gas leading the way
• Field-burning bill advances in Salem
• Fish passages installed to restore steelhead, salmon runs in region
• House members raise their office budgets
• Indictment: Bribes used to cover up Ponzi scheme
• Jobless rate tops 10% in Western U.S.
• Lack of a vote may be a sign for resort bill
• Liquor board concedes there’s been ‘a problem’
• Nestle recalls all refrigerated Toll House dough
• New iPhone goes on sale with less drama
• OSU Extension seeks nutrition volunteers
• People on the Move
• Perfume-makers breathe in some feedback
• Weekly stocks loss is first since May
• What’s Going Up
• You looking for gold? Try vending machines

SPORTS

• A caddie’s job is tough, and just gets worse in the rain
• Auto racing
• Baseball
• Basketball
• Brit must weather hype to win at home
• Bryant says he’s staying with Lakers
• Cycling
• Cycling boss defends strategy to catch drug cheats
• Defending champ Nadal withdraws from Wimbledon
• Elks steal one
• Golf Scoreboard
• Harvick not so happy as season slips away
• LSU, Texas to meet for title
• Major League Baseball
• Mirror Pond Invitational set to tee off today
• On the Air
• Portland Beavers having trouble finding a home
• Scoreboard
• Summit track relay team takes fourth at national meet
• Time to register for Spark Your Heart 5K
• Vouching for pro athletes today can be risky business
• Warm-ups show U.S. has work to do before World Cup
• Wet U.S. Open is back on track at Bethpage
• World’s No. 1 falls in Netherlands

OBITS

• Houghtaling, 92, invented Magic Fingers vibrating bed
• Indian musician Ali Akbar Khan dies
• Legendary ski instructor Nic Fiore dies at 88

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Bertram R. Bender
• Death notices

NATION & WORLD

• ‘A time bomb’: Fungus threatens world’s wheat
• Afghan civilian deaths must lessen, U.S. says
• Amish heading west seeking space to grow
• Ayatollah condemns protests as foreign-run
• Bosnians and envoy are at odds on powers
• China disables Google search functions
• Field-burning bill advances in Salem
• Government report on arms trafficking is criticized
• Ground troops move in for Pakistani offensive
• House Democrats introduce health plan
• House impeaches Texas federal judge
• House members raise their office budgets
• In California, a literary legend campaigns for a Ventura library
• Indictment: Bribes used to cover up Ponzi scheme
• Israel’s Yad Vashem pays tribute to German officer who saved ‘The Pianist’
• Jackie O’s half brother subject of an Oregon child porn investigation
• Man gets one month over Hitler bookmark
• No charges for Burris as one inquiry ends
• On a closer look, how much do madrasas nurture extremism?
• Sotomayor quits all-women’s club
• South Korean president worried over arms race
• U.N.: World hunger at 1B mark
• U.S. House, Senate vote to denounce crackdown
• U.S., regional powers may meet on Korea
• U.S., Soviet Union agree to set up ‘hot line’ in 1963
• U.S.-Cuba talks may resume soon

FEATURES

• A growing response
• Amish heading west seeking space to grow
• Convicted of assault, ex-St. Charles nurse is sued for $500K
• House Democrats introduce health plan
• On a closer look, how much do madrasas nurture extremism?
• People on the Move
• Religion in Brief
• 500 years after his birth, John Calvin is still influential, controversial

ENTERTAINMENT

• A chance to jam, Celtic style
• ‘Bruno’ appears as bull in Spain
• Community Calendar
• Enjoy brews, tarts at feast benefit
• For a mystery and a benefit, it’s simply ‘elementary’
• Giants of jazz Herman Leonard chronicles intimate music moments
• Home of Parker’s surrogate burglarized
• In California, a literary legend campaigns for a Ventura library
• In 4th season, ‘America’s Got Talent’ seeks own Susan Boyle
• Kelly Preston takes first role since son’s death
• Liquor board concedes there’s been ‘a problem’
• Man sentenced for stalking Banks
• Movie Times
• OSU Extension seeks nutrition volunteers
• ’09 Rural Health Hero nominees sought
• Time to register for Spark Your Heart 5K
• Warrant lead singer Jani Lane arrested

OPINION

• Art award
• Central Oregon gets the business
• From the Archives
• No government health care
• No liberal bias
• Oregonians should investigate their risk of heart disease
• Stop spending