July 06, 2009

LOCAL & STATE

• Accident ends smokejumper’s career, but the Oakridge woman’s still running
• Body found after Albany trailer fire
• Calendar
• County may use site for seized animals
• Expect clouds early in week
• Fire closes I-5 near Medford
• First art lab project is ancient money tree
• Fourth of July draws protest in Salem
• Fourth of July fires damage Washington homes
• GO! Magazine
• Invasive species have a bad year in Salem
• Keep your cat happy with a catnip garden
• Meet Didley
• Microchips in cattle? Ranchers not so sure
• Motorcyclist dies in crash
• News of Record: Civil Suits
• Pets are members of family, according to most
• Play it cool when the dog makes off with a treasure
• Portland weighs bike sharing
• Road projects in full swing throughout region
• Wildfire burning on Black Butte
• Your Pets

BUSINESS

• GM sale plan gets bankruptcy judge’s OK
• Microchips in cattle? Ranchers not so sure
• North Korean missiles reported to be Scuds
• Old ruling party gains in Mexico election
• Senators say compromise is key to health care
• Suicide attack near Afghan NATO base
• Troops to exit diamond fields in Zimbabwe
• Tucson hits on a solution to water lack: Harvest the rain
• Up to 6 die in Pakistani strike

SPORTS

• Auto racing
• Baseball
• Basketball
• Buzz off! Buzz off!
• Cards’ Pujols leads All-Star voting
• Cavendish wins stage; Armstrong plays it safe
• Daytona deals Busch another tough finish
• Deschutes forest officials bat around ideas to make the fun last
• Elks lose one late
• England’s Wilson wins, earns a first for owner
• Federer wins marathon match for his historic 15th major title
• Football
• Golf
• Golf Scoreboard
• Major League Baseball Major League Baseball
• Menchov still eyes Tour podium despite poor start
• On the Air
• Pets calendar
• Racing Scoreboard
• Scoreboard
• Should Tiger save the world or just save par?
• Swimming
• Tenn. police rule former QB McNair’s death a homicide
• Tiger takes his own tourney

OBITS

• Togo Tanaka, 93, journalist in WWII internment camp

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Georgette Louise Davis
• Harley Kenneth Elkin
• Irene (Wood) Fancher
• Michael Dean Wilson
• Robert 'Bob' E. Eggiman

NATION & WORLD

• At least 1,000 people riot amid ethnic tension in western China
• Disney World monorail crash kills employee
• For Obama visit, Russia mutes a TV pastime: ranting at the U.S.
• Gibson first black to win Wimbledon singles in 1957
• Holiday fireworks accidents kill 5
• In diplomatic dance, it’s Myanmar’s music playing
• 8,750 Jackson fans beat odds for tickets
• Job retraining: a lifeline, but a fraying one
• New laws provide ways to dump outdated gadgets
• North Korean missiles reported to be Scuds
• Obama, Biden still determined to reach out to Iran
• Old ruling party gains in Mexico election
• Standoff in the skies of Honduras
• Suicide attack near Afghan NATO base
• Thai foreign minister urged to step down by opposition
• Togo Tanaka, 93, journalist in WWII internment camp
• Troops to exit diamond fields in Zimbabwe
• U.K. spy chief has info posted on Facebook
• Up to 6 die in Pakistani strike
• Web helps mobilize gay activists after incident at a Texas club

FEATURES

• CNN commentator to anchor new show
• Former D.C. mayor Marion Barry arrested
• Gerard Butler’s arraignment delayed
• James Frey writing teen science fiction

ENTERTAINMENT

• From Sci Fi to Syfy: Why the name change?
• La Pine celebrates Frontier Days
• Movie Times

OPINION

• Botanical Developments deserves our thanks
• Financial insecurity threatens U.S. relationship with China
• Finding what works in health care, and helping patients in the process
• How governor can help our economy

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Road projects in full swing throughout region