July 09, 2009

LOCAL & STATE

• ALCOHOL & PREGNANCY
• 2 arrested in La Pine in meth seizure
• Bowman Dam upgrade weighed
• Business Calendar
• Commissioners decide not to pursue home rule
• Crook County swine flu victims fully recovered
• Easier paint recycling could start in January
• Epic will stay aloft, CEO vows in response to lawsuit
• Feds to review bull trout protections
• Fight may have led to crash near Sisters
• Fire crews watch weather
• Firebomb blamed for I-5 blaze in Medford
• Gas line break in north Bend
• Lawyer: Slaying wasn’t in mercy
• Lots of quilts, lots of spending
• $41.6M COCC bond will be on fall ballot
• News of Record: Permits
• News of Record: Police Log, Bend fire runs, Pets
• Portland names street after Cesar Chavez
• Portland police arrest 2 in TriMet forgery
• Protesters arrested at logging blockade
• Ranger station may close, leaving Paulina an uncertain future
• Suspect accused of filming women
• Timing of hike worries local firms

BUSINESS

• Alcoa posts $454M loss on weak demand
• Bowman Dam upgrade weighed
• Business Calendar
• Consumers trim borrowing by $3.2B
• EMC wins bid battle for Data Domain
• Epic will stay aloft, CEO vows in response to lawsuit
• Feds unveil a ‘modest’ plan to help banks with toxic assets
• For a month, this digital book is free
• Google makes its move to dethrone Microsoft
• IMF expects slow global recovery
• Lots of quilts, lots of spending
• News of Record: Permits
• Oil, gas prices tumble
• Prosecutors seek 145 years for lawyer
• Recalls
• Retiring debt-free: 4 things to consider
• Senator proposes savings for newborns
• State hustles to spend stimulus money
• Timing of hike worries local firms

SPORTS

• A day at the races
• A long week is in store for players at U.S. Women’s Open
• A Pleasant Alternative
• Back in time
• Basketball
• Big names to compete in Cascade Cycling Classic
• Clear Lake recently stocked
• Down the Stretch
• Duck football kickoff event to feature Bellotti
• Elks lose another one in Washington
• Fly-tying corner
• Football
• French rider claims stage 5, Armstrong still second overall
• Golf
• Grabbing a little fresh summer air
• Hunting and Fishing Events Calendar
• Just as snow and downed trees clear, mosquitoes and fires intrude
• Major League Baseball
• On the Air
• Rogue summer salmon action on the Rogue
• Scoreboard
• Soccer
• Swimming

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Billy Dean Giltner
• Death notices
• Dr. Jack Henry Crosby
• Ila Lavon Osborne Crawford
• James Frank Irwin
• Laura "Alice" Prather Gentry
• Verna McLean
• William Charles Oetinger Jr.

NATION & WORLD

• Accord on emission cuts likely to remain elusive
• Columbus is out, ‘Fall Weekend’ is in at Brown University
• Experts disagree about cyberattacks’ seriousness
• Feds unveil a ‘modest’ plan to help banks with toxic assets
• Government urges people to make homes healthier, safer
• Health care has become a universal pain
• Hospital groups agree to give health care reform a chance
• Landing with a splash
• Louisiana airplane crash kills 145 in 1982
• Officials warn of executions as deadly riots ebb in China
• Searching for the perfect grad student: New test may make it easier
• WWII veterans are still fighting, but this time it’s for recognition

FEATURES

• ALCOHOL & PREGNANCY
• BACK in the POOL
• Cost of hospital stays
• Crook County swine flu victims fully recovered
• Fish and nuts may help stave off eye disease
• Health care has become a universal pain
• 2 hits, 1 miss on fiber front
• Hospital groups agree to give health care reform a chance
• How to create competent eaters
• How to look for a surgeon
• Limited benefit plans are popular – and they live up to their name
• People
• Stretching doesn’t help, studies find
• Students without borders
• Supplements may not be effective – or even safe
• Test your knowledge: Which foods have more omega-3 fatty acids?
• Want a great workout? Take a hike

ENTERTAINMENT

• Calendar
• Community Datebook
• Former Republican Sen. Allen to write book
• Grand Ole Opry’s McDaniel hospitalized
• High Desert Classics horse show benefits J Bar J youth programs
• 800,000 Jackson albums sold last week
• Movie Times
• Sparrow Clubs seeking volunteers for Smith Rock run/walk Saturday
• ‘The Office’ star Fischer now engaged

OPINION

• Bad climate bill
• Dealing with zealots
• English care fine
• Expect noise from the Bend airport
• Good news for OSU-Cascades
• Not mourning
• Why solar energy does make sense in Central Oregon