July 17, 2009

LOCAL & STATE

• Area service district still faces state consolidation
• Away you go
• Bend brush fire quickly extinguished
• Bend police search for man in stabbing
• Bulletin seeks stories of vacation disasters
• Business Calendar
• Celebrate kids at festival
• Correction
• Deputy fired, accused of having sex on duty
• Dispatches
• 5 ex-inmates claim they were sexually assaulted
• Fire camp closes for Black Butte II Fire
• GO Magazine
• Gravity wells serve as space ‘parking lots’
• Judge rejects Portland ordinance on homeless people’s use of sidewalks
• Jury convicts man of murder in wife’s death
• Large-scale search - but no rescue needed
• News of Record: Police Log, Bend fire runs, Pets
• Rare jumbo squid invade the shores of San Diego
• Region’s air ambulance service faces a fine after investigation
• Residents meet city manager finalists
• Restaurant Guide
• Scam artist cheating coastal vacationers
• Sesquicentennial event needs teens
• State high court rules in Columbia Gorge cases
• Story times, library youth events for July 17-23
• Trails group meets in Bend today

BUSINESS

• Adventure company passes through Bend
• 2 banks are emerging as victors
• Boeing engineer guilty of economic espionage
• Burgers, it seems, are recession-proof
• Business Calendar
• Dish Network to settle charges for $6 million
• Dispatches
• Geithner sees ‘durable’ signs of recovery
• Google profit up 19% amid slowing ad sales
• Homebuilders feeling better about market
• IBM boosts forecast amid soaring profits
• Jobless claims drop
• Lawmakers: Paulson kept bailout secret
• Recalls
• Region’s air ambulance service faces a fine after investigation
• Sears Tower is now the Willis Tower
• Slowly, help comes to homeowners
• Some cancer screenings may do more harm than good
• The last Pontiac: a testament to missteps
• Washington cherries saturate the market
• With credit markets still frozen, CIT shops for investors

SPORTS

• Adventure Sports Events Calendar
• Armstrong is ready for climbing again
• At age of 59, Watson turns it on at Turnberry
• Auto Racing
• Baseball
• Cycling
• Football
• Free agent in ‘10, or extension now for NBA stars?
• Head of Jack Creek
• Jazz to match Blazer offer to Millsap
• Jimenez passes Watson for British Open lead
• Major League Baseball
• On the Air
• Softball
• Sports Briefs
• Suttle Lake Loop
• Walk the line
• Watersports event set for this weekend in C.O.

OBITS

• Jane Weinberger, author turned publisher, widow of former U.S. secretary of defense
• Julius Shulman’s photos highlighted Modern architecture

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Andrew Jackson Newberry
• Death notices
• Peggy Lou Vierra

NATION & WORLD

• Aide: Ousted president en route to Honduras
• 5 civilians killed in U.S. strike, Afghans say
• Democrats drop part of bill to assist unions
• Gates criticizes push for more F-22 fighters
• Glimmerings of calm, prosperity in the West Bank
• In Tehran, a symbol is ready to reappear
• Jakarta hotel bombs kill 9, injure at least 50
• Jane Weinberger, author turned publisher, widow of former U.S. secretary of defense
• Mythic giant Palouse earthworm brings search party to Northwest
• NASA lost moon footage, but Hollywood restores it
• New Jersey shootout leaves 5 officers hurt
• Obama gives fiery address at NAACP centennial celebration
• Old-growth limits restored in Oregon, bringing back timber debate
• Pakistan promises to catch India attackers
• Republicans seem satisfied, likely to approve Sotomayor
• Shuttle debris a ‘mystery,’ but NASA ‘not worried’
• Singer Billie Holiday dies in 1959
• Slowly, help comes to homeowners
• Teen sailor completes solo trip around world
• U.N. issues sanctions against North Korea
• Web site re-creates the mission in real time

FEATURES

• Horoscope
• No verdict yet in faith healers’ trial
• Region’s air ambulance service faces a fine after investigation
• Some cancer screenings may do more harm than good
• Teen sailor completes solo trip around world
• What you eat can be a horror story in itself
• You may not love it, but it’s sort of OK

ENTERTAINMENT

• A good move
• Art deco style in Newport
• Art exhibits
• Burgers, it seems, are recession-proof
• ‘Call of Juarez’ rules
• Come together
• Creating impressions
• Dangers abound
• El Dante opens new club The Underground
• Family Events Calendar
• Infamous Stringdusters play to help the Americana Project
• Ladysmith Black Mambazo returns
• Learn watercolor painting techniques
• Movie times
• Music releases
• New DVD releases
• On local screens
• Out of town
• Parents’ Guide to Movies
• Planning ahead
• ‘Plein Air Paint Out’ to be held Saturday
• Rainn Wilson of 'The Office' credits Deschutes County officer
• Raising money for Bend Roots Revival
• Rhythms in Drake Park
• ‘30 Rock’ leads Emmy nominees
• Statewide poetry group plans contest
• Talks, classes, museums & libraries
• This week
• Too $hort visits Midtown Ballroom
• Two local bands team up for Chimps Inc. benefit show
• Upcoming Concerts
• What else is happening, you ask?
• What you eat can be a horror story in itself
• You may not love it, but it’s sort of OK

RESTAURANTS

• A good move

OPINION

• Bend’s bust
• Franken wins
• Good riddance
• I’m a fan of Facebook
• Madoff math
• New criticism for flawed bill
• Teachers union
• The government should get out of the marriage business