July 24, 2009

LOCAL & STATE

• Airport project gets $347,356 state grant
• Bend officer hurt in motorcycle crash
• Boys more apt to act out after family issues
• Business Calendar
• Disagreement fuels alleged arson
• Dispatches
• Environment tops list of concerns on wind farm
• Family Events Calendar
• GO! Magazine
• Habitat steps up its home-building
• Liberty Theater sells
• Motorcyclist rescued after 25-foot plunge
• Museum hosts kids for concert-going parents
• New law gives boost to minor parties
• News of Record: Police Log, Bend fire runs, Pets
• Officers watching for drunken boaters
• Oregon getting $10M for trail work
• Postal service may close its UO branch
• Recognizing elder abuse
• Restaurant Guide
• Sisters businesses hit by burglaries
• State agency reports spike in families relying on aid to get by
• Statue honoring fallen soldier set to be unveiled in Madras
• Students with brain injuries focus of new effort
• Upper Shevlin Park to close to vehicles
• U.S. Senate bill would give a boost to Skyline preservation
• Who can cool his body fast? Toucan

BUSINESS

• A medical hazard tied to reactors, but not like you think
• A phoenix vision for AOL
• A whole new dimension at Comic-Con
• Airlines report profits
• Airport project gets $347,356 state grant
• Business Calendar
• Debate begins on California budget
• Designing the driver before the car
• Dispatches
• Dow tops 9,000 as home sales rise
• Environment tops list of concerns on wind farm
• Ford posts profit
• Gas futures jump 4% amid market rally
• Habitat steps up its home-building
• Jobless benefit rolls top 9.1 million
• Liberty Theater sells
• McDonald’s profit falls 8% on strong dollar
• Microsoft can’t evade downturn’s tight grip
• State agency reports spike in families relying on aid to get by
• Toyota says it may end joint venture with GM
• U.S. Senate bill would give a boost to Skyline preservation

SPORTS

• Adventure Sports Events Calendar
• Amateur field is tough in Cascade Stage Race
• Armstrong announces new team
• Baseball
• Basketball
• Buehrle pitches perfect game
• Contador wins time trial; Armstrong moves to 3rd
• Driver is set to become youngest ever in Formula One
• Football
• Funk leads, Watson is 3 strokes off pace at Senior British Open
• Horse show is all about the horses
• On the Air
• Rider who recently took a four-year break from cycling earns time-trial win
• Scoreboard
• Soccer
• Suttle Lake Loop
• Swimming
• Time-trial specialist takes third stage, overall leader increases his advantage
• Triathlons are no problem for double-amputee
• Walton Lake

OBITS

• John Dawson wrote songs for the Grateful Dead

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices
• Vladas Sidlauskas
• Wiley Davis

NATION & WORLD

• A medical hazard tied to reactors, but not like you think
• Accusations draw fire from Iran’s opposition
• Al-Maliki may consider longer U.S. stay in Iraq
• Bin Laden’s son reportedly has been killed in Pakistan
• Clinton, North Korea trade barbs over nukes
• Deadline for health care reform bill is in jeopardy
• Debate begins on California budget
• Election fraud claimed in Kyrgyzstan vote
• In 1969, Apollo 11 crew returns to Earth
• Israel concerned over U.S. ‘umbrella’
• New Yorker who fought for al-Qaida in many ways an enigma
• N.J. officials, including 3 mayors, are arrested in corruption inquiry
• Non-embryonic stem cells clear a major hurdle
• Officer tells his side in Harvard scholar’s arrest
• Ousted Honduran leader to try to return
• U.S. expects influx of swine flu vaccine
• Virginia Tech gunman’s files accidentally taken

FEATURES

• A medical hazard tied to reactors, but not like you think
• Couple in faith-healing case acquitted of manslaughter
• Deadline for health care reform bill is in jeopardy
• News of Record: Police Log, Bend fire runs, Pets
• Non-embryonic stem cells clear a major hurdle
• ‘Orphan’ is eerily good
• ‘Soraya’ is a harsh drama
• Statue honoring fallen soldier set to be unveiled in Madras
• Students with brain injuries focus of new effort
• The ‘Truth’ won’t set you free
• U.S. expects influx of swine flu vaccine

ENTERTAINMENT

• A fantasy world, with a catch
• A whole new dimension at Comic-Con
• Art exhibits
• Bend artist wins top honors at art exhibit
• Best Bets for family fun
• Breedlove Festival begins on Thursday
• Camping out under the Moon
• ‘Conduit’ a rare Wii prize
• Discovery to re-air ‘Cronkite’
• Enjoying the Vieux
• Flavorful choices
• Get ready for Owen and Frampton
• Inspired by Japan
• Investigation into Jackson’s death targets his doctor
• It’s all here:
• John Dawson wrote songs for the Grateful Dead
• Movie times
• Munch & Music: A little reggae
• Music releases
• New DVD releases
• On local screens
• Open a book and go on an exciting graphic novel adventure
• ‘Orphan’ is eerily good
• Out of town
• Parents’ Guide to Movies
• Party all week at the Bendistillery bar
• Planning ahead
• Portland a cappella quartet to perform
• ‘Soraya’ is a harsh drama
• Story times, library youth events for July 24-30
• ‘The truth’ but not the whole truth on oil
• The ‘Truth’ won’t set you free
• this week
• Upcoming concerts
• When the HOT ROD was king
• Whimsical art
• Yee-haw! It’s a roundup of locals!
• Youth theater plans ‘Treasure Island’ show

RESTAURANTS

• Flavorful choices

OPINION

• ‘Alternative’ shouldn’t be
• Obama’s health care rhetoric runs into economic reality
• Paper, plastic or conformity?
• Superintendent is wrong
• Support Obama’s plan
• We like arugula

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Upper Shevlin Park to close to vehicles