August 07, 2009

LOCAL & STATE

• A healthy environment at the fair
• Advantage Dental expands reach in deal
• Alleged crime ring busted in Lincoln City
• Army investigating claim of spying by a civilian
• Best Bets for family fun
• Bird experiment shows Aesop’s fable may be true
• Bulletin seeks info on local kids’ groups
• Business Calendar
• Coming Wednesday
• Correction
• Couple may be risking contempt charges, judge says
• Deschutes only Oregon region to show drop in personal income
• Dispatches
• Family Events Calendar
• Forest Service may open more local areas for firewood cutting
• Girls get their point across
• GO! Magazine
• IS IT MAGIC?
• News of Record: Police Log, Bend fire runs, Pets
• Poll: Many indifferent about Legislature
• Portland mayor seeks input on carriage ban
• Powell Butte ranch owner arraigned on waste charges
• Prostitution sting effort goes awry
• Restaurant Guide
• Shoe fetish suspect jailed in Clackamas
• Show you care with a kit
• Story times, library youth events for Aug. 7-13
• Survey: Moms believe birth order matters
• Suspect says triple killing started as a fight that ‘got out of hand’
• Teen kidnapped from her Woodburn home
• The Rules of the Parent Coach Game
• Timberline Lodge gets stimulus cash
• Volunteers, meet work opportunities
• Wine van’s driver cited in DUII case

BUSINESS

• Advantage Dental expands reach in deal
• Another hurdle for the jobless: credit checks
• 10 Barrel to open its first brewpub in Bend
• Before you ditch your clunker, crunch the numbers
• Business Calendar
• Casino opponent a lobbyist for competition
• Congress to auto industry: Keep piling up the clunkers
• Couple may be risking contempt charges, judge says
• Deschutes only Oregon region to show drop in personal income
• Dispatches
• Fannie Mae seeks $10.7B in federal aid
• Former AIG chief settles fraud case for $15 million
• FTC rule to target oil price manipulation
• Governor restores funds for schools and courts
• Hackers attack Twitter; Facebook also slows
• Jobless claims fall amid fewer layoffs
• OSHA fines companies for fatal explosion
• Report predicts more underwater mortgages
• Retail sales remain sluggish in July
• Shoji’s shuts down
• Stimulus seems to be working in certain ways

SPORTS

• Adventure Sports Events Calendar
• Baseball
• Bend Open set to start
• Bend ultrarunner wins Canadian Death Race
• Cycling
• Football
• Former Duck thinks Jets’ QB job is his
• Harrington takes 2-shot lead at Firestone
• Hit the road: IndyCar moving away ovals
• Hockey
• Magic’s Lewis fails drug test
• Major League Baseball
• Old Dirty Pirate
• On the Air
• Scoreboard
• Sparks Lake
• Sports betting

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Arnie Swarens
• Death notices
• Ricardo L. Esquiro

NATION & WORLD

• Allies land at Guadalcanal in 1942
• Britain bids goodbye to a very old soldier, as well as an entire era
• Casino opponent a lobbyist for competition
• China investigates top nuclear official
• Clinton vows new support for Somalia
• Congress to auto industry: Keep piling up the clunkers
• Counter-terrorism chief denounces Bush policy
• Democrats resist cost cap for drugmakers
• First swine flu vaccines expected in September
• Heavy workload, complex cases await new justice
• Immigration detention overhaul plans announced
• Iraqis question smoking ban proposal
• NASA touts Kepler discoveries as proof planet hunter will work
• Postal Service suggests ending delivery on Saturdays
• Researchers identify cells that say ‘scratch me’
• Senate approves Sotomayor
• 3 sentenced to death in ’03 Mumbai attack
• Study: Key glaciers shrinking at faster rate
• Taliban chief may be dead
• Three of ‘Norfolk Four’ to be freed from prison
• U.S. looks to Vietnam for Afghan conflict tips
• U.S. Navy cleans Vieques, but some mistrust lingers

FEATURES

• A healthy environment at the fair
• Democrats resist cost cap for drugmakers
• First swine flu vaccines expected in September
• Keeping tabs with tech
• News of Record: Police Log, Bend fire runs, Pets
• Researchers identify cells that say ‘scratch me’
• Volunteers, meet work opportunities

ENTERTAINMENT

• ‘Aliens in the Attic’
• Art exhibits
• Auditions to be held for 2nd Street musical
• 10 Barrel to open its first brewpub in Bend
• Country is king
• Deliciously entertaining
• Dinner with a view
• Diversity is the name of Silver Moon’s game
• Former ‘Idol’ to play Warm Springs casino
• ‘Getaway’ works as a clever thriller
• ‘Hurt Locker’ is an intelligent film
• It skips around, but you’ll like it
• ‘Julie & Julia’
• ‘Monk’ takes his 8th and final lap
• More music: B.I.G.S., Bowers, three Texans
• Movie times
• New DVD releases
• Nintendo doubles the fun
• On local screens
• On stage in Medford
• Opportunity grant deadline nears
• Out of town
• Rising to the top
• Say hello to an old friend: 800 Octane
• Shoji’s shuts down
• Sunriver sounds
• Upcoming concerts
• ‘Witch Mountain’ update lets the Rock shine

RESTAURANTS

• Dinner with a view

OPINION

• A simple, proven way to reform American health care
• Listen to Friedman
• Responsible pilots
• Robot reply
• Slippery corner
• Union group’s scare tactics