August 20, 2009

LOCAL & STATE

• Bend names Duncan new accessibility manager
• Bend water upgrade could cost $70M
• Bend-La Pine Schools is holding its own against districts across the state
• Burglar targets coastal police station
• Business Calendar
• Campaign to target drunken drivers
• Corrections
• Court: Having weapon at pot farm is a crime
• Deschutes County annexes two parcels into no-shooting district
• Harvard-Princeton feud continues at the top of university rankings
• Interactive: Global storm tracker
• Man gets 30 years as career criminal
• Man gets 7 years for fatal DUII near Sisters
• Marion County sheriff resigns
• New group aiming for solidarity in region’s tech sector
• News of Record: Permits
• News of Record: Police Log, Bend fire runs, Pets
• Proposed animal ordinance gets hearing
• Southern Oregon University offers long-distance courses for soldiers
• State’s farmers among leaders in computer use
• Update to federal guidelines comes on the heels of Bend woman’s death from virus
• VA chief addresses veterans, their issues during Oregon trip
• Walker, 92, inspires her neighbors

BUSINESS

• Amtrak enhances its Portland-Canada route
• Business Calendar
• Credit card reforms starting to kick in
• Is Toyota losing its green cred?
• Lawsuit alleges flawed software at bank
• New group aiming for solidarity in region’s tech sector
• News of Record: Permits
• Recalls
• Seattle defeat may bode ill for other cities’ bag fee efforts
• Smart fortwo gets top rating for roof
• To fellow economists, Bernanke is a hero
• UBS to divulge Swiss U.S. account names
• Umpqua Bank parent raises almost $260M

SPORTS

• A record steelhead run on tap?
• A 10-year-old and a trout
• Auto racing
• Baseball
• C.O. athletes pick up football awards
• Eaton is a surprising fifth halfway through decathlon
• Fly-tying corner
• Football
• Hello, wondrous forest; Hello, serene lake; Goodbye, worries
• Hockey
• Hunting and Fishing Events Calendar
• Major League Baseball
• Near the 11th hole, a different tradition
• Norman makes rare appearance on Champions Tour
• On the Air
• Paulina Lake anglers report success for browns, kokanee
• Scoreboard
• Social networking has leagues crying foul - and cracking down
• Tee time
• Tennis

OBITS

• Free-market economist Rose Friedman
• ’60 Minutes’ creator Don Hewitt

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices
• Justin Michael DeBerry

NATION & WORLD

• Ahmadinejad delays naming his Cabinet
• Baghdad bombings kill 100, wound 500
• Campus tours change direction
• Challenger Mallahan narrowly leading in Seattle mayor’s race
• Fracas over health care reform may herald new age of activism
• Hurricane Bill roars along at Category 4
• Man has no regrets over Myanmar jailing
• Menendez brothers, Lyle and Erik, shoot and kill their parents in 1989
• Military helicopter crashes, killing 2
• Pirates’ hostage prefers Queen Mary
• Presidential contest grows tighter
• Russia may rethink arms deal with Iran
• Saudi Arabia arrests 44 suspected militants
• Scotland may be poised to free Lockerbie bomber
• Several convicted in deadly nightclub fire
• South Korea forced to scrap rocket launch

FEATURES

• A midday snooze has benefits
• Bend water upgrade could cost $70M
• Calendar
• Can we fight obesity by taxing soft drinks?
• Classes
• Eat less, live longer?
• Excessive physician payments
• For a sweet and antioxidant-rich treat this summer, try blackberries
• How much do you know about vegetarians?
• La Pine clinic gets boost as Bend pediatrician moves in
• Nia classes blend all types of movement, dance
• Once taboo, exercising during pregnancy may benefit mother, baby
• Pain relief you can swear by
• People
• Separating fact from fiction in the health care debate
• The ankle
• The kindest cut
• Tips to eating more healthfully
• To some, it’s just a kudzu, but others see a divine vine
• Too busy to get in a workout?
• Update to federal guidelines comes on the heels of Bend woman’s death from virus
• Walker, 92, inspires her neighbors

ENTERTAINMENT

• Aldrin to accept Emmy for moon broadcast
• Calendar
• Datebook
• Exchange programs seeking host families
• ‘Flipping Out’: Too crazy to foreclose
• Movie Times
• Penn, Wright agree to division of property
• Run, float and eat at inaugural race event
• SageBrushers gallery hosting sale benefit
• Volunteers sought for Bend median cleanup

OPINION

• A good place to start
• Elections present opportunity and challenge for Afghans
• We can’t afford not to fix health care
• What passes for sacrifice in Salem