August 24, 2009

LOCAL & STATE

• A new resource for veterans
• A Pretty perch
• Bend riders succeed at horse show
• Bottling sunshine: Science club investigates alternative energy
• Calendar
• 45 cats seized in raid on home in Albany
• Deschutes County may end up with waste parcel
• Get ready for a new look at Lava River Cave
• Honoring a hero
• Killer’s parole bid is ‘scary,’ DA says
• Lower river levels could leave salmon high and dry
• Meet Honey and Junior
• News of Record: Civil Suits
• North Clackamas district to cut teachers
• Ongoing projects on U.S. 97 cause for extra caution
• Pets calendar
• Suppose you end up with a deer carcass. What do you do with it?
• Volunteers help replant vandalized community garden
• Warm, dry weather expected this week
• Woman missing after boat crash on river
• Workshop helps teachers connect with artistic side
• Your Pets

BUSINESS

• Across U.S., big crowds turn out for final Cash for Clunkers weekend
• Big oil find tempts Brazil, a leader in green energy
• Canada’s north a petri dish for 2 plagues of warming - a highly flammable petri dish
• Deschutes County may end up with waste parcel
• Lieberman urges health care delay
• Social Security payments could fall for millions

SPORTS

• A grueling 100
• Auto racing
• Auto racing Scoreboard
• Brazilian takes first win in five years
• Champion crowned in playoff
• Cycling
• Federer in form, wins Cincy Masters
• Franchitti breaks through at Sonoma
• High Desert, high drama
• It’s nearly fall: Prep sports start practicing
• Jacobsen looking ahead to 2010 after completing Tradition
• Major League Baseball
• On the Air
• Player enjoys C.O., but likely won’t be back
• Quotable
• Riley finds a good home at Oregon State
• Runner-up finish is Cook’s latest close call in a major
• Scoreboard
• Tasca takes Funny Car in Pennsylvania
• The final day
• Tradition Scoreboard
• U.S. dominates singles, takes third straight Solheim Cup
• U.S. wins 3 golds on final day of worlds

OBITS

• Adm. Ralph Cousins led naval operations during Vietnam War
• Kelton known for Western novels
• Seattle’s Karla Kuskin wrote children’s books

NATION & WORLD

• A resurgent Julia has people cooking with calories
• Alleged serial hacker honed his skills early Living large in his old hometown
• Britain’s ‘plinthers’ have given ‘performing arts’ new meaning
• DOJ advises a review of detainee cases
• Fighting escalates in Yemeni mountains
• Hurricane Bill blamed in 2 East Coast deaths
• I raqi suspect confesses bomb plot details
• Insurance adjusters look at Ky. prison
• Iranians to fund opposition research
• Islamic officials release woman who drank beer and was held for caning
• Mexican drug law leans to ambivalence
• Mount Vesuvius erupts in A.D. 79
• NASA clears shuttle for Tuesday launch
• NATO says Afghan force is insufficient
• North Korea calls for improved ties with South
• Obama team lacking many top players
• Online, details of your private life are more searchable than ever
• Pakistan Taliban chief vows Afghan fight
• Plane, cars collide after freeway landing
• Police: Millionaire reality TV star sought in murder is found dead
• Thousands flee raging wildfires near Athens
• 200 to go on trial in deadly China riots

FEATURES

• A new resource for veterans
• Dogs alert owners to oncoming diabetic troubles
• Honoring a hero
• Pet psychic says she was born with ‘gift’

ENTERTAINMENT

• Antwon Tanner pleads guilty in NYC scam
• Country singer hopes to break a record
• Kelton known for Western novels
• More advertisers drop Beck’s show, highlighting a network conundrum
• Movie Times
• Rourke: It’s no fun being a has-been
• Web series is Rocca’s latest news venture

OPINION

• A place to play
• Another taxing challenge
• Legislator-agency pipeline must stop
• On target
• Pricey stockings
• Strategically, Syria emerges as top country in Middle East
• We spent it on what?

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Get ready for a new look at Lava River Cave
• Ongoing projects on U.S. 97 cause for extra caution