August 27, 2009

LOCAL & STATE

• Authorities search for missing Portland man
• Bend fire truck, gear sent to Nicaragua
• Bend man killed in log truck crash
• Body fat quiz
• 2 brothers die after boat capsizes in ocean
• Business Calendar
• Classes
• Community Events Calendar
• Complaints filed over closure of School for the Blind
• 3 cougar sightings near Klamath Falls
• Downtown dam repairs continue
• DUII suspect arrested after crash with son, 4, in car
• Economic growth is key in planning, officials say
• High Desert Museum sees boost in visitors
• Housing, food, child care costs rising, report finds
• It’s a renter’s market for Bend businesses
• Man arrested after gun incident in Bend
• Man stabbed to death at park in Eugene
• Mom of baby found in garbage bin indicted
• New Redmond high school’s opening pushed back to 2012
• Newport thrilled over base, governor says
• News of Record: Permits
• News of Record: Police Log, Bend fire runs
• Nonprofit helps region’s residents with foreclosures
• Sales picking up locally
• Schoolkids brush up on English skills
• Trial opens over medic who groped patients
• Why jump?

BUSINESS

• Business Calendar
• Cash for Clunkers stays under budget
• Chrysler sues Daimler over vehicle parts
• Economic growth is key in planning, officials say
• Energy tax breaks may cost state $167M
• Health insurance claim costs expected to increase by 10%
• High Desert Museum sees boost in visitors
• How seniors can arm themselves with financial expertise
• It’s a renter’s market for Bend businesses
• Japan’s exports decline further in July
• Merkel says Opel talks focused on Magna
• More students are appealing colleges’ financial aid decisions
• New rules may make troubled banks a tough sell
• News of Record: Permits
• Nonprofit helps region’s residents with foreclosures
• Profit by U.S. thrifts is first since 2007
• Recalls
• Sales picking up locally
• SIGNS OF LIFE
• TiVo sues Verizon, AT&T over patents
• Yahoo unveils e-mail, search improvements

SPORTS

• At Wrigley Field, misery springs eternal for the Cubs
• Baseball
• Coho chaos at the jaws of the Columbia
• Cycling
• Eight Elks receive all-WCL honors
• Fly-tying corner
• Football
• Hunting and Fishing Events Calendar
• Is FedEx Cup finally coming into its own?
• Keeping a positive altitude
• Local adult baseball championship under way in Bend
• Major League Baseball
• On the Air
• Scoreboard
• Tennis
• Under the turquoise
• Warm weather brings hatches on the Metolius

OBITS

• Author Dominick Dunne dies at 83
• Cable-TV pioneer Schneider
• Early female photographer for AP, Mary Lawrence, 95
• Songwriter Greenwich scored hits in the ‘60s
• WWII flying ace earned rare distinction

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices
• Judith "Judy" (Babb) Carbaugh
• Patrick Raymond Whelan
• Sylvia Gray

NATION & WORLD

• After a grim diagnosis, Kennedy vowed to make a ‘good ending’
• Both parties in debate mourn loss of Kennedy
• China to launch organ donor program
• Court hears challenge to gay-adoption ban
• Defiant S.C. governor refuses to step down
• 36,000 die after Krakatoa eruption in 1883
• Feuding families start riot in Alabama
• Harrowing escape in Mogadishu ends hostage’s ordeal
• Huge bombing brings despair to Afghan city
• In the 21st century, crime-fighting tools include Facebook
• Kentucky must keep God out of legislation
• More students are appealing colleges’ financial aid decisions
• New rules may make troubled banks a tough sell
• ‘Octomom’ won’t face social services probe
• Pearl Harbor to merge with Air Force base
• Power broker’s death shakes up Iraqi party
• Teaching kids to eat right

FEATURES

• A new (and easy) technique measures placenta’s volume
• A weekend of blues and brews
• BMC seeks patients for Health Buddy program
• Body fat quiz
• Bug bites are still buzzing around
• Changes in routine may improve your workout
• China to launch organ donor program
• Choose the juice with no sweeteners
• Classes
• Extra costs
• Health insurance claim costs expected to increase by 10%
• Local hospitals receive mixed marks in review
• Mental health group to offer free classes
• OHSU’s work on DNA may prevent genetic diseases
• People
• Teaching kids to eat right
• To sleep, perchance to get better grades
• Underweight people less of a problem in the U.S.
• Volunteer in a park on Sept. 26
• Week two: Warrior Two
• What’s the right diet for your joints?
• With flu season around the corner, germs are lurking all over the house

ENTERTAINMENT

• A weekend of blues and brews
• Breedlove auction to help with cancer costs
• Brown’s community labor being determined
• Community Datebook
• Eddie Cibrian has filed for divorce
• Fall Out Boy singer arrested on warrant
• Ingram sets record for radio interviews: 215
• Military appreciation day set in McMinnville
• Movie Times
• Parker Posey leaves show due to illness
• ‘Rocky Top’ song owners sue A&E
• Several series back for seconds
• Time to sign up for fall Camp Fire programs

OPINION

• Bad board behavior
• Lawyers profit
• State cell phone waste
• Ted Kennedy always fought to win despite the odds
• Too little water
• Vote for Folkestad