August 29, 2009

LOCAL & STATE

• Affordable housing project in Bend gets a boost
• Area’s weekly wages below state, U.S.
• At ODOT facility, winter prep starts now
• August car sales jump
• Bend dog beach closed
• 2 charged with theft in sale of relative’s assets
• Correction
• Held captive in plain sight for 18 years, but how did it happen?
• In Sisters, Walden makes the case for forest thinning, biomass fuels
• Madras nursing facility gets OK to add beds
• News of Record: Police Log, Bend fire runs
• Oregon Guard says 2 soldiers killed in Iraq
• People on the Move
• Slumping Oregon Lottery tries to win back gamers
• Space shuttle puts on a midnight show
• State delaying new, tougher graduation requirements
• Tribes ask for help to stop gang activity
• Voluntary evacuation issued in Mosier fire
• Westside Church, neighbors settle land use dispute
• What’s going up

BUSINESS

• A new spirit of thrift, a slower economic recovery, experts say
• Affordable housing project in Bend gets a boost
• Area’s weekly wages below state, U.S.
• August car sales jump
• California puts clutter on sale as state tries to close budget deficit
• Correction
• Coupons you don’t clip, sent to your cell
• How retirees can spend enough, but not too much
• In Sisters, Walden makes the case for forest thinning, biomass fuels
• Intel shares jump on sales forecast
• Is that food engineered?
• One of France’s beaches turns green - and deadly
• People on the Move
• Regulators shut banks in 3 states
• Westside Church, neighbors settle land use dispute
• What’s going up
• With economy in decline, families weigh value of liberal arts schools

SPORTS

• Alamo Bowl replaces Big Ten pick with Pac-10
• Bader takes first-round lead after shooting 64
• Base trail blazers
• Baseball
• Beavers — and Ducks — coming to Bend
• Desert Reds stay alive in adult baseball series
• Football
• Golf Scoreboard
• IndyCar driver Power released from hospital
• Iowa team plays first game without slain football coach
• IRL points leader Briscoe takes pole
• Major League Baseball
• On the Air
• Rain sends Pilot Pen semifinals indoors
• Scoreboard
• Simpson on top at Barclays
• Talk of the NFL: How long will the wildcat last?
• Track & field
• U.S. Open ’09: New dad Federer eyes Slam 16 in NYC

OBITS

• Alex Grass, 82, Rite Aid founder
• Brown, 93, vaudeville tap dancer
• DJ AM found dead in apartment
• Egan, EMC founder, former Ireland envoy
• Kennedy’s friends recall a likable, caring dreamer

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices
• Preston J. Miller

NATION & WORLD

• Afghan vote helps widen rift with U.S.
• Ahmadinejad urges prosecution of political rivals
• Boy swept to sea as storm approaches
• Civil Rights Act gets final approval after a 24-hour filibuster in 1957
• Florida governor puts confidant in Senate
• Iraq violence puts off plan for seminary
• It’s official: Jackson’s death a homicide
• Kennedy’s friends recall a likable, caring dreamer
• One of France’s beaches turns green - and deadly
• Successes, new threats for California fire crews
• U.S. considers alternatives for missile shield
• With economy in decline, families weigh value of liberal arts schools

FEATURES

• Bend hospital to host wellness fair Sept. 11
• Comforting creations
• Cry when stars die? I don’t get it
• Iraq violence puts off plan for seminary
• Krasinski, Blunt are engaged
• Madras nursing facility gets OK to add beds
• People on the Move
• ‘Ramadan — what’s that?’ Some schools offer answers
• Religion in Brief

ENTERTAINMENT

• Bend hospital to host wellness fair Sept. 11
• Beyonc to perform at the MTV awards
• Centennial benefit planned in Redmond
• Charges against artist Nara dropped
• Chesney, Sugarland to perform at CMA fest
• Community Events Calendar
• Cry when stars die? I don’t get it
• Daily tickets on sale for Sisters folk fest
• DJ AM found dead in apartment
• Fresh art at The Old Mill
• Gypsy trio criticizes booing of Madonna
• Kate Gosselin to sub as a co-host on ‘The View’
• Krasinski, Blunt are engaged
• Linney set for offbeat comedy about cancer
• McGraw won’t put up with abuse at concerts
• Movie Times
• Radio host Don Imus to end TV simulcast
• Rod, Patti Blagojevich to appear on ‘The View’
• Sisters Rodeo seeks 2010 rodeo queen
• Ween in green
• With limited Kennedy coverage, Fox still leads

OPINION

• Author of health care commentary believes people are animals
• Easy on Redmond
• Governor should act on Black’s request
• No closure
• Preserve Medicare
• Sea lion and salmon
• Too expensive

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• At ODOT facility, winter prep starts now