September 17, 2009

LOCAL & STATE

• A baseball bat, a business pitch
• A NEW YEAR AT A NEW SCHOOL
• Bend firm to assist state in creating green jobs
• Bend solar contractor charged in million-dollar theft case
• BLM keeps an eye on prescribed burn
• Bradbury to run for governor
• Business Calendar
• Coast Guard rescues 4 surfers in Newport
• EOU to reopen residence hall
• Event raises money for FAN and kids
• Flu season: This year is different
• Hearing focuses on company’s spot at airport
• Kids can check out big rigs on Saturday
• Killer to remain jailed, parole board decides
• News of Record: Permits
• News of Record: Police Log
• Noxious weed pull is set for Saturday
• Pastor pleads guilty in tax evasion case
• Police locate man sought in dispute
• Professors worry digital literacy is left out
• Ready? Set? Pilot Butte Challenge on Sept. 26
• Steel for new water pipeline now on city’s shopping list
• Suspect jailed in illegal mining case
• Suspect’s mental fitness questioned
• Third suspect arrested in Pendleton stabbing
• Turtle, tortoise or neither? Discovery baffles experts

BUSINESS

• A baseball bat, a business pitch
• Bend firm to assist state in creating green jobs
• Bend solar contractor charged in million-dollar theft case
• Business Calendar
• Commercial real estate under scrutiny
• Debate bubbling up over soft drink tax
• FDIC testing new toxic asset program
• For women, more mortar boards, few corporate boards
• Hearing focuses on company’s spot at airport
• Judges approve sale of Nortel unit
• Lots of debt? Make the creditor prove it
• Manufacturers show another increase
• Merrill Lynch, BofA merger investigation expanded
• News of Record: Permits
• Oracle quarterly profit rises 4%
• Recall
• State minimum wage will stay at $8.40
• Under pressure to come clean
• U.S. ends oil and gas royalty program

SPORTS

• Baseball
• Blount aside, Oregon’s offense a puzzle
• Casting call
• Dove numbers strong
• Fly-tying corner
• Football
• Hunting and Fishing Events Calendar
• Hunting blades: The art of the edge
• Iraqi baseball team is finally in uniform, thanks to U.S. donors
• Madras girls take part in Silver Falls Invitational meet
• Obama drums up support for Chicago’s Olympic bid
• On the Air
• OSAA offers newest proposal for IMC
• Parks look for revenue boost
• Pendleton bursting with rodeo fans
• Pick the pro football winners and win prizes for yourself!
• Prep Scoreboard
• Steelhead catch improving on Deschutes
• Steens like you’ve never seen before
• Upgrades at the mountain

OBITS

• Gibson was a key player on ‘Laugh-In’
• NCAA’s Brand dies of pancreatic cancer

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices
• Roger Lloyd Traweek

NATION & WORLD

• ACORN group plans internal investigation
• Arrest outlines cartels’ reach
• Bloodiest battle in U.S. history rages at Antietam during Civil War in 1862
• Botched execution ‘traumatizes’ inmate
• Coroner: Suffocation killed Yale student
• Debate bubbling up over soft drink tax
• Educators revisit how to teach students who don’t know 9/11
• EU: A third of Karzai votes suspect
• Iranian ex-president sidelined from rally
• Iraqi baseball team is finally in uniform, thanks to U.S. donors
• Israel rejects U.N. call for Gaza investigation
• Obama deflects talk of race, but others don’t
• Obama drums up support for Chicago’s Olympic bid
• Obama ’won’t be rushed’ into decision on Afghan strategy
• Oregon senators wary of latest bill
• Slain anti-abortion activist memorialized
• Texas district has improved most, wins $1M prize
• U.S. closes large detention camp in Iraq
• WWE CEO challenges Dodd for Senate seat

FEATURES

• Community Datebook
• Community Events Calendar
• Concussions are unseen epidemic, researchers say
• Event raises money for FAN and kids
• Every breath you take is important
• Flu season: This year is different
• For more vitamin E on your PB&J sandwich, try almond butter
• Health Datebook
• How to control nighttime eating
• Kettlebell gaining in popularity
• Kudzu root may help in treatment of hypertension
• Latest plan might close some gaps, but not all
• Leg lifts can help strengthen quad muscles, prevent osteoarthritis
• Most people with Type 2 diabetes are not eating what they should
• Oregon senators wary of latest bill
• Rib cage
• The cost of care
• Walk-in retail clinics given high marks in study
• Where to get a flu shot

ENTERTAINMENT

• Bob Dylan to exhibit new art in Denmark
• Community Datebook
• Community Events Calendar
• Elfman pregnant on TV — and in real life
• Keillor: Minor stroke is reminder of mortality
• Lauper taps into her psychic side on ‘Bones’
• Movie Times
• NBC tonight: A (mostly) must-see lineup
• Pick the pro football winners and win prizes for yourself!
• Toby Keith earns decade accolades

OPINION

• America has become a high-five nation Humility is hard to find in today’s culture of self-aggrandizement
• Challenging the numbers will end up harming the homeless
• Don’t bail out private project
• How you can avoid the new boat tax

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Steel for new water pipeline now on city’s shopping list