September 20, 2009

LOCAL & STATE

• A feisty invader could come here
• Baptista
• Births
• Black — Currie
• Burr
• Christmas tree harvest up, price down in 2008
• Community Calendar
• DeMarsh
• Electric car device maker plans facility
• 3 face charges in Bend change machine thefts
• More training for young ATV riders set for discussion at Bend meeting
• News of Record: Deeds
• No more false starts at the Sunriver mall
• Qwest to absorb Malheur Bell in the eastern part of state
• Radloff — Talbott
• Reaching out with helping hands
• ‘Rumble strips’ prevent crashes, Washington state report says
• Schiedler
• Success on tourism, job fronts
• The call of McCall
• This summer was the busiest at Mount Rainier since 2003
• Washington state, trollers team up to improve chinook salmon harvest

BUSINESS

• A feisty invader could come here
• BASF gets EPA’s OK for new herbicide
• Buffett: Economy not better, not worse
• Careful investors find some deals in a well-stocked foreclosure market
• Citing risks, U.S. seeks new rules for niche banks
• Hotel room prices drop 17% in early ’09
• Martha Stewart, Home Depot team up
• More than pond scum
• News of Record: Deeds
• No more false starts at the Sunriver mall
• Obama rolls into week of high diplomatic stakes
• Smaller is better in today’s new housing market
• STEEL and the auto industry
• Success on tourism, job fronts
• Uncovering the cause of white tailpipe smoke
• Unmasking ghosts at medical journals
• 30-year rates down

SPORTS

• A relaxed competition, for some
• Auto racing
• Beavers can’t stop Bearcats
• Belfort get quick KO in UFC 103
• Boxing
• Choi shoots 63 to take lead at Samsung by two strokes
• Cowboys aim to open stadium with record crowd
• Cycling
• Fall Tour tees off Monday in Bend
• Football
• Football Scoreboard
• Golf Scoreboard
• Golfer has a day for the ages
• Horse racing
• Madras rolls to easy soccer victory
• Major League Baseball
• Mayweather cruises to victory over Marquez
• On the Air
• Oregon beats No. 18 Utah to snap win streak
• Portland State falls to Montana in Big Sky opener
• Scoreboard
• Something's gotta give
• Sports
• Stewart: Regular-season champ should be honored
• Summit girls win again
• Swimming
• Virginia Tech rallies for win over Nebraska
• Washington stuns No. 3 Southern Cal

OBITS

• Author of uproar-causing ‘Is God Dead?’ article dies
• Irving Kristol, 89, known as godfather of neoconservatism

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices
• James Donald McLean
• Scott "Scotty" Stigum

NATION & WORLD

• A feisty invader could come here
• ACORN reduces its presence
• Al Capone’s hideout for sale in Wisconsin
• Author of uproar-causing ‘Is God Dead?’ article dies
• Backers tout benefits for rural folks, who don’t see many
• BASF gets EPA’s OK for new herbicide
• Demonstrators mark Thai coup anniversary
• Drugs, raids, shootouts: Rio shrugs off crime concern in quest for 2016 Olympics
• Educators in area have ideas, and changes, for No Child law
• Experts: Yale suspect’s defense has tough job
• Father, son held in terror inquiry that spans U.S.
• For Edwards, drama winds down
• Gang feud, begun over a girl, unsettles south Los Angeles
• GOP rally broaches topic of racism
• Healed by U.S. forces, Afghan boy goes home
• Irving Kristol, 89, known as godfather of neoconservatism
• Israel’s advanced missile defenses could alter region’s strategic decisions
• Love in no man's land
• Magellan begins voyage from Spain in 1519
• Medicare for all? ‘Crazy,' ‘socialized' and unlikely
• No leader on climate change as nations prepare to meet
• North Korea shuts market in control grab
• Obama asks N.Y.’s Paterson to drop out
• Pakistan police raid U.S.-contracted firm
• Phoenix light rail flourishes, for unexpected reasons
• Plugged-in age feeds a hunger for electricity
• Researchers show exercise can extend survival even in ‘oldest old'
• River rights may get clearer
• Russia drops its own missile plans
• Schwarzenegger prison plan falls short of federal order
• STEEL and the auto industry
• Vexing long-term health care absent from the debate
• 30-year rates down

FEATURES

• A taste of pueblo life in New Mexico
• Backers tout benefits for rural folks, who don’t see many
• Martha Stewart, Home Depot team up
• Medicare for all? ‘Crazy,' ‘socialized' and unlikely
• News of Record: MILITARY NOTES, College notes, YOUTH NOTES
• Obama rolls into week of high diplomatic stakes
• Reaching out with helping hands
• Researchers show exercise can extend survival even in ‘oldest old'
• The call of McCall
• Unmasking ghosts at medical journals
• Vexing long-term health care absent from the debate
• 100 YEARS AGO

ENTERTAINMENT

• BendFilm: It's going to make you think
• Best-sellers
• Brown gives fans a unique villain in a thrilling read
• Heigl and hubby adopt baby girl from Korea
• Krakauer’s new book casts blame in Pat Tillman’s death
• Lynch’s new work is strictly on-the-wall
• ‘Mad Men’ aims to repeat Emmy history
• Messy patterns grow in ambitious ‘Garden’
• Movie Times
• 10 must-read books to look forward to
• Police arrest suspect in Lohan burglary
• Report on health care reform to air on OPB
• Tickets now available for ‘Music & Friends’
• With the Emmys, plus new ‘House‘ and ‘Curb,’ who has time for anything else?

OPINION

• Are there no rules in the arena?
• Building on the success of COCC
• Clinging to civility may be a work in progress for Obama
• Don’t expect to look up to politicians
• No easy tax for transit
• STEEL and the auto industry
• Success on tourism, job fronts
• The cure for teacher burnout? Simply read on
• The right choice for Bend’s geese
• U.S. needs to be leading in green energy
• Who’s really harming the homeless?

ROADS & TRAFFIC