September 27, 2009

LOCAL & STATE

• A beauty school makeover to meet growing demand
• America on rails
• Births
• Cochran
• Community Calendar
• Cow carcass causes fatal I-84 crash
• Credit tiff involves Christian school, ex-official
• Deschutes to release draft growth update
• Escaped Washington killer reportedly had filed for bankruptcy
• Far from home, but still connected
• Fossil looks to geology, history to fuel economy
• Glenn Beck attracts a crowd to Seattle talk
• Green van key to cracking Wilberger case
• Hopper
• Korbol
• Man with nowhere to go is back in jail
• Morrow
• New ratings reflect bank challenges
• News of Record: Deeds
• North Bend sues tribe over payments
• School essay prompts answer from White House
• Sisters parks to decide what activities to offer
• Sisters peaks: Young siblings of the Cascades
• Smith — Fonseca
• State GOP may regain its edge in fundraising
• Stenkamp — Hjeresen
• Sundberg
• Weller — Fields
• Willamette Valley school agency says it plans to fire superintendent
• 100 YEARS AGO

BUSINESS

• A beauty school makeover to meet growing demand
• Aston Martin? Not all clunkers were junkers
• Can Amazon be Wal-Mart of the Web?
• Fact-checking Moore’s ‘Capitalism’: 3 points worth another look
• HP’s bet on EDS seems a winner
• Low in price, tops in mileage
• Marketing their own flour
• Michigan faces government shutdown
• New motion controller for PlayStation this spring
• New ratings reflect bank challenges
• News of Record: Deeds
• NYSE chief questions signs of recovery
• Slow cranking merits further investigation
• State’s onion growers plan co-op with Idaho
• Survey: Hawaii has highest housing costs
• Whole Foods tests prohibiting checks
• Yahoo to spend $100M in bid for more brand buzz
• 30-year loan rates flat

SPORTS

• Auto racing
• Basketball
• Bend stays undefeated
• Boxing
• Buffs continue hot start in boys soccer
• Conquering Pilot Butte
• Economy doesn’t slow Pac Am
• Hokies stop Hurricanes’ fast start
• Major League Baseball
• Mountain View, Summit girls teams earn wins on the coast
• No. 21 Georgia survives test from Arizona State
• On the Air
• Oregon stuns No. 6 Cal in blowout
• Perry fires 64 for lead at Tour Championship
• Prep Scoreboard
• Scoreboard
• Tennis
• The close race to host 2016 Olympics nears finish
• Wildcats, new quarterback top Beavs in Corvallis

OBITS

• Acclaimed Spanish pianist Alicia de Larrocha dies at 86

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices
• Janet L. Evans Gruenfeld
• Luella June Hardie

NATION & WORLD

• Activists face down freight trains in ‘cancer alley’
• 40 are killed after flooding in Philippines
• California’s many parolees present a challenge
• Humble park typifies shift from scenic to cerebral
• If AIDS went the way of smallpox
• Israeli ambassador draws on his American roots
• Mandate closer to reality, as is a court challenge
• Merkel ignores Islamist threats before vote
• Motherhood poses a new challenge for the military
• Nuclear site changes U.S. strategy
• Stretching the supply
• Troop request for Afghan war splits advisers
• Uphill fight for the pope in secular Czech Republic
• Warsaw yields to Nazis, Soviets in 1939

FEATURES

• America on rails
• Far from home, but still connected
• For boomers, staying fit comes with a price: pain
• Geek chic style brings new respect for nerds
• If AIDS went the way of smallpox
• New motion controller for PlayStation this spring
• New wave of swine flu hits Mexico
• News of Record
• Science’s holy grail: Progress on helping the blind to see
• Stretching the supply
• The festival that musicians pretty much do themselves
• Water worlds

ENTERTAINMENT

• A look at a quirky family
• Acclaimed Spanish pianist Alicia de Larrocha dies at 86
• Atwood bright in dark, apocalyptic ‘Flood’
• Best-sellers
• ‘Cheerful Money’ is a delight of irreverent humor
• Dylan Christmas album to help feed the hungry
• ‘Evidence’ of good storytelling
• Favorite faces, scenic places to be on television this week
• Group auditioning teen musicians
• Indie rock band Pavement to reunite
• Lightweight tales are no match to author’s novels
• ‘Lion King’ costumes headed to Smithsonian
• Local Commute Options launches Safe Routes to School program
• OLCC head turning to third parties for help with local quarrels
• Swayze once doubted ‘Dirty Dancing’
• The festival that musicians pretty much do themselves
• U.S. travel just got a bit more enjoyable

RESTAURANTS

• OLCC head turning to third parties for help with local quarrels

OPINION

• A California fish story unfolds
• Clear up private use of county property
• Cracks in Iran’s clique
• Find the time to read the bills before voting
• Grateful for roadside ‘guardian angels’
• Learn from local elementary school
• Lost Kashmir deal a loss for U.S.
• Multitaskers are not better at anything, except not concentrating
• New ratings reflect bank challenges
• Reform needs to incentivize more healthful choices
• When Down syndrome is forgotten