October 02, 2009

LOCAL & STATE

• Ashland schools get loan to cover payroll
• Bend loses fight over taxes on downtown properties
• Business Calendar
• Court differs on role of Oregon sex abuse experts
• Dispatches
• Eugene cuts worker hours; grievance filed
• Family Calendar
• From these halls ... ... to the school's new hall of fame
• Getting ready for snowfall
• GO! Magazine
• Home loan fraud suit dismissed
• Let's talk!
• News of Record: Police Log, Bend fire runs
• Old Farm District meeting scheduled
• Only 2 more days for Working Wonders
• Open house tour to visit high-tech green homes
• Region nears water supply limit, lobbies for a solution
• Restaurant Guide
• Sex abuse trial begins for former school board candidate
• Skeleton takes humankind back another 1 million years
• Speaker to help boot tech addiction
• Story times, library youth events for Oct. 2-8
• Swine flu claims 2nd Central Oregon victim
• Teens, parents view Internet use differently
• Universities wage campaign against spread of swine flu
• U.S. Forest Service endorses Devil’s Staircase Wilderness
• Waters flowing again at Nisqually River estuary

BUSINESS

• Bend loses fight over taxes on downtown properties
• Bernanke defends Fed as Congress seeks to weaken it
• BofA’s new CEO will face big challenges
• Business Calendar
• Comcast may be eyeing stake in NBC
• Dispatches
• Fed’s emergency lending slows down
• Finding a foreclosed property may not be as easy as you think
• Home loan fraud suit dismissed
• Natural gas supply soars, prices tumble
• Open house tour to visit high-tech green homes
• Saturn dealers, owners reeling over brand’s apparent demise
• Stalking the elusive foreclosure deal There are bargains out there - but lots of obstacles, too
• Tiny bubbles are the source of aroma from champagne

SPORTS

• A 30-year rivalry
• At LPGA event, 14-year-old near lead
• Baseball
• COTA to honor Larsen with trail namesakes
• Cougs knock off Buffs in three games
• Devils Lake
• Football
• Idahoan takes overall title at Pac Am
• La Pine girls soccer gets Sky-Em victory
• Major League Baseball Major League Baseball
• New women’s golf coach expected for Oregon Club
• North Fork/Flagline
• 2016 Olympic race too close to call ahead of vote
• On the Air
• Ovechkin leads Caps to win in season opener
• Scoreboard
• Sports Calendar
• Steens Mountain
• Young bicyclists get riding tips from a professional

OBITS

• Charles Houston led failed K2 climb
• Roots musician Amy Farris, 40
• Sam Carr, 83, acclaimed drummer for blues greats

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices
• Patrick E. Wildman

NATION & WORLD

• As Obama postures, Iran continues to develop a bomb
• Charles Houston led failed K2 climb
• Experts: Suspect could have killed scores
• Government seeks ban on texting while driving
• Hudson ‘Miracle’ pilots reunite for N.Y. flight
• In Samoas, aid delivered as search continues
• Iran agrees to concessions
• Jackson was healthy, autopsy report shows
• Officials urge shots as swine flu spreads
• Panel votes to ease penalties for those without insurance
• Quake toll reaches 1,100 in a desperate Indonesia
• Roots musician Amy Farris, 40
• Sam Carr, 83, acclaimed drummer for blues greats
• Severe stroke paralyzes President Wilson in 1919
• Top commander rejects scaling down Afghan military goals

FEATURES

• How to keep your cool during the age of back talk
• Officials urge shots as swine flu spreads
• Swine flu claims 2nd Central Oregon victim

ENTERTAINMENT

• ART EXHIBITS
• Autumn in style
• Bakestarr benefit at Silver Moon Brewing
• ‘Capitalism' is great, if a bit unclear
• Cheesy zombie fun
• David Letterman admits affairs, claims extortion
• Dining amid fountains
• Domino Room hosts four rising bands
• Experts: Suspect could have killed scores
• Fall FUN
• Government seeks ban on texting while driving
• Head to Art Hop/Gallery Walk tonight
• Hudson ‘Miracle’ pilots reunite for N.Y. flight
• In ‘Monsters vs. Aliens,’ graphics beat story line
• Jackson was healthy, autopsy report shows
• Knobody is heading to The Underground
• MOVIE TIMES * For the week of Oct. 2
• music releases
• 2nd Street seeks cast for ‘Harvey’
• New dvd releases
• On local screens
• out of town
• Parents’ Guide to Movies
• planning ahead
• Pooh, Christopher Robin reunited after 80 years
• Relax and enjoy a slice of rootsy Americana
• Risky new campaign
• Roots rocks!
• ‘Seinfeld’ gang adds ‘Curb’ appeal
• So the funny thing about zombies is ...
• star power lights up fall fest stage
• The lies will set you free
• this week
• Upcoming Concerts
• You’ll be on your feet for this show

RESTAURANTS

• Dining amid fountains

OPINION

• Affordable care
• As Obama postures, Iran continues to develop a bomb
• BOLI's big waste of time and money
• Conservatives speak
• Cost of PERS erupts again
• Left and right

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Getting ready for snowfall
• Old Farm District meeting scheduled