November 17, 2009

LOCAL & STATE

• Business Calendar
• City seeks $3M grant for heliport facilities
• County pushes DEQ on nitrates
• Latinos make gains at Oregon universities
• Learning a new lingo
• Learning more than dental care
• Madras girl, 6, dies from crash injuries
• Man claims abuse by Mormon youth leader
• Missing man’s body discovered in canyon
• News of Record: Deeds
• News of Record: Police Log, Bend fire runs, Pets
• Opponents raise $1.2M to beat tax hikes
• Pacific Northwest premature birth rates among lowest
• Police investigate stabbing in Bend
• Psych exam approved for murder defendant
• Report describes alleged abuse
• Signed, sealed, delivered
• Springfield boy shot in the face is improving
• Study: Big quake would destroy most bridges
• Thanks for the veggies
• Tractor crashes through chemical depot fence
• Youngs Bay to get extra spring chinook smolts

BUSINESS

• Airlines looking into retail at 35,000 feet
• City seeks $3M grant for heliport facilities
• Columbia Bancorp narrows its losses
• GM reports $1.2B loss, says it shows progress
• In unusual move, Bernanke addresses the weak dollar
• Lowe’s profit falls
• News of Record: Deeds
• Officials may have bungled AIG bailout
• Oregon jobless rate stays flat in October
• Rates on short-term T-bills unchanged
• Retail sales rise 1.4%
• Shoppers may get more out of gift cards if the Fed has its way
• Signed, sealed, delivered
• Volunteer cartographers taking their chance to redraw the digital map

SPORTS

• Auto racing
• Bachelor: Injured man waived his right to sue
• Baseball
• Basketball
• Bears, Cougs set to host playoff games
• Bend climbers take top spots in competition
• Bend man competes at national event in NHRA drag racing
• Blazers lose late lead, then fall to Hawks in OT
• Community Sports Calendar
• Community Sports Scoreboard
• Cross country
• Eat and run on Thanksgiving in Bend
• Fight to the top
• Football
• Golf fundraiser helps family relief nursery
• Horse racing
• Kentucky’s Wall hits winning shot
• Lecavalier leads Lightning to 4-1 win over Coyotes
• Local players shine in racquetball tourneys
• Locals can meet former U.S., Cascade Classic champ
• Montana-Montana State fans set to congregate in Bend
• NBA Scoreboard
• On the Air
• Oregon Rush teams win OPL Cup, advance in Presidents Cup
• Pats’ Belichick stands by decision to try for first down
• Ravens blank Browns
• Title berth at stake in Civil War semifinal
• With an overdue win, expectations return for Wie

OBITS

• British actor Edward Woodward

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices
• Eleanor Jacobs Hughes

NATION & WORLD

• A corridor of safety for Pakistani students
• 12 Afghans killed in rocket attack
• Body of missing girl found in N. Carolina
• Chicago schools chief fatally shoots himself
• Controversy erupts as breast cancer guidelines are revised
• Gadhafi pitches Islam to 200 party guests
• Hunger a growing issue in U.S.
• Illinois town sees hope in detainees
• Iran progressing on nuclear facility, U.N. says
• 13 Iraqis killed execution-style near Baghdad
• Kids’ food allergies on the rise, study finds
• Kuwaiti firm accused of defrauding U.S.
• Obama as Superman is fine, but Obama as Mao just doesn’t fly
• Obama in China: Will the president be lost in translation?
• Official is welcome in U.S. despite corruption allegations
• Out of the limelight, he’s shaping the health care debate
• Senate bill may not require employers to offer health insurance
• Shuttle Atlantis lifts off on space station supply mission
• Smart-phone games explore new territory
• South African is new Greenpeace director
• The Suez Canal opens in Egypt in 1869
• Uninsured patients more likely to die from trauma, study finds
• 30 years after the murder, is his appeal too late?

FEATURES

• And she's funny, too
• At Home With ... Local Joe's A.J. Cohen
• Baked Tofu with Braised Peppers and Olives
• Broccoli Casserole with Oregon Blue Cheese Sauce
• Calendar
• Cauliflower and Broccoli Gratin
• Chanterelle and Cheese Bread Pudding
• Choice Friday meeting in Redmond
• Entertain at home in style
• Garden ideas from books to the Web
• Gardener program begins in January
• Jake’s taking reservations for meal
• Learning a new lingo
• Learning more than dental care
• ‘Lucky bamboo,’ what are you?
• Meatloaf: Serving comfort by the slice
• Mixed Greens with Fresh Pears, Blue Cheese, Caramelized Hazelnuts and Raspberry Vinaigrette
• Out of the limelight, he’s shaping the health care debate
• Perfectly pleasing partners: caramel and chocolate
• Recipe Finder
• Thanks for the veggies
• Volunteers needed for Thanksgiving

ENTERTAINMENT

• BendFilm library open to members
• Calendar
• Choice Friday meeting in Redmond
• Coming up on CBS News: ‘Where America Stands’
• Have a ‘Merry’ time with Chris Rock tonight
• Jake’s taking reservations for meal
• Janet Jackson blames doc for brother’s death
• Kings of Leon’s Followill gets hitched
• Library of Congress to honor McCartney
• Movie Times
• NorthWest Crossing highlighted in book
• Palin didn’t know Bristol was having sex
• Palin tells Oprah she prays for Levi Johnston
• Spears’ MySpace, Twitter accounts hacked
• Volunteers needed for Thanksgiving

OPINION

• Gourmet geese
• Selfish motives will give new laws unintended consequences
• Tax-credit tweak a good start, but don’t stop there
• Taxes are up
• Trim BAT