November 18, 2009

LOCAL & STATE

• 2 arrested in La Pine marijuana bust
• Cleared for launch at Ponderosa Elementary
• Cycling event to give Bend boost during tourism lull
• Deschutes rape trial has online following
• Fundraiser targets football Civil War
• Grant could fund bus facility
• Kids’ rockets fly sky high
• Local groups are struggling to feed the hungry as holidays near
• Needle exchange may run short due to higher demand
• New La Pine school in need of a name
• News of Record: Bankruptcies
• News of Record: Police Log, Bend fire runs
• Off-highway comment period extended
• Oregon Coast recovering from powerful storm
• Over next 10 years, Central Oregon expected to see strong job growth
• Police arrest Bend man in stabbing
• Portable heater blamed for fire at Redmond business
• Ready for snow play?
• Seventh Mountain Resort ice rink to open
• Teachers sprout whiskers for good cause
• U.S. Forest Service closed on holidays

BUSINESS

• Business Calendar
• Cash for caulkers?
• Correction
• Cycling event to give Bend boost during tourism lull
• Doctors urged to downplay workplace injuries, GAO says
• Earn EcoUnit credits with Organic buys
• Factory production dips; inflation muted
• Flying with snow globes? TSA will likely say ‘no’
• Geithner: U.S. must not drop ball on overhaul
• How to fly after you’ve lost your identification
• Nearly 15,000 disclose offshore accounts
• Over next 10 years, Central Oregon expected to see strong job growth
• Paying extra for green electricity, and getting ads instead
• Ready for snow play?
• Recalls
• Restaurant slated for old Zydeco spot
• 3 retailers report solid quarterly earnings
• Stress-busting survival tips for holiday travel
• Top entertainment sellers
• Walk the ‘Runway' in Siriano shoes
• White House widens crackdown on fraud

SPORTS

• Amid concussion fears, football fans now clamoring for players to stay sidelined
• Baseball
• Birdies 4 Babies raises more than $23,000
• Blazers F Outlaw to have foot surgery
• Bobby Frankel trained champion racehorses
• Capitals’ Ovechkin shines in return
• Football
• Glanville resigns as Portland State coach
• Golf Scoreboard
• Golf Week
• In Civil War semi, Cougs top Bears
• Lava Bears heading to final, again
• LeBron believes he could star in NFL
• Madras golfer hopes third time is the charm
• Matt Phillips, Aspen Lakes Golf Course
• ‘Melo leads Nuggets past Raptors, minus Turkoglu
• NBA Scoreboard
• On the Air
• Outlaws’ run comes to end in 4A tourney
• TITLE SHOTS
• Top-ranked Kansas wins national title rematch

OBITS

• Bobby Frankel trained champion racehorses
• Ken Ober, 52, was host of ‘Remote Control’ on MTV

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices
• Ivan R. Eastwood

NATION & WORLD

• Anti-racism activist killed in Moscow
• As the world warms up, jellyfish swarm northward
• Astronauts check shuttle for damage
• China is unswayed by Obama on major issues
• Coffeehouse gives soldiers support along with caffeine
• Czechs commemorate fall of communism
• Doctors urged to downplay workplace injuries, GAO says
• Food summit called wasteful, ineffective
• Iraqi Kurds warn of election boycott
• Israeli housing plans draw criticism
• Japanese technician kidnapped in Yemen
• Karzai faces monumental challenges as he begins his new term
• MGM epic ‘Ben-Hur’ premieres in 1959
• Pentagon may change policies on dangerous personnel
• President steers clear of politically sensitive issues during trip
• Rappers groove with Putin
• Smart’s captor gets 15-year sentence
• Somali pirates get $3.3M ransom, free 36 hostages
• Texas A&M recalls bonfire tragedy
• U.S. technology firms help earthquake victims rebuild
• When camp is closed, what must be preserved?

FEATURES

• Calendar
• Flying with snow globes? TSA will likely say ‘no’
• How to fly after you’ve lost your identification
• Link by link, chains forge a comeback
• Needle exchange may run short due to higher demand
• Stress-busting survival tips for holiday travel

ENTERTAINMENT

• A growing TV cover-up: obnoxious pop-up promos
• Ashlee Simpson-Wentz off to ‘Chicago’
• Calendar
• Correction
• Crawford’s attempted blackmailer surrenders
• Jay-Z, Smiths sign on for musical ‘Fela!’
• Judge grants Richie restraining order
• Movie Times
• MTV’s Pratts shopping for own reality show
• Paparazzo testifies in Parker-Broderick case
• Rappers groove with Putin
• Restaurant slated for old Zydeco spot

OPINION

• China not forgetting tire tariffs
• Don’t forget Iraq
• Had insurance
• Here’s what any plan to reform health care should contain
• High taxes
• Not helpful
• Walden’s vote
• Wrong time to dig into Oregon wells