December 02, 2009

LOCAL & STATE

• Area schools receive mini-grants
• Art awards program gets under way
• Closure of Prineville birthing center nears
• Clothes available in Redmond
• Commercial vacancy rates stabilizing in Bend - a positive sign, some say
• 1,500 doses of swine flu vaccine are available
• Free legal aid is available for seniors
• Key element of Peruvian ecosystem is vanishing
• Luke cites unfinished work as he files for fourth term
• Man injured in Redmond-area crash
• News of Record: Bankruptcies
• News of Record: Police Log, Pets
• Objects of desire
• Owl + mouse = owl pellet
• Public health report draft is a mixed bag
• Research center losing its leader amid fracas over hacked e-mails
• Safe driver program starts up at schools
• Senator donates surplus computers
• Student exchange accepting applicants
• TINY DISCOVERIES
• Woman sentenced in theft

BUSINESS

• A victim of his own loyalty?
• AIG moves to reduce its government debt
• Area leaders envision major scenic ‘bikeway'
• Business Calendar
• Car sales show more stability in November
• Commercial vacancy rates stabilizing in Bend - a positive sign, some say
• Deal marks Pfizer’s entry into market of expensive drugs for rare diseases
• Good ways to deal with a bad boss
• Lululemon demo, trunk show Sunday
• November retail data rosier than expected
• Objects of desire
• Pitch your tent for REI’s used-gear sale
• 4 strategies to get shoppers to loosen tight fists
• Surprising many in TV industry, Comcast won’t replace NBC chief
• The greenest tree
• Top entertainment sellers
• Travel agencies ready for the Rose Bowl rush
• Upbeat reports point to recovery

SPORTS

• Basketball
• Bend girls get road win over Mazama
• Blazers suffer loss to Heat
• Canadian teams benefit from weak U.S. dollar
• Cowboys fall to Panthers
• Football
• Getting interactive
• Golf Scoreboard
• Golf Week
• Heatley leads Sharks to win over Senators
• NBA Scoreboard
• Olympics
• On the Air
• Police: Tiger Woods at fault in crash, will get citation
• Prep Scoreboard
• Richard Jensen: Crooked River Ranch
• Tar Heels win rematch with MSU
• Young RBs will highlight War for the Roses

OBITS

• Oregon investment manager sued by feds dies

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices
• Derek Mason Bartlett
• James P. Lumsden
• Justin Richard Butler
• Lloyd Matthew Johnson
• Opal Jeanette Corpuz
• Pamela J. Bass
• Wanda Mae Marling

NATION & WORLD

• Along with troops, Obama is sending demands to Afghans and their president
• Anti-Taliban lawmaker killed in Pakistan blast
• Bend may adopt water assistance plan
• Boeing 747 jumbo jet previewed on 1969 Seattle-New York flight
• Democrats confident as first Senate vote nears on health reform
• Families of Nazis’ victims testify at trial
• High court could strike down public corruption law
• Hurricane-buffering effect of El Niño may be fading
• In Iraq, a stretch of relative calm is a welcome respite
• Iran releases 5 British sailors who were detained at sea
• Know a lonely person? Careful, it’s contagious
• North Korea in chaos after currency revalued
• Obama will send 30,000 troops, maps exit strategy
• Oregon lawmakers weigh in
• S. African leader issues broad AIDS policy
• Shoe is on the other foot for Iraqi journalist
• Suspect in 4 officers’ deaths is fatally shot

FEATURES

• Calendar
• Closure of Prineville birthing center nears
• Democrats confident as first Senate vote nears on health reform
• 1,500 doses of swine flu vaccine are available
• Public health report draft is a mixed bag
• Retailers use seasonal bags as mini billboards

ENTERTAINMENT

• Calendar
• Judge keeps ban on Jennifer Lopez video
• Movie Times
• Regis gets a new hip
• Steven Seagal show an inspiration of career options for TV reality stars
• ‘The Road’ author’s typewriter for sale
• Woods settles lawsuit over brother’s death

OPINION

• Commanders failed
• Legalizing drugs won’t kill black market or eliminate harm
• Support adoption
• Tax ultimatum rings hollow
• Wrong health care vote