December 04, 2009

LOCAL & STATE

• Amateur radio operators event today
• Aunt went to police when Clemmons called her for help
• Business Calendar
• Car, pickup collide in fog; 3 from E. Ore. die
• Christmas tree hunters tell of 2 nights in snow
• COCC looks to part-time instructors
• Correction
• Dispatches
• Enjoy a piece of nature with cuddly ‘Picnic Pals'
• Family Calendar
• Forum to discuss proposals for realignment of U.S. 97
• GO! Magazine
• Governor hopefuls attend forum
• Homespun holiday
• Idaho Power eyes alternate line route through Oregon
• Lighthouse rising on Columbia River
• Local dealerships say they’re listening
• More talk is good for infants, study says
• More unsafe target shooting occurring in Oregon woods
• National Guard Youth Challenge members present colors at Civil War
• News of Record: Police Log, Bend fire runs
• Renewable tax credit changes might impact wind projects
• Restaurant Guide
• School, bookstore host book fair this Saturday
• Silver moon over the Olympic Mountains
• Story times, library youth events for Dec. 4-10
• Stumbling into friendships outside the comfort zone
• Wanted: guitar heroes
• Woman who reported theft is now a suspect

BUSINESS

• Audi A3 TDI named Green Car of the Year
• Bachelor restricts hiking up and skiing for free
• Bernanke defends the Fed in the face of biting criticism
• Business Calendar
• Cadillac looks to Europe for its wagon inspiration
• Dispatches
• FTC broadens its Intel investigation
• GM, Chrysler to reconsider dealer closings
• In Denmark, an ambitious plan to get electric cars on roads
• In NetJets, a test for Buffett’s possible successor
• IRS announces 2010 mileage rates
• Local dealerships say they’re listening
• Nissan wins future-auto design challenge
• Rebates to go to energy-efficient heating systems
• Service sector and retail sales shrink
• Wanted: guitar heroes
• Web-TV divide is back in focus with NBC sale
• With BofA paid up, only Citigroup is left
• 30-year mortgage rates hit record low

SPORTS

• Auto racing
• Bachelor marketing chief discusses resort’s efforts to craft a positive image
• Baseball
• Basketball
• Concussion baseline tests on Saturday
• Events Calendar
• Football
• GM Ruskell done running Seahawks
• Going for three
• Jets hang on, defeat Bills 19-13
• Metolius River
• Ochoco turkey trek
• On the Air
• Poulter, Johnson tied for lead at Tiger’s event
• Prineville’s Havens opens NFR with win
• Pyatt’s goal gives Coyotes third straight win, 2-1 over Flames
• Raiders upend Huskies in OT
• Rockets rally for victory to spoil Nelson’s return
• Run for the roses
• Scoreboard
• Soccer
• Tennis
• Winter sports
• Woods' fall from grace rekindles role-model debate

OBITS

• Activist attorney Robert Berke dies at 61
• Jack Pitchford endured torture at ‘Hanoi Hilton’

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices
• Dolores R. Philipp
• Erwin E. Ashenbrenner
• Frank Luman Arnold II
• Wendla Ann Moore

NATION & WORLD

• Activist attorney Robert Berke dies at 61
• Afghan training plan faces tough obstacles
• Bend parks ends deal that got its employees discount gas
• Global warming may require higher dams, stilts, experts say
• Guinea’s president wounded in attack
• Hot water in South Africa, hot debate in Copenhagen
• In Taliban stronghold, U.S. medics win friends for Marines Marines’ best friend: A dog known as ‘Pressure Plate’
• IRS announces 2010 mileage rates
• Jack Pitchford endured torture at ‘Hanoi Hilton’
• 3 ministers killed in Somali bombing
• Obama tackles jobs, warns of limited funds
• Obama’s Afghanistan decision puts a strain on Democrats
• Putin hasn’t ruled out presidential run in 2012
• Rebates to go to energy-efficient heating systems
• Secret Service benches 3 officers over gate-crashing
• Service sector and retail sales shrink
• Student speaks at end of Italian murder trial
• Women’s health amendment clears Senate
• 30-year mortgage rates hit record low

FEATURES

• Creating toys with their own two hands
• Find a balance among youngsters’ activities
• No texting at dinner!
• The keeper of the china
• United States launches Gemini 7 in 1965
• Women’s health amendment clears Senate

ENTERTAINMENT

• A lost culture, pulled from obscurity
• a meal in a pocket
• Adam Lambert still in the doghouse with ABC
• ART EXHIBITS
• Bands play concert to benefit the Congo
• Bow down to Church’s adventurous pop
• ‘Brothers' is true drama
• Get online and vote for The Tree Dwellers!
• holiday bazaars
• Imagine true happiness
• It's just not your typical pageant
• Local bluegrassers out and about in Bend
• Mannheim Steamroller
• MOVIE TIMES
• music releases
• New dvd releases
• On local screens
• out of town
• Parents’ Guide to Movies
• Parrilla Grill kicks off winter music series
• planning ahead
• ‘Simpsons’ to celebrate 20 years with special
• Steady Son Volt stays true to its sound
• The Mostest parties and prays for snow
• The new blues
• ’The Shield’ cast to guest star on ‘Lie to Me’
• The Tree Dwellers aim to climb to the top
• This journey is fine, but it lacks emotion
• This sequel simply rocks
• this week
• ‘Tis the Season
• ‘Ugly Betty’ moves to Wednesdays
• Upcoming Concerts
• Walters spotlights ‘Fascinating People’

RESTAURANTS

• a meal in a pocket

OPINION

• Bad health bill
• Decades later, Bend High School is still a special place
• Fix the vaccination law
• Grateful for what?
• Health care victory
• Real draft dodger
• Regional bikeway demands teamwork
• Salvation Army

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Forum to discuss proposals for realignment of U.S. 97