December 16, 2009

LOCAL & STATE

• Business Calendar
• Clatsop County cannon from WWII to be restored
• COCC to close winter term admissions today
• Correction
• Couple hopes dog’s pain makes other pets safer
• Crook County ranch owners sue over Shotgun Road access
• Deschutes sheriff to discuss jail bond
• Enhanced DUII patrol planned in Prineville
• Ex-police chief now interim 911 center director
• Extra activities mean extra fun
• Gear on the go
• Half-price sale’s still on at Sunriver thrift store
• Knife River names GM
• Little chance climbers alive, authorities say
• Myrtle Point School Board: no birth control
• News of Record: Bankruptcies
• News of Record: Police Log, Bend fire runs
• Oregon Dept. of Justice report calls Bend OLCC 'punitive' and 'over-zealous'
• OSU-Cascades program helps high schoolers connect dots before college
• Portland School Board OK’s new hip-hop high school
• Regional projects to get federal funding
• Santa Express food, toy drive results are in
• Swimming with the sharks

BUSINESS

• Albertson’s to pay $8.9M in bias suits
• Australian farmers battling decade of drought, doubt
• Better read the fine print before giving the gift of discount dining
• Boeing 787 takes to the skies
• Borders plans to sell e-books online
• Business Calendar
• Capture the artistic spirit of the season
• Climate talks now ‘balancing between success and failure’
• Credit Suisse agrees to $500M fine for dealings with Iran
• Crook County ranch owners sue over Shotgun Road access
• Does it work?
• Energy-efficient traffic lights save money, but they can’t handle snow
• Gear on the go
• Half-price sale’s still on at Sunriver thrift store
• House wants noisy TV ads turned down
• Knife River names GM
• Land Trust might buy Whychus Creek ranch
• McDonald’s to lift fee for Internet access
• NYC hedge fund manager indicted
• Oregon jobless rate nearly unchanged
• RECALL
• Recession may bring out the best in employees
• Regional projects to get federal funding
• Swimming with the sharks
• The work of worms
• Top entertainment sellers
• Unwelcome spotlight shining on SAC Capital
• Weyerhaeuser will convert to REIT status

SPORTS

• Bachelor, ski group meet on uphill rules
• Baseball
• Beavers, Duck among AP All-Americans
• Blazers beat Kings, get back to winning ways
• Canadian skicross team expected to dominate Vancouver Olympics
• College sports
• Course names — the real missing link
• Football
• Golf Scoreboard
• Kings beat Oilers 3-2
• La Pine improves with road victory over Cascade
• Madras cruises to victory over Sisters
• Men's Golf
• NBA Scoreboard
• No. 2 Texas rolls over Texas-Pan American
• On the Air
• Panthers rally for win over Cougars
• PGA looking to fill the void left by Tiger
• Prep Scoreboard
• Shan Hartford: Eagle Crest Resort
• Track & field

OBITS

• Pioneering evangelist Oral Roberts dies at 91

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Dan Paul Burdett
• Death notices
• Thomas Anthony Gillroy Jr.

NATION & WORLD

• Aussie scientists discover coconut-carrying octopus
• Australian farmers battling decade of drought, doubt
• Battle of the Bulge begins as Germans attack Allies in 1944
• Berlusconi’s attacker apologizes
• Climate talks now ‘balancing between success and failure’
• Credit Suisse agrees to $500M fine for dealings with Iran
• D.C. city councilors vote to legalize gay marriage
• Destitute Pacific island nation Nauru enters Caucasus separatist dispute
• Energy-efficient traffic lights save money, but they can’t handle snow
• Health care talks show sharp Democratic divide
• House wants noisy TV ads turned down
• Killer algae along Northwest coast stumps scientists
• ‘Mortaritaville’ and ‘fobbits’: The slang of U.S. soldiers
• Pioneering evangelist Oral Roberts dies at 91
• Smith testifies at Capitol hearing
• Suicide bomber kills 8, hurts 40 at hotel in Afghanistan’s capital
• The work of worms
• Tidy memo is scrutinized as a clue to Iran’s nuclear work
• Unwelcome spotlight shining on SAC Capital

FEATURES

• Battle of the Bulge begins as Germans attack Allies in 1944
• Better read the fine print before giving the gift of discount dining
• Calendar
• D.C. city councilors vote to legalize gay marriage
• Does it work?
• Health care talks show sharp Democratic divide

ENTERTAINMENT

• Calendar
• Capture the artistic spirit of the season
• ‘Goodfellas’ mobster blames booze for arrest
• History Channel plans ‘Kennedys’ miniseries
• House wants noisy TV ads turned down
• Movie Times
• NBC pegs March for ‘Parenthood,’ ‘Ref’
• Rock Hall takes chance on ABBA, Genesis
• ‘The View’ apologizes for ‘hooker’ remark
• Top entertainment sellers
• ‘Up in the Air’ leads Globes nominees
• U.S. House honors Davis’ ‘Kind of Blue’

OPINION

• Control costs
• Individual responsibility
• It’s time for government to go cold turkey on ‘sin taxes’
• Principled stand
• Teaching values
• Where truckloads of BETC cash go