December 19, 2009

LOCAL & STATE

• Christmas celebration for needy, homeless
• Free clothing available in Redmond on Jan. 5
• Man freed after judge dismisses triple murder case
• News of Record: Police Log, Bend fire runs, Pets
• Oregon car dealers must pay out clunker scrap value, Kroger rules
• People on the Move
• Prison welding teaches, inspires
• Property taxes may fall for a few in 2010
• Religion In Brief
• Renaissance Homes expected to emerge from bankruptcy
• Sheriff’s Office reaches settlement with lieutenant on two complaints
• Species must be surveyed before logging
• State tries to balance privacy, transparency
• State wants $175M for its schools, but reform part of deal
• What’s Going Up

BUSINESS

• A lament for Saab, quirky but loved
• Amid school cuts, driver’s ed falling to curb
• $30B in bailout aid likely for small firms
• Bank closures include 2 from California
• Cancer center ads use emotion more than fact
• Federal courts to allow cameras at some trials
• Fewer tourists, but cautious optimism
• Gibson’s last day at work
• In search of advertisers, Google eyes Yelp
• Iran accused of seizing Iraqi oil well near border
• On climate, Europe gets a taste of Obama the pragmatist
• Oregon products are recalled
• People on the Move
• Renaissance Homes expected to emerge from bankruptcy
• What’s Going Up

SPORTS

• Alamo
• Armed Forces
• Baseball
• Basketball
• BCS title game
• Capital One
• Champs Sports
• Chick-fil-A
• Coaches clinic to be held in Bend
• Concussions hit hockey: Brain damage found in dead NHL player
• Conditt’s triple-double lifts La Pine girls to victory
• Cotton
• EagleBank
• Emerald
• Ex-Panther starring for OIT
• Fiesta
• Football
• Former Storm player receives Ivy League honor
• Gator
• GMAC
• Goalie sets record, gets assist in New Jersey win
• Golf
• Hawaii
• Holiday
• Holmgren says he’s almost done waiting for Seahawks
• Humanitarian
• Independence
• Indy finds itself in new territory at 14-0
• Insight
• International
• Kentucky’s Wall, Kansas’ Henry lead strong freshman class
• Las Vegas
• Liberty
• Little Caesars Pizza
• Meineke Car Care
• Mountain View routs Mazama by 46 points at home
• Music City
• NBA Scoreboard
• New Mexico
• New Orleans
• On the Air
• Orange
• Outback
• Panthers come up a little short
• Papa John’s
• Poinsettia
• Prep Scoreboard
• Rookies are getting their shots, having big impacts
• Rose
• Seattle gets Bradley from Cubs for Silva
• Sixers stun Celtics without ailing Iverson
• St. Petersburg
• Sugar
• Sun
• Swimming
• Texas
• Vonn wins super-combi, tied for first overall
• Winter sports

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices

NATION & WORLD

• Afghan Cabinet to retain many favorites of the West
• Al-Qaida tied to drug trafficking in African arrests, U.S. officials say
• $30B in bailout aid likely for small firms
• Bank closures include 2 from California
• Clinton impeached by House in 1998
• Federal courts to allow cameras at some trials
• GIs in Iraq make amends to an ancient monastery
• Goals go unmet in climate pact
• GOP threatens to slow health care bill
• Iran accused of seizing Iraqi oil well near border
• Judge OKs winter display featuring Einstein, Bill Gates
• Mumbai suspect recants confession
• 4 needles extracted from Brazilian boy
• On climate, Europe gets a taste of Obama the pragmatist
• Oregon products are recalled
• Pakistani ministers are called before the courts
• 8 questions from Copenhagen talks
• Russia, U.S. said to be close on arms pact
• Study: Religion repressed in one-third of all nations
• Thieves make off with Auschwitz’s infamous ‘Work Sets You Free’ sign
• U.S. said to help Yemen’s al-Qaida strike
• Yale says yes, 4 times

FEATURES

• Cancer center ads use emotion more than fact
• Christmas celebration for needy, homeless
• Clinton impeached by House in 1998
• GIs in Iraq make amends to an ancient monastery
• GOP threatens to slow health care bill
• Judge OKs winter display featuring Einstein, Bill Gates
• May your nights be merry, bright
• People on the Move
• Prison welding teaches, inspires
• Religion In Brief
• Study: Religion repressed in one-third of all nations
• Whoa, look at them go!

ENTERTAINMENT

• Audition for ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’
• Communiity Calendar
• Gibson’s last day at work
• KPOV broadens reach with new application
• May your nights be merry, bright
• Movie Times
• Report: Cowell may depart ‘Idol’ soon
• Whoa, look at them go!

OPINION

• A transaction tax would create thousands of jobs
• A trial for parallel parking
• Bad bills
• Domestic violence
• Drag OLCC into the 21st century
• Walden’s vote