December 28, 2009

LOCAL & STATE

• Above it all
• Calendar
• Cloudy weather pattern, with a chance for snow and rain, continues this week
• Lebanon man crashes into downed tree, dies
• Making science into a party
• Man hit by truck, killed on parkway in Bend
• Meet Toy
• News of Record: Civil Suits
• Pets calendar
• Pets help vets cope with PTSD
• Scam targets Lane County businesses
• Structure fire ignites in Deschutes River Woods
• Telfer backs irrigation districts on fish passage
• The declawing debate
• Tougher metal theft regulations take effect in January
• Where’s the help for homeowners?
• Your Pets

BUSINESS

• Armed with practicality, shoppers returning to the malls
• Car showrooms reborn as places to play, learn
• Seniors worry about cuts to Medicare Advantage
• Where’s the help for homeowners?

SPORTS

• Action star ready to barge into record books for the New Year
• AMERICAN CONFERENCE
• Boxing
• Clemson gets 21-13 win over Kentucky
• Cougar girls start shootout with win
• Executive director helps give BCS a voice
• Football
• Gooden, Mavericks hold off Nuggets to get 104-96 victory
• Hockey
• Jets bring Colts’ win streak to an end
• Kane lifts Blackhawks past Predators
• More than able
• NASCAR has strayed from its roots since loss of ’Intimidator’
• NBA Scoreboard
• No. 22 Washington tops San Francisco
• Not so fast: Meyer expects to lead Gators in 2010
• On the Air
• Rose Bowl-bound UO predicts boost in its merchandise royalties
• Schwab holiday hoops tourney opens today Schwab hoops tourney opens today
• Short-handed Panthers fall to Raiders
• Skiing
• Speed skating
• U.S. skeleton team searching for answers

OBITS

• Civil rights activist Percy Sutton
• Curtis-Verna was known as opera’s pinch-hitter

NATION & WORLD

• American missionary detained in N. Korea
• Bomber kills 5 at gathering in Pakistan
• Criticism mounts over why terror suspect wasn’t stopped
• Curtis-Verna was known as opera’s pinch-hitter
• 12 dead, 11 trapped in China mine explosions
• Federal budget likely to rise by 4 percent
• Find out the real story of the Knights Templar
• Gay candidates get support that gay causes may not
• High-end horse breeder investigated for abuse
• Hmong refugees being sent back to Laos
• Iran opposition takes to the streets
• 4 killed In Iraq bombing, but holiday mostly calm
• Many Gazans stay home as Hamas marks 1-year anniversary of war
• 2 men shot outside Idaho bar
• More wireless devices, less room on airwaves
• Newest Twitter trend? Avoiding DUII checkpoints
• Pledge of Allegiance officially recognized in 1945
• Sanctuary has one mission: Tame the mean dogs
• Shiite muslims celebrate Ashura
• Tug that ran into reef towed into port
• U.S. has a covert front on al-Qaida in unstable Yemen
• Uzbekistan election held amid criticism
• Vietnam convicts activist of subversion
• Washington pear growers may see profit after record harvest

FEATURES

• Seniors worry about cuts to Medicare Advantage
• Shiite muslims celebrate Ashura

ENTERTAINMENT

• Action star ready to barge into record books for the New Year
• Fractious Ivana Trump removed from plane
• Jon Gosselin finds his apartment trashed
• Moore, Garlin announce comedy fest
• Movie Times
• PBS series explores the fine line between humans and animals
• Tyler Perry hitting the road with Madea

OPINION

• Businesses fight to tell their side
• Merkley takes aim at small business
• Obama’s fixing things
• President Obama is in danger of losing moderate America
• ‘Religious’ trees
• Support Walden
• Wealth redistribution