January 05, 2010

LOCAL & STATE

• A safe New Year’s weekend on roads
• Avalanche danger
• Baby whale washes ashore in Cannon Beach
• Bend gets face time with beard event
• College sees increased interest in green technology degrees
• Deschutes County sees drop in notices of default
• Deschutes to scale back expansion plans at jail
• Fire damages northeast Bend home
• Fire destroys trailer in Crooked River Ranch
• Hearings on rules for water pollutants set
• H1N1 vaccine clinics set in Deschutes
• Kid-tested, mama-approved
• Klamath County aims to boost dog licenses
• Man survives fall in front of Beaverton light-rail train
• Modern, but not minimalist
• Mount Rainier glacier gravel filling rivers
• News of Record: Deeds
• News of Record: Police Log, Bend fire runs, Pets
• Officials debate ballot tax measures
• PERS retirements spike
• Portland man still haunted by 2009 mass shooting
• Portland weatherman in emergency landing
• Prineville police make holiday traffic stops
• Salem officer stuns dog to stop attack
• Severance pay given to captain under investigation
• Sheriff can quit or face stiffer charges
• Sister’s gift: $1.4 million for hospital she loved
• Suit: Railroad liable for boy losing toes
• Trail maintenance set for Wallowa-Whitman
• Wood-pellet plant planned

BUSINESS

• Airlines raise fares up to $10 round-trip
• Americans’ satisfaction with jobs falls to a record low
• Bend gets face time with beard event
• Business Calendar
• Cable deal may cost consumers
• Credit Suisse accused of defrauding investors at 4 resorts
• Deschutes County sees drop in notices of default
• In domination of debit landscape, Visa faces scrutiny over its tactics
• In Dubai, world’s tallest building opens amid fanfare, fireworks
• IRS plans new rules for tax preparers
• Judge won’t delay prison for informant
• Kid-tested, mama-approved
• Manufacturing pace fastest since April ‘06
• New Continental CEO makes salary pledge
• News of Record: Deeds
• Novartis looks to buy out Alcon for $38.5B
• Oil at 15-month high
• Pace of U.S. bankruptcy filings soars in 2009
• Rates dip slightly at Treasury auction
• Severance pay given to captain under investigation
• Skiff unveils its large e-reader
• Total latest to make a play for natural gas
• With its iPhone rival, Google embraces a new era
• Wood-pellet plant planned

SPORTS

• Auto racing
• Boise State beats TCU to go to 14-0
• Boxing
• Clippers pull away for win over Blazers
• Community Scoreboard
• Community Sports Calendar
• Ex-chair of NFL brain panel denies connection to disease
• Figure skating
• Football
• Get into running shape for spring
• Hitting their stride
• Inspired for a long ride
• Kentucky coach Rich Brooks retires
• Kings end Sharks' eight-game win streak
• Learn to ski for free event set for Sunday
• No. 9 North Carolina falls to College of Charleston
• On the Air
• Oregon basketball sweeps player of the week honors
• Sisters Little League seeks coaches
• Sno-park shuttle service starts soon
• Telemark ski event on tap at Hoodoo
• U.S. women’s team takes the ice at Boston’s Fenway Park
• Winter sports

OBITS

• Acclaimed Singer’s voice goes silent
• Curtis Allina put heads on Pez dispensers

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices
• Fred E. Gibbons

NATION & WORLD

• Airlines raise fares up to $10 round-trip
• ‘All My Children’ premieres on ABC-TV in 1970
• Bomber at CIA base was a double agent
• Chaos follows Newark airport security breach
• Chinese dissident appeals sentence
• Detained Americans deny ties to al-Qaida
• For the U.S., a diplomatic minefield
• Iranian professors call for end to violent tactics
• Judge won’t delay prison for informant
• Las Vegas shooter upset over Social Security benefits lawsuit
• Moussaoui’s conviction, life sentence upheld by appeals court
• New Continental CEO makes salary pledge
• New Seattle mayor sworn in
• Novartis looks to buy out Alcon for $38.5B
• Rates dip slightly at Treasury auction
• S. African leader weds in Zulu ceremony
• S. Korea’s Lee seeks new ties with North
• Spam works, experts say, so get used to it
• Spending is out, saving is in for recession-weary Americans
• Suspect in massacre pleads not guilty
• Time marches on, measured in billionths of a second
• Tsunami crashes over Solomon Islands

FEATURES

• Alaska couple turns yurt into home Broadband, yes. Toilet, no.
• Apple Salad with Hearts of Romaine and Toasted Hazelnuts
• Avalanche danger
• Balsamic Vinaigrette with Sweet Honey Mustard
• Be safe with electric bed warmers
• Calendar
• Grilled Chicken Salad with Sugar-Glazed Almonds
• H1N1 vaccine clinics set in Deschutes
• Keep shelf life in mind when baking for troops
• Modern, but not minimalist
• New year, new promises
• No time like the present to plot how to get your kids hooked on gardening
• Peculiar plants
• Raspberry-Poppy Seed Vinaigrette
• Recipe Finder
• S. African leader weds in Zulu ceremony
• Second glance a must for new 2010 petunias
• Seeking powdered sugar
• Sesame and Poppy Seed Vinaigrette
• Sister’s gift: $1.4 million for hospital she loved
• Spice up your weeknight with the flavors of India
• Spinach and Pears with Candied Hazelnuts
• Taking liberties
• Taking the mystery out of fancy French pt
• There’s more than one way to use that chutney

ENTERTAINMENT

• Bacharach postpones shows after surgery
• ‘Biggest Loser’ contest accepting applications
• ‘Biggest Loser’ contestant to slim down for fat check
• Churches to host financial workshops
• ‘Early Show’s’ Rodriguez expecting again
• Freeman replaces Cronkite’s voice
• Howard Stern sidekick Lange hospitalized
• McConaughey celebrates birth of 2nd child, a girl
• Movie Times
• Taking liberties
• UK PM Brown named GQ’s worst-dressed

OPINION

• A man of character
• Bend should stick with disabilities act settlement
• Early classes
• Trust in government
• Unfair closure
• Voters’ Pamphlet informs, inflames