January 07, 2010

LOCAL & STATE

• A new team is targeting Oregon’s polluters
• Abusive husband sentenced to 11 years in prison
• Bend City Council looks to future for wastewater facility
• BLESSING OF THE WATER
• Business Calendar
• Calendar
• Complaint filed over survey that looks like ballot
• Correction
• Death review to cost Portland $68,000
• Development company Opus cuts more Northwest workers
• Districts try hard to keep mentoring programs for new teachers
• Errors led to escape at state hospital
• Hard times create new jobs
• High Desert Bank gets orders from regulators
• Home tour dates set
• Icy roads close some schools; others on two-hour delay
• Man freed after jetliner disruption
• Man takes plea deal in death of his baby
• MAX mishap survivor horsing around with pals, video shows
• News of Record: Permits
• News of Record: Police Log, Bend fire runs
• OLCC Manager will not return to region
• Police educate drivers on new cell phone law
• Rebates available for septic upgrades
• Room taxes continue slide in November
• Rotary announces gift drive results
• Severance packages also benefit taxpayers, experts say
• Sheriff opts to step back from duties amid probe
• Slip sliding around on icy roads
• Step by step
• Trooper injured in head-on crash
• Volunteer mentors sought for kids in need
• Westlund recovering from pneumonia
• White-owned construction businesses got 51% of minority program money

BUSINESS

• Business Calendar
• Correction
• Fed officials still expect ‘10 to bring a modest recovery
• From ultra-thin to 3-D, TVs boast slick features
• Hard times create new jobs
• High Desert Bank gets orders from regulators
• Home tour dates set
• Hundreds of GM dealerships could be restored, CEO says
• In a bid to protect a drug franchise, Cephalon tackles jet lag
• News of Record: Permits
• Nigerian indicted in plot to bomb Detroit-bound plane
• Rebates available for septic upgrades
• Room taxes continue slide in November
• Service sector grows
• Taxpayers likely to get busy signal instead of help
• Tennis center open

SPORTS

• Andre Dawson elected to Hall of Fame; Blyleven, Alomar fall short
• Beavers suffer loss by 51 to Seattle
• Eye-opening adventure
• Fly-tying corner
• Football
• History repeats itself in BCS title game?
• Hunting & Fishing Calendar
• Italian takes first World Cup win in slalom
• Klug places fifth in World Cup, closes in on Vancouver
• NBA Scoreboard
• No. 1 Kansas survives upset scare from Ivy League’s Cornell
• On the Air
• Red Sox plan to move Ellsbury from center to left field
• Sharks top Blues in overtime, tie for best record in NHL
• Sporting clays a good introduction to shooting and hunting
• Suns top Rockets with 16-point rally
• Very sloppy trails to you
• Winter sports
• Wizards’ Arenas is suspended indefinitely

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Barbara Leslie Erickson
• Death notices
• Phyllis Ellen Schamber
• Sunny (Eleanor Price) Koalkin
• Verna Joy Shumate Noel

NATION & WORLD

• 2 Americans killed by elephant in Kenya
• Ex-Gitmo detainees engaging in terror, say U.S. officials
• Fed officials still expect ‘10 to bring a modest recovery
• France wants to set up panel on genocide, war crimes
• In Britain, Labour Party insiders demand secret ballot on Brown’s leadership
• Kentuckians win $128M in Powerball
• Minorities, the poor are predominate in the South’s public schools, report reveals
• Nigerian indicted in plot to bomb Detroit-bound plane
• Palestinians, Egyptians clash at border
• Pharmacy college bans some types of head coverings
• Prep school puts college in reach for inner-city kids
• President Bill Clinton goes on trial before Senate in ’99
• Rampaging woman trashes McDonald’s
• Snow covers Britain as cold grips Europe
• Suicide bomber kills 6 Russian police officers
• Suicide bombing puts a rare face on CIA’s shadowy work
• Suspect in museum shooting dies
• U.S. missiles strike militant stronghold
• Wave of retirements foreshadows trouble for Democrats in ‘10
• Yemen arrests 3 linked to al-Qaida and threats against Western targets

FEATURES

• A new lead on Huntington’s disease
• Bend man, 88, sticks with a fitness routine
• BLESSING OF THE WATER
• Cheers to the new year, right?
• Computer test helps athletes cut risk of playing with concussion
• How to behave after overeating
• In a bid to protect a drug franchise, Cephalon tackles jet lag
• It may be cold and dreary, but don't forget the sunscreen
• It’s all about those apples and oranges
• Low-cost help available for mentally ill
• People
• Pharmacy college bans some types of head coverings
• President Bill Clinton goes on trial before Senate in ’99
• Preventive measures promote good health, independence
• Prostate
• Reasons for not getting vaccinated
• Severance packages also benefit taxpayers, experts say
• Step by step
• Study brings new hope for Alzheimer’s treatment
• Try some kale for a meal that’s packed with a variety of vitamins
• Volunteer mentors sought for kids in need
• Westlund recovering from pneumonia
• What a grind

ENTERTAINMENT

• American Cancer Society seeks volunteers
• Coleman hospitalized
• Community Datebook
• From ultra-thin to 3-D, TVs boast slick features
• Mariah gets a little carried away at gala
• Movie Times
• NBC’s Mitchell logged 2,416 minutes of news
• Perry, Brand announce engagement
• Registration begins today for Bend parks programs
• Sharon Stone to guest star on ‘SVU’
• Sign up for the chili cook-off
• ‘Simpsons’ marks 450th episode

OPINION

• BLM bust
• Cheap goodies for lawmakers
• Cut jail cost
• Cutting costs could pay off for new jail
• ‘Potato’ credits
• Say ‘no’ to bill
• The West must force Iran to give up nuclear ambitions
• What warming?

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Police educate drivers on new cell phone law
• Slip sliding around on icy roads
• Trooper injured in head-on crash