January 19, 2010

LOCAL & STATE

• A frenzied finish to Massachusetts race
• At the heart of tax vote: What should the rich pay?
• Bend facing challenges, says council candidate
• Business Calendar
• Car radio doctor practices rare trade in Grants Pass
• Climbing store robbery sparks search for gear online
• Commenting now available to non-subscribers
• Congressional officials pushing for restoring Siskiyou rail line service
• Councilor challenges forest thinning
• Extra hatchery fish sent to area charities
• Fish and Wildlife plane crash kills 2
• From Bombay to Bend
• Graffiti pops up in Newport Avenue area
• Have you voted?
• Help of all sorts as local volunteers pitch in
• High surf advisory for North Coast
• 9 hurt in crash north of Sea Lion Caves
• 2 indicted in Medford porch burning
• Kulongoski’s coming exit hurts Warm Springs tribes’ casino hopes
• Making the mortgage business work
• New transit rules could aid Portland
• News of Record: Deeds
• News of Record: Police Log, Pets
• Park and rec district rebuilding financially
• Police make arrest after crash near Vida
• Portland man’s body found in backyard sinkhole
• Putting Central Oregon On the map
• School administrator program info session
• School fashion show to benefit Red Cross
• Southern Oregon seeks veterans’ home
• State workers uneasy as vote nears on taxes
• Tracking devices OK in pot case, court says

BUSINESS

• A soap-free cleanup? New materials could soon coat cookware
• Blue-collar workers bear brunt of decline
• Credit card reforms don't cover rebate cards
• Desperate to fill beds, hotels are offering hot deals
• Does your credit card issuer want to be your pal?
• Electric-car maker gets $115M injection
• For Xbox, focus shifts from games to media delivery
• In computers, a lock that says ‘pick me’
• Kraft reaches tentative $19B deal for Cadbury
• News of Record: Deeds
• Olive Garden opens
• Prepaid phone plans catching on among cautious consumers
• Putting Central Oregon On the map
• Swiss banker blows whistle on tax evasion
• Using homebuyer’s credit? You’ll have to file taxes by mail
• Ways to save after a tough 2009
• Whispers over Apple tablet rise to a roar

SPORTS

• A classic finish for Bend nordic skier
• A labor of love
• Auto racing
• Baseball
• Basketball
• Blazers lose matinee to Wizards
• Boxing
• Commemorating a cycling legend
• Community Scoreboard
• Community Sports Calendar
• Local nordic skiers finish strong at Super Tour and junior Olympic qualifier
• Local rock climbers reach nationals
• NBA players raise over $800K for Haitian relief
• NBA Scoreboard
• On the Air
• Registration for little league hits Redmond
• Sharks torch Flames with nine goals
• Sign-ups for little league start in Bend
• Soccer
• Williams, Federer advance to 2nd round

OBITS

• Taco Bell founder dies at 86

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Betty Gene York
• Death notices
• Georgiana Elizabeth Collins
• Margie Jewell DeCastilhos
• Shirley Dawn Cloud

NATION & WORLD

• Aid, chaos and flight
• Author, poet, critic Edgar Allan Poe born in Boston in 1809
• Brazen Taliban attack brings Afghan capital to a standstill for hours
• Children don’t have strokes?
• Democrats seek options if they lose key 60th vote
• Gunman who tried to kill pope is released after nearly 30 years
• Haiti’s mass graves for the nameless
• In Chilean presidential win, billionaire ‘buries’ Pinochet
• In Haiti, thousands flee their devastated capital Call for vigilantes as gangs take advantage
• 2 Koreas hold talks despite North’s threats
• Last-minute fight faces education grant effort
• Marches, remembrance and a charge not to ‘sanitize’ King’s legacy
• Obama honors slain civil rights leader
• Panel advises child obesity screening
• Public university chiefs’ raises down
• Skin-lightening creams may carry health risks
• Taco Bell founder dies at 86

FEATURES

• A holly for all seasons
• At Home With ... Youth Choir's Beth Basham
• bowl for the soul
• Calendar
• Children don’t have strokes?
• Dude studies
• From Bombay to Bend
• Girl Scout cookies: They're not just for dessert anymore
• Help of all sorts as local volunteers pitch in
• Here’s some advice to help you stick to those healthy resolutions
• Java for chocoholics
• Michelle Obama hopes White House garden sows seeds of change
• Park and rec district rebuilding financially
• Plan your fence now
• Recipe Finder
• Roast chicken can help you stretch your food dollars
• Sweet and chewy, dried and fruity
• Tri-tip can be elusive, but it's worth the hunt
• Unchain your meals
• Ways to rid your garage-sale furniture of that musty smell
• Winter’s a perfect time to reassess your garden
• YouTube sensation now the author of her own cookbook

ENTERTAINMENT

• Back to sword, sandals for ‘Xena’s’ Lawless
• ‘Free Family Saturdays’ at museum
• McPhee: I’d rather be authentic to myself
• Movie Times
• Olive Garden opens
• Public welcome to attend cantor’s performance at Shabbat service

OPINION

• ADA fixes
• Fleming’s legacy
• Mt. Bachelor listened
• No on taxes
• Read tax column
• Why Oregonians should oppose Measures 66 and 67
• Yes on 66, 67