February 23, 2010

LOCAL & STATE

• A smoother Skyliners Road under a cloud from pipeline
• Bend's Ford finishes 26th in giant slalom
• Box of explosives destroyed in Redmond
• Brooks may make a deal in theft case
• Business Calendar
• Calendar
• Car-charging station proves costly
• 5 dead in Wyoming wreck
• DUII bill aims to benefit police
• Ex-Portland-area pastor sentenced in tax case
• Father sues over child left at MAX station
• House passes job-seeker credit check bill
• In Haiti, missing limbs redefine life for thousands
• It’s baby lamb time at OSU’s Sheep Center
• Jobs to top Baney’s list of priorities if re-elected
• Juvenile arrested after La Pine break-in
• Man arrested five days after car chases
• Market has changed for good, experts say
• Meanwhile, cyclists may have to ride in single file
• Meet Giant George, the world’s tallest dog
• Men suspected of green card theft plan
• News of Record: Deeds
• News of Record: Police Log, Bend fire runs, Pets
• Officials may revisit plans for brew pub
• Permit for natural gas port unlikely, regulators warn
• Portland police officer dies in traffic accident
• Preliminary hearings begin for father, son in Woodburn bank bombing
• Quota scholarship taking applications
• Responder vehicle burns during rescue
• Salon times 2
• Small plane lands on freeway in Nevada
• Stranded motorists aided by rescuers
• Suspect wanted in Bandon killings arrested in Virginia
• Well shot!

BUSINESS

• Bank of America’s settlement with SEC approved
• Banks plan hard sell on overdraft fees
• 9 governors unite over tanker contract
• Market has changed for good, experts say
• New plastic bag question — to pay or not to pay?
• News of Record: Deeds
• Officials may revisit plans for brew pub
• Salon times 2
• Small firms struggle to return to growth
• Some on fringe find hero in suicide IRS plane attack
• Some parents worry Google Buzz isn’t safe for children
• The race is on for smart-phone chips
• Unprepared cinemas facing 3-D movie pileup
• Wal-Mart adds clout to streamed shows

SPORTS

• After flop at Turin, Bode Miller owns Vancouver
• American ice dancers take silver
• Asians front-runners for gold
• Auto racing
• Baseball
• Basketball
• Bend Nordic Team skiers qualify for Junior Olympics
• Bend skier Koos helps lead U.S. to top-10 finish
• Canada admits it cannot catch the U.S. in medals Canada gives up in its bid to catch the U.S. on the medals podium
• Community Scoreboard
• Community Sports Calendar
• Football
• Getting kids into cycling
• Golf
• Hawks end 17-year drought in Utah with win over Jazz
• High school girls clean up at rugby tournament
• Lava City Roller Dolls win home match
• Men’s aerial finals set without its big names
• NBA Scoreboard
• NCAA football attendance slips
• On the Air
• Roughriders rugby falls to Tsunami
• Seeing stars
• Speedy snow's a scream
• UConn beats No. 8 West Virginia
• U.S. routs Sweden, sets up battle with Canada
• Wednesday, Feb. 24

OBITS

• Pioneering marine mammal scientist Ron Schusterman

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Betsy Bagg Clifford
• Bill Jones
• Donald Boyd Brown

NATION & WORLD

• Alamo siege begins in San Antonio, Texas, in 1836
• All Energy Star products not created equal
• At least 26 killed in attacks across Iraq
• Cheney hospitalized, is resting comfortably
• 52 commanders held in Turkish coup plot
• Congress says Toyota misled the public about runaway cars
• Democrat to challenge Rep. Walden
• Dig uncovers ancient Solomon-era wall
• 5 GOP senators break ranks to help advance jobs bill
• High court takes up Chicago bias case
• Is that tree fat? Researchers study girth for clues to climate change’s forest impact
• Israel’s plans for 2 sites stir unrest in West Bank
• Labour Party backs British PM Brown
• Man pleads guilty in plot to bomb NYC subway
• Memos: Destroying CIA tapes not opposed
• Obama issues own plan to overhaul health care system
• Pioneering marine mammal scientist Ron Schusterman
• Questions of science and ethics in a face-off on diabetes drug’s safety
• Recent Afghan successes offer U.S. a glimmer of hope
• Recession tightens grip on state tax revenues
• Study ties pregnancy weight gain, diabetes
• Unveiling overhaul to U.S. tax code, Wyden stresses closing loopholes, ‘urgency to act’

FEATURES

• A cake obsession? Here’s two ways to get your fix
• Brooks may make a deal in theft case
• Container plants can make your porch the life of any party
• DIY seed starter: As you saw, so shall you reap
• Food odors? Inadequate venting could be the culprit
• Foods for health
• Is green carpet cleaning really ‘green’ washing?
• Let salvias provide those treasured hues
• Make the garden in your mind a reality
• Put a little fish in your pasta
• Questions of science and ethics in a face-off on diabetes drug’s safety
• Removing the fear from making polenta
• Salmon makes this light, bright salad into a meal
• Some cracking is normal in redone stucco
• Sugar and spice make broiled citrus nice
• Yes, you can freeze heavy cream; here's the best way

ENTERTAINMENT

• Acting out
• Artists’ ‘to-do’ lists: often tiny but telling
• Brosnan on a roll
• Deschutes Brewery faces lawsuit involving ex-employee’s car crash
• Movie Times
• Paranormal casts shadow over TV’s hits
• Western Arts event seeks participants
• With Facebook, breaking up is harder than ever

RESTAURANTS

• Deschutes Brewery faces lawsuit involving ex-employee’s car crash

OPINION

• Bad biological science
• Expensive health care
• 470,000 reasons to feel queasy
• Reform health care
• Terrorists win when Americans succumb to fear
• Toyota’s failures

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• A smoother Skyliners Road under a cloud from pipeline
• Meanwhile, cyclists may have to ride in single file