March 15, 2010

LOCAL & STATE

• a splash of color
• Burrowing owls get new homes
• Calendar
• Deschutes paid $136K last year for massages
• For homeless student at OSU, ‘classes were a place of refuge’
• Groups that help those in need get some help of their own
• 2 Marion County inmates missing
• 5 more sea lions killed at dam
• News of Record: Civil Suits
• Northwest farmers, researchers scrambling to stop Asian fruit fly
• Officials overstated impact of jobs program, analysis suggests
• OSU engineer designing new-generation reactor
• Region can look forward to blue skies, warmer days
• School board: No drastic cuts planned
• This is My Print Headline
• Tools for tiny technology
• Using goats, not chemicals, to kill weeds
• View today's articles as they appear in the printed paper
• Warm Springs police seek the authority to enforce law off tribal land

BUSINESS

• China use global trade rules to its advantage
• Nods to both sides in finance reform bill
• Runaway Prius? Doubt raised; mystery deepens
• Telling your friends where you are (or not)
• Tools for tiny technology
• Using goats, not chemicals, to kill weeds

SPORTS

• Alonso takes victory in his Ferrari debut
• Astoria pro celebrates good weather with win
• Baseball
• Beavers headed back to CBI
• Blazers push streak to four games with win over Raptors
• C.O. statement
• Cycling
• Ducks get solid 4-2 victory over Sharks
• East region
• Els gets victory at Doral to end drought
• Football
• Mark Twain, baseball fan
• Midwest region
• NBA Scoreboard
• No. 2 Kentucky rallies late, wins SEC title in OT
• On the Air
• Rachel Alexandra vs. Zenyatta is off
• Racing Scoreboard
• Rain-shortened IndyCar opener won by Power
• Schumacher gets 62nd victory in Top Fuel class
• Soccer
• South region
• Sporting chance for ducks
• Teams are set for big dance
• West region
• Winter sports

OBITS

• Betty Villemarette won benefits for former CIA spouses
• Bill Taub’s photos chronicle NASA’s evolution
• Peter Graves starred in ‘Mission: Impossible’

NATION & WORLD

• Aggressive measures for diabetics make many worse, studies show
• Al-Maliki courts allies following Iraqi vote
• Betty Villemarette won benefits for former CIA spouses
• Bill Taub’s photos chronicle NASA’s evolution
• Contractors tied to effort to track and kill militants
• Forgive me, confession Web site, for I have sinned
• Georgia panics as mock newscast reports that the Russians are invading
• In Haiti, a crash course in damage assessment
• Internet fraud’s U.S. price tag put at $550M
• Julius Caesar assassinated in 44 B.C.
• Netanyahu apologizes, offers no policy shift
• New England mops up after heavy rains
• Obama transparency efforts criticized
• Peter Graves starred in ‘Mission: Impossible’
• Scramble for health bill votes
• Still marveling at seals after 31 years in the field
• Thai protesters march on army HQ
• U.S. consulate worker, husband killed in Mexico
• U.S. faces a daunting repair bill as its aging water lines crumble

FEATURES

• Aggressive measures for diabetics make many worse, studies show
• Deschutes paid $136K last year for massages
• Save water easily in the bathroom

ENTERTAINMENT

• Movie Times
• Sporting chance for ducks

OPINION

• Support Wyden forestry efforts
• Why does the state protect bad teachers?