March 21, 2010

LOCAL & STATE

• Acura MDX wins this sibling rivalry
• Bend contracts auditor to ensure hotels pay fair share of fees, taxes
• Births
• Calendar
• Correction
• For electric car batteries, Nissan bets on leasing
• Highlighting hope that worst is behind us
• If local radio drops a swear word, will the FCC hear it?
• Jackson County conservation group wins land use fights and earns enemies
• Jameson — Gladden
• K-12 funding boost now may hit state budget later
• Lange — Kirkpatrick
• Maintenance mandatory for ‘check engine’ light?
• Molalla driver who attacked bystander faces charges
• News of Record: Deeds
• Oregon weightlifter, 85, carries a world record
• Recipe for a happy staff
• Redmond may shift City Hall to historic school
• Roseburg teen’s kin hope sign saves lives
• Sanderson — Farring
• Shanahan — McKinnell
• ‘Tenants are living in a state of fear'
• What to treat first for shaky steering issue
• 100 YEARS AGO

BUSINESS

• Bend contracts auditor to ensure hotels pay fair share of fees, taxes
• Cruise industry sees surprise resurgence
• Geothermal power at its most ambitious in Klamath Falls
• Highlighting hope that worst is behind us
• If local radio drops a swear word, will the FCC hear it?
• Immigrants become vulnerable as bosses shortchange workers
• Low 30-year rates might not last long
• Many calls for avoiding a repeat bank bailout
• Moving east
• News of Record: Deeds
• Pay less, get more, and deficit builds
• Recipe for a happy staff
• ‘Tenants are living in a state of fear'

SPORTS

• Basketball
• Bend resident signs deal with Red Sox
• Bud Selig lightheartedly talks MLB realignment
• Celtics beat Mavericks to stretch win streak
• Far West skiers set the pace at Junior Olympics
• Feuding drivers seem happy after meeting with officials
• From the slopes to the fairways
• Furyk in control as final round looms
• Gilchrist vaulter wins at 12-team meet
• Madras splits against Henley
• NBA Scoreboard
• Northern Iowa shocks No. 1 Kansas in NCAAs
• On the Air
• OSU sweeps Maine
• Pac-10 rolls on: Washington knocks off No. 3 seed
• Prep Scoreboard
• Roddick advances to Indian Wells final
• Shootout goal lifts Coyotes over Blackhawks
• Soccer
• Two teams put madness back in March
• UO takes two from Nevada
• Winter Sports
• Wrestling

OBITS

• As Interior secretary, Udall was a guardian of wild places
• Death notices
• Richard Charles Mitchell
• Sid Fleischman, well-known writer for kids

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices
• Richard Charles Mitchell

NATION & WORLD

• Alcatraz is emptied of its last prisoners on this day in 1963
• As Interior secretary, Udall was a guardian of wild places
• Besieged by water, tribe seeks 37 acres of national park
• Chinese official rejects Western democracy
• Critics take aim at CIA’s Panetta over more drone strikes
• Discord, rhetoric mount amid European debt crisis
• Flights canceled amid British Airways strike
• Immigrant advocates, lost in health debate, rally for change
• Immigrants become vulnerable as bosses shortchange workers
• Many calls for avoiding a repeat bank bailout
• Math expert wins wealth, if he accepts
• Medicare deal for Oregon as vote nears
• Mexico’s drug war takes growing toll on Americans
• Moving east
• Obama renews offer of Iranian dialogue
• Obama’s final health care plea
• Pope offers apology, not penalty, for abuse
• Rethinking sex offender laws for teen texting
• Sid Fleischman, well-known writer for kids
• Their eyes on the target (audience)
• Thousands protest Russian government
• Thousands rally to pull troops from 2 war zones
• U.S. turns blind eye to opium in Afghan town
• U.S.-Israeli relations: Jerusalem clash subsides, and each side claims victory

FEATURES

• Acura MDX wins this sibling rivalry
• Auto admirers, go car-razy
• Cruise industry sees surprise resurgence
• Diamonds in the desert
• Fun with words? Just get in line
• Looking like Obama pays off in surprising ways for Indonesian
• Medicare deal for Oregon as vote nears
• News of Record: Reunions, College notes
• Obama’s final health care plea
• Pope offers apology, not penalty, for abuse
• Self-control, or lack of it, contagious, studies show
• Wanted: Adventure TV host

ENTERTAINMENT

• A love story, with zombies
• A place for children to play at the museum
• Best-sellers
• Bob Morris’ ‘Baja Florida’ is a nail-biter
• Culture, history connect in graphic Korean tale
• Having an Easter event? Let us know
• ‘Hell Gate’ is first-rate in thrills, realistic plot
• Lily Tomlin’s comedy spans decades with timeless wit
• Movie Times
• Newly independent OK Go has more to offer than viral clips
• These Tudors are not remotely nice
• Wanted: Adventure TV host

OPINION

• A grass-roots effort for Afghan education
• Another ‘Comprehensive Reform’?
• Help make this the Year of the Volunteer
• It’s Madras madness
• Let's fight over a big strategy
• Obama administration creates Israeli crisis
• Reasonable end for one grievance
• Recipe for a happy staff
• The political sex scandals we don’t really learn anything from
• The tragedy of Ernie Kent

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Acura MDX wins this sibling rivalry
• For electric car batteries, Nissan bets on leasing
• Maintenance mandatory for ‘check engine’ light?
• What to treat first for shaky steering issue