September 05, 2010

LOCAL & STATE

• An authority on the economy — in Oregon and beyond
• Archaeologists in Oregon trace 1840s wagon trail
• Benton County poultry farmer kills cougar
• Births
• Calendar
• Correction
• Crook County kennel irritates the neighbors
• Department of Revenue to close 9 field offices but will avoid layoffs
• Edgerton
• Efforts to fix state hospital stir confusion, report says
• Ferns
• Flexible, but less, funding in reset plan for higher ed
• Hillsboro airport keeps birds and aircraft apart
• Inn's new owners all in on Bend
• Kyron Horman’s dad preps for school year
• Labor Day closures
• Lopez
• McKeown
• New elementary to open in La Pine
• News of Record: deeds
• Oregon liquor interests push for looser rules
• Semich — Ullman
• Stomping grapes to help crush poverty in the region
• Sullivan — Durand
• Volunteer Search - Sept. 5, 2010
• Waiting, in pain
• 100 YEARS AGO

BUSINESS

• Airfares soar after a long recession's bargains
• An authority on the economy — in Oregon and beyond
• Can teachers be graded?
• Crook County kennel irritates the neighbors
• Inn's new owners all in on Bend
• News of Record: deeds
• Oh, snap! Baby carrot ads mimic junk food
• Ready for solar power, empty so far
• Recording companies hope Google can break Apple’s hold
• Scientific method as a corporate strategy
• Stomping grapes to help crush poverty in the region
• Tour Bend's backyard farms
• Well no longer threat to Gulf, authorities say

SPORTS

• Basketball
• Castroneves stretches fuel to win in Kentucky
• Cycling
• Football
• Hamlin is on pole for Atlanta race
• It’s an uphill climb
• Kenjon Barner scores five touchdowns as Oregon routs New Mexico, 72-0
• Locals finish in top 50 at worlds
• Major League Baseball
• No love lost: Sharapova blanks U.S. teen 6-0, 6-0
• No. 21 LSU holds on against short-handed North Carolina
• On the Air
• Oregon State sticks with No. 6 TCU, but late safety seals Frogs’ 30-21 victory
• Pair of Heisman winners cut as teams trim rosters
• Scoreboard
• Snedeker and Day share lead through two rounds in Boston
• Washington starts fast, but BYU prevails in the end
• What can we expect to see in the upcoming season?
• What did we learn about the NFL this preseason?

OBITS

• Catholic theologian Panikkar promoted religious dialogue
• Death notices
• Political cartoonist Paul Conrad wielded sharp pen for 6 decades
• Vance Bourjaily, enduring presence in U.S. lit

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices

NATION & WORLD

• Can teachers be graded?
• Catholic theologian Panikkar promoted religious dialogue
• Craigslist dumps adult ads
• Earl nicks Northeast, leaves for Canada
• For Mexican cartels, marijuana is still gold
• Intended as tribute, awash in controversy
• Muslims in U.S. await tough 9/11 anniversary
• New Zealand quake tore new fault line
• Obama to pitch a final, permanent research tax credit
• Peace talks pose a test to Clinton’s mettle
• Political cartoonist Paul Conrad wielded sharp pen for 6 decades
• Shoes, eggs hurled at Tony Blair in Dublin
• ‘Stop-loss’ troops missing out on millions in back pay
• Terrorists attack the Israeli delegation at the Munich Olympics on this day in 1972
• Their new strategy: triage
• U.N.: 1.3 million Haitians remain in 1,300 camps
• U.S. may bail out Afghan bank
• Vance Bourjaily, enduring presence in U.S. lit
• With war over, the dangerous, difficult work begins in Iraq
• Within military families, strong criticism rises with casualties
• Women’s groups call out political sexism

FEATURES

• Airfares soar after a long recession's bargains
• Growing old good for emotional health, studies show
• News of Record: Reunions, notes
• Oh, snap! Baby carrot ads mimic junk food
• This Buick heralds a new GM
• Tour Bend's backyard farms
• Waiting, in pain

ENTERTAINMENT

• An unlikely hero, Pekar’s final pages still to come
• Antics aside, a Dali of constant ambition
• Best-sellers
• Movie Times
• Rocker details inner demons in memoir
• ‘Sons of Anarchy’ revs up for season 3
• The stale rom-com genre could use a blast from its own past
• These brews are made for sippin'
• Tony Blair delivers a frank memoir
• ‘Tough Customer’ swelters in suspense
• Tour Bend's backyard farms
• Watch steamroller art in action
• What’s Klingon for ‘Give thy thoughts no tongue’?
• Wit leavens moving tale of scorned wife
• Writer explores wilds of politics, war along Nile

OPINION

• A test for Middle East moderates
• Election Day looms
• Forest Service forgot principles
• In a parallel dimension, Obama chose right
• Inn's new owners all in on Bend
• Inside Pennsylvania’s gubernatorial race
• Obama’s not-so-magic carpet ride
• Old problems with old solutions
• Sarah Palin becoming America’s favorite political celebrity
• So much for scarce parking

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Check shocks, tires to diagnose hopping SUV
• This Buick heralds a new GM