November 22, 2010

LOCAL & STATE

• 7 churches burglarized in 7 days in Springfield
• Dancer heading to Macy’s parade
• Economists weigh impact of decision to spend school bond savings
• Farmers find sewage sludge to the liking of their fields
• First major winter storm expected to hit region
• Frugal sisters leave $1.7M to 3 charities, public library
• Metolius man dies in hospital after 2-car crash
• Prepping for ‘the big one’ — with beer
• State Police ask people to delay travel over the Santiam Pass
• Tension high amid feud over records, funding

BUSINESS

• Debt-plagued Ireland relents, asks Europe for aid package
• Economists weigh impact of decision to spend school bond savings
• Homeowner’s fight brings regret
• Prepping for ‘the big one’ — with beer
• With demand rising for tech talent, companies throw cash at top workers

SPORTS

• Around town
• Baseball
• Bend teams play for title ... in Hillsboro?
• Boise State closes in on TCU
• Coyotes add to win streak, beat Canucks
• Cycling Calendar
• Cycling Insider: Maintenance tip
• Cycling Scoreboard
• Cyclocross
• Gasol leads Lakers over Warriors
• Golf
• Juniors catch cyclocross fever
• On the Air
• Once again Johnson is king
• Oregon State falls at home to Texas Southern, 66-60
• Patriots overtake Colts in battle of star QBs
• Soccer
• Summit High rider claims high school cyclocross title
• Tennis

OBITS

• Hugh Prather, 72, popular self-help author
• Laurie ‘Bambi’ Bembenek dies at 52
• Norris Church Mailer, artist and writer, dies at 61 in New York
• Rob Lytle, 56, former All-American at Michigan
• Robin Day, designer of a ubiquitous chair

NATION & WORLD

• Abbas rejects latest plan for talks
• Afghan voting fraud scheme is caught on audiotape
• As officials face charges, city struggles to move on
• British PM Margaret Thatcher resigns in ’90
• California anglers battle state over threatened fish
• Conference focuses on saving tigers
• Homeowner’s fight brings regret
• In China, coal boom is fueling a clash between business, environmental goals
• Iran delays American hikers’ court date
• Is our high-tech world producing kids who are wired for distraction?
• Miners’ families push for rescue effort
• N. Korean plant validates nuclear concerns, U.S. says
• Need for pro bono legal services rises as economy sags
• Republicans ready to play chicken with White House

FEATURES

• Calendar
• Dancer heading to Macy’s parade

ENTERTAINMENT

• Calendar
• Claire Danes to star in new Showtime series
• Movie Times
• New York rooftop deck owner fires ‘Apprentice’ producers
• The shopping spirit
• Ventriloquist Terry Fator makes unhip seem hip

OPINION

• Eric Holder must be replaced
• Marine Board soaks the public
• Tighten rules for H-2B

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Metolius man dies in hospital after 2-car crash