December 18, 2010

LOCAL & STATE

• Astoria officials call fire on waterfront ‘suspicious’
• Bend solar contractor agrees to plea deal
• Boy who was hurt in shooting is improving
• Chamber members want more economic development
• Cuts may trim OSU agriculture outreach
• Frosted windows, alcohol may have led to fatal crash
• In Redmond, 4 pounds of meth seized in bust
• Kitchen seeks donations to fund meals for needy
• Nevada, Arizona sue Bank of America
• News of Record: Police Log
• Obama plan to save spotted owl not enough, wildlife scientists say
• Parkway to add flashing beacons
• People on the move
• Redmond Fire won’t go door-to-door for drive
• Religion In Brief
• Sisters chamber accepting nominations for awards
• Snow, then more snow: ‘Double-barreled' system looms
• Struggling with MS, artisan must move

BUSINESS

• Cascades theater group receives $15,000 grant
• Chinese official warns of inflation
• Cuts may trim OSU agriculture outreach
• Deal recovers $7.2 billion for Madoff fraud victims
• For Ireland, praise from Europe and a broadside from Moody’s
• Google refuses AG's demand for data
• Holiday shopping at our fingertips
• Leading indicators up 1.1% in November
• Nevada, Arizona sue Bank of America
• People on the move

SPORTS

• Aldridge ties his career-high with 36 points in Blazers’ win
• Baseball
• Bears win again, continue hot start to season
• Brees picked as 2010 AP Male Athlete of the Year
• Coach K on brink of becoming dean of Tobacco Road
• Cougs get back on winning track
• Coyotes nab student to play goalie
• Football
• Former Cougars look to lead team to future
• Former ’Lost Boy’ back on the trails
• Golf
• Hall of Fame trainer Mack Miller dies at 89
• Improved trailhead opens near Bend
• Kopecky helps injury-depleted Blackhawks end three-game skid
• Lava Bears score 92 in rout of Eagle Indians
• Olympic bobsledder chose war to repay Army
• Prep Scoreboard
• Soccer
• Tiger Woods saga voted AP sports story of the year
• Virginia takes 63-48 victory over Oregon
• Vote for your favorite Pole Pedal Paddle logo
• Winter sports

OBITS

• Death notices
• Former Madras mayor was businessman, family man
• Gary Chapman, 58, studied ethical side of technology
• Hall of Fame trainer Mack Miller dies at 89
• Neva Patterson, actress opposite Grant, Tracy, dies
• Rocket scientist Haeussermann dies

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices

NATION & WORLD

• Assange fears indictment, says WikiLeaks will continue
• Bone scraps may hold key to Earhart mystery
• Chinese official warns of inflation
• CIA gave waterboard contractors $5M legal shield, officials say
• Deal recovers $7.2 billion for Madoff fraud victims
• EPA issues new rules to GE on Hudson PCBs
• For Ireland, praise from Europe and a broadside from Moody’s
• Google refuses AG's demand for data
• GOP links fate of arms treaty to ‘don’t ask’
• Iraqi Christians flee as attacks on them rise
• Japan shifts defense policy to counter China’s clout
• Leading indicators up 1.1% in November
• Obama plan to save spotted owl not enough, wildlife scientists say
• Palin ‘some months’ from a decision
• Rocket scientist Haeussermann dies
• Study on arsenic-based life blasted on Web
• Tax bill signals a new chapter, new identity for the president
• Tchaikovsky’s ‘The Nutcracker’ premieres in 1892
• Top U.S. spy outed, pulled from Pakistan
• Unofficial envoy from U.S. takes aim at Korea tensions

FEATURES

• Bone scraps may hold key to Earhart mystery
• Personalities, ideas shaped 2010 fashion
• Religion In Brief
• Roll models
• Sisters chamber accepting nominations for awards
• Struggling with MS, artisan must move
• Study on arsenic-based life blasted on Web
• Tchaikovsky’s ‘The Nutcracker’ premieres in 1892

ENTERTAINMENT

• Cascades theater group receives $15,000 grant
• Community Events Calendar
• Dinner-for-10 raffle to benefit cancer patients
• Disney ice spectacular ‘Let’s Celebrate!’ puts focus on holidays
• It’s murder being a detective on British TV
• Jeff Bridges on ‘Tron,’ music, e-mail
• Movie Times
• Personalities, ideas shaped 2010 fashion
• PLAYING FOR FAMILY TIME
• Roll models
• Vote for your favorite Pole Pedal Paddle logo

OPINION

• From the Archives
• Good idea
• No cuts
• Timely Medicare bill
• Voters and money
• Why move at all?

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Chamber members want more economic development
• Frosted windows, alcohol may have led to fatal crash
• Parkway to add flashing beacons