December 23, 2010

LOCAL & STATE

• Abusive mom’s father seeks custody of kids
• Advanced Energy creates 2 units
• Bank bombers should be executed, jury says
• Creswell School District settles civil rights lawsuit
• Deputy DAs' jobs in limbo at year's end
• DMV may face suit over location change
• Drug ring leader gets 25-year sentence
• Fund established to help Still family
• Holiday closures
• Marine reserves send fish far and wide, study shows
• News of Record: permits
• News of Record: Police Log, Bend fire runs, Pets
• Nicotine support group launches in Madras
• OLCC staff recommends revocation of market’s liquor license
• Pay drop is worst in West
• Rubber to meet road
• Sain likely to spend rest of life in prison
• Sea otter debuts in Newport
• Searching for some breakfast in Bend
• Secret Santas
• Shots fired in struggle at dog groomer’s
• ‘Swamp rock’ musician helps kids fiddle around
• Tanning salon photos case won’t go to trial
• Whole Foods to accept recyclables, donations
• Woman, dog rescued from muddy riverbank
• Wyden votes for treaty 2 days after surgery

BUSINESS

• A closer look at Citi’s credit card reboot
• Advanced Energy creates 2 units
• Alliance wants filmmakers to view Central Oregon as picture perfect
• Betting on the weather to score cash, big prizes
• Cash-strapped L.A. schools may seek corporate sponsors
• Chinese subsidies illegal, U.S. says
• City’s failed pension may be sign of what’s to come
• DMV may face suit over location change
• Elite colleges: Worth the price of admission?
• Full-body scanners: Exposing our privacy, body image
• Home sales rise but fall short of forecast
• Home-stretch buying lifts merchants’ spirits
• How rating agencies set stage for community bank failures
• Making a night out at the movies more affordable
• More U.S. students turn to U.K. universities
• News of Record: permits
• Pay drop is worst in West
• Wall Street computers read the news, and trade on it

SPORTS

• Anglers having success with steelhead in lower Hood River
• Auburn QB Newton wins Associated Press Player of Year
• Baseball
• Basketball
• Beavs win last game before start of Pac-10
• Biking at Big Bend truly wild
• Boise caps season with bowl victory
• Cyclists may find comfort in BikeYoga
• Does college football really need Cuban’s cash to fix postseason?
• 49ers are staying in division race despite inconsistencies
• Flu-flu arrows, Frisbees and pheasants in flight
• Fly-tying corner
• Football
• Hockey
• Horse racing
• Horse Ridge, near and far
• Hunting and Fishing Events Calendar
• Larry Brown is out as Bobcats coach
• NBA Scoreboard
• NBA-best Spurs beat Nuggets, without Anthony
• Nine from C.O. are named first team all-state
• No need to dream — trails will be white this Christmas
• On the Air
• Panthers rally for OT victory
• Penguins win, Crosby extends scoring streak to 22 games
• Rams QB Bradford insists he hasn’t hit rookie wall
• Seahawks’ trip to Tampa Bay could be meaningless
• Seniors lead Cowboy wrestling
• Tennis
• Tiny Eagles WR Jackson has a knack for big plays
• UConn’s record stands on its own, not on the shoulders of UCLA

OBITS

• Actress/singer Lewis was a Tony nominee
• Announcer Fred Foy best known for work on ‘Lone Ranger’
• Death notices
• Everett Warren Brock

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices
• Everett Warren Brock

NATION & WORLD

• A month after attack, S. Korea holds huge drills
• After freeze ends, Israeli settlement-building booms
• Cash-strapped L.A. schools may seek corporate sponsors
• 2 Chicago firefighters die when roof collapses
• Chinese subsidies illegal, U.S. says
• Elite colleges: Worth the price of admission?
• EPA urges testing for hexavalent chromium
• Fossils in Siberia were cousins of Neanderthals
• Full-body scanners: Exposing our privacy, body image
• Guantanamo closing set back in Congress
• Hillsides collapse as storm lashes Southern California
• Home sales rise but fall short of forecast
• How rating agencies set stage for community bank failures
• In South Carolina, Civil War still simmers
• Italian students protest planned university changes
• More U.S. students turn to U.K. universities
• Obama hails achievements of ‘most productive’ Congress
• Original version of "’Twas the Night Before Christmas’ published in 1823
• Wary of industry, administration defends stance on polar bears

FEATURES

• Flu mostly kills the elderly.
• Health Datebook
• Heard the one about the potato?
• In South Carolina, Civil War still simmers
• Insurance for long-term care can become a pricey puzzle
• Light exercise every day can help prevent respiratory infections
• Original version of "’Twas the Night Before Christmas’ published in 1823
• People
• Potassium
• Questions (and answers) on new vitamin D advice
• The battle against germs
• This holiday season, keep your eyes on your heart
• We’re living longer but we’re sick longer, too

ENTERTAINMENT

• Alliance wants filmmakers to view Central Oregon as picture perfect
• Blaze erupts on Kings of Leon tour buses
• Community Datebook
• Community Events Calendar
• Court: Rapper DMX sentenced to prison
• Deputies investigating Lohan for battery
• Fossils in Siberia were cousins of Neanderthals
• Gibson’s ‘The Beaver’ due out in March
• Going for a ride?
• Got yule overload? Enjoy nonholiday TV
• In South Carolina, Civil War still simmers
• Making a night out at the movies more affordable
• Mariah Carey’s hubby announces twins
• Movie Times
• Our neighbors
• Palace: Zara Phillips to be married
• Spacey’s impressions highlight ‘Casino Jack’

OPINION

• Eco-group’s plea for press, money
• My magi: a crab, a croc and a sea horse Creche collectors gone wild
• Sell property, then fix up jail
• Unyielding Somali doctor is heroic, female and Muslim

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Rubber to meet road