December 30, 2010

LOCAL & STATE

• All U.S Highway 97 lanes reopened following fatal crash
• Bend manager gets tiptop review
• Blueberry vintner gets go-ahead from county
• Business Calendar
• Catholic priest sues abbey for alleged sexual abuse
• Changes at IRS delay refunds for early filers
• City takes Nativity scene out after complaint
• Council rejects appeal to halt construction of biomass plant
• DA, family say man cops shot has PTSD
• Forestry firm must pay resident alien
• Former head of Le Cordon Bleu in Seattle will lead culinary program
• Governor calls for additional review of contract
• Holiday sales mixed in Bend
• Jackie O’s half brother jailed for 30 days
• News of Record: Permits
• News of Record: Police Log, Bend fire runs
• NTSB says pilot error, pot factors in crash
• OSU lecture focuses on senior travelers
• Police find 100 birds in cockfighting raid
• Redmond continues due diligence in converting school into City Hall
• Rockslide blocks lanes south of Oregon City
• Skills not taught at the academy
• Small earthquake hits near Central Oregon
• Walden authors new rules for House

BUSINESS

• Business Calendar
• Changes at IRS delay refunds for early filers
• China cracks down on illegal rare earth mines
• Consultant charged in trading inquiry
• Council rejects appeal to halt construction of biomass plant
• Finding fresh blood for a smarter grid
• Flights stranded up to 11 hours at JFK
• Former head of Le Cordon Bleu in Seattle will lead culinary program
• Get ready for card offers in 2011
• Governor calls for additional review of contract
• Growth cleaves holy city
• Holiday sales mixed in Bend
• John Hancock Tower sells for $930 million
• Layoffs not a factor for most socially responsible funds
• More universities bring trading floor to the classroom
• News of Record: Permits
• Redmond continues due diligence in converting school into City Hall
• Regulators are finding opportunities aplenty in private sector
• Snowstorm delayed $1B in retail spending, report says

SPORTS

• A youth deer hunt and a last-chance longbeard
• An early Civil War
• Avalanche hits ski area
• Cowboys go unbeaten at Sisters tournament
• Crosby’s streak ends, Penguins fall to Islanders in shootout
• Duke rolls as Coach K moves to second on victory list
• Fly-tying corner
• Football
• Gliding through winter
• Going for the gusto
• Hunting and Fishing Events Calendar
• Must-win game? Steelers have a lot on the line against Browns
• NBA Scoreboard
• No. 16 Oklahoma State stomps Arizona in Alamo Bowl
• Nordic ski relay race at Bachelor on New Year’s Day
• Odom leads Lakers past Hornets, 103-88
• On the Air
• Prep Scoreboard
• Schild wins slalom in Austria, Riesch pads her overall lead
• Storm rally for win over Buffs
• Taylor Lake good spot for trout this winter
• Trails could get boost with heavy snowfall, low temps
• Unfamiliar territory: Ducks are the underdog
• UO, OSU to open Pac-10 play tonight
• U.S. rookie scores big in World Cup race

OBITS

• Agathe von Trapp, of Trapp Family Singers
• Billy Taylor, jazz pianist, dies at 89
• Death notices
• Howard D. Sarge Riddle
• Jeannette K Traughber
• Longtime artist, teacher Roger Kotoske dies at 77
• Viola (Johnson) Jenkins

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices
• Howard D. Sarge Riddle
• Jeannette K Traughber
• Viola (Johnson) Jenkins

NATION & WORLD

• African unity faces a test in Ivory Coast
• As China’s roads grow clogged, questions linger for auto industry
• China cracks down on illegal rare earth mines
• Discovery of mistakes prompts Virginia to revamp textbook selection process
• Even with free tuition, hurdles remain
• False alarm over parcel at U.S. Embassy to the Vatican
• Fighting erupts between NATO, insurgent forces in Tora Bora
• Five held in Danish terror plot
• Growth cleaves holy city
• Iraq scrubs Saddam from its history, but relics remain
• Magazine provided bomb tips to terror suspects, British say
• Poll: Baby boomers fearing they will outlive Medicare
• Regulators are finding opportunities aplenty in private sector
• Report notes achievement gap between black and white male students
• Richardson set pace he couldn’t maintain
• S. Korean leader endorses renewed talks with North
• Snowstorm delayed $1B in retail spending, report says
• Suicide bombers kill police official, others in Mosul
• Summits provide forums for war on bedbugs
• UAW stages first ‘sit-down’ strike in 1936
• Use of cages in prisons questioned in California

FEATURES

• Calendar
• City takes Nativity scene out after complaint
• Dental sealants safe - for now
• Economies of scale
• For some, free yoga is an unemployment benefit
• Former head of Le Cordon Bleu in Seattle will lead culinary program
• Ginseng boosts brain power.
• Growth cleaves holy city
• Hanging on to that warm feeling after a workout
• Health Datebook
• Parents have less sway over kids’ diets than expected
• People
• Pioneering surgical technique uses cartilage cells to treat arthritis
• Poll: Baby boomers fearing they will outlive Medicare
• Program aims to keep seniors out of hospitals, nursing homes
• Report raises concerns over kids’ medicines
• Rotating Supermans
• Starting over
• Summits provide forums for war on bedbugs
• UAW stages first ‘sit-down’ strike in 1936
• Yurok Tribe seeks slice of Redwood National Park

ENTERTAINMENT

• Beloved characters we lost in 2010
• Boy Scouts again offer Christmas tree recycling
• Calendar
• Community Datebook Community Datebook
• Discovery of mistakes prompts Virginia to revamp textbook selection process
• Free fitness classes next week at senior center
• Movie Times
• Networks unveil new shows for the new year
• OWN will need time to discover identity, success

OPINION

• Don’t overreact over WikiLeaks
• Icon’s story weaves tale of love and truth in contradiction
• Legislators need to repair budget
• Right to return money

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• As China’s roads grow clogged, questions linger for auto industry
• SUVs lead auto sales growth