January 10, 2011

LOCAL & STATE

• Bend brothers to receive VIP treatment at inauguration
• Bend plans to raise fees for water and sewer services
• Calendar
• Forecast calls for snow’s return followed by rain
• Fun gathers momentum
• Gov. John Kitzhaber's inaugural remarks
• Guardsmen get military’s highest honor
• Man convicted of 11 sex crimes with teen
• National Anthem sung by Redmond girl for Kitzhaber Inauguration
• New state hospital taking 1st patients
• Policy change could mean larger returns
• Saving energy is simple and cheap, experts say

BUSINESS

• Bend plans to raise fees for water and sewer services
• E-mail use falls as the young turn to chatting and texting
• Talking tech and building an empire on podcasts
• There are few friends on Facebook in Japan
• Tour of beer
• Unwanted paint finds a new purpose

SPORTS

• Arizona completes sweep of Bay Area
• Auto racing
• Basketball
• Byrd wins PGA Tour opener in Hawaii
• Cycling Central Events Calendar
• Cycling insider | Mountain Bike ride essentials
• Ducks fan punished for burning jersey
• Ducks land in Arizona and flock to pep rally
• Football
• Former Cougar embraces fresh start in Salem
• In hot pursuit
• James too hot for Blazers
• NBA Scoreboard
• Nevada finishes season with bowl victory over BC
• On the Air
• QB leads Packers over Eagles
• Ready for game time? The band is
• Soccer
• Stars beat Wild to stretch road win streak
• Taking sides
• Tennis
• The biggest game in the history of University of Oregon athletics kicks off tonight in Arizona
• Vonn takes second in women’s super-G
• With two teams that fill up the highlight reels, the BCS title game could deliver some great drama
• Your goal for 2011? Shake things up

OBITS

• Hideko Takamine, leading Japanese film actress, 86
• Jiri Dienstbier, former foreign minister of Czechoslovakia, dies
• Malangatana Ngwenya, Mozambican painter, 74

NATION & WORLD

• Dick King-Smith, whose book was source for film ‘Babe,’ 88
• ‘Farm cop’ sees rise in crime
• Hideko Takamine, leading Japanese film actress, 86
• Jiri Dienstbier, former foreign minister of Czechoslovakia, dies
• Malangatana Ngwenya, Mozambican painter, 74
• New passport wording makes travel a bit more gay-friendly
• On driving: sexism in reverse
• Prosecutors cite evidence of an assassination plot
• Scientists eye effects of energy projects on ocean migration
• Thomas Paine publishes ‘Common Sense’ in 1776
• Voting begins on succession for Sudan’s southland
• Will access to officials be restricted in wake of shootings?

FEATURES

• On driving: sexism in reverse

ENTERTAINMENT

• FX takes shot at the title with ‘Lights’
• Jack Black buys Flea’s old house
• Longoria’s Vegas club files for bankruptcy
• Melissa Rivers to mom: Enough plastic surgery!
• Movie Times
• Tour of beer

OPINION

• A voting change Bend could use
• Buckle up for another round of health care fighting
• Plan's savings are not credible