January 22, 2011

LOCAL & STATE

• An ambitious plan
• Bend police chief retiring
• Bend will pursue tax levy to pay street costs
• Canine cardio
• Correction
• Crook deputy shoots injured cougar
• Deciphering health care reform
• Federal bankruptcy judge dies at work
• Free income tax help available
• Group works with landowners on beaver issues
• Initiative would legalize marijuana
• Investigation yields 6 meth-related arrests
• Man facing sentencing kills self in jail
• Man indicted in Rainier police chief slaying
• News of Record: Police Log
• Nonprofit works to lighten cancer cost
• Oregon Steel parent’s move may help state
• People on the move
• PERS exceeds 2010 earnings forecast
• Religion in Brief
• Salem building fix more costly than construction
• St. Charles Redmond nurses back contract
• State schedules removal-fill workshop
• Two arrested in Redmond meth bust
• With eye on Legislature, local schools want out of health plan

BUSINESS

• An ambitious plan
• At gathering, mayors see no end to difficult choices for their cities
• Critics: Hunt for ‘dumb’ rules is a waste
• Deadline for veterans benefits is Jan. 27
• Deciphering health care reform
• Facebook raises $1.5B in financing
• Federal financial crisis commission to deliver 3 competing conclusions
• Free income tax help available
• Hu’s visit a reminder of China’s growing role in U.S. businesses
• In adding Immelt, Obama reaches out on business
• Lawyer for Army private in WikiLeaks case alleges prison mistreatment
• Oregon Steel parent’s move may help state
• People on the move
• Rate of union membership down
• South Korean raid frees hostage crew from pirates
• St. Charles Redmond nurses back contract
• Think houses are a slow sell? Try a yacht

SPORTS

• A true trailblazer
• An unlikely leaderboard: Woodland, Vegas on top of field
• Armstrong says he welcomes USADA doping probe
• Auto racing
• Baseball
• Bears beat Cowgirls for third straight win
• Beavs, Ducks set to meet in Civil War
• Beware forbidding fields in title games
• Bryant leads Lakers past Nuggets 107-97
• Cycling
• D.C. school makes noise with 14-0 mark, top-25 spot
• Flames light up Stars, win 7-4
• Football
• Jamming skill flashed on the hill
• Jets’ coach: We’ll play Steelers’ trophies, too
• Madras boys improve to 2-0 in Tri-Valley play
• Madras cruises to victory in Tri-Valley contest
• Murray and Clijsters advance past third round
• NBA Scoreboard
• Overall leader Kostelic wins super-G; injured skier is stable
• prep Scoreboard
• Redmond falls to Lincoln in Special District 1 play
• Roethlisberger is the veteran among QBs still in the playoffs
• Vonn leads three Americans into top 10 in Italy

OBITS

• Actor in TV’s ‘Untouchables’ dies at 88
• Death notices
• Harry "Mike" L. Fredenhagen
• Judy Ann Gibson
• Nazi hunter Tuviah Friedman dies at 88

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices
• Harry "Mike" L. Fredenhagen
• Judy Ann Gibson

NATION & WORLD

• Across the U.S., a push grows for restrictions on abortions
• At Iraq inquiry, Blair laments loss of life
• Columbus lands in the Caribbean Islands in 1498
• Critics: Hunt for ‘dumb’ rules is a waste
• 3 dead as Albanian protest turns violent
• Deadline for veterans benefits is Jan. 27
• Despite late session, little progress on Iran
• En route to rehab, Giffords smiles at crowd’s cheering
• FBI questions detained teen on his U.S. arrival
• Federal financial crisis commission to deliver 3 competing conclusions
• For many species, no escape as temperatures rise
• Giffords faces long fight as brain rebuilds
• Hu’s visit a reminder of China’s growing role in U.S. businesses
• In adding Immelt, Obama reaches out on business
• Lawyer for Army private in WikiLeaks case alleges prison mistreatment
• No parole for Manson follower
• Rate of union membership down
• Shortage of drug in lethal injections may slow executions
• Southern Sudan backs split in massive majority
• Top British aide quits over phone hacking
• Tunisian P.M. to quit amid lingering anger
• Weld flaws found on exploded gas pipe
• West presses Karzai on parliament delay

FEATURES

• Again, the end of the world is near, radio icon says
• Columbus lands in the Caribbean Islands in 1498
• Deadline for veterans benefits is Jan. 27
• Deciphering health care reform
• En route to rehab, Giffords smiles at crowd’s cheering
• Giffords faces long fight as brain rebuilds
• Jewish-themed books aim to impart identity
• Nonprofit works to lighten cancer cost
• Religion in Brief
• Shortage of drug in lethal injections may slow executions
• St. Charles Redmond nurses back contract
• With eye on Legislature, local schools want out of health plan

ENTERTAINMENT

• Again, the end of the world is near, radio icon says
• Celebs just can’t resist the allure of reality TV
• Community Events Calendar
• Female lawyers challenge old-boy rules
• Jamming skill flashed on the hill
• Jewelz for Food seeks donations
• Jewish-themed books aim to impart identity
• Movie Times
• Olbermann leaving MSNBC; no further explanation given

OPINION

• Bend’s strange SDC proposal
• Could be worse
• Finding a purpose in pets’ passing
• Fishy raise
• Global wobbling
• Just exercise
• Liberal vitriol
• Liberals couldn’t wait to blame conservatives for shootings
• No automatics
• Too crowded in class

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Bend will pursue tax levy to pay street costs