February 20, 2011

LOCAL & STATE

• An unlikely alliance after the DMV ordeal
• 2 big blows for Senate Democrats
• Births
• Calendar
• Commercial outlook
• Congressman Wu reportedly urged to get psychiatric help
• Holiday closures
• House
• Inglis
• Mandatory boater classes offered
• Nelson — Blancher
• Oregon mother and daughter are united in cancer fight
• Puzzling out school boundaries
• "Forgivable" loans: Who in Bend, Deschutes benefits?
• Search for a new office or stay put?
• Senate
• Surrey — Loudermilk
• Teacher arrested in child porn case
• 200 turn out to toot horn of railroad centennial
• Werner — Fettig
• Who's making news in Salem
• Winds topple National Christmas Tree in D.C.
• 100 YEARS AGO

BUSINESS

• An unlikely alliance after the DMV ordeal
• Bachelor’s plans will provide lift
• Buffalo ranchers establish foothold on dinner tables
• Commercial outlook
• Dirty little secrets of search engines
• Fattening up monkeys, all in the name of science
• Jewelry sales sparkle after years of darkness
• "Forgivable" loans: Who in Bend, Deschutes benefits?
• When less costs more

SPORTS

• Baddeley sneaks into lead at Riviera
• Basketball
• Beavers kick off season with win over Gonzaga
• Bend runners win Sunriver Resort’s Run for Chocolate
• Bulldogs, Cowboys win district crowns
• Celtics, Heat go to Kobe’s house for All-Star game
• Clippers’ Griffin slams over car to triumph in dunk contest
• Coyotes beat Predators for sixth straight victory
• Ducks’ Strowbridge scores 26 in win over Beavs
• Football
• Football Hall of Famer Ollie Matson dies at 80
• Hockey
• Last-second block leads Arizona to victory over Washington
• New bats mark year of changes in NCAA play
• On the Air
• Overachieving Blazers winning despite injuries
• Prep Scoreboard
• RCR drivers top 200 mph in final practice for Daytona
• Schild wins women’s slalom at worlds
• Soccer
• Summit’s Brewer wins title; three C.O. teams in top 10 in Class 5A
• Summit's Nyaradi, Mountain View's Deckard both earn a pair of state championships in Class 5A; Bend places fourth in the team competition
• Uncertainty dominates as season starts at Daytona 500
• Winter sports

OBITS

• Bill Monroe, ‘Meet the Press’ host for 9 years
• Cecil Rosa Ott
• Christian Lambertsen created early scuba device
• Death notices
• Doris Marie (Moore) Woolley
• Dorothy (Dot) Akins
• Eddie Milne
• Football Hall of Famer Ollie Matson dies at 80
• Jeane M. Woerner
• Ronald Guyer Spencer

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Cecil Rosa Ott
• Death notices
• Doris Marie (Moore) Woolley
• Dorothy (Dot) Akins
• Eddie Milne
• Jeane M. Woerner
• Ronald Guyer Spencer

NATION & WORLD

• As partners in the revolution, Egypt’s women foresee change
• Big gains reported in Marjah
• Bill Monroe, ‘Meet the Press’ host for 9 years
• Buffalo ranchers establish foothold on dinner tables
• Christian Lambertsen created early scuba device
• Confederate descendants mark 150th anniversary
• House
• John Glenn is 1st American to orbit Earth on this day in ’62
• Minorities, hit hardest, now most optimistic
• Nevada floating cuts for gambling addicts
• Protests met with deadly force
• Russian nationalism goes on trial
• Saudis feel the heat as U.S. rethinks the region
• Scientist to BP: Oil spill still lingers
• Senate
• Showdown, or shutdown, looms in D.C.
• Uganda’s leader takes big lead in re-election bid
• U.S. appeals ruling on warrantless wiretaps
• U.S. weighs options as 4 are kidnapped
• Washington Week
• 11 Westerners drown on tour boat in Vietnam
• What's ahead

FEATURES

• A winter’s adventure
• Buffalo ranchers establish foothold on dinner tables
• File it under ‘getting organized’
• Florence Welch: A fashion muse emerges from the music scene
• From Fashion Week, hints of a ‘seasonless’ season
• Jewelry sales sparkle after years of darkness
• News of Record: Reunions
• Trend-busting couples are still tying the knot
• Want to stay married? Here's some expert advice

ENTERTAINMENT

• Best-sellers
• Documentary shorts are worth seeking out
• Exploring the failures of the Andrew Johnson presidency
• Helen Simonson puts a modern spin on the English village novel
• Joyce Carol Oates grapples with loss of her beloved
• Kissing: not love so much as hormones
• 2 memoirs of sun and sea, and an ethnic food inspiration
• Movie Times
• Portland composer to perform in Prineville
• ‘Radleys’: vampires related by blood
• ‘Splendid Isolation’ author to read in Bend
• Stuntman Needham spins a smashing tale
• Trekking across the ‘Heart of Africa’
• ‘West of Here’ spans century of Olympic Peninsula history
• Young Library: Four who stood up by sitting down

OPINION

• Bachelor’s plans will provide lift
• Experience economy vs. monetized economy
• Fears vs. facts
• Madras High aims higher — and scores
• Mrs. Bush, abstinence and Texas
• Multiculturalism: What are the ties that bind us?
• Pharaoh without a mummy
• Pruning farm subsidies to cut deficit
• Reasons reforms in Egypt might succeed
• There are still places to cut

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Ford Raptor: a Tonka toy for a very big sandbox
• Life span of tires varies depending on the car, driver
• Scrutinize warranty before filing complaint
• Tricky weather tosses us yet another curve