May 12, 2011

LOCAL & STATE

• A flower-friendly day
• Airport candidate rejects offer
• Bank robbery suspect arraigned
• Battle to redraw district borders begins in Salem
• 911 call highlights woman’s plight
• COCC budget recommended
• Document shredding event Saturday
• Explosion at lumber mill kills 1, injures 2
• Fall registration at COCC pushed back
• Financial swings ease at St. Charles hospitals
• Free yard debris disposal offered
• Fuel prices raise eyebrows from here to Capitol Hill
• House panel takes up immigrant tuition bill
• Man recovers from crash in Medford that left him with traumatic injuries
• Merkley town hall to be held May 21
• News of Record: Permits
• News of Record: Police Log, Pets
• Poll: Bin Laden killing was justified
• Realtor hoping for Facebook bump with properties
• Sawyers await decision on return of held passports
• State issues wolf kill permits to 8 ranchers
• Study: Industrial sites needed
• Suspect in La Pine shooting jailed
• Trial set for Sisters man accused of sexual abuse
• Vote on ‘holiday plaza' is delayed

BUSINESS

• After backing merger, FCC member hired by Comcast
• AIG plans to go ahead with stock sale
• Airport candidate rejects offer
• Debit fraud at Michaels Stores hit 20 states, including Oregon
• Facebook apps may have leaked data
• Follow rules of thumb, not crystal balls
• Google unveils computers built for the cloud
• Idealistic, new to the classroom and likely the first to be let go
• Insiders were everywhere in convicted trader’s world
• 401(k) balances reach record level
• News of Record: Permits
• Realtor hoping for Facebook bump with properties
• Social Security gets a little more secure
• Study: Industrial sites needed
• U.S. trade deficit grows, despite surge in exports
• Vilsack vows fixes for bias at USDA

SPORTS

• A new supply of steelhead
• American League roundup
• An island unto itself at Players Championship
• Baseball
• Basketball
• Bend scores 17 runs, defeats Mountain View
• Chinook plentiful at Wind River
• Corrections
• Cycling
• Early start on the water
• Fiesta Bowl fined $1 million but will stay in BCS
• Fly-tying corner
• Football
• Golf
• Heat rally to beat Celtics, headed to conference finals
• Hunting and Fishing Events Calendar
• Jackson leaves Lakers for adventures outside NBA
• Like magic, great sports nicknames are slowly disappearing
• Little Lava Lake still covered by ice
• Major League Baseball
• National League roundup
• Nature’s skyscraper
• On the Air
• Part of Suttle Lake Trail will close next week
• Portland, Seattle fans ready to enjoy rivalry
• Prep Scoreboard
• Soccer
• Summer trail conditions? Better late than never
• Tennis
• Three Sisters boys qualify for state tennis

OBITS

• Death notices
• Ex-president of CNN Burt Reinhardt dies at 91
• Forest Eugene
• TV's ‘Champagne Lady' Norma Zimmer dies at 87

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices
• Forest Eugene

NATION & WORLD

• After backing merger, FCC member hired by Comcast
• After seeing bin Laden photos, lawmakers differ over release
• AIG plans to go ahead with stock sale
• At least 18 killed in Syrian crackdown, witnesses say
• Bin Laden’s fixation with U.S. caused friction among followers
• Chaos stalls tuition aid for Libyans in America
• Congress urged to up oversight of Peace Corps
• 8 die, scores injured as 2 quakes jolt Spain
• Gingrich plunges into 2012 with benefits and baggage
• Idealistic, new to the classroom and likely the first to be let go
• In Louisiana, a choice between 2 floods
• Insiders were everywhere in convicted trader’s world
• 401(k) balances reach record level
• Libyan rebels take Misrata airport from loyalist forces
• Merkley’s legislation aims to energize use of electric cars, spur infrastructure
• Obama seeks reset in Arab world
• Pakistani opposition leader calls for inquiry
• Pope John Paul II attacked with bayonet in ’82
• Presidential panel aims to bolster arts advocates
• Social Security gets a little more secure
• U.S. trade deficit grows, despite surge in exports
• Vilsack vows fixes for bias at USDA

FEATURES

• Before trying it, know the risks
• Calendar
• Chew on this for a while
• Community Datebook
• Drugstore satisfaction
• Financial swings ease at St. Charles hospitals
• Health Datebook
• Healthy steps for female runners
• Hospital to pioneer new diabetes treatment
• House calls may make a comeback
• How to make healthy desserts for children
• It’s true: Business travel may really be killing you
• Need to tone up your arms? Try these workouts on for size
• On the lean side
• Pope John Paul II attacked with bayonet in ’82
• Sawyers await decision on return of held passports
• Study: People who stay up late eat more, worse
• Ticker tape

ENTERTAINMENT

• Calendar
• Community Datebook
• Fox renews ‘Fringe,’ but many others get axed
• Happy Girls looking for marathon volunteers
• ‘House’ gets 8th season
• Hugh Grant could take Charlie Sheen’s TV role
• It’s not all fun for the next Miley
• Movie Times
• Presidential panel aims to bolster arts advocates
• TV's ‘Champagne Lady' Norma Zimmer dies at 87

OPINION

• Bend was right to settle lawsuit
• Editor's note
• Gottlieb for Bend parks
• More OLCC meddling
• Perry for Redmond schools
• Proposed change to Oregon’s bottle law has problems
• Rodby for Redmond schools
• Vote no on road bond
• Vote yes on road bond

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Fuel prices raise eyebrows from here to Capitol Hill
• Merkley’s legislation aims to energize use of electric cars, spur infrastructure