August 18, 2011

LOCAL & STATE

• Bend neighborhood groups are given more autonomy
• Civic Calendar
• Correction
• Deer droppings proven cause of E. coli outbreak
• Deschutes to ask voters to approve new 911 tax
• Driver, 16, injured in crash into rock wall
• Drivers say Medford got what little it paid for
• Elective inductions: Last weeks of pregnancy really matter
• 3 firefighters injured in Gaston mill fire
• Getting a kick out of sunny skies
• Health advocacy group’s ‘Xtreme’ awards carry some weight
• Health Datebook
• Hopeful’s voting record is spotty
• Kim Kardashian’s new reality: psoriasis
• Long, short of avoiding running injuries
• Market power
• Meters to track schools’ progress
• News of Record: Permits
• News of Record: Police Log, Bend fire runs
• On solid ground
• Oregon students top average on ACT
• Paying it forward for the Earth
• Reducing unnecessary trips to ER
• Solar panels will make campus’ power 100 percent renewable
• Sometimes your workout should be a tug-of-war
• State conducts practice run for execution of Haugen
• Sunriver man gets 41⁄2 years for deadly crash
• W. Oregon man fights flesh-eating parasite
• Weight weight .... don t tell me: For dieters, keeping it off can be tricky

BUSINESS

• Calculating college costs Student financing: Paying for school, teaching kids about money
• Debt panel is feeling pressure for a deal
• Delicacies after a deer hunt for both camp and kitchen
• John Deere credits Asia for 3Q profits
• Market closes with mixed gains, losses
• News of Record: Permits
• Northwest Alaska: American oil’s new frontier
• Obama’s jobs plan may include incentives for hiring
• On China trip, Biden touts strengths of U.S. economy
• On solid ground
• States wary of double-dip recession
• What’s Australian for hostile takeover?
• Who will win the tech free-for-all?
• Yo, Sisters!

SPORTS

• A look back at Bend South’s amazing run at regionals
• American League roundup
• “Bad Brad” Keselowski not so bad anymore
• Boxing
• Fly-tying corner
• Four Bend golfers win PNGA Junior consolation matches
• Good opportunity for trout on North Twin
• Hot on Hosmer
• Hunting and Fishing Events Calendar
• ‘Know before you go’
• Major League Baseball
• National League roundup
• NCAA has more to deal with than Miami
• On the Air
• Oregon coach: QB Thomas will not be punished for Harris incident
• Play ball!
• Playoff spots on the line at Wyndham Championship
• Procrastination vacation
• Scoreboard
• Soccer
• Tennis
• Tigers’ Verlander winning his way to Cy Young award
• Willamette University soccer teams to stage event in Bend

OBITS

• Creed Black, CEO of Knight Foundation
• Dean LeRoy Puckett
• Death notices
• Dr. Fritz Bach, 76, aided in survival after transplants
• Gary Eugene Woods
• George Devol, 99, robotics pioneer
• Pete Pihos, 87, Eagles hall of fame receiver
• Retired Army Col. Charles P. Murray Jr., 89
• Robert C. "Bob" Wilson
• Shirley Ann Williams

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Dean LeRoy Puckett
• Death notices
• Gary Eugene Woods
• Robert C. "Bob" Wilson
• Shirley Ann Williams

NATION & WORLD

• ACT deems more students college-ready
• After affair with teen, rising politician in Germany resigns
• Bargain CT scans aimed at smokers
• Britain won’t seek to hire ex-U.S. police chief Bratton
• Calculating college costs Student financing: Paying for school, teaching kids about money
• Child poverty rate has risen dramatically in U.S.
• Deal would end standoff with protest leader
• Debt panel is feeling pressure for a deal
• First black student graduates from U. of Mississippi in 1963
• Idaho seeking management of federal lands
• In Egypt, a new kind of TV chef
• John Deere credits Asia for 3Q profits
• Joplin goes back to school
• Man holed up in California hotel fires shot; interstate closed
• Market closes with mixed gains, losses
• Meteorites point to sky as source of life
• Militant threat growing, with al-Qaida’s help
• Northwest Alaska: American oil’s new frontier
• Obama’s jobs plan may include incentives for hiring
• On China trip, Biden touts strengths of U.S. economy
• Police: School bomb plot aimed for mass casualties
• Retired Army Col. Charles P. Murray Jr., 89
• Rules would take aim at fine print
• Shopping for insurance may get easier
• State challenges whittling away No Child Left Behind
• Syrian currency stability fuels influx speculation
• Wanted: a plan to send humans to the stars
• What’s Australian for hostile takeover?
• Who will win the tech free-for-all?

FEATURES

• Calendar
• First black student graduates from U. of Mississippi in 1963
• In Egypt, a new kind of TV chef
• On solid ground
• Organic farms harbor less antibiotic-resistant bacteria
• People
• Strength training is OK for kids — with guidelines
• Yo, Sisters!

ENTERTAINMENT

• Become a Medicare volunteer, help seniors
• Calendar
• Coffee drive-thru to host food drive
• Community Datebook
• Dinner supports developing farmers
• HBO doc to shed light on puppy mills
• In Egypt, a new kind of TV chef
• Mike Judge revives ‘Beavis and Butt-Head'
• Movie Times
• Museum to close earlier Saturday
• See real MacGyvers in action on ‘JUNKies’
• Simon Cowell to redefine ‘X-Factor’
• TV role as Prince Charles? Garber was all ears
• Yo, Sisters!

OPINION

• College-bound students in state have work to do
• Obama has achieved much
• Ron Paul for president
• Start cutting somewhere
• Stop the Legislature’s back-scratching camp

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Driver, 16, injured in crash into rock wall