September 03, 2011

LOCAL & STATE

• Accused didgeridoo assailant facing 6 charges
• Building rockets and living it up, up and away
• Car was going 127 mph before crash, police say
• Evacuation orders lifted for High Cascades fires
• Evangelical church buys into liberal Portland area
• Madras revisits U.S. 97 reroute
• Neighbors upset about sex offenders in facility
• News of Record: Police Log, Bend fire runs
• Oregon wineries brace for a late grape season
• People on the move
• Redmond academy deals a new flavor of schooling
• Religion in Brief

BUSINESS

• Barrel-aged to perfection
• Bid in beer takeover gets aggressive
• China shutting down ConocoPhillips site
• Community Calendar
• 2 exits, 1 nominee on News Corp. Board
• Job creation goes nowhere in August
• Lawsuit claims banks distorted quality of loans
• Mass-market paperbacks fading from shelves
• Monsanto corn falls to Illinois bugs as inquiry gets wider
• New urgency in the battle for stimulus
• People on the move
• What’s going up?

SPORTS

• American League roundup
• Auto racing
• Baseball
• Cougars roll to win in opener
• Cycling
• Familiar downtown ride
• Football
• Major League Baseball
• Mickelson makes news with pinstripes, putter
• National League roundup
• Olympic sports
• Oregon St. bruised, but ready for opener
• Phillips takes gold in worlds long jump
• Prep Scoreboard
• Sharapova ousted in first three-set loss of the year
• Sisters student earns rodeo honor
• Soccer
• Storm fall in opener
• Three NFL QBs get fresh starts
• Washington golfer comes up big at Pac Am

OBITS

• Alvin Bunis, 87, creator of senior tennis circuit
• Death notices
• Donn Starry, general who developed Cold War strategy
• Faye Blackstone, rodeo trick rider, dies at 96
• John Cullen, coast guardsman who detected spies, 90
• Pauline E. Dethlefsen

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices
• Pauline E. Dethlefsen

NATION & WORLD

• An Italian classic hopes for rebirth in America
• ... as Gulf Coast braces for Lee
• Bid in beer takeover gets aggressive
• China shutting down ConocoPhillips site
• CIA shifts focus to killing targets
• Documents suggest close ties between CIA, Gadhafi spy unit
• Donn Starry, general who developed Cold War strategy
• 2 exits, 1 nominee on News Corp. Board
• Facing voter discontent, lawmakers skip town halls
• Fawning Sarah Palin documentary does charismatic pol a disservice
• Healing spirit as well as body
• In blockbuster season, some shows struggle
• In 1976, U.S. sets Viking 2 lander on Mars
• Japan’s new leader promises to continue nuclear phase-out
• Job creation goes nowhere in August
• John Cullen, coast guardsman who detected spies, 90
• Lawsuit claims banks distorted quality of loans
• Mass-market paperbacks fading from shelves
• Monsanto corn falls to Illinois bugs as inquiry gets wider
• NASA’s smaller programs could be at risk
• New urgency in the battle for stimulus
• Obama backs off new smog standards
• Prosecutors vow to retry teen who killed gay classmate
• Rebels gear up for assault on Gadhafi’s hometown
• Short tempers, street violence plague Egypt
• U.S. military and government photographers documented the destruction, the rescue and cleanup efforts and other events related to the attacks.
• Vermont reeling from Irene ...
• Woolly rhinoceros fossil in Tibet believed to be 3.7 million years old

FEATURES

• Barrel-aged to perfection
• Evangelical church buys into liberal Portland area
• Healing spirit as well as body
• In 1976, U.S. sets Viking 2 lander on Mars
• MEMORIES of lost loved ones LIGHT the OLD MILL
• Religion in Brief

ENTERTAINMENT

• Barrel-aged to perfection
• Benefit breakfast honors veterans
• Community Calendar
• County offers health classes in Spanish
• Fawning Sarah Palin documentary does charismatic pol a disservice
• Fundraising dinner features local celebs
• In blockbuster season, some shows struggle
• In cycling vs. art, spectators win
• Mass-market paperbacks fading from shelves
• MEMORIES of lost loved ones LIGHT the OLD MILL
• Movie Times
• Sunriver Music Festival party set
• What’s going up?
• Woolly rhinoceros fossil in Tibet believed to be 3.7 million years old

OPINION

• A rush to pull up saggy pants
• From the Archives
• Timing flawed on tax program shift
• Will uprisings in Middle East transform President Obama?

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• An Italian classic hopes for rebirth in America
• Car was going 127 mph before crash, police say
• In cycling vs. art, spectators win
• Madras revisits U.S. 97 reroute