September 15, 2011

LOCAL & STATE

• A day in dog court
• Avakian failed to pay some taxes
• Business Calendar
• Clarification
• COCC begins background checks
• Correction
• Counties, city mull merging 911 call centers
• Firefighters free horse stuck in Portland window
• Guilty plea for ‘River Rat Bandit’
• Health datebook
• High Cascades fires nearly contained
• Home prices seesawing
• Jewish cemetery dedication
• Knott Landfill taking old tires Saturday
• Malpractice payouts are limited
• New round of furloughs begins Friday
• News of Record: Permits
• News of Record: Police Log
• Obesity growing in the U.S.
• Oregon’s monthly insurance premiums about average
• Portland soldier killed in action
• Rare gray whale shocks scientists by crossing Bering to Northwest
• Redmond hopes for 50-50 high school split
• Rural areas in Oregon get support from USDA
• Rural county officials urge Congress to extend land payments
• Search begins for new county chief
• Snowy plover sees population boom
• Structure collapses at border crossing; 11 injured
• Suspicious fire breaks out in Bend
• To mammogram or not to mammogram?
• Trial begins for man Tasered while fleeing Eugene police
• Venus Williams’ diagnosis sheds light on Sjogren’s syndrome
• When it comes to groceries, you get what you pay for

BUSINESS

• AOL, Microsoft, Yahoo reach ad deal
• August retail sales unchanged from July
• Boeing plant is expected to get lift from the House
• Business Calendar
• Chrysler CEO asks to extend deadline
• COCC begins background checks
• Community Calendar
• Community Datebook
• Gas prices might continue to fall
• Groupon back on track for IPO
• Home prices seesawing
• House panel grills officials on collapse of Solyndra
• In Europe, vows of support, persistent anxiety
• India’s answer to Amazon: Order online, pay at door
• Kids no longer required to remove shoes going through airport security
• Loyalty via technology
• New round of furloughs begins Friday
• News of Record: Permits
• Obama’s green-jobs initiative falls short of goal
• On kamikaze mission, pilot may have been targeting father
• Report blames BP’s shortcuts for Gulf oil spill
• Rural areas in Oregon get support from USDA
• Rural county officials urge Congress to extend land payments
• Savers get burned by interest rate policy
• Search begins for new county chief
• USDA looks to get more meals to kids in summer
• When it comes to groceries, you get what you pay for
• Wholesale prices flat

SPORTS

• After setback, what is next for NBA?
• American League roundup
• Anglers report success for kokanee on several area lakes
• At Cog Hill, players happy about event, not course
• Band-tailed pigeon season now open; squirrels still active
• Basketball
• Before the big hunt, make sure you sight-in
• Catchings chases elusive WNBA title
• Central Oregon high school cyclocross team looking for participants
• Chairlifts get face-lifts
• Correction
• Cowgirls stay perfect with victory over Bears
• Deep field gives NASCAR a wide-open Chase
• Dogs can enjoy leash-free hiking
• Fly-tying corner
• Football
• Hunting and Fishing Events Calendar
• Life. Diabetes. Baseball.
• Loud and proud
• Major League Baseball
• National League roundup
• NFL offenses didn’t get rusty during the lockout
• On the Air
• Pitch or pep talk, Rivera always ready with a save
• Save your joints while you jog
• Solheim Cup team members play Navistar LPGA Classic
• The bare necessities
• Williams gets off easy — this time

OBITS

• Arthur Evans, leader in gay rights, dies
• Death notices
• Influential Wyoming politician Malcolm Wallop dies at 78
• Pueblo historian and author dies at 88

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices

NATION & WORLD

• Accused Sacramento professor drops suit, resigns
• AOL, Microsoft, Yahoo reach ad deal
• August retail sales unchanged from July
• Behemoth rocket may fly to asteroids, Mars
• Boeing plant is expected to get lift from the House
• Chrysler CEO asks to extend deadline
• Dad who threw son off boat charged with abuse
• Gas prices might continue to fall
• Groupon back on track for IPO
• Guatemala declares independence from Spain in 1821
• House panel grills officials on collapse of Solyndra
• In city of cyclists, pedestrians feel the squeeze
• In Europe, vows of support, persistent anxiety
• In rebuke to Iran’s president, courts void release of hikers
• India’s answer to Amazon: Order online, pay at door
• Influential Wyoming politician Malcolm Wallop dies at 78
• Kids no longer required to remove shoes going through airport security
• Loyalty via technology
• Mexico gangs' latest target: teachers
• More than 20 killed in violence across Iraq
• Obama’s green-jobs initiative falls short of goal
• On kamikaze mission, pilot may have been targeting father
• Pay for only 4 years of college. Guaranteed.
• Report blames BP’s shortcuts for Gulf oil spill
• Report finds improved performance by hospitals
• Rural areas in Oregon get support from USDA
• SAT reading scores fall to lowest level
• Savers get burned by interest rate policy
• Some Democrats balk at Obama’s jobs bill
• Staying in touch ... but at a loss for words
• Tacoma, Wash.’s teachers ordered back to class
• Turner, on his way to Congress, speaks of staying
• U.S. blames al-Qaida ally for Afghanistan attacks
• USDA looks to get more meals to kids in summer
• Wholesale prices flat

FEATURES

• Guatemala declares independence from Spain in 1821
• Jewish cemetery dedication
• People in health care
• When it comes to groceries, you get what you pay for

ENTERTAINMENT

• Community Calendar
• Community Datebook
• Dr. Oz and the business of mortality
• It’s a close contest, but one sitcom is cruder than other
• Movie Times

OPINION

• COCC’s new road tarnishes reputation with neighbors
• Disappointing year for Sagebrush may hold lessons
• Easy on Californians
• Government failed on 9/11
• Parole, probation officer union’s pragmatic request
• Thoughts on immigration
• Wolves and averages

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• In city of cyclists, pedestrians feel the squeeze