October 31, 2011

LOCAL & STATE

• As electric vehicles start to take off, the state is sending mixed signals
• Bay City company recalls spiced prawns
• Bend declares shelter emergency
• Bend High student killed
• Bend student remembered as ‘courageous,’ ‘wonderful kid’
• BLM set to OK opposed power line
• Fatal wreck north of Madras
• Few tents remain at shuttered Occupy Bend location Sunday
• Group bids to boost kids’ sport programs
• 2 held in Portland in debit-fraud scam
• Hospital calls fail to find missing man
• Inmates help out at horse rescue farm
• Man broke into Portland home to watch TV, police say
• 7 months since adoption, girl adjusts — and inspires
• More prescribed burns
• News of Record: Civil Suits
• 33 protesters arrested
• Public schools are opening doors to churches as sources of revenue
• Sagging profits close Salem thrift stores
• Sheriff’s Office offers tips for safe Halloween
• Wednesday may bring snow
• What will come of Occupy Bend?

BUSINESS

• Madoff family aims to write a new future
• Siri: the start of a beautiful relationship

SPORTS

• Avalanche get first home victory of season
• Baseball
• Basketball
• Cycling Central Calendar
• Cycling Scoreboard
• Football
• Free agency starts in baseball
• On the Air
• Seven C.O. teams set for play-in round games
• Silliness with spokes
• Soccer
• Steelers use clock control en route to beating Patriots
• Stewart wins at Martinsville
• Tennis
• Trails
• Upsets open national title race to teams with one loss
• Van Pelt takes Asia Pacific Classic
• Winter sports

OBITS

• Deaths Elsewhere
• Florence Heide explored kids’ curiosity in books

NATION & WORLD

• American identified as suicide bomber
• Assad warns of ‘earthquake’ in Syria
• Bangkok is dry, but provinces are angry
• California will sue companies over biodegradable-plastic claim
• Cease-fire is sought after Gaza airstrikes
• Florence Heide explored kids’ curiosity in books
• Happenings today
• High Court hears cases on lousy legal advice
• In executive order, Obama hopes to allay shortages of vital drugs
• Mexico’s Day of the Dead now a week of whimsy
• Population grows, and grows old
• Pythons’ big hearts hold clues to help humans stay healthy
• Qantas flights are expected to resume
• Santa getting scarcer as cash-strapped cities cancel holiday parades
• Scientists identify white fungus that’s swiftly killing bats
• Snowstorm leaves 9 dead, 3 million without power
• Thousands rally for protest held by cricket hero
• To kick-start peace talks in Afghanistan, U.S. turns to an unlikely ally: Pakistan
• Today
• With deadly Kabul attacks, Haqqanis deliver a message

FEATURES

• A ghoulishly good time

ENTERTAINMENT

• A ghoulishly good time
• Community Calendar
• Local Movie Times
• Syfy’s ‘Ghost Hunters’ set for Halloween chills

OPINION

• Can restorative justice balance scales for African-American youth?
• One man’s vision created Cascade School of Music
• Solutions for fish reintroduction
• Use studded tires sparingly
• What will come of Occupy Bend?

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• As electric vehicles start to take off, the state is sending mixed signals
• Fatal wreck north of Madras