November 20, 2011

LOCAL & STATE

• Bend falls behind on ramp overhauls
• Births
• Borchard — Findley
• Bourson — Quiring
• Competing to the bitter end
• Correction
• DA’s aim: community-based, cost-effective crime fighting
• Fire consumes old school, post office in Cascadia
• Food nonprofit says number of families in need is expanding
• Hynes
• In ’36, Bend fixing up its fire gear
• News of Record: Deeds
• Nutrition suspicion
• Prineville animal shelter seeks community’s help
• Prineville pursuit ends in 2 arrests
• Ready Pac recalls 5,000 cases of salad
• Region takes few steps forward
• Sentence is not ‘true life’
• Tax program changes causing hardships
• Utah files claims for roads on federal land
• Well shot!

BUSINESS

• Buying underwear — along with the whole store
• Is tapping the crowds the future of funding?
• News of Record: Deeds
• Region takes few steps forward

SPORTS

• After losing to USC, Oregon's national title hopes are likely over, but a Rose Bowl berth is still within reach
• Americans win fourth straight Presidents Cup
• Baylor delivers blow to UO
• Beavers stay perfect, beat Longhorns in OT
• Beckham hoping Galaxy gets title
• Edwards takes pole at Homestead
• Freshman quarterback Sean Mannion shines as Oregon State knocks off Washington 38-21 at home
• Mourners gather after plane crash
• On the Air
• Outlaws denied again
• Panthers get past Pens with late goals
• Prep Scoreboard
• Stanford survives to beat California

OBITS

• Death notices
• Deaths Elsewhere
• Ricky Ray Amen

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices
• Ricky Ray Amen

NATION & WORLD

• A sweeping effort to collect Afghans’ biometric data
• After law school, associates learn to be lawyers
• Building better military armor
• Buying underwear — along with the whole store
• Detroit will lay off 9% of its public workforce
• Escape redesigned to draw younger buyers
• 10,000 evacuees return after Reno fire
• GOP primary voters torn between Romney’s competence, character
• How to find the right tire pressure
• Is tapping the crowds the future of funding?
• Keeping greens green: a delicate balance
• Libyans capture Gadhafi’s son, the last at large
• Merkley’s bill advances dam removal project
• $70 million hybrid craft exemplifies resistance to cutbacks
• Nearly broke and living large
• Obama, Asian leaders confront China
• Online high schools attract elite names
• Passive protesters blasted by pepper spray
• Peace deadline passes; 24 more killed in Syria
• Today
• U.S. House vote
• Violent riots in Cairo pit thousands against police
• With a debt deal unlikely, Congress turns elsewhere

FEATURES

• Commuters can connect
• Computer solves jigsaw of ancient wedding vows
• Conversation starters for the holiday table
• From the folks who brought you Wal-Mart: a new museum of art
• Having one more child?
• Olfactory appreciation pervades books on perfume, scent history
• PPP logo contest is under way
• Pristine waters The magnificent McKenzie
• Science, logic explain uniqueness of snowflakes
• ‘Til death did they part
• Vacation spots with good stargazing
• Winter gear, tents needed

ENTERTAINMENT

• Best-sellers
• Collection of essays filled with passion, keeps critical distance
• Community Calendar
• Keaton’s collage a touching autobiography of 2 women
• Local Movie Times
• New documentary explores Woody Allen’s comic vision
• Old-timey explorer brings animals to life
• Olfactory appreciation pervades books on perfume, scent history
• Short stories in ‘Esmeralda’ are a return to DeLillo’s earlier quality
• Winning entries stories of struggle
• 13-year-old girl takes sardonic stroll through hell in ‘Damned’
• Your call of duty via video game

OPINION

• Allegations against Cain are typical dirty politics
• 3 books worthy of your time
• Expecting mothers’ options are dwindling
• Help yourself
• Leaders are in short supply
• Partisanship aside, health care bill is constitutional
• Schools should not serve pizza, fries as veggies
• Tariffs will balance China’s unfair solar imports
• Taxing homeowners
• ‘Til death did they part
• Why do we defend the weak?
• Wrong about occupation
• Wrong on 9-9-9

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Escape redesigned to draw younger buyers
• How to find the right tire pressure