December 06, 2011

LOCAL & STATE

• Aging Oregon Zoo giraffe euthanized
• Area nonprofits awarded grants
• Auctioned Indian artifacts net $338K for historical society
• Back home
• Bend lawyer files appeal in PERS lawsuit
• BP: Halliburton destroyed data
• Brady appointed top county judge
• Business Calendar
• Coast Guard saves sailboat near Astoria
• Cottage Grove gravel mine opponents win state appeal
• Deschutes Forest officials retire
• Facebook hires Salem lobbyist in tax dispute
• Few remain at Occupy Portland site
• Frost in the City of Roses
• Gifts for pet lovers
• Gold Hill miner back in court over sediment
• Happenings
• 3 kittens, mom need a home
• Large crowd at slain officer’s memorial
• Lover of animals, real or stuffed
• Mental health homes in Bend still debated
• Multiple fights at Salem penitentiary
• News of Record: Deeds
• News of Record: Police Log, Bend fire runs
• Pets Calendar
• Prineville could annex land
• 8 protesters arrested in Bend
• RIM fires execs for flight incident
• Rodents can make good pets
• Santa Claus is coming around
• Sisters water rate hike debate ongoing
• Tumalo man arrested in fatal shooting of son
• Washington men in meth bust near Bend
• Well, shoot! workshop: Pick your colors carefully
• Wind energy project proposed
• 300 witnesses shed little light on Ashland bike path killing
• Worker impaled at Forest Grove plant

BUSINESS

• A quest for software that listens for lies
• A strange film finds a global cast of financial backers
• Amazon bites into Apple’s market share
• BP: Halliburton destroyed data
• Everything lacrosse
• Facebook acquires company’s talent, but not its app
• In Ireland, austerity is praised but painful
• New rules aim to protect passengers during rollovers
• News of Record: Deeds
• Prineville could annex land
• RIM fires execs for flight incident
• U.S. mail may arrive a bit later
• With upgrade, Xbox Live challenges the cable box

SPORTS

• Baseball
• Bend runner wins world title
• Chargers end losing streak, beat Jaguars Contenders breaking away from pretenders in NFL playoff race
• Community Scoreboard
• Community Sports Calendar
• Contenders breaking away from pretenders in NFL playoff race
• Culver’s Mote back in the money
• Ducks dismiss CB Cliff Harris
• Football
• Golf
• Heisman finalists: Luck, Griffin, Richardson, Mathieu, Ball
• Marlins become big players in offseason market
• NCAA president considers guidelines for minors
• Nice time for ice
• Penske splits with Kurt Busch
• Phoenix needs shootout to beat Chicago
• Running
• Snow sports
• Surging Vonn finds respite on the slopes
• Tennis
• Timbersports

OBITS

• Dale E. Hanst
• Death notices
• Deaths Elsewhere
• Harold D. Judson
• Hughes advocated for protection of California deserts
• Nathan Nate Albert McIntyre

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Dale E. Hanst
• Death notices
• Harold D. Judson
• Nathan Nate Albert McIntyre

NATION & WORLD

• A future where the cars drive, accident-free
• Assange to continue extradition fight
• Astronomers find biggest black holes yet
• China scrambles for high-tech dominance
• Germany, France push for new rules
• Gingrich shown to have strong lead in Iowa
• Group disputes Nativity scene at Prineville plaza
• High court to decide if Cheney heckler can sue
• Hughes advocated for protection of California deserts
• Iran blasts prompt speculation of secret attacks
• Many workers in public sector retiring sooner
• Monitors allege Russian vote fraud
• Mubarak’s old allies fare poorly in first Egyptian vote
• Obama prods GOP on payroll tax cut
• Pakistan PM sees progress with U.S.
• Peru moves to quell protests over mine
• Seoul to resume sending aid north
• Task force: BP spill fines should go to restoration
• Today
• West pledges continued Afghan support
• When the crowds get noisy, more cops are turning on the sound cannon

FEATURES

• A good choice for home chefs
• Back home
• Cake keeps it simple (and simply delicious)
• Chestnuts worth singing about
• DIY Adventures: Christmas decorating
• Exploring new frontiers in salad
• Few parents remember doctor saying child overweight, study says
• Hey, wine lovers, why not try a bracing glass of port?
• Holiday gifts for your boss
• Malbec: A red wine that’s soft, sweet and user-friendly
• Peppers have all the right stuff(ing)
• Tips on stabilizing a sloping rock garden
• Wild mushrooms make the soup

ENTERTAINMENT

• ‘Anarchy’ guns it for finale
• Community Calendar
• Local Movie Times
• Protect rights with letters

OPINION

• Catch and release DUII case shows need for change
• Congress has final say
• Football title returns to Bend after 71 years
• No means no, Lariviere
• Oregonians have stake in Bristol Bay-Pebble Mine fight
• Toys from an ‘enemy’
• UO is being punished
• Ways to help animals