December 07, 2011

LOCAL & STATE

• Ashland hotel under investigation after toxic water discharged into storm drain
• Bend adds an hour of parking for the holidays
• Bethlehem Inn awarded $20,000
• Bogus bombs at Redmond apartment
• Bomb threat unfounded
• Building walls for a better future
• Coalition's goal: end homelessness in the next decade
• Community calendar
• Defense in murder trial blames meth use
• Deschutes Forest officials retire
• $20,000 goes to Bend foundation
• Judge freezes Bend couple’s assets after fraud complaint
• New scanners for Redmond’s airport
• News of record: Bankruptcies
• News of record: Police log, Bend fire runs
• Officials learn what it takes to combat lake weed
• Pile burning continues
• Police continue search for bank robber
• Police search for man who robbed Bend bank
• Springfield OKs gay rights protections
• State deciding if hurt tot should return to mother
• State worker in DUII
• Study: Closing Bend postal facility could save millions
• Surfer bitten by unknown animal
• Teen nabbed for throwing rocks
• 5th-grader in tune with music, hoops
• UO students reject fee for new projects
• USFS draws line against invasive species
• Water project foes form PAC
• Willamette locks closed indefinitely
• Wilsonville council avoids layoffs

BUSINESS

• Apple, publishers face antitrust investigation over e-book sales
• Bazaars prep you for the holiday
• Canadian currency rebounds
• Christmas trees available online
• Coalition's goal: end homelessness in the next decade
• Deadlines approach for shipping gifts
• Demand for cars recovering faster than anticipated
• Despite economy, shoppers splurge on holiday decor
• Got a job in that red sack?
• Judge freezes Bend couple’s assets after fraud complaint
• Meet the masters of the bond market
• More graduates finding home a good launch pad
• Panel: Olympus’ culture ‘rotten’
• ‘Robin Hood’ tax gains support
• Shipping free for online purchases
• Step off, Ebenezer! Company parties stage small comeback
• Wizarding World looking west

SPORTS

• Bend, Mountain View seek return trips to Class 5A state tournament
• Bend’s Enyart among inductees
• Boise St., others to join Big East
• Boxing
• Defense leads Jets to victory over Bruins
• European Tour
• Football
• Golf scoreboard
• Hall of Famer keeps his promise to late friend
• Hockey
• Marquette beats Washington
• Meadow Lakes Golf Course
• Moment in the sun
• Mote breaks through, wins sixth round at NFR
• Motor sports
• On the air
• PGA Tour
• Prep scoreboard
• Ridgeview High will join hybrid conference
• Shorter NBA schedule has 42 back-to-back-to-backs
• Skiing
• Storm hold off Outlaws; improve record to 3-0
• The Tebow experiment
• Woods’ quiet win could produce a big echo for 2012 tour season

OBITS

• Death notices
• Friedman captured essence of Broadway in photos
• Harley Jack James Clelland
• William Bill Bundy

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices
• Harley Jack James Clelland
• William Bill Bundy

NATION & WORLD

• After 27 years in prison, man exonerated in rapes
• Blagojevich’s lawyers, wife: ‘Be merciful’ on sentence
• FAA chief quits after drunk driving arrest
• Friedman captured essence of Broadway in photos
• GOP filibuster blocks judicial confirmation
• GOP split on Dems’ payroll tax cut plan
• Got a job in that red sack?
• Happenings
• Hot on the trail of Goldilocks
• Huge decontamination effort makes returning home a goal
• In History, Birthdays
• 5 myths about Pearl Harbor
• Obama in Kansas: Middle class at stake
• Occupy protests move into foreclosed homes
• Owner to pay $209 million in W.Va. coal mine explosion
• Pakistani extremists claim responsibility
• Roofing the heavens
• Stolen Santa returned with $100, note
• U.S. backs gay rights abroad

FEATURES

• Better beauty products
• Giving holiday cards still a cherished tradition
• Tux tips

ENTERTAINMENT

• Jouberts share vulnerability of species during ‘Big Cat Week’
• Local movie times

OPINION

• Compromise works for new zone in Redmond
• Curry has itself to blame
• Deschutes-FEMA squabble stalls fire prevention
• Grandstanding politicians are to blame, not the 1%
• 5 myths about Pearl Harbor

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Bend adds an hour of parking for the holidays