December 08, 2011

LOCAL & STATE

• Bankruptcy trustee wins $2.5M in defamation vs. blogger
• Blanton elected president of sheriffs’ group
• Coast Guard co-pilot faulted in fatal crash
• Copay coupons to cost health insurers more
• Correction
• Default filings continue to drop
• Discounts and more to help shut Medicare's drug ‘hole'
• Doctors’ opinions of quality of care
• Dog flees after owner is struck
• Experience Bliss — and burn some calories, too
• Extending The Blvd
• Fetal cells could treat heart tissue
• Fighter jet’s blown tire closes runway
• Health Events
• Health People
• Josephine voters recall commissioner
• Kitzhaber meets with candidate for interim president
• Man held after crashing state car
• Marathons, triathlons can temporarily damage heart, study finds
• News of record: permits
• News of record: Police log, Bend fire runs
• ODFW overcharged for tags
• Penitentiary looking to lift lockdown
• Person of interest ID’d in Bend bank robbery
• Physical activity may cut risk of cancer
• Shape their tastes
• State senators plea for post offices
• Teen nabbed for damaging cars
• Tips to avoid overeating
• Woman arrested for tattooing violations

BUSINESS

• A step-up in security
• Advice from the 1 percent
• Are government incentives to attract companies setting a bad precedent?
• Avoid the post-holiday hole
• BlackBerry maker renames new OS
• Buffett’s investment in solar energy could give industry much-needed jolt
• Coalition wooing Ironman contest
• Default filings continue to drop
• Europe’s shadow looms over U.S. recovery
• Extending The Blvd
• Holiday shoppers ready to splurge – but be careful
• How about some high-tech motivation this holiday season?
• In the office, increasing physical activity can be key
• Income growth exceeds estimates
• J.C. Penney investing in Martha Stewart
• News of record: permits
• Political gridlock blocks foreign retailers in India
• Wind power generators win in dispute with BPA

SPORTS

• A celebrity in Taiwan, unknown in America
• Angling is excellent of late on Crooked River
• Baseball
• Basketball
• Bend runner gets USATF honor
• Bowl Championship Series matchups are off by a fraction
• Cold-water calling
• Flyers top Sabres in overtime
• Fly-tying corner
• Football
• For the sake of tradition
• Hatchery winter steelhead: A look inside the numbers
• Hunting & fishing calendar
• Is Green Bay’s Rodgers having the best season ever by a QB?
• La Pine looks to rebound with new coach
• Motor sports
• No deal for June Jones at ASU
• No. 12 Florida rallies, beats Arizona in OT
• Oilers’ No. 1 pick leads rookie class
• On the air
• Oregon State’s Thompson dies
• Powell Butte’s Beers ties for third in team roping
• Sandusky arrested after new abuse accusations
• Skiing
• Something fishy is going on in Miami
• You can still hike, bike if you like

OBITS

• Actor Harry Morgan portrayed colonel in ‘M*A*S*H’
• Death notices
• Deaths elsewhere
• Mary Patricia (Reece) Johnson
• Nicklas James Nick Baker

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices
• Mary Patricia (Reece) Johnson
• Nicklas James Nick Baker

NATION & WORLD

• A step-up in security
• Air Force dumped more troops’ ashes in landfill than acknowledged
• Assad says he never ordered crackdown
• Blagojevich gets 14 years for corruption
• Citing cost, committee nixes probe into junket contracts
• City hears proposals on event conflicts
• Consumer reviews: news or product placement?
• Corticosteroids boost survival of very premature infants, study finds
• Gadhafi smuggling plot is thwarted
• Happenings
• IB program to continue as is
• In History, Birthdays
• Pakistan president in stable condition
• Patients, too, turn to the Internet for fundraising
• Pearl Harbor remembered
• Prosecutors halt execution case against former Black Panther
• Road bomb kills 19 Afghans on bus
• Savings in closure of Bend mail site could top $2.1M
• State senators plea for post offices
• Stealth drone reflects a tougher Iran strategy
• Study: Men over 45 are more likely than women to crash on icy roads
• Turn on, tune in ... and get better?
• U.S. blocks wide access to morning-after pill
• World’s oldest dog dies

FEATURES

• Community Calendar
• Ginger may calm your colon
• Going the distance for family
• Peaks and valleys of ultramarathons
• Pungent rosemary adds flavor, aids digestion

ENTERTAINMENT

• Actor Harry Morgan portrayed colonel in ‘M*A*S*H’
• City hears proposals on event conflicts
• Community Datebook
• Local Movie Times
• Salon to host fundraiser
• Teddy Bear Tea Saturday
• TheCoolTV might revive music video
• Tree sale benefits wrestling team

OPINION

• Nativity OK if others treated the same way
• Republicans twist the media
• ’Tis the season for flexible-spending-account absurdities
• Water dispute spawns a new political alliance