December 20, 2011

LOCAL & STATE

• Anti-smoking incentive added to health plan
• Buster will make you smile
• Canada disrupting lumber market, Oregon mill claims
• City Hall workshop to address sewage charges
• Correction
• Crews find 4 teens missing near Washington border
• Drunken driver hurts 2 on Hwy. 97
• Eagle Point burglar gets over 6 years
• Fire closes downtown Bend streets
• Gunner loves huckleberries
• Jobless rates fall in Central Oregon
• Judge blocks third vote on Coburg water treatment
• $30K donated to Bethlehem Inn
• More witnesses to crash sought
• News of Record: Deeds
• News of Record: Police Log, Bend fire runs
• Officer spots fire in home, rouses family
• Oregon City pot club calls it quits after fighting for business license
• Pets Calendar
• Polk Meadow grows by 6 acres
• Portland might set weather record
• 2 possible bridge sites at First Street rapids
• Soon to be alight
• Spying on Santa
• Timber counties stress their plight to governor
• U.S. Postal Service ‘pauses’ efforts to close 20 offices
• Want Dungeness? Head to Newport
• Well shot! Reader's Photos
• Woman’s death ruled an accident

BUSINESS

• Bank shares skid
• Boeing expected to move jobs
• Business Calendar
• Chipmakers expect 2012 to be sluggish
• For big Wall Street players, holiday party is still over
• From hydrographics to metallized skulls
• Jobless rates fall in Central Oregon
• News of Record: Deeds
• No matter who wins, Oregon stands to lose
• Parents break rule to help kids join Facebook
• Past airport security, rooms to rent
• Patent ruling in Apple’s favor may have big repercussions
• 2 possible bridge sites at First Street rapids
• Saudi prince buys 3% stake in Twitter

SPORTS

• Avalanche overtake Flyers in shootout
• Baseball
• Basketball
• Blazers beat Jazz in preseason opener
• Community Sports Calendar
• Community Sports Scoreboard
• Davidson shocks No. 12 Kansas
• Gymnastics
• Horse-drawn carriage rides are back at the Old Mill
• In debate on fighting in hockey, medical experts weigh in
• Ligety proposes radical circuit changes
• Masters field already over 90
• Punched out: The life and death of an NHL enforcer
• Swimming
• The bowling life
• Tough defense leads 49ers over Steelers

OBITS

• Author’s dissent led to revolution in Czechoslovakia
• David R. Sandy Hendrick Jr.
• Death notices
• Deaths Elsewhere
• Mildred Louise Hoffman

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• David R. Sandy Hendrick Jr.
• Death notices
• Mildred Louise Hoffman

NATION & WORLD

• Author’s dissent led to revolution in Czechoslovakia
• Bank shares skid
• Boeing expected to move jobs
• Chipmakers expect 2012 to be sluggish
• Congress moves toward a standoff over extending the payroll tax cut
• Egyptian general blames protesters amid violence
• For big Wall Street players, holiday party is still over
• Hidden death reflects failure of global intelligence services
• Inheriting the family business in N. Korea a job like no other
• Iraqi-turned-U.S. soldier bids goodbye to homeland
• Kim’s body displayed as media hail son
• Men: Walk faster, maybe outpace the Grim Reaper
• No matter who wins, Oregon stands to lose
• Onalaska couple share puppetry, movie careers
• Parents break rule to help kids join Facebook
• Past airport security, rooms to rent
• Patent ruling in Apple’s favor may have big repercussions
• Saudi prince buys 3% stake in Twitter
• Today In History
• With U.S. gone, already an arrest stokes fears of sectarian collapse

FEATURES

• America’s cultural identity, as defined by our gardens
• Chorizo spices up this black bean dish
• Community Calendar
• Down to the wire: gift ideas for cooks
• Ganache: endless possibilities
• Hard cider-sauced chicken satisfies
• If Santa had a home in Bend ...
• Interest grows in plants that eat things
• Kitchen tech: best food apps of 2011
• Nature of Words leader turns page
• Oyster dressing is a perfect side dish for a holiday meal
• Parents break rule to help kids join Facebook
• Past airport security, rooms to rent
• Polish up latkes by adding apple
• Replacing unsalted butter with salted variety raises a problem
• Soon to be alight
• Spread the word: Mustard's a cinch
• Today In History

ENTERTAINMENT

• Business Calendar
• ‘Dallas’ back in city it made famous
• Local Movie Times
• Nature of Words leader turns page
• Onalaska couple share puppetry, movie careers
• Well, shoot! Field Trip

OPINION

• Arms deals with dictators erode U.S. image around the world
• Consent is needed for release of personal data
• Partisan rhetoric too prevalent
• Wyden began important talks about Medicare

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Saab’s fight for survival ends in bankruptcy filing