December 21, 2011

LOCAL & STATE

• Bank seeks $8.12M in lawsuit against troubled homebuilder
• Bend park district buys lot for $2.5M
• Blaze destroys 2 houses, snarls downtown traffic
• Boehner taps Walden to work on deal to extend tax holiday
• College Notes / Reunions
• Dog board members say public meetings risk safety
• Driver pleads not guilty in teen’s death
• Fire cause can’t be determined
• Fire erupts at abandoned home in downtown Bend
• Hatchery fish quick to impair gene pool in wild, study finds
• 3 held in synthetic marijuana raids in Yamhill
• Hoodoo to re-open Monday
• House rejects payroll tax cut
• Logging begins near Davis Lake
• Lost mule finds a home, name
• Needle program aims to prevent disease
• New officers on St. Charles board
• News of Record: Bankruptcies
• News of Record: Police Log, Bend fire runs
• Police ordered to disband Eugene camp
• Portland police nab 31 in gang sweep
• Reprieve for teen facing deportation
• Stairwell fire was set, officials say
• Stolen St. Charles laptop recovered
• Summit junior sets her sights high
• Suspect in heists held in Montana
• West Salem killing ruled self-defense

BUSINESS

• A wish list for the workplace
• Attention job seekers: Buzzwords alone won’t help you stand out
• Bank seeks $8.12M in lawsuit against troubled homebuilder
• Beauty you can swallow
• Bend garage ups free parking time
• Bend park district buys lot for $2.5M
• Business Calendar
• Citing terror risks, U.S. asks journals to cut details on bird flu
• E-readers for, you know, reading
• FBI’s ‘Perfect Hedge’ nabbed participants in insider trading
• Fed proposes rules for banks
• Get deals with your lift ticket
• GPS watches may not track runs accurately
• High schoolers to help wrap gifts
• In search of a hassle-free airport screening solution
• Last-minute shoppers abound
• Markets soar in U.S. and Europe
• MF Global emails provide clues
• Nike 2nd-quarter profit rises 3%
• Single-engine plane crashes on busy N.J. interstate, killing all 5 aboard
• Some people in 90s still love their jobs
• Typhoon formally accused of violations

SPORTS

• Abby Wambach named AP’s top female athlete
• AP source: Chow to be named head coach at Hawaii
• Baseball
• Bend uses defense to defeat Madras, 35-21
• Bowl ban among Ohio St. penalties
• Boxing
• Football
• Golf
• Golf Scoreboard
• In Kim, North Korea loses an unbelievable sports legend
• Long break from court helps Love with personal growth
• LSU’s Miles wins AP coach of the year
• Marshall tops FIU in Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl
• Oregon overcomes slow start to beat North Carolina Central
• Penguins knock off Blackhawks behind Malkin’s three assists
• Prep Scoreboard
• Redmond improves to 6-1 with win against S. Eugene
• Report: Rose, Bulls agree to extension
• Season of giving
• Soccer
• Sports media
• Summit routs Eagle Point in girls basketball
• Tetherow Golf Club
• UO study: When the football team wins, male grades drop

OBITS

• Beverly Ann (Opsahl) Nyden
• Death notices
• Deaths Elsewhere
• Dr. Robert Bob Leon Unger
• Mildred Louise Hoffman
• Robert (Bob) Lee Martini
• Susan Aviner shared screen with Reagan, Kaye
• Virginia (Virgie) Louise Carlon

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Beverly Ann (Opsahl) Nyden
• Death notices
• Dr. Robert Bob Leon Unger
• Mildred Louise Hoffman
• Robert (Bob) Lee Martini
• Virginia (Virgie) Louise Carlon

NATION & WORLD

• A wish list for the workplace
• Accused of misconduct, judge will resign
• As Kim lies in state, reactions in 2 Koreas show depth of divide
• Attention job seekers: Buzzwords alone won’t help you stand out
• Citing terror risks, U.S. asks journals to cut details on bird flu
• Death toll tops 950 in Philippine floods
• FBI’s ‘Perfect Hedge’ nabbed participants in insider trading
• Fed proposes rules for banks
• GPS watches may not track runs accurately
• Happenings
• Impasse appears over in Papua New Guinea
• In Kim, North Korea loses an unbelievable sports legend
• In search of a hassle-free airport screening solution
• Iraq VP denies giving assassination orders
• Kepler spacecraft discovers 2 Earth-size planets
• Markets soar in U.S. and Europe
• MF Global emails provide clues
• Migrations in jeopardy, putting some species at risk
• Mom’s death penalty upheld in killings
• Piers Morgan denies reporters broke law
• Roads reopen after storm blankets the Great Plains
• S. Sudan says troops killed rebel leader
• Single-engine plane crashes on busy N.J. interstate, killing all 5 aboard
• Some people in 90s still love their jobs
• Syrian forces kill 120 people, activists say
• The GOP contenders: Michele Bachmann
• Thousands of women march in Cairo
• Today In History
• U.S. citizen convicted in al-Qaida plot
• U.S. commander says military could stay in Afghanistan past 2014

FEATURES

• Additions to crche temper controversy
• Beauty you can swallow
• College Notes / Reunions
• Community Calendar
• E-readers for, you know, reading
• Some people in 90s still love their jobs
• Summit junior sets her sights high
• Today In History

ENTERTAINMENT

• Additions to crche temper controversy
• BBC brings NPR’s ‘Wait Wait’ to TV
• Business Calendar
• Community Calendar
• Local Movie Times
• Typhoon formally accused of violations
• Well shot! Reader Photos

OPINION

• District not so helpful
• Mine threatens salmon
• Oregon falls behind in Race to the Top
• Prineville’s compromise
• Support the Twin Bridges Loop as a scenic bikeway
• The price to save Bend’s landmark

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Blaze destroys 2 houses, snarls downtown traffic