December 23, 2011

LOCAL & STATE

• Animal encounters
• Bank of the Cascades in south Bend is robbed
• Bend man held on drug charges
• Boy gives a lot to toys for tots
• Colorado dam project costs will double — or even triple
• Coos Bay is granted dredging permit
• Defendant in slaying of police chief not psychotic, psychologist testifies
• Dispatches
• Family Calendar
• Fire breaks out at Bend business
• Group appeals county strategy
• Group resists tax drop for wealthy Oregonians
• Keeping the magic alive
• Kids optimistic about U.S.’ future
• Motorist, trucking company settle for $1.4M
• Navy JROTC alternative coming to Bend
• New snow alert tool for Bachelor
• News of record: Police log
• Night sky viewing
• Panel to decide on exceptions to hiring freeze
• Portland lawyer first to file for coming vacancy on Oregon Court of Appeals
• Pray for snow, but be patient
• Restaurant Guide
• Salmon project a tradition for elementary students
• Some protesters hold out in Eugene
• Story Times and Library Youth Events
• Taking a local business to a global marketplace
• Teen gets 5 years in hit-and-run death
• Teens smoking, drinking less
• ’Twas the Night Before Christmas
• UO faculty member burned in explosion
• Venture finalist raises capital
• Waste facility stinks, North Plains says
• Wyden stands by Deschutes on FEMA payments

BUSINESS

• A heyday for bargain hunters
• Auto repair shop respects needs of female customers
• Automakers still fighting subcompact stigma
• Best Buy can’t fill some online orders for Christmas
• Business calendar
• Colorado dam project costs will double — or even triple
• Dispatches
• Economic index shows gains
• FCC seeks to ease rule on media ownership
• Fire breaks out at Bend business
• Fort Collins, Colo., touts pioneering engine research
• Mortgage rates decline to record low
• New snow alert tool for Bachelor
• Number of Texas cows plunges
• Stores remove infant formula after boy dies
• Taking a local business to a global marketplace
• Tensions grow between Iraq, Exxon Mobil over oil projects
• Venture finalist raises capital

SPORTS

• Adventure sports calendar
• Baseball
• Basketball
• Boise State hammers Arizona State in Vegas
• Comebacks by players are taking many shapes
• Correction
• Football
• Good news for USC and college football: QB Barkley is returning
• Healthy Manning stays with Colts?
• Indy gets past Houston, wins second straight
• Insect damage prompts closure of Shevlin span
• Ivy League is using financial aid to lure elite athletes
• Locals land all-state honors
• Motor sports
• No snow in a month, but tourism businesses find clever ways to weather the drought
• On the air
• Playoffs? Just one more win will do it for the Lions
• Quirks abound in compressed NBA schedule
• Senators top Panthers in overtime
• Some coaches are playing numbers game
• Tribute trek

OBITS

• Bette Snyder Corwin
• Death notices
• Deaths elsewhere
• Mary Alice McArdle Bartlett
• Robert Easton was the Henry Higgins of Hollywood

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Bette Snyder Corwin
• Death notices
• Mary Alice McArdle Bartlett

NATION & WORLD

• After winter solstice, longer days ahead
• Arab League delegates enter Syria
• Boehner’s style creates his own dilemma
• Deadly blasts rock Baghdad
• Egyptian PM assails protesters
• Happenings
• High winds fan California fires
• House GOP leaders yield, agree to deal
• In History, Birthdays
• Italian Senate passes $40B austerity plan
• Judge strikes down parts of S.C. immigration law
• 5.8-magnitude quake rattles New Zealand
• Medvedev pledges political reforms
• Prosecutors portray Manning as determined data leaker
• Robert Easton was the Henry Higgins of Hollywood
• The GOP contenders: Ron Paul
• U.S. deal with Taliban breaks down
• U.S. report faults both sides in deadly Pakistan strike

FEATURES

• Babies' surnames: Hyphen-nation puzzle
• Do storms, disasters produce more conceptions?
• When can kids bike solo?

ENTERTAINMENT

• Art Exhibits
• Blast off!
• Brewgrass Jamboree set for Silver Moon Brewing
• Event calendar dec. 23-29
• ‘Fortune Street' hits the jackpot
• Fruition comes to McMenamins in Bend
• GLAAD to ABC: ‘Work It’ doesn’t work
• Going out
• Healing through art
• Movie times * For the week of Dec. 23
• Music releases
• Out of town
• Parents’ Guide to Movies
• Planning ahead
• ‘Serenity’ not now, but February
• Street smarts
• Time to rock
• Tom Grant’s Oxford shows are sold out
• Unplugged
• Upcoming Concerts

RESTAURANTS

• Blast off!

OPINION

• A different way to be filled with the Christmas spirit
• Consider giving to United Way as year winds up
• Inadequate recognition
• Kitzhaber weakens law
• Let atheists be heard
• Let us worship
• Support Merkley’s bill for business