January 06, 2012

LOCAL & STATE

• 3 arrested in drug investigation
• Bullies or tired kids?
• Car fire in Bend
• City builds fence for councilor heckled by protesters
• Federal biologists too quick to blame wolves, panel says
• Feet on the ground, eyes on the stars
• Former state worker sentenced for theft
• Free health screenings for children in Bend
• Housing program opens Monday
• 1 hurt in La Pine garage fire
• Little social life for autistic teens
• Mattress World cites tax bill in its collapse
• New Bancorp CEO takes helm
• New civics toolkit given to students
• News of Record: Police Log, Bend fire runs
• Park district seeks committee applicants
• Regional airline’s exit irks Northwest towns
• Rescuers lift car off pinned cyclist
• Restaurant guide
• School cuts or taxes? Californians may have to choose
• Upcoming
• Why day care kids don’t play as much

BUSINESS

• Barnes & Noble may spin off Nook division
• Business Calendar
• Family Calendar
• Fed report offers housing insights
• Flu virus puts pork industry on high alert
• Holiday sales up 3.4% over 2010
• Housing program opens Monday
• MF Global inquiry turns to its primary regulator
• New Bancorp CEO takes helm
• Oregon Subways offer gluten-free
• PM urges Greeks to accept salary cuts
• 2011’s solid gains expected to carry on in years ahead
• Seeing a future in flatware
• Teachers resist shift toward computers
• Top 1 percent of mobile users use half of world’s bandwidth
• U.S. housing market expected to improve only slightly in 2012

SPORTS

• Adventure Sports Calendar
• Baseball
• Blazers stay atop West with win over Lakers
• Cincinnati Bengals (9-7) at Houston Texans (10-6)
• Ducks get 30 from Joseph, top Stanford
• Football
• Hitting 100K
• Hockey
• Late power-play goal lifts Flyers past Blackhawks
• MLS will have longest season
• Motor sports
• OSU beats Cal for first Pac-12 win
• Prep Scoreboard
• Sacramento fires coach
• Skiing
• Tennis
• Will playoffs be filled with yards, points?

OBITS

• Death notices
• Deaths Elsewhere
• Jennifer Lynette De Santis
• Linda C. LeBlanc Newman
• Mike Colalillo was WWII private awarded the Medal of Honor
• Ted Foley

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices
• Jennifer Lynette De Santis
• Linda C. LeBlanc Newman
• Ted Foley

NATION & WORLD

• A challenge to Tata’s title
• Al-Maliki raises sectarian tension by condoning Shiite militia in Iraq
• Barnes & Noble may spin off Nook division
• Biologist accused of illegal activity with killer whales
• Booming sales for the brands Moguls desire
• Death penalty sought for Egypt’s Mubarak
• Drivers admit to dangerous behavior
• Fed report offers housing insights
• Flu virus puts pork industry on high alert
• GM to fix Volt battery vulnerability
• Hitting 100K
• Holiday sales up 3.4% over 2010
• In New Hampshire, independents have a chance to show their clout
• Karzai demands control of U.S. prison near Bagram
• MF Global inquiry turns to its primary regulator
• NASA space artifacts command top dollar
• Obama goes on the offensive
• Obama takes lead in outlining a leaner U.S. defense strategy
• Olmert indicted on bribery charge
• PM urges Greeks to accept salary cuts
• Romney sets his sights on Obama
• 2011’s solid gains expected to carry on in years ahead
• S. Sudan feud said to claim 3,000 lives
• Sacramento group plans suit over protected beetle
• Seeing a future in flatware
• Snow geese are thriving, but it may be too much of a good thing
• Syria accused in detainees’ deaths
• Taliban executes 15 Pakistani troops
• Tata hopes to rid Nano of its stigma
• Teachers resist shift toward computers
• Teen mom called ‘hero’ for fatally shooting intruder
• Today In History
• Top 1 percent of mobile users use half of world’s bandwidth
• U.S. housing market expected to improve only slightly in 2012
• Utah mourns veteran police officer killed in drug raid
• Websites beckon to women who care about cars

FEATURES

• Kids can make New Year’s resolutions, too
• Prenatal classes update grandparents on blankies, binkies
• Today In History

ENTERTAINMENT

• A new album from The Selfless Riot
• Art exhibits
• Barnes & Noble may spin off Nook division
• Bella Acappella open house planned
• Business Calendar
• Changing their tunes
• Comma next in surge of Slipmat shows
• Event calendar Jan. 6-12
• Family Calendar
• Feeding Frenzy hits The Horned Hand
• Funk show series kicks off with Seattle’s Polyrhythmics
• Major tweaks to ‘SSX’
• Matt Hopper returns to Bend
• Movie times
• Oregon Subways offer gluten-free
• Out of town
• Parents’ Guide to Movies
• Planning ahead
• Prineville Follies auditions this week
• Something to crow about
• Story Times and Library Youth Events
• ‘Switched’ seen as a good sign
• Talks, classes, museums & libraries
• Test your knowledge of three cinematic classics with our... Cult film quiz!
• That Gallery Walk time of month
• Upcoming concerts

RESTAURANTS

• Something to crow about

OPINION

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• A challenge to Tata’s title
• Booming sales for the brands Moguls desire
• Drivers admit to dangerous behavior
• GM to fix Volt battery vulnerability
• Tata hopes to rid Nano of its stigma
• Websites beckon to women who care about cars