January 11, 2012

LOCAL & STATE

• Bend to hold special events meeting
• Brain baseline testing offered
• Challenger enters ring for Crook County judge seat
• City to hold bond meetings
• Community calendar
• Community donations could enable amputee to buy back her prosthesis
• Correction
• Estimate shows near-term gap in state health plan
• Falcon at transfer station gets aggressive
• How low is the snow?
• La Pine High principal moving up
• Life of slain park ranger celebrated
• Making a joyful noise
• Marshal given bravery award
• News of Record: Bankruptcies
• News of Record: Police Log, Bend fire runs
• No day-use fees this weekend
• Property manager gets 3 years for embezzling
• Redmond banking on medical park idea
• Redmond’s Bazaar expands
• Redmond’s Jericho Road receives $5,000 grant
• Romney’s decisive win leaves rivals in disarray
• Search for new judge narrows
• Two Old Mill stores to close
• Website helps with e-recycling
• Wyden to host town halls

BUSINESS

• A quandary for those flying with sharp objects for work
• Business Calendar
• CEOs expect revenues to rise
• Fed contributes $77B to Treasury
• Fuel cell maker inks $85M deal with firm in Austria
• Google searches to show posts from social Web
• High court weighs rules on broadcast decency
• Intel leads push into ultra-thin notebooks
• News of Record: Bankruptcies
• Nintendo offers glimpse of 2nd-generation Wii
• Redmond banking on medical park idea
• Redmond’s Bazaar expands
• Said the wrong thing? There are ways to get yourself out of trouble
• SEC push may yield disclosures of cyber attacks
• State economic index declines
• Two Old Mill stores to close
• Website helps with e-recycling

SPORTS

• Baseball
• Basketball
• BCS talks explore possible playoffs
• Blazers beat Clippers, stay perfect at home
• Correction
• ’Every Game Counts’ — until the championship
• Football
• Friends reminisce as Ali nears 70th birthday
• Golf
• Golf in brief
• Golf Scoreboard
• Golf week
• Lava Bears get past Panthers
• Mayweather calls out Pacquiao on Twitter
• Minnesota gets past San Jose 5-4 in shootout
• Motor sports
• Mountain View boys open IMC play with win Tight defense
• Mountain View tops Summit
• Naval officer embarks on PGA Tour career
• NBA Scoreboard
• NCAA president expects minor changes on override effort
• No. 5 Ohio State falls to Illinois
• Owners to offer Selig extension
• Prep Scoreboard
• Strange days

OBITS

• Betty Jean Johnson
• Death notices
• Inez H. Shanrock Luft
• James Crow was a pioneer in the field of population genetics
• Marian 'Vonny' Yvonne Fielder Mims
• Ruth Evelyn Ward

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Betty Jean Johnson
• Death notices
• Inez H. Shanrock Luft
• Marian 'Vonny' Yvonne Fielder Mims
• Ruth Evelyn Ward

NATION & WORLD

• Afghan government building attacked
• As U.S. declines, 8 endangered nations
• Assad vows to crush uprising
• Gingrich and Santorum setting their sights on S. Carolina and Romney
• Grandma says she didn’t know she was growing marijuana
• High court hears Idaho case pitting landowners against EPA
• High court weighs rules on broadcast decency
• James Crow was a pioneer in the field of population genetics
• Myanmar’s Suu Kyi to run for Parliament
• New Hampshire puts Romney in the driver's seat
• Paul counts second-place finish as a win
• Prescription drug shortages worsen
• Somber tribute after GOP lawmaker dies
• Today
• Truck bomb kills dozens in Pakistan
• Walden blasts FEMA, defends county on grant funds

FEATURES

• Finding their footing, one month at a time
• Have a design plan or a pro
• School Notes
• Teen writer has an eye on the future
• Thrift stores launch incentive programs

ENTERTAINMENT

• Local movie times
• Midseason dramas advance the art form
• Nintendo offers glimpse of 2nd-generation Wii

OPINION

• Appreciate Bend parks
• Cringe-inducing GOP candidates would be disastrous
• Dredge Mirror Pond
• ‘Green’ vs. plastic bags
• Inquiry into hunting trip shows problems
• Legislature needs to fix ‘shall’ vs. ‘may’
• Unfortunate taxpayers

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Saddlebag maker is revving up sales