March 24, 2012

LOCAL & STATE

• AP, IB exam funds dry up
• Default notices drop in February
• 2 injured in explosion at Portland plant
• Inmate finds purpose as an artist
• Jail closing beds after deputies leave
• Local Services
• News of Record: Police Log, Bend fire runs
• Officials don't seek ban on student-teacher texts
• 28,000 Oregon retirees to see 2% cut in pensions
• People on the Move
• Plan to increase logging faces an uncertain future
• Services to be held for Bend airman killed in plane crash
• St. Charles prepares for a remodel
• 76 warnings in traffic sting
• Whale watch week begins on the coast
• White powder letter empties prison unit

BUSINESS

• AP, IB exam funds dry up
• Community Calendar
• Companies rethink recycling
• Dartmouth president tapped to head World Bank
• Default notices drop in February
• Facebook issues warning to hirers
• In Spain, economy poised for rocky ride
• Letzer’s Deli closes its doors
• Memo sheds new light on MF Global
• New brewery decides on a name
• Officials don't seek ban on student-teacher texts
• People on the Move
• St. Charles prepares for a remodel
• Steps set for ban on widely used livestock antibiotics
• Tomato king pleads guilty in conspiracy case

SPORTS

• A quarter century of three-point shooting has changed the game
• Auto Club 400 could add to Sprint Cup parity
• Baseball
• Big inning leads Redmond to win
• Elite Eight begins in NCAA tourney
• Football
• Lakers turn back Blazers
• Let the horse games begin
• New, old faces in Sweet 16
• Nobody pays to watch touch football
• North Carolina survives scare from Ohio in OT
• Pool open for spring break
• Prep Scoreboard
• Sabres top Rangers
• Smaller shortstops coming back en vogue
• Storm reload for 2012 season
• Summit rolls to win
• Tiger shares lead at Bay Hill
• To guard pipe, trees must go

OBITS

• Murray Lender, 81, brought the bagel into U.S. kitchens
• Services to be held for Bend airman killed in plane crash

NATION & WORLD

• Arriving in Mexico, Pope decries violence
• Cheap generic drug found to slow bleeding
• China moves to stop harvesting organs of executed prisoners
• Companies rethink recycling
• Dartmouth president tapped to head World Bank
• Dutch Catholic church accused of castrating up to 10 young men
• Entire clans and villages are fleeing Syria, inquiry finds
• Facebook issues warning to hirers
• In Spain, economy poised for rocky ride
• In Wisconsin city, the ground is going bump in the night
• Memo sheds new light on MF Global
• New details emerge on watchman who shot teen
• Obama weighs in on tragedy, not race, in teen killing
• Once imperiled, U.S. aid to Egypt is restored
• Pinched at the pump, drivers use less fuel
• Santorum backs off Romney remark
• Steps set for ban on widely used livestock antibiotics
• Syria’s first lady faces sanctions, contempt
• Tomato king pleads guilty in conspiracy case
• U.S. sergeant could face the death penalty
• Vetting a running mate in a post-Palin world
• Woman gets life sentence for hit on husband with cancer

FEATURES

• Arriving in Mexico, Pope decries violence
• Dutch Catholic church accused of castrating up to 10 young men
• Local Services
• ‘Our language is our heritage'

ENTERTAINMENT

• Answers promised at end of crime series
• Community Calendar
• Letzer’s Deli closes its doors
• Local Movie Times
• Nature of Words names director
• New brewery decides on a name
• ‘Our language is our heritage'
• Pool open for spring break
• Tell us about your egg hunt

OPINION

• Blizzard? Let’s wear flip-flops
• From the archives
• Iraq hopes for boost by hosting Arab summit
• Tetherow is a debacle
• Traps do torture
• Traps perform a control
• U.S. would be stronger if it stopped propagating myths
• We need jobs, not more taxes
• Why ban trapping?
• Why censor “Doonesbury”?

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Pinched at the pump, drivers use less fuel
• 76 warnings in traffic sting