August 18, 2012

LOCAL & STATE

• Brace for fires
• Buttoned up for the election
• Correction
• Fire evacuees allowed to return to homes
• Fire starts 8 miles from Bend
• John Day mill to close Nov. 1
• Local Services
• Maimed body of slain man found in rural Lane
• Man accused of violent threats
• Many hands, light work
• News of Record: Police Log, Bend fire runs
• OSU campus called job booster
• People on the Move
• Portland Archdiocese offers priest loan to fight sex charges
• Portland mayor supports fluoridation
• Praying for the souls of the dead
• Racketeering charges filed in hate-linked killing spree
• Sanctuary welcomes chimp C.J.
• Seattle Hempfest attendees debate state ballot initiative
• Spider family discovered in Oregon has local namesake
• Wyden touts program

BUSINESS

• Apple stock up on iPhone rumors
• Buttoned up for the election
• Community Calendar
• Doubts raised about ex-Barclays chief’s testimony on Libor
• Fashion icon to speak in Bend
• John Day mill to close Nov. 1
• Kitzhaber deploys Guard to fire
• Murals allow businesses to showcase creativity
• Muslim woman sues Disneyland, says she lost her job over head scarf
• OSU campus called job booster
• People on the Move
• Shell plans to begin drilling in Arctic
• Sizzling summer has worsened severe drought
• Wyden touts program

SPORTS

• American League roundup
• Army veteran overcomes battle scars to play ball for Clemson
• Basketball
• ‘Chase for the Chase’ under way in Sprint Cup
• Congress puts pressure on military to stop sponsoring sports events
• Contador makes return for major stage race
• Football
• Learning from case studies in how not to build a winning team
• Major League Baseball
• Martin wins his fourth Sprint Cup pole of season
• Memorial set for Sisters standout
• Motor sports
• National League roundup
• On the Air
• Pac-12 Networks debut in scattershot fashion
• 400-plus finish Twilight 5K
• Preparing for preps
• Scoreboard
• Swimming
• Tennis
• Two players shoot 65 to start Oregon LPGA event
• Walker shoots 62, takes one-shot lead at PGA’s Wyndham

OBITS

• Barnes was U.S. diplomat who clashed with Chile’s Pinochet
• Death notices
• Deaths Elsewhere

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices

NATION & WORLD

• Activists get 2 years for stunt
• Apple stock up on iPhone rumors
• Barnes was U.S. diplomat who clashed with Chile’s Pinochet
• Biden’s unscripted moments keep campaign staff on alert
• Computer privacy all but disappears for federal employees
• Congress puts pressure on military to stop sponsoring sports events
• Doubts raised about ex-Barclays chief’s testimony on Libor
• Forest Service now trying to tamp out every flame
• In UK threat to Ecuador, experts see a mistake
• Insurgents try to take Aleppo airport
• Iran-Israel tensions heighten
• July worst month for Army suicides
• Landmark status considered for Rainbow Room
• Landscape of dead bodies may have led to first mummies
• $470M available to states for transportation projects
• Murals allow businesses to showcase creativity
• Muslim woman sues Disneyland, says she lost her job over head scarf
• New South Korean city creates divisions geographically, politically
• Python find affirms Glades hazard
• Romney rejects request for 3 more tax returns
• Shell plans to begin drilling in Arctic
• Sizzling summer has worsened severe drought
• South African president vows investigation into police shootings that killed 34 miners
• Today In History
• 2 U.S. soldiers killed by an Afghan recruit

FEATURES

• Fashion icon to speak in Bend
• Landmark status considered for Rainbow Room
• Local Services
• Many hands, light work
• Muslim woman sues Disneyland, says she lost her job over head scarf
• Today In History

ENTERTAINMENT

• Abby Elliott not returning to ‘SNL’
• Activists get 2 years for stunt
• Community Calendar
• Fashion icon to speak in Bend
• Firefighter fund benefit Sept. 8
• Local Movie Times
• Murals allow businesses to showcase creativity
• Museum yard sale today
• Roker’s quip hits close to home
• Schoolchildren need supplies
• Well shot! Reader photos

OPINION

• Entitlements must be reformed to avoid a crisis of debt
• Forest planning rules must follow the law
• From the archives
• In balance: safety vs. fun
• Money down a deep hole at Newberry experiment