December 07, 2012

LOCAL & STATE

• A SURVIVOR'S STORY
• Bend police: Woman sold pot to minors
• Coal deal could boost exports on West Coast
• Comfort and balance
• Dispatches
• FBI seek alleged Oregon rape victim of confessed serial killer
• Grandparents may need safety tips
• Handling holiday grief
• Historic cannon is back in Shevlin Park for a day
• HUD aims to restore funds
• Man arrested after car chase
• News of Record: Police Log, Bend fire runs
• Pediatric group offers baby classes
• Pot raids will target trafficking, not patients, U.S. attorney says
• Restaurant Guide
• Room-tax collections rise
• Search for city manager reboots
• Stalled clean-fuel efforts moving forward in Salem
• State relocates bighorns to boost genetic diversity
• State to get $20M for education
• Telephone town hall allows constituents to quiz Walden

BUSINESS

• Comfort and balance
• Dispatches
• FHA may yet need bailout, official warns
• Jobless claims drop sharply
• Line of Macs to be made in the U.S.A.
• Retailers’ new strategy: Keep shoppers entertained
• Room-tax collections rise
• Soaring rents drive boom in building apartments
• Website names Bend top ski town

SPORTS

• Adventure Sports Calendar
• Broncos ease past Raiders
• Cold running
• Computer has low regard for Oregon’s foes
• Culver player and coach take top state honors
• Culver’s Mote takes sixth in bareback on first day of NFR
• Down and dirty
• Falcons are content just winning, baby
• Hoodoo set to open today
• How Northern Illinois joined BCS club
• Knicks beat Heat again
• Labor talks back at stalemate
• Ligety emerges as contender for World Cup’s overall title
• Madras wrestling defeats Summit in dual meet
• Meetings end with few fireworks
• NBA Scoreboard
• No slow start for Grizzlies, who lead NBA at 13-3
• No. 4 Syracuse stays undefeated
• On the Air
• Oregon State reaps recruiting benefits from Alamo Bowl
• Prep Scoreboard
• Silver Gloves event set for Bend
• Sports in Brief
• The meaning of Kobe reaching 30,000 points

OBITS

• Death notices
• Deaths Elsewhere
• Niemeyer’s designs inspired generations of architects

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices

NATION & WORLD

• California pushes for new marine sanctuary
• Feds pledge to improve protection of tribal sacred sites
• FHA may yet need bailout, official warns
• Governor won’t succeed DeMint
• Guatamala denies asylum to McAfee
• Jobless claims drop sharply
• Legal pot may mean legal action
• Little movement reported in ‘fiscal cliff’ budget talks
• Man pleads guilty in Seattle plot
• Michigan lawmakers pass right-to-work legislation
• Morsi defends authority as Egypt turmoil deepens
• Mushroom looks good, tastes good, often kills
• Nation remembers Pearl Harbor
• New drugs aimed at helping kids with cancer
• Police think remains are missing cousins
• Pot fans in Washington celebrate legalization
• Soaring rents drive boom in building apartments
• Telephone town hall allows constituents to quiz Walden
• Typhoon’s toll rises: 420 dead, 400 missing
• U.N. envoy seeks deal to oust Syria’s Assad
• Washington’s same-sex couples line up to wed

FEATURES

• A SURVIVOR'S STORY
• Handling holiday grief
• Mushroom looks good, tastes good, often kills
• Reporter’s account of Pearl Harbor finally hits print — 71 years later
• Seniors can get free legal advice
• Study examines scam vulnerability

ENTERTAINMENT

• A Christmas classic
• An oasis for sports lovers
• Art by Knight artists host open house
• Art Exhibits
• Bet your chamomile tea, Peter, you’re a television star now
• Broken Top hosts Huckle, Grant Farm
• Event calendar Dec. 7-13
• Family Calendar
• Feeling 'Winteresque'
• Gallery Walk is tonight in Bend
• Going out
• Holiday bazaars
• It’s Z-Trip!
• Mastersingers present holiday concert
• Merry Christmas from Brandi Carlile
• Music releases
• New venue in Sisters: The Belfry
• Out of town
• Parents’ Guide to Movies
• Planning ahead
• Poetry reading set at NOW office
• Rainbow Girls folk-stomp into Bend
• Riding the wave
• Story Times and Library Youth Events
• Talks, classes, museums & libraries
• They’re back!
• This is the jungle for sure
• Twang-giving
• Upcoming Concerts
• Wintry tales to warm up your heart

RESTAURANTS

• An oasis for sports lovers

OPINION

• Bike helmets are critical
• Democracy requires educated middle class
• HIV/AIDS hotline shows diminishing returns
• Law tightening rules on charities should be passed
• Republicans must remain united to win future elections
• Shop local for holidays
• Stop campaigning and start governing

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Consumer Reports casts doubt on Ford hybrids mileage claims