December 11, 2012

LOCAL & STATE

• A Matter of Conviction
• A primer on the 'fiscal cliff’ deal that is taking shape
• Correction
• Cougar spotted in backyard
• Deeds
• Drug overuse in cattle imperils human health
• Ideas for what to give gardeners
• Industry fights back using money, science
• It doesn't look a lot like Christmas
• Kitzhaber schools plan slammed, called vague
• Madras' youngest mayor still has fond memories
• Man to enter plea for alleged assault on woman
• News of record: Police Log
• Officials probe welfare fraud
• Oregon
• Patients’ own cells beat back cancer
• Prineville fire displaces family
• Santa's local helper
• Study of stricken bats may help fight vs. AIDS
• Trailer lock is a safe bet
• Walden, senators take up LOFT issue
• What’s next: legislative sausage-making

BUSINESS

• Breweries to team up
• Deeds
• Google sent cash to Bermuda
• HSBC deal big win for U.S.
• Mobile apps for children secretly collect and share data, FTC says
• Nike gets a special session
• State economy grows, slowly
• The U.S. beef industry’s raw edges
• Too few turn out for Facebook vote
• Trailer lock is a safe bet
• Walden, senators take up LOFT issue

SPORTS

• A Sunny anniversary
• Community Sports in brief
• Community Sports Scoreboard
• Local bareback riders shine
• NBA Scoreboard
• On the Air
• Patriots rout Texans, 42-14
• Sports in Brief
• Storm set to defend state titles
• Summit girls take player, coach of year
• Three Beavers suspended
• Trail Blazers cruise past Raptors, 92-74

OBITS

• Deaths elsewhere
• Music superstar Rivera had a budding TV career

NATION & WORLD

• Army thins its ranks, dismissing the unfit
• Nation & world
• Nations mark Human Rights Day
• Today
• Tribe prepares to bury its dead

FEATURES

• Alt trees
• Animals that give back
• For kitchen gifts, think homemade and in jars
• 'Gypsy' cake combines spice and chocolate
• Ideas for what to give gardeners
• Recipes to make you rethink fruitcake
• The big shrink: Raleigh, N.C., family finds that less is more
• When water stains granite counters

ENTERTAINMENT

• Breweries to team up
• For Snooki and the gang, ‘What now?’
• TV today

OPINION

• An education reform that should happen
• Love to read, kids? Get ready for the Age of the Manual
• On foreclosures, avoid unintended consequences
• Why foist Anna Wintour on our closest ally?