December 13, 2012

LOCAL & STATE

• Activity leads to longer life
• Around The State
• As mall shooting victims identified, grim relief that death toll was low
• Bend-La Pine School Board approves new voting boundaries, bullying policy
• Company chosen for school improvements
• Deschutes County bones up on MERS
• Distiller hopes to open in Bend
• FCC should auction off airwaves for broadband, GOP says
• Gender matters
• Graduation march
• Gridlock and the 'cliff'
• Health Events
• Health People
• Height in question for Columbia bridge
• Highway 20 faces new cost overrun
• Locally, schools face the biggest fiscal cliff
• Moving teens toward health, self-esteem
• New financial leader for Jefferson schools
• News of Record: Police Log, Bend fire runs, Redmond fire runs
• Oregon's senators earn seats on influential committees
• Overbay resigns from COCC board
• Permits
• Popular Kiwanis candy sale relocates
• School bond sale should save taxpayers money
• Suspect, teen had sex more than once, police say
• Telfer says goodbye to Senate
• Treating disease before conception

BUSINESS

• Company chosen for school improvements
• Deschutes County bones up on MERS
• Distiller hopes to open in Bend
• Facebook set to roll out more privacy controls
• FCC should auction off airwaves for broadband, GOP says
• Fed to hold down interest rates
• For the wristwatch industry, times are changing
• Permits
• School bond sale should save taxpayers money
• The new house call is online

SPORTS

• Beavers hold off Vikings
• Celtics hold off Mavericks, 117-115
• Central Oregon rodeo stars fall short of money
• Goodell disagrees with Tagliabue
• Locals receive Sky-Em volleyball awards
• March Madness makes regular season irrelevant
• NBA Scoreboard
• On the Air
• Panthers beat Ravens
• Redmond rolls over Ridgeview
• Sports in Brief
• WSU study finds no coach abuse

OBITS

• Death notices
• Deaths Elsewhere
• Musician Shankar connected East, West

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices

NATION & WORLD

• A promising, puzzling life ended by a bullet in the head
• A steady ascent, though controversies linger
• Binge-eating teenagers more likely to use drugs, become depressed
• Briefing
• Conservatives wonder what’s happening in Washington
• FCC should auction off airwaves for broadband, GOP says
• FDA approves heart pump
• Fed to hold down interest rates
• Food poisoning test has downside
• For ski hills, worry over a warming trend
• New depths in search for life
• Oregon's senators earn seats on influential committees
• Outrage over Argentine trafficking verdict
• Syrian government fires ballistic missiles
• Vegas’ bright lights fail to dim outlook for sky watchers

FEATURES

• A reality salt check on processed foods
• Avoiding gluten is getting easier
• Claim is paid, but insurer wants money back
• Exercise can boost seniors’ memory
• Food poisoning test has downside
• Pushups: an easy exercise to modify to your needs
• Soda an ‘antioxidant’?
• Wheat for people allergic to gluten: possible?
• Wrap up a workout with hip openers

ENTERTAINMENT

• Most Googled in 2012: Whitney, PSY, Sandy
• Movie times today
• Sundance is ‘Restless’ with new miniseries
• TV today

OPINION

• Big schools should take hit on reduced athletic funding
• Democracy requires that the truth be told
• End tax credit for Cultural Trust
• Laughable, but so serious
• Medicare drug plan is good for seniors and Oregon
• Park district bond is just too much
• Support wilderness bills

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Honda recalls 800K vehicles