January 02, 2013

LOCAL & STATE

• Administrator preps Beavers for real-world
• Around the state
• Bankruptcies
• Bend flu cases climb, with peak yet to hit
• Bird-watchers make a count
• Charities, schools struggle to feed hungry kids
• Crash survivors prepare to go home
• Few DUII arrests in Central Oregon
• 2 from Oregon die climbing in Argentina
• More cold will delight winter sports lovers
• Neighborhood seeks expansion
• Northwest deportations continued dropping in 2012
• Park district readies bond-funded projects
• Police looking into assault
• Ski team captain also a top student
• Studies Downplayed Opioid Risks
• The life of pi, and other infinities

BUSINESS

• AIG’s message to America: Thanks for the bailout!
• At the end of the Earth, there’s beer
• Auto sales propelled economy in 2012
• Little proof is found in energy drink claims
• Manufacturing outlook mixed
• Neighborhood seeks expansion
• Park district readies bond-funded projects
• Vermont ski resort gets an unusual investment

SPORTS

• A run of Defiance
• Adventure Sports Calendar
• Athleticism, depth make Seahawks different from 2010 playoff team
• Big East unwilling to deal with Boise
• Bird Watch
• Blazers get past Knicks
• Chasing the blues away — on a sled
• Defense comes up big as Stanford beats Wisconsin
• Fishing Report
• Fly-tying corner
• Free snowshoe tours at Bachelor
• Game not known for ferocity claims a casualty who was
• High water or low, the best flies for winter steelhead
• In Idaho, the odds of bagging a moose may get longer
• Iowa grapples with pheasant-hunting decline
• Kansas State assistant helped mold Klein into Heisman Trophy finalist
• Mountain adventures to suit every taste
• NBA Scoreboard
• NHL makes counteroffer to players’ union at short meeting
• No. 13 Florida State gets Orange Bowl victory over No. 16 Northern Illinois
• On the Air
• Oregon’s Kelly an NFL target again
• Plan now for Western vacations in 2013
• Sports in Brief
• Sunriver area may get new path
• Super Bowl titles usually owned by the underdogs
• Trail update with Chris Sabo

OBITS

• Death notices
• Deaths Elsewhere
• Rita Levi-Montalcini, 103, won Nobel in medicine
• Venus Blanche Arnold

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices
• Venus Blanche Arnold

NATION & WORLD

• A first from a state: an all-female delegation
• A new breed in GOP resisted
• Briefing
• 'Cliff' averted; others loom
• Clinton on blood thinners for clot
• First responders shaken by classroom carnage
• Gay couples marry in Maryland
• On the left, complaints that Obama again gave away too much
• Pakistani militants slay 7 aid workers
• Pot growers wreaking havoc on N. California environment
• Ruthless smugglers make rhinos a target
• Vermont ski resort gets an unusual investment

FEATURES

• At the end of the Earth, there’s beer
• Gay couples marry in Maryland

ENTERTAINMENT

• At the end of the Earth, there’s beer
• Destined to be a lord, not a lawyer

OPINION

• Ban assault weapons, high-capacity clips now
• Disclose who is spending the money on campaigns
• Guns, even in schools, used to be commonplace
• Make companies pay penalty for outsourcing
• Politicians squander our tax dollars
• Protect county budgets from prison reforms
• Psychological perspective on Newtown shooting