October 09, 2008

LOCAL & STATE

• A third-party candidate says he could spoil Smith’s bid
• Adler Planetarium defends earmarks
• Anti-tax activist defends transactions
• Battling the bug
• Bend council candidates take our questions
• Bend home sales up in September
• Bend resident stabbed by intruder in garage
• Biden chastises rivals for attacks
• Celebrating a day of culture
• Correction
• Deschutes changes satellite office hours
• Destination resort meeting planned
• DMV unable to issue licenses on Saturday
• Donors may be surprised by who gets their cash
• Environmental Center to host forums
• Forum planned for Crook County
• Forum to feature Sisters candidates
• High court hears school funding case
• Home slides down hill; Portland woman saved
• Jefferson County cuts two positions
• League schedules candidate forums
• Man convicted of assaulting police dog
• Man gets 1-year term for shipping marijuana
• McCain remains resolute
• More penny pinching, reaching out for help
• News of Record: Permits
• News of Record: Police log, Bend Fire Runs and Pets
• Oregon’s low-cost clinics see sharp rise in patients
• Patients seeking assisted suicide may be depressed
• Prominent aspens are ‘losing ground’
• Rare sandpiper seen in Eugene
• Recent rescues put hunters in spotlight
• Redmond council candidates forum
• Redmond forums on community center
• Redmond turns attention to revamping downtown
• State gas tax revenues are down - and local governments feel it
• State police recover pickup stolen in 1986

BUSINESS

• Bank of America, RBC settle securities cases
• Banks extend truce over Wachovia deal
• Bend home sales up in September
• Boeing to resume talks with union
• Business Calendar
• Confidence waning among consumers
• 5 cost-cutting tips for students
• Dow off almost 35% in past year
• Fed to give AIG additional $37.8B
• Former software execs charged with fraud
• Higher sales boost Costco’s earnings
• How Fed’s rate cut may affect you
• Jefferson County cuts two positions
• Major brewers move in on growing craft market
• More penny pinching, reaching out for help
• Most dishes are high in fat, but Carino’s Italian Grill has options
• News of Record: Permits
• Oil hits 2008 low
• Parents saving less for college as tuition soars
• Pursuing higher education at a lower cost: How to manage graduate school, finances
• Retailers report weak sales
• Walgreen withdraws $2.8B offer to buy rival

SPORTS

• Armstrong cleared for comeback race
• Bend woman wins XTERRA triathlon
• Brady has surgery a month after injury
• Cubs exercise option on Harden
• Damp and cool weather helps rifle deer hunters
• Day hike or not, always be prepared for a cold night out
• Dodgers, Phillies may be a tossup in NLCS
• Ducks’ QB hopes to regain his starting job
• Escape your day with the Deschutes
• Fishing reportedly excellent on Crooked River
• Fly fishermen will find paradise in Montana
• Fly-tying corner
• For once, Beavs are favored against Cougs
• Hunting and Fishing Events Calendar
• IOC set to retest doping samples from Beijing
• It’s back-to-school time for avid coyote hunters
• Ivanovic falls in second round at Kremlin Cup
• Japan to curb talent drain in baseball
• La Pine girls soccer falls in Sky-Em play
• Oden scores 14, but Warriors still top Trail Blazers
• On the Air
• Quiet water
• Rays, Red Sox to face familiar foes in ALCS
• Sisters sends message in Sky-Em with sweep
• Summit track to host elite prep meet
• Two Seahawks QBs miss practice

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Alvina Irene Renk
• Death Notices

NATION & WORLD

• A transplant success — so far
• Change may mean more Purple Hearts
• Che Guevara executed in Bolivia in 1967
• Chicago schools chief backs new high school specially for gay teens
• Evidence excluded in Stevens’ trial
• Human testes could be a source of stem cells
• Medically minded get a head start
• Milk scandal pushes China to stricter testing
• National Debt Clock runs out of digits
• Nepal appoints nation’s newest living goddess
• North Korea reportedly tests short-range missiles
• Protein researchers take Nobel Prize in chemistry
• Retailers report weak sales
• Russia, Georgia disagree over pullback of troops
• Somali pirates said to be near deal on arms cargo
• Spokane hospital sale is completed
• ‘Street of suicide bombers’ in Iraq gets hit again
• The definition of an embryo? Hard to say ...
• U.S. may take ownership stake in banks

FEATURES

• Advice for buying medications online
• Battling the bug
• Correction
• Country-of-origin labeling begins
• Double trouble
• Give your body new workout challenges
• Health Datebook
• Insurance negotiations abound
• It's autumn, but allergies remain
• Mediterranean diet: Do benefits extend beyond the heart?
• Most dishes are high in fat, but Carino’s Italian Grill has options
• New Bend orthodontic clinic has unique spin on payment plans
• Off-road wheelchairs gain traction
• People
• Ski conditioning: lateral squat and press
• The skinny on energy drinks
• Two DVDs, book may help jump-start your exercise plan
• Workout programs are possible for kids

ENTERTAINMENT

• Archaeology programs continue at Smith Rock State Park this Friday
• Calendar
• Community Datebook
• Dogs to be rewarded for owners’ trail-clearing efforts at Wanoga
• Fly fishermen will find paradise in Montana
• Give your body new workout challenges
• Most dishes are high in fat, but Carino’s Italian Grill has options
• My Morning Jacket singer injured at show
• ‘Project Runway’ may be fashionably late
• Spears rejects plea deal in license case

OPINION

• Americans need to change their own fiscal expectations
• Blame conservatives
• Central Oregon is left out again
• Eckman for council
• Republican failure
• Vote for Ahern
• Voters in Sisters should renew levy

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Redmond turns attention to revamping downtown