October 28, 2008

LOCAL & STATE

• A little relief at the pump
• Agency considers protection for rodent
• Algae warning lifted for Wickiup Reservoir
• Area planners to continue UGB discussion tonight
• 3 arrested in Sunriver restaurant burglary
• Bend's big oil
• Bend’s InEnTec will form waste-to-gas partnership
• Calendar
• 2 charged in plot targeting Obama
• City manager to speak on Bend issues
• Commission reduces Tetherow lodging bond
• County OKs loan for La Pine affordable housing
• Crews respond to roof fire in Tumalo
• Defining friends
• Driver arrested twice in separate crashes
• EDCO names new Redmond manager
• Escape attempt locks down Lane County Jail
• Feds look away from McKay Creek for trails
• Group takes aim at medical marijuana law
• Guzek case takes twist as lawyer withdraws
• Kulongoski outlines climate change goals
• Local soldier dies from Iraq wounds
• News of Record: Deeds
• News of Record: Police Log
• Norwalk furniture store changing
• One stamp needed to mail area ballots
• Open house in Madras on Highway 97 options
• Police commissioner named in Portland
• Redmond optimistic about school bond market
• Senate candidate Merkley calls for prompt tax relief
• Sizemore to appear on national television
• State, EPA at odds over invasive species
• The bounty of the harvest
• What will get you fired from the school district?

BUSINESS

• A gold mine in digital ditties for corporations
• A little relief at the pump
• Arch Coal’s profits up, but forecast is down
• Area planners to continue UGB discussion tonight
• Bend's big oil
• Bend’s InEnTec will form waste-to-gas partnership
• BFGoodrich warns of temporary layoffs
• Boeing works to avoid another union strike
• Business Calendar
• Cisco makes push to become a truly global company
• County OKs loan for La Pine affordable housing
• EDCO names new Redmond manager
• Humana posts sharp drop in quarterly profit
• Microsoft unveils its online platform
• New home sales up
• News of Record: Deeds
• Norwalk furniture store changing
• Union strike at Boeing ends with tentative agreement
• Verizon earnings rise
• Wal-Mart scaling back store growth in U.S.
• Why we’ll all soon forget about Google’s much-hyped Android

SPORTS

• Baseball Scoreboard
• Bend duo second at Guatemala bike race
• Bend Rugby Club loses to undefeated Portland
• Bow, shake hands … then attack
• Chief charged for simple assault
• COBO expands to include girls division
• Community Sports Calendar
• Community Sports Scoreboard
• Cycling plan a boon to locals, tourists
• Harlem Ambassadors set to stop in Bend
• Is Portland in for a new Blazermania?
• Johnson gives NASCAR reason to rethink Chase
• La Pine spikers fall in Sky-Em playoffs
• Maine Man
• Marathon featured at Fleet Feet Sports
• On the Air
• Oregon Rush girls win Kohl’s American Cup
• Oregon volleyball registration opens
• 6-8 players under steroid investigation
• Rain suspends Game 5 of World Series
• Safin contemplates future after Paris Masters loss
• Titans still undefeated
• Undefeated Wild beat Blackhawks
• Wallace expected to start for Seahawks
• Washington’s Willingham to step down at season’s end
• Winter Triathlon Championships return to Mt. Bachelor in 2009
• Youth basketball registration ends soon

OBITS

• Tony Hillerman wrote Navajo mystery novels

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Alberta Birdie Elsie Clark
• Death notices
• Kellie A. Haenny Crane
• Robert Bob George Frick

NATION & WORLD

• A growing interest in creating energy the way plants do
• As finances tighten, lawns turn into malls
• Bomber in Afghanistan kills 2 Americans
• Cartels infiltrated law unit in Mexico
• First dose of bailout bucks will go out to banks soon
• In race’s final days, rivals clash on taxes
• Polls show even split in Israeli elections
• Protesters hurl rocks at U.N. site in Congo
• 20 reported dead in U.S. drone attack
• Statue of Liberty dedicated in 1886
• Stevens convicted on ethics charges
• Thoreau is being rediscovered – as an early climate researcher
• Tony Hillerman wrote Navajo mystery novels
• U.S.: Syria raid killed terrorist

FEATURES

• Defining friends
• Do potatoes differently – add pesto
• Don’t forsake your grill in the fall – try sausage
• Economic climate proves ideal for a new gold rush
• Is there any way to lighten grout?
• It's fall
• Kids’ furniture sales a bright spot
• Make cloudy crystal shine
• Mashed potatoes without all the fat
• Ready your tropicals for winter indoors
• Recipe Finder
• Red cabbage smells as good as it tastes
• Seal windows for a more efficient winter
• Season-ending advice on perennials
• Squash recipes
• The bounty of the harvest
• Trick out the house for Halloween
• Turn your den into a library refuge

ENTERTAINMENT

• Benefit to help fund center for children
• Correction
• Fey segues from Palin to ‘Rock’ third season
• Fill bellies, warm up bodies at Hoedown for Hunger
• Get ‘In the Mood’ for big-band swing
• High Desert Museum reduces prices
• Hough to have surgery
• Redmond parade taking applications
• Trial of Reeves begins

OPINION

• Careful on energy
• Cut losses on Juniper Ridge
• Pot politics and business
• Why District 54 needs new representation in Salem

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Driver arrested twice in separate crashes
• Open house in Madras on Highway 97 options