February 26, 2012

LOCAL & STATE

• A ‘perfect storm' for homebuyers
• Arboretum’s dilemma: exotics or natives only?
• Arrest made in Friday burglary
• Births
• Board appoints state librarian
• Bosch—Kerwood
• Community Calendar
• Dog killers given 6-month sentences
• Eagles in, climbers out
• Forest volunteer of the year wins praise for trail cleanups
• Gardner
• Geurts—Bradley
• Home-brewing horror
• Japanese-Americans urged to share internment stories
• Judge convicts man of killing ex-girlfriend
• Man who shot self in leg is charged
• More snow ahead
• Munson—Smith
• New fishery, smolt release aim to help wild chinook in McKenzie
• News of Record: Deeds
• Officials cite drug debt in 20-year-old cold case
• Overtime driving up costs of 911 center
• Pinball, slot machines doomed in 1937
• Redmond schools will host forums on transfers
• Santorum rigid on social issues, and that may hurt him
• Thatcher—Hollis
• 7th-grader suspended for giving pot cookies
• Today
• Washington Week
• Well shot!
• Wheeler—Lorensen
• Wolf returns close to Oregon border

BUSINESS

• A ‘perfect storm' for homebuyers
• Avid already a big winner at the Oscars
• Consumer agency to investigate overdraft fees
• Finding community, even in a chain store
• Gum ball business in sticky situation
• Harrison's guitars gently weeping — on your iPad
• News of Record: Deeds
• Spa business is no place to relax

SPORTS

• At 19, Nats’ Harper figures he is ready
• Baseball
• Basketball
• Bulldogs finish on top
• Civil War Part II today in Corvallis
• Kansas rallies for OT victory over Missouri
• McIlroy, Westwood to face off in Match Play
• Minnesota’s Love, Utah’s Evans take All-Star crowns
• OISRA titles go to Cougar boys, girls
• Panthers roll to play-in win
• Redmond and Madras each has a wrestler who takes home a state title
• Sisters rolls in third quarter, breezes to play-in victory over Cascade
• Spotlight shines bright on Danica
• Stewart still chasing elusive Daytona win
• Storm boys, girls nordic teams take state titles
• Tennis
• Triumph after a fall
• Wings fall at home to Avs
• Winter sports

OBITS

• Death notices
• Deaths Elsewhere
• Survivor of 1906 earthquake could remember San Francisco in flames

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices

NATION & WORLD

• Affirmative action
• Americans are waiting longer than ever to replace vehicles
• At G-20, pressure grows on Europe
• At stake in BP trial: billions in fines
• Avid already a big winner at the Oscars
• Berlusconi bribery case is thrown out
• BPA finishes new power line along Columbia River early
• Chavez to undergo 3rd cancer surgery
• Chrysler’s flickering lights may be result of programming bug
• Colleges worry that court could make diversity more elusive
• Consumer agency to investigate overdraft fees
• Finding community, even in a chain store
• Gum ball business in sticky situation
• Harrison's guitars gently weeping — on your iPad
• Lexus GS bumps up fun quotient but falls back on a bland design
• N. Korea ratchets up its nuclear rhetoric
• New research on Japanese quake is ominous for Pacific Northwest
• On Mao’s right, at the center of history
• Pakistan is bulldozing bin Laden’s compound
• Prolonged race forces Romney to recalibrate
• Quran fallout imperils Afghan strategy
• Spa business is no place to relax
• Stomach pains send Mandela to hospital
• Study: Civilian deaths fewer than thought in drone war
• Syria, Iran and conflicting interests
• TB makes a comeback in Britain
• Trial to test 30-year U.S.-Egypt alliance
• 100 years on, the unsinkable Titanic tale
• Yemen swears in a new president

FEATURES

• A visit to Mexico: The country just over the fence
• Gum ball business in sticky situation
• San Diego’s vistas make it grand for a simple wedding
• Spa business is no place to relax

ENTERTAINMENT

• Are military films beyond the call of duty?
• Authors’ discussion questions value of nonfiction
• Avid already a big winner at the Oscars
• Book spotlights unsung musicians behind ‘60s hits
• Hand’s complex heroine is back in ‘Available Dark’
• Harrison's guitars gently weeping — on your iPad
• Local Movie Times
• Nostalgia films, this is your year
• Raffle supports veterinary trip to rural Mexico
• Redmond history buffs to meet at annual luncheon
• Road trip book provides ‘crash course in living’
• Scholarship applications accepted
• What’s in a name? Publishing deals
• ‘X Factor’ needs 2 more women, Cowell says

OPINION

• Affirmative action
• Colleges worry that court could make diversity more elusive
• Debating a liberal is just maddening
• Fayza’s last dance
• Keep downtown in clean health
• Obama has a few options for Iran
• Tax cuts should create growth and not add to junk spending
• Taxpayer needs data on ‘Expanded Options’
• To the heart of identity politics
• Truth, lies and valor
• Unfortunately, we are not the same

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Americans are waiting longer than ever to replace vehicles
• Chrysler’s flickering lights may be result of programming bug
• Lexus GS bumps up fun quotient but falls back on a bland design