April 24, 2012

LOCAL & STATE

• A golden opportunity
• Bend man hurt in ATV collision
• Bend police mum on body in river
• Body pulled from Willamette
• Body washes ashore in Coos Bay
• Boy dies after 2nd collapse at practice
• Cloudy with a chance to ride
• Election information
• Elgin gives up on local policing
• Garbage-fueled power plant ready for stricter pollution limits
• Group petitioning for legal pot accused of paying circulators
• Henderson has cash lead in race to face Alan Unger
• Howling at nothing: A hunt for bigfoot
• 3 killed in crash on Highway 26
• Kit plane crash kills 2
• News of Record: Deeds
• News of Record: Police Log, Bend fire runs
• OSU student found dead in sorority
• Portland police warn protesters
• Protests, pickets and petition won't stop logging, USFS says
• Region’s jobless rates drop
• Steelworkers back in mill after strike
• Top dog
• Two hurt in Bend crash
• Well shot!

BUSINESS

• A golden opportunity
• Bribery probe may put Wal-Mart at risk
• Business Calendar
• Data centers a hot topic in commissioner race
• Henderson has cash lead in race to face Alan Unger
• Kit plane crash kills 2
• Nestle to buy Pfizer unit
• News of Record: Deeds
• Prime-time TV viewers missing in action
• Region’s jobless rates drop
• Studio does the ‘Dirty Work' of innovation
• Tablets will oust PCs, report says

SPORTS

• American League roundup
• Baseball
• Basketball
• Bend golfer wins Tetherow Challenge
• Caution-free races aren't thrilling fans
• Community Sports Calendar
• Community Sports Scoreboard
• Coyotes shut out Blackhawks 4-0 to advance
• Football
• Globetrotting to Redmond
• Gymnastics
• Horse racing
• LeRoy Walker was first African-American to lead U.S. Olympic committee
• Major League Baseball
• Martial arts
• Motorcycles
• National League roundup
• On the Air
• Prep Scoreboard
• Pujols’ homerless start part of Angels’ early woes
• Racquetball
• Rugby
• Saints deny eavesdropping
• Snow sports
• Spurs rout Blazers, get top seed in West
• Storm top Cougars, win eighth straight
• Track & field
• World Peace faces discipline

OBITS

• Death notices
• Deaths elsewhere
• LeRoy Walker was first African-American to lead U.S. Olympic committee

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices

NATION & WORLD

• As ousted Chinese official rose, his family’s wealth grew
• Concealed-weapon permits grow, and clothes fill a niche
• Data centers a hot topic in commissioner race
• Edwards trial opens with a jolt
• Election calendar
• European Union suspends sanctions on Myanmar
• George Zimmerman out of jail, now off the radar
• Happenings
• In California water war, a stream of invective
• In light of Tucson case, child-abduction experts weigh in
• Online charter school gets Crook County OK
• Patients pay as insurers alter payment formula
• Prosecutors open with Jennifer Hudson at murder trial
• Social Security is seen to decay faster
• Sudan reportedly bombs 3 areas in South Sudan
• Supreme Court lets rent stabilization law stand
• Syria opens fire after U.N. monitors leave
• Today
• Unrest puts pressure on German-led austerity
• Urban farming with a side of tilapia
• White House says staff not part of Colombia scandal
• With eye on Iran, Pentagon launches new espionage unit
• 2 women found shot in burning North Bend home

FEATURES

• Advocate for Afghan people to speak
• As cooking wines vanish, what to cook with?
• Cooking with beer
• Easy cake, no eggs needed
• Everything you ever wanted to know about dry cleaning
• Holy mackerel! But how's the mercury?
• Quiet nourishment as spring settles in
• See you later, pizza; this dough is for calzones
• What to do when the weather is still iffy

ENTERTAINMENT

• Advocate for Afghan people to speak
• Celebrities adopting 8 schools in effort to preserve arts education
• Charity wine dinner Saturday
• Community Calendar
• Does a healthy sex life equal a healthy marriage?
• Get a community garden plot
• Local Movie Times
• Public invited to Health Heroes
• Studio does the ‘Dirty Work' of innovation

OPINION

• Better solution needed for irrigation pipelines
• Bullying not just a problem for children
• Corporate kicker plan neglects other programs
• County’s on-site clinic might be paying off
• Knopp wrong on bill
• Local organizations working to improve lives of foster kids
• Water golf course with treated wastewater

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• Guiding the beasts to safety