July 08, 2012

LOCAL & STATE

• Air life support costs some patients twice
• Astoria takes control of mysterious mansion
• At this festival, it’s good that things are still up in the air
• Bailey
• Births
• Community calendar
• Cook
• Deschutes names new county forester
• 4-H Hall of Fame inducts Pederson
• Hanson — Paradis
• Local banks keep mortgage lending standards tight
• Making it here
• Medford man pleads not guilty in thefts
• Mistreatment of cat leads to rape arrest
• 5 myths about the ‘veepstakes’
• News of Record: Deeds
• OHSU seeks deal with workers to reduce PERS contributions
• Pendleton blaze burns apartments
• Petford — Kotara
• Progress in battling acid rain
• Rents rise, vacancies fall in Portland
• ‘Rodeo was always his buddy"
• Rodine
• Swander — Espinoza
• Tales from the marketplace
• Templeton
• Timber companies join state to defend logging
• Tiny town stands tall after erecting 70-foot flagpole
• Veterans honor Gordy Wanek
• Wedding a big event for Bend society in 1912
• Well shot! Reader photos
• With a new K-8 school on the line, tribes' hopes are higher
• Woman dies on I-84 in wrong-way crash
• ‘You are not special’

BUSINESS

• By the grace of Gouda
• Consumer bureau plans to makeover mortgage market
• Dudepins is like Pinterest but, you know, for dudes
• Groups seek to get locals in the habit of saving
• I took a Web detour, and now I feel better
• Local banks keep mortgage lending standards tight
• Making it here
• Microsoft helps startups create business connecting with Kinect
• New airline seating policies draw criticism from families
• News of Record: Deeds
• Where the jobs aren't: in science

SPORTS

• American League roundup
• Baseball
• Basketball
• Blazers president Miller resigns
• Boxing
• Britain’s Wiggins takes Tour de France lead
• Elks sweep doubleheader
• Football
• For blind triathletes, partners are there to show the way
• Korean takes big lead with one round to go at U.S. Women’s Open
• Major League Baseball
• Mixed martial arts
• National League roundup
• New Sox working out for Youkilis
• On the air
• Rock & running
• Scoreboard
• Serena wins fifth Wimbledon
• Soccer
• Softball
• Tour de France at a glance

OBITS

• Death notices
• Deaths elsewhere
• Doris Allen Jeans
• Joyce Bernice Ashcraft Richards
• Medical researcher Nahas was an anti-marijuana crusader
• Reverend Dr. John Edward Maybury
• Valerie F. McKie

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices
• Doris Allen Jeans
• Joyce Bernice Ashcraft Richards
• Reverend Dr. John Edward Maybury
• Valerie F. McKie

NATION & WORLD

• A great SUV thwarted by high tech
• $16B in Afghan aid — with conditions
• Big, traditional family warms Romney image
• By the grace of Gouda
• Consumer bureau plans to makeover mortgage market
• 103 dead after floods in southern Russia
• 30 dead as heat wave enters the record books
• Deaths elsewhere
• Despite attacks, Libya votes
• Don’t let A/C cause friction in marriage
• For drug traffickers, Argentina beckons
• Glimpses of the future in a novel treatment for leukemia
• Groups shield businesses’ political gifts
• Health care brawl moves to exchanges
• I took a Web detour, and now I feel better
• In new commercials, workers rise up — and go to lunch
• Israeli reservists rally over draft exemption
• Medical researcher Nahas was an anti-marijuana crusader
• Mexicans march against vote result
• Microsoft helps startups create business connecting with Kinect
• New airline seating policies draw criticism from families
• On the tricky terrain of class, Obama and Romney offer contrasts
• Rechanneling the rivalry with China
• Refrigerant leak can be hard to find
• Talks with the Taliban - but which Taliban?
• Today
• U.S. House vote
• Where the jobs aren't: in science
• Youth group behind Egypt revolt disbands

FEATURES

• A little slice of Germany in the Lone Star State
• A rich tapestry of restaurants
• Book puts a political spin on the middle class
• By the grace of Gouda
• Dudepins is like Pinterest but, you know, for dudes
• For Scientologists, divorce isn't easy
• Let’s go fly a kite — and make it a family vacation
• New airline seating policies draw criticism from families
• Tales from the marketplace

ENTERTAINMENT

• ‘Alif the Unseen’ explores the power of narrative
• Author examines why it’s human to rubberneck
• Best-sellers
• Dark plot touched with shades of the supernatural
• ‘Gone Girl’ a triumph of intricate plotting
• Local movie times
• Some cool ways to help fight ‘summer setback’
• Struggle for gay rights in America is examined
• ‘The Closer’ will close up shop after 6 episodes
• Writers muse on New York’s village green in ‘Central Park’

OPINION

• Bad start for health care plan
• Don’t allow platform
• Focus on alternative health plan
• Health law helps many
• Health reform is good
• Higher education is important
• Jail space rental a good short-term solution
• National ID card is a viable option
• State’s teacher evaluations skimp on student progress
• Taking one for the country with health care ruling
• Taxed for doing nothing

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• A great SUV thwarted by high tech
• Don’t let A/C cause friction in marriage
• Refrigerant leak can be hard to find