November 23, 2012

LOCAL & STATE

• Arizona finishes counting ballots after 2 weeks
• Body found beside highway near Salem
• Committee finds fault with Portland mayor’s latest West Hayden plan
• Docs say no to trampolines
• Ex-principal pleads no contest to abuse
• Judge declines to block strike
• Man files lawsuit in sexual abuse case
• Planning ahead
• Police ID 6 injured in accident in Boring
• Researchers say wolves from different packs are breeding
• Well shot! Reader photos

BUSINESS

• Bargains draw away from turkey
• BBC appoints chief in wake of scandal
• Dispatch
• ESPN lands rights to college football
• Glencore deal OK’d by Europe
• Investors rush in to rent out foreclosures
• New TVs offer value but ho-hum technology
• Nintendo’s Wii U not a game-changer, but it’s plenty of fun
• Restaurant Guide
• Restricted coolant depletes ozone, but use continues without homeowners’ notice
• Smartphone holdouts: Trend-defiers have their reasons
• Smartphone, smart shopper
• Some holiday shoppers are in it for themselves
• Sony, Panasonic credit ratings cut
• Unions flex muscle following election

SPORTS

• Adventure Sports Calendar
• Bobcats close in on last season’s win total
• Doctor: Camacho is brain dead
• Duke wins opener in Battle 4 Atlantis
• History shows anything can happen in Civil War
• Oregon rivalry continues to be civil
• Redskins hold off rally, beat Cowboys
• Sports in Brief
• Steelers again turn to ageless quarterback
• To parents, youth sports is an ’athletic arms race’
• U.S. teen shines on slopes

OBITS

• Darlene Kay Spichiger Erickson
• Death notices
• Deaths Elsewhere
• Helmut Sonnenfeldt, known as ‘Kissinger’s Kissinger’

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Darlene Kay Spichiger Erickson
• Death notices

NATION & WORLD

• BBC appoints chief in wake of scandal
• Can kids get headaches from eye problems?
• Chinese premier gives swan song
• Egypt’s president gives himself more power
• Hamas strong after cease-fire, Palestinians say
• Helmut Sonnenfeldt, known as ‘Kissinger’s Kissinger’
• Mexico’s leader urges changing its official name
• Pantries empty as need is greatest
• Restricted coolant depletes ozone, but use continues without homeowners’ notice
• Rice deflects criticism on Benghazi response
• Sale of pirated crude rises with oilfields in Syrian rebel hands
• Smartphone holdouts: Trend-defiers have their reasons
• Studying warming at Earth’s coldest spot
• Syrian airstrikes hit hospital in Aleppo
• Thanksgiving cheers storm victims
• Unions flex muscle following election

ENTERTAINMENT

• A smooth transition
• Art Exhibits
• Author shares holiday book
• Awna Teixeira at Silver Moon
• Check out biographies for kids
• Dispatch
• ESPN lands rights to college football
• Event calendar Nov. 23-29
• Family Calendar
• Frequency is your best bet for keeping up with Central Oregon's music scene.
• Going out
• Good and bad in 'Black Ops II'
• Gravity Research Project keeps it chill
• Holiday bazaars
• Libraries to host science program
• Locals’ weekend at The Horned Hand
• McMenamins hosts Monophonics' funk
• Nintendo’s Wii U not a game-changer, but it’s plenty of fun
• Out of town
• Parents’ Guide to Movies
• Restaurant Guide
• ‘Rev.’ star loves to just ‘pretend’
• 'Starlet' rooted by strong sense of place, color
• Story Times and Library Youth Events
• Sunriver Art Faire seeks artists
• Sunriver theater group sets reading
• Take a ride on the Voodoo Highway
• Upcoming Concerts

RESTAURANTS

• A smooth transition

OPINION

• California bookstore is proof you can’t get it all online
• Secessionist stupidity is bipartisan

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• At auto show, Japanese brands make a push on contentious turf