Today's hits from the big national dailies:

New York Times
This Is Your Brain Under Hypnosis
U of O researcher gets at the mechanism that makes you want to follow directions under hypnosis.

Camps on Cyprus May Have Belonged to Earliest Open-Water Seafarers
OSU soil scientist and others looking into what may be earliest evidence of hoisting the mizzen, so to speak. (Arrrrrrr........)

Washington Post
(AP) Nike Corporate Jet Makes Safe Landing
So CEO William Perez has been saying that he and the other execs on the plane weren't worried that the pilots would bring them down safely. But check out the line in this AP story about how the plane was maneuvwered to get the landing gear down: a zero-gravity maneuver in which "you just sort of do a complete drop." Right. Not scared at any point.

See also the link to the Oregonian below!

Shortage of Immigrant Workers Alarms Growers in West
This news maybe not so new... remember the strawberry harvest labor shortage in early summer? "The Western Growers Association, which represents 3,000 farmers, is lobbying the Bush administration to make it easier for farmers to tap the labor pool just below the border."

Los Angeles Times
Wal-Mart Scripts a Response to Movie
"In response to Robert Greenwald's documentary 'Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price,' the company has distributed a two-page script for store managers to read to workers, warning that critics are out to get them too." This film has been widely screened in Oregon lately.

Seattle Times
Church liable in girls' abuse
"In a decision that could reverberate through clergy sexual-abuse cases everywhere, a King County Superior Court jury has awarded $4.2 million to two sisters who were sexually abused for years by their stepfather, a Mormon priest."

10,000 WA Child care workers OK link with union

...and from the northwest's regional papers.

The Oregonian
'Flying around a racetrack at 10,000 feet'
More on how pilot David Newton brought Nike's bird down.

Measure 37 foes sue to force a statewide freeze on claims
"A lawsuit filed Monday asks the Marion County Circuit Court to stop all counties from processing applications to waive land-use rules or offer compensation."

Kulongoski files for second term
And here we go.... BTW more news in here about the shakeup in the Gov's cabinet.

Salem Statesman Journal
Education district's deal under scrutiny
"The Willamette Education Service District's secret settlement with an administrator accused of multiple counts of misconduct has prompted reviews by the district's board and state legislators. It also has drawn the attention of five state agencies."

Forest burns banned due to air quality
Air quality problems! That's right, kids, they're not just for urban areas anymore! and here's more on that....

Bend Bulletin
Inversion, fog will hang around
Pollution levels may increase. See also the article in the East Oregonian, below.

Eugene Register Guard-posted at noon

Eugene Weekly

LaGrande Observer

Lake County Examiner (weekly)

East Oregonian (subscription only)
Pendleton offers wood stove replacement program
"The city's wood stove replacement program has been instituted due to concerns about the amount of smog that covers the city in winter. Wood burning is one of the main contributors."

Hermiston Herald

Tri City Herald

Sisters Nugget

the Source (Bend's alternative weekly)

Central Oregonian (Prineville)

Madras Pioneer

Baker City Herald

Wallowa County Chieftain

Blue Mountain Eagle

Argus Observer (Ontario)
Successful partnership
"The principals at Ontario and Nyssa high schools are networking with other principals across the United States to improve education practices."

Corvallis Gazette Times

Albany Democrat-Herald

Lebanon Express updated late morning

The Columbian (Vancouver) updated late morning
Clark College banishes tobacco
"Clark College students, employees and faculty who count on a smoke or pinch of chewing tobacco during school hours will need a new plan. Just days after Washington voters approved an indoor smoking ban for all public places, the Clark board of trustees voted late Monday to adopt an even tougher stance: a campus-wide tobacco ban that includes all parking lots."

The Dalles Chronicle

Hood River News

The Daily Astorian (most stories subscription only)
Maya Lin's vision takes shape
In case you missed Ley's story last week...."Artist's work on Lewis and Clark project dedicated during ceremony at Cape Disappointment."

Tillamook Headlight Herald

theworldlink (South Coast)

Klamath Falls Herald & News

Ashland Daily Tidings

Roseburg News Review

Quick links to nearly every daily in the state
http://www.usnpl.com/ornews.html
http://www.cascadelink.org/ritnet/news.html