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U.S. updates bin Laden details, revealing a chancier operation By Greg Miller and Joby Warrick
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WASHINGTON — The White House retreated Tuesday from its most provocative assertions about the operation to kill Osama bin Laden, acknowledging that the al-Qaida leader was neither armed nor hiding behind a female “human shield” when U.S. commandos fatally shot him during a predawn raid.
The disclosures put the Obama administration on the defensive about whether it had exaggerated elements of earlier accounts for propaganda gain. At the same time, additional details surfaced Tuesday that depict a mission launched amid far greater political and operational uncertainty than had been revealed. See Bin Laden / A4
Redmond schools may not cut days
A man who shaped a generation’s view By Rick Rojas, Larry Gordon and Christopher Goffard Los Angeles Times
LOS ANGELES — Just as the world was opening up for Luke Watkins’ generation, one man’s face began to haunt it. Watkins was a sixth-grader when his mother called him to a television screen where smoke was pouring from the twin towers of the World Trade Center. Accompanying the carnage were grainy images of Osama bin Laden, the sudden embodiment of a terrorist network that seemed to be everywhere and nowhere. See Generation / A4
But unions must agree By Patrick Cliff The Bulletin
Bend’s Reed Market plan
REDMOND — The Redmond School District believes it has found a way to avoid trimming five class days from next school year, but the plan must pass muster with the unions representing district staff. The district will have about $50 million to spend next year, but it would need more than $58 million to fulfill union contracts and maintain academic options. The multimillion-dollar shortfall is not as bad as the district originally feared, though. Shortfall estimates had reached about $10 million before the state Legislature passed a plan in April that boosted school funding. Because of the higher funding, Redmond schools should see about $1 million more than originally anticipated, and district leaders want to use the extra money to avoid cutting class days. The district had originally planned to cut five class days from next year’s calendar. In its budget messages, district leadership has written that it wants to do several things, including maintaining a standard school year, keeping as many programs in place as possible and limiting job and salary cuts. When the district first began working on its budget, it developed a list of cuts it would restore if more money became available, and class days topped the list, according to Mike McIntosh, the district’s chief financial officer. See Redmond / A5
Southern twisters hit an economy already hurting By John Christoffersen The Associated Press
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The tornado that obliterated contractor Robert Rapley’s house also swept away his livelihood, destroying his saws, his paint sprayer and his truck. Like thousands of others in Weather a region already struggling with inside high unemployment, he now faces the prospect of trying to recover • Levee breach eases flood with no way to earn a living. “We lost everything,” Rapley threat to said as he climbed on the wreckIllinois town, age. “I can’t even go to work.” Page A5 Thousands were thrown out of work by the twisters last week that killed 328 people across seven states in the nation’s deadliest tornado outbreak since the Depression. See Tornadoes / A6
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Rush hour traffic on Reed Market Road on Tuesday evening, from Southeast 15th Street looking west toward Southeast Ninth Street, the railroad tracks and American Lane.
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By Nick Grube The Bulletin
Every weekday afternoon, Lee Russell makes the drive from his northeast Bend home to the Park & Recreation District’s Senior Center on Reed Market Road to meet friends and play pool. Since it’s a part of his daily routine, the 88-year-old retired Air Force pilot knows the route well. He also knows the chal-
lenges of driving past the Senior Center on Reed Market to go to his medical and dental appointments on the west side of town. Because Reed Market is one of the few arterial streets that go from the far east side of Bend to the city’s western reaches, Russell said he’s practically forced to take the road no matter where he’s going. Russell says the road is too narrow at points. It’s also bumpy and prone to congestion, mak-
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A story headlined “OSU-Cascades looks off-campus,” which appeared Tuesday, April 26, on Page A1, contained an incorrect square footage for the building currently leased by the university. The number was repeated in a column headlined “Don’t miss this chance to build up OSU in Bend,” which appeared Sunday, May 1, on Page F1. The building OSU-Cascades is leasing contains 38,000 square feet. The Bulletin regrets the error.
In a story headlined, “DEQ, county to set septic rules,” which appeared Thursday, April 28, on Page A1, it was reported that the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality plans to generate criteria in a matter of weeks to determine which areas of south Deschutes County need cleaner septic systems to protect the shallow groundwater from nitrate pollution.
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ing it hard to exit the senior center. And forget about taking a left turn on Reed Market when it’s busy, he says. It’s impossible. “Anything on Reed Market would be an improvement,” Russell said between turns on the senior center felt Monday. “If you would say something good about it, I would find something to say otherwise.” That’s why he’s happy the city of Bend is proposing a $30 million bond measure that, if approved in the May 17 election, will go in large part to upgrading the stretch of Reed Market Road from Third to 27th streets. See Reed / A6
It was also reported that these criteria will apply to new residential construction and failed septic systems that must be replaced. Those criteria will be temporary and will remain in place until the Department of Environmental Quality completes a final plan for the area. The department is waiting for a committee of residents to recommend solutions before coming up with a final plan.
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