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TODAY'S READERBOARD ls a nuclear deal near? — After years of fruitless
negotiations, Western and Iranian diplomats are on the
verge of anagreement. A2
America's report card
— Math and reading scores are up ever so slightly, for Or-
• Businesses that pollute more,such as breweries,may have to paymore
By Hillary Borrud The Bulletin
Bend businesses that send more polluted water into the city sewers will soon have to pay higher bills to cover water treatment costs.
A committee of business representatives spent the last 10 months drafting a plan to more equitably share these costs, and they plan to present a proposal to the City Council later this month. Breweries
will likely face some of the highest bills under this plan, which calls for the city to calculate sewer bills based on the amount of wastewater businessessend into the sewers and the level of pollution in
that water. "The change that's being proposed now is significant, and the sticker shock is high," said Garrett Wales, a partner at 10 Barrel Brewing Co. SeeSewer /A8
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Broaddand — Americans are paying through the nose for what residents of other
but not thrilled with your job? Just wait until you're older.D1
By Tyler Leedss The Bulletin
By Andrew Clevenger The Bulletin
But ... Ifyou'reoutofwork and over 50, finding that job
won't be easy.D2
Bend's Robert Maxwell can enjoy his Medal of Honor anytime, but Americans
WASHINGTON — Before Thursday's final passage vote on the Employment NonDiscrimination Act, its
will now be able to buy the award's likeness for their letters and parcels.
Driverless cars —Muchof
lead sponsor, Oregon
the technology exists. It's the cultural and legal questions that
Sen. Jeff Merkley, gave a brief speech on the Senate floor to rally support for the bill. Merkley, D-Ore., quoted Ted Kennedy, the longtime Massachusetts senator who originally sponsored the Employment NonDiscrimination Act in 1996: "The promise of America will never be fulfilled as long as justice is denied to even one among us." The Employment Non-Discrimination Act would make it illegal to fire or not hire someone based on his or her sexual orientation or gender identity, just as it is already illegal to discriminate in the workplace based on religion, race or gender. Oregon
are holding up innovation.A3
And in national newsObama supports a minimum wage hike; laments health plan
cancellations.A2 A photo of Bob Maxwell at his Medal of Honor ceremony in 1944.
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FDA might call transfats unsafe toeat By Sabrina Tavernise New Yorh Times News Service
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday proposed measures that would all but eliminate artificial trans fats — the artery-clogging substance that is a major contributor to heart disease in the United States — from the
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and where hydrogenated do they oils,the source hide?A4 of trans fats, were no longer "generally recognized as safe," a legal category that permits the use of salt and caffeine, forexample. That means companies would have to prove scientifically that partially hydrogenated oils are safe to eat, a very high hurdle given that scientific literature overwhelmingly shows the contrary. The Institute of Medicine has concluded that there is no safe level for consumption of artificial trans fats. "That will make it a challenge, to be honest," said Michael Taylor, deputy commissioner for foods at the FDA. SeeTrans fats/A4
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The front of the stamp sheet for the new Medal of Honor stamps. (Besides Maxwell, of note is the late U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye, pictured No. 5 clockwise from top left.)
The U.S. Postal Service is issuing stamps with images of World War II-era Medals of Honor. The stamps will be lined with the images of the recipients who were still alive when the stamps were designed. Four of the recipients, including former U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii, recently died, before the stamps were officially issued. Today, shortly after 11:30 a.m., Maxwell, 93, isscheduled to receive a framed sheet of stamps in the Bend High School Library. "Serving was a good experience, although there were many bad experiences along with it," Maxwell said. "The good things were enough to cover all of those bad ones. It was an honor and privilege to serve my country,
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lesbians, bisexuals and transgendered individuals these protections. Kennedy died in 2009, not long after Merkley joined the Senate. Before he passed away, Kennedy sent word that he would like Merkley to take over the efforts to shepherd the Employment Non-Discrimination Act to passage. Four years later, the bill passed 64-32, with 10 Republicans joining 52 Democrats and two independents in voting for the bilL The bill has not passed the House. SeeBias/A5
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"It's a big honor and heavy one to carry around in terms of emotions because it represents all that's good about the military. Actually, it represents what's good about America, too." — Bob Maxwell, about the Medal of Honor
ComingSunday • Full list of Central Oregon
Veterans Dayevents
Bus crashes,like oneon l-84, blamed onoversigbt By Joan Lowy The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Federal accident investigators called on Thursday for a probe of the government agency charged with ensuring the safety of commercial vehicles, saying their own look into four tour bus and truck crashes that
The NewYork Times crossword puzzle that appeared Thursday, Nov. 7, in the
and we don't stop serving when we take our uniforms off." Maxwell received his award "For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at risk of life above and beyond the callof duty on 7 September 1944, near Besancon, France." During the battle, Maxwell jumped on a grenade hurled in the direction of his company, absorbing the blow and saving the lives of those around him. See Stamps/A6
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killed 25 people — including the Interstate 84 bus crash that killed or hurt 46 people in Eastern Oregon a year ago — raises "serious questions" about how well the agency is
doing its job. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration inspectors failed to respond to red flags
indicating significant safety problems on the part of bus and truck companies involved in accidents in Oregon, California, Kentucky and Tennessee, documents released by the National Transportation Safety Board said. Besides those killed, 83 other people were injured in the crashes,
many of them seriously. The motor carrier administration needs to crack down on bad actors "before crashes occur, not just after high-visibility events," said NTSB Chairman Deborah Hersman. In one crash, federal inspectors gave a California tour bus company safety clearance a
month before one of the company's buses overturned near San Bernardino last February while returning from a ski resort. Seven passengers and a pickup driver were killed; 11 passengers were seriously injured; and 22 others received minor to moderate injuries. SeeCrashes/A4
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