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bendbulletin.com TODAY'S READERBOARD Coming Sunday —How OSU-Cascades is working to lure students and faculty to its yet-to-be-built campus.
Sam Johnson ParkRedmond will soon beable to boast the largest accessible playground in the state.B1
GMO apples — Avariety resistant to browning has been approved for commercial growing in the U.S.C6
Fido facial recognition
— A new study shows dogs can distinguish betweenhappy and angry humanfaces. A3
'I have become a liability' • State probecontinues • EffectiveWednesday:Gov.Brown NEXT GOVERNR O
By Jonathan J. Cooper The Associated Press
History willbe made
SALEM — Gov. John Kitzhaber announced his
resignation Friday over a deepening influence-peddling scandal surrounding his fiancee and on the same day the U.S. Attorney's Office
Islamic State — Group attacks an Iraqi basehousing U.S. troops.A2
And a WedexclusiveHow Colombia became the flower king of Valentine's Day. bentibunetin.com/extras
issued a subpoena demanding recordsand electroniccommunications pertaining to the
pair. The subpoena was the federal investigation against Kitzhaber and Cylvia Hayes.
The Associated Press
The resignation of Gov.
It marks yet another turn in
a scandal that brought down Oregon'slongest-serving
John Kitzhaber instantly
chief executive.
ocrat who is next in line to
promoted the liberal Dem-
Kitzhaber's resigna-
HAPPY VALENTINE'S
tion, which is to take effect
Finding love — Theholiday
Wednesday, cleared the way for Secretary of State Kate
is a popular one for weddings in Deschutes County.01
By Tim Fought and Jeff Bamard
first acknowledgment of a
succeed him: the 54-yearold secretary of state who has long been thought to have her eye on Oregon's top elected position.
Brown to assume Oregon's
highest office and become the nation's first openly bisexual governor.
But —Not everyone's a fan ...
'lj'alentine's
Day: It's not for everyone
See Kitzhaber /A5
The Associated Press file photo
Kate Brown, who is wide-
Gov. John Kitzhaber escorts his fiancee, Cylvia Hayes, to his inauguration for a fourth term last month. Kitzhaber announced his resignation Friday amid allegations Hayes used her relationship with him to enrich herself. State and federal investigations have been launched.
ly considered tobe to the left of the departing Democratic governor, will also become the first openlybisexual governor in the nation. She was not expected to assume
REACTIONS
EXCERPTSFROM KITZHABER'SSTATEMENT "l am confident that l have not broken any laws nor taken
any actions that were dishonest or dishonorable in their intent or outcome."
office until Wednesday, when Kitzhaber's resigna-
"If what we have all readis true, this may well go downas one of Oregon government's darkest moments."
tion takes effect.
"This is a sad day for
Oregon. But I am confident that legislators are ready
— U.S. Rep Greg Walden,
"Itis deeply troubling to me to realize that we have come toa placein the history of this great state of ours wherea person can be charged, tried, convicted and sentenced by the media.... But even more troubling ... is thatso many of my former alliesin common cause have been willing to simply accept thisjudgment atits face value."
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"One thing I hope people know about meis that I love this state."
"Itis my hope that we view his legacy notjust through the narrow prism of these recent months." — Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian
• Kitzhaber's full resignation statement,AS
• More, plus local legislators,A4-5
to come together to move Oregon forward," Brown said Friday. See Brown /A4
By Ellen McCarthy The Washington Post
It's Valentine's Day!
Bring on the flowers and the stuffed teddy bears,
the candy hearts and the drugstore aisles lined with pink and red. March out the prix-fixe menus, the
Hallmark cards and the heightened expectations
of those who are young and in love and anxious for a diamond-studded
proposal. Or — as a small but vocal minority would like to suggest — we could just ... not. We could, instead, do
STATEINVESTIGATION "The governor's decision to resign will not affect our ongoing criminalinvestigation.... Oregonians deserve nothingless thana full and fairinvestigation of all the facts,as well as the opportunity to reach a resolution that will truly allow our state to move forward." — Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum
By Matt McFarland
Or at least put some age
The Washington Post
condone celebrations up until the fourth grade,
when people still have the common courtesy to bring in a valentine for everyone who sits in their general vicinity. And then, for those who insist, allow it to be
picked back up by the over60 set.
The rest of us? We get a pass. See Valentine's/A6
By Martha Bellisle
his fiancee, Cylvia Hayes. The Associated Press "Oregonians deserve nothing less than a OregonAttorney GeneralEllenRosenblum full and fair investigation of all the facts, as quiddy responded to Gov. John Kitzhaber's well as the opportunity to reach a resolution resignation Friday, thanking him for his ser- that will truly allow our state to move forvice but confirming she'll press a criminal ward," Rosenblum said in a statement. investigation into allegations against him and See AG/A5
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Imagine for a second a world in which no driver
ever gets rear-ended. That may sound impossible, but it shouldn't. For perspective on
the blistering rate of technolo-
gy's advancements, remember to make cars and trucks that car technology, says that for that a few months ago manidentify an imminent collision $700 or $800 the parts can be kind launched a probe from and automatically brake, pre- bought to build such a system a satellite and it landed on a venting or lessening the sever- After markups, he estimates comet that was traveling at a ity of an accident. that consumers will pay an whopping 84,000 mph. Ragunathan Rajkumar, a extra $2,000 or $3,000 for the Today it's possible and professor at Carnegie Mellon initial cost of their vehicles. relatively inexpensive for us who is developing self-driving That up-front cost probably
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a perfectly autonomous car," said John Capp, director of global vehicle safety at GM. See Cars /A6
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