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SALEM — A tax on some of thestate's larger hospitals passed the Oregon House Tuesday, sending the measure to the upper chamber and
net giant is set to launch a sub-
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to leverage deeper cuts to the state's pension system. The hospital tax is now part of the "overall budgetary end
R-Bend, who is part of a small bipartisan negotiating group focusing on the Public Employees Retirement System. The tax represents a crucial part of the state's overall budget. Since it's a revenue-raising measure,Senate Demo-
crats need at least two Republican votes for the measure to pass. Senate Republican Leader Ted Ferrioli, R-John Day, acknowledged in a letter that many Republicans believe the tax is "an important piece of policy which must be
passed." SeeHospital tax/A5
HouseBill 2216 What it does:Extends a tax on
hospitals and long-term care facilities.
What happened:Passed the House 54-5, headed to the Senate, where it has become part of the budget negotiations.
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Jolie's choice highlights a medical dilemma
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Tail lights from a vehicle streak across the frame during a long exposure of the sculpture "Milky Way" on Tuesday evening.
rt in Public Places has been filling in Bend's roundabouts in a roundabout sort of way recently, with the latest installation going in at the long-existing intersection of Mt.
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CHICAGO — Angelina Jolie's announcement Tuesday that she has a genetic predisposition to breast and ovarian cancer that led her to undergo a preventive double mastectomy has raised awareness about the procedure and concerns among physicians and other experts. The actress reJolie vealed that she carries a "faulty" gene, BRCA I, linked to an increased likelihood of breast cancer and ovarian cancer. "Once I knew that this was my reality," she wrote in a New York Times op-ed column, "I decided to be proactive and to minimize the risk as much I could." Jolie follows other highprofile women who have taken this pre-emptive step. But none have the celebrity wattage of the 37-year-old actress, whose mother, producer Marcheline Bertrand, died of ovarian cancer in 2007 at age 56. "It's pretty significant when an international superstar makes a decision to be public about this," said Lindsay Avner, 30, a North Side resident who had the same surgery seven years ago. "To have the national stage for this platform is just incredible." But it's also a cause for worry, say some clinicians. SeeJolie/A4
Washington Drive and Shevlin Park Road. The 28-foot stainless steel sculpture — "Milky Way," by Portland artist Devin Field — is lighted by solar power. Since its
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Bend's streetlights.
In a report that undercuts years of public health warn-
When they kick on, the glare turns the sculpture's
ings, a prestigious group convened by the government says there is no good reason based on health outcomes for many Americans to drive their sodium consumption down to the very low levels recommended in national dietary guidelines. Those levels, 1,500milligrams a day, or a little more than half a teaspoon, were supposed to prevent heart attacks and strokes in people at risk: anyone older than 50, blacks and people with high blood pressure, diabetes or chronic kidney disease. See Salt/A4
sensors off, leaving the art in the dark. Tuesday evening, Field visited Bend to recalibrate his piece. At right, he installs a timer to turn the lights on. Now the sculpture once again glows in the dark, just as the artist intended. Field, a metal sculptor, has large public art displays all over the world. See them at www. devinlaurencefield.com. TODAY'S WEATHER Mostly cloudy High 65, Low 37
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WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill Tuesday introduced by Rep. Greg Walden,R-Hood River, that would make global Internet freedom the official policy of the United States. Last year, in advance of the World Conference on International Telecommunication in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, both chambers of Congress passed a resolution expressing the same position on keeping Internet regulation out of governments' controL As expected, during the conference the International Telecommunication Union, an agency within the United Nations, wrote a new treaty that gives it authority to oversee the Internet. The new treaty updated international telecommunications rules from 1988 and signaled a major shift in the hands-off policy many governments had taken toward the Internet. Russia, China, Iran and 86 other countries signed the treaty, while 55, including the U.S., did not. SeeInternet/A5
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