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Bend forumexaminesopportunities in unmannedaeria vehices By Elon Glucklich The Bulletin
Distance record —Thls July, two hang gliders flew wingtip to wingtip high above Texas. Both had performed an
Aerospace, defense and advancedtechnology companies across the Pacific Northwest are capitalizing on a push to
expand the market for unmanned aerial vehicles. And Bend is as well positioned as any mid-sized community to help push the young industry forward. That's ac-
cording to a pair of northwest experts on unmanned vehicles and infrared surveillance equipment, who each outlined the industry's potential for growth to more than 150 peo-
ple Thursday at the Riverhouse Hotel & Convention Center. A few hours' drive from Bend, a Wilsonville company is building infrared and night vision cameras for unmanned
aerial vehicles. The company, FLIR Systems, makes cameras for the military, forest firefighting crews and a variety of government and commercial uses. SeeUAVs/A6
amazing feat of flight, but only onecouldcome awaywitha world record.A3
Obituary —The original "Dear Abby," a ft trusted, sharp-
penned adviser to millions of readers. B5
Troubled Dreamliner
— How Boeing's 787 comes together, and what the future may hold.AS
In Oregon news —At5 pounds of nearly pure gold, the Armstrong nugget is the biggest such chunkever found
• Local cyclists are not buyingthe now-infamousrider's rationalizations
in Oregon. Now it has a new
home in BakerCity. B6 By Scott Hammers
cycling enthusiasts turned out to watch • Interview the first half o f t h e t w o-part interLance Armstong's long-awaited e x c el'pts, v i e w b etween Armstrong and Oprah admission that h e u sed perfor- A4 Winfrey. m ance-enhancing drugs i n t h e Over the course of the i nterview, years hedominated professional cycling Armstrong confessed use of testosterone was met with jeers Thursday night at and e r y t hropoetein, or EPO,bothbannedby Crow's Feet Commons in downtown the International Cycling Union during all Bend. of hisprofessional career. A crowd of about 30 cyclists and See Reaction/A4
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In world news —Algerian forces storm the remote gas plant where militants had taken
hostages.A2
EDITOR'5CHOICE
Behind Te'o hoax ies a need to beieve By Monica Hesse The Washington Post
The Internet can be a blunt and brutal place. It's built on unruly mobs moving across the virtual terrain, digesting stories and leaving behind carcasses. But it is also one of the last vestiges of wide-eyed • A puzzle: unfettered What and belief. when The former did Te'o describes how know?C1 it i s t hatthe strange and elusive case of Manti Te'o is being efficiently dissected on the Web. The latter describes how it is that people online could love girlfriends who do not exist. Te'o, a star linebacker at the University of Notre Dame and runner-up for the Heisman Trophy, had made the story of his leukemiastricken girlfriend, Lennay Kekua, an essential part of his personal narrative. She had a photo on Twitter, and he spoke poignantly about their conversations and exchanges. After learning she died,he went out and made 12 tackles against Michigan State, or so the story goes. Except that she didn't die. Because she didn't exist. Kekua was either Te'o's creation — a publicity hoax — or someone else's prank. Either way, the story unraveled when Deadspin.com started pullingthreads. SeeBelieve/A6
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Professional mountain biker Carl Decker, middle, watches Lance Armstrong's interview with Oprah Winfrey along with other cycling fans Thursday at Crow's Feet Commons in downtown Bend. "Any time he's talked about 'truth,' it's been a farce," Decker said.
• Lance Armstrong's impact on cancer is felt even here By Amanda Miles The Bulletin
The seven consecutive Tour de France titles are gone. The 2000 Olympic bronze medal in cycling has now been stripped. The ban from competition is on. What does remain, after the years of lies and denial, is the impact Lance Armstrong exerted on cancer awareness — even in Central Oregon.
Lance Armstrong was in Bend in 1998, when he won the Cascade Cycling Classic. The Bulletin file photo
On Thursday afternoon,before Arms trong's confessional i n terview w i t h Oprah Winfrey aired, Gary Bonacker said he planned to see what Armstrong had to say. It is in large part through Bonacker, the Sunnyside Sports bicycle and ski shop co-owner, that Armstrong's role as acrusader against cancer has been felt locally. SeeCancer/A4
State andsheriffs' pushbackonguncontro has imited ega standing By Jeff Barnard The Associated Press
GRANTS PASS — From Oregon to Mississippi, President Barack Obama's proposed ban on new assault
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Inside • More Oregon sheriffs speak,B3
makers, many of whom vowed to ignore any restrictions — and even try to stop federal
weapons and large-capacity
officials from enforcing gun
magazines struck a nerve among rural lawmen and law-
policy in their jurisdictions. But their actual powers to
defy federal law are limited. And much of the impassioned rhetoric amounts to political posturing until — and if — Congress acts. Senate Majority Leader
Harry Reid, a Democrat, said recently it's unlikely an assault weapons ban would actually pass the House of Representatives. SeeGuns /A5
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