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bendbulletin.com TODAY'S READERBOARD The black vote —For the first time, it exceeded the white vote. How that might have mattered for Mitt Romney.A3

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Oregon's other ongoing stories?B1 conspiracy to commit wire fraud, bank fraud and false statement to a financial institution. Tami Sawyer alone was also charged with four additional counts of money laundering. SeeSawyers /A5

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Case against Tsarnaev

takes shape David Voreacos Bloomberg News

BOSTON — A year ago, Assistant U.S. Attorney Aloke Chakravarty

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the prosecution of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev — surveyed a Boston courtroom packed with supporters of a Massachusetts man convicted of providing material support to terrorists and conspiring to commit murder in a foreign country. The defendant, Tarek Mehanna, was found

guilty of helping al-Qaida by promoting holy war online. His supporters heard tough words last April from the prosecutor, who asked for a 25-year prison term to deter Muslims from turning radical. "They're watching this case because what the defendantrepresents isthe harm of homegrown violent extremism," Chakravarty said. "It's the metastasization of this perverted interpretation of a great faith to motivate other people to take up arms against a country who is providing them protection." Today, Mehanna is serving a 17'/2-year sentence, as Chakravarty begins the prosecution of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Tsarnaev, 19, is charged with joining his older brotherTamerlan, 26,both immigrants of Chechen descent, in planting two bombs near the finish line April 15, killing three people and injuring more than 260. The elder brother died after a police shootout. SeeProsecution/A4

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By Dylan J. Darling and Hillary Borrud

WASHINGTON — This month, a political organization aligned with House Republicans sent an email attacking President Barack Obama'shealth care law to reporters. "Young adults on parents' plan pay more," said the organization, the YG Network, citing a new employee benefits study. The email's subject line: "So Much for Popularity." Actually, the study did not show that those young adults were paying more. It showed that insurance companies were, because they had begun providing health coverage to those young adults, as called for under the law. The missive, inaccurate though it was, illustrates the immense challenge facing the Obama administration as it puts in place the most significant parts of the landmark 2010 law. Few federal initiatives reach so many corners of the U.S. economy and society — and have as much potential to generate trouble for the party in the White House. Among the complex imperatives: pushing reluctant states to set up insurance marketplaces and expand Medicaid

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A Sunday shooting that left a Madras teen dead was intentional, the Jefferson County Sheriff said Monday, but the motive is still a

mystery. "We know for definitely sure that it wasn't a hunting accident," Jefferson County Sheriff Jim Adkins said. "It was definitely an intentional shooting." Montana Silk Marlatt, 24, was arraigned Monday in Jefferson County Circuit Court on charges Marlatt of mu rd e r and firstdegree manslaughter, according to court records. While the court listed his address in Lexington, Adkins said Marlatt Moschetti was r ecently living in Madras or Metolious. He was being held Monday night at the Jefferson County jail without bail. Marlatt could face life in prison if convicted, according to court documents. Marlatt is accused of turning a shotgun toward Devon Moschetti, 19, with whom he was shooting targets Sunday, aiming it at his face, and pulling the trigger, Adkins said, noting there wasn't an argument that led up to the shooting. "There was no sense, rhyme or reason to this," Adkins said. He said drugs or alcohol don't appear to be a factor in the shooting at this time. Marlatt and Moschetti were shooting targets together with two other men about their age, Adkins said, including Marlatt's brother. Adkins declined Monday to give the names of the witnesses. SeeShooting /A5

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Comingout, NBAveteran givesaface to gaymaleathletes By David Crary

— including the military, Congress, the corporate boardroom — gays NEW YORK — By coming out have been taking their place as as gay while still an active NBA equals. player, Jason Collins breaks one of Until Monday, however, no male the last remaining barriers for gays athlete had come out as gay while and lesbians in era of constant po- still an active player on any team in litical gains and ever-growing pub- the four major North American pro lic acceptance. sports leagues. In most other realms of public life Collins, a 12-year NBA veteran, The Associated Press

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changed that in the May 6 issue of Sports Illustrated. "I'm a 34-yearold NBA center. I'm black and I'm gay," Collins wrote. Other gay athletes, including the former NBA center John Amaechi, have waited until retirement to divulge their sexual orientation publicly. No one still pursuing a career in the NFL, the NHL or Ma-

publicly. Even with all the momentum for various gay rights advances, public opinion on some fundamental questions about h o mosexuality Collins remains markedly divided, particularly among black Americans. And Collins is black. SeeGay/A4

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