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Walden takes on the FCC By Andrew Clevenger The Bulletin
WASHINGTON — Oregon Congressman Greg Walden has emerged as a central figure in the clash between House Republicans and the Federal Communications Commission, which he has tried to rein in since he became chairman of the House Energy Subcommittee for CommuRep. Greg nications and Walden, R-Ore. Technology. Walden, ROre., has already objected to the FCC’s new position on Net neutrality. Now, he wants to learn more about the issue of redistributing the allotment of the wireless spectrum, as FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski has suggested. Today, meanwhile, Walden will chair a hearing on potential revisions to FCC’s processes designed to ensure that the agency’s actions are consistent from one administration to the next. See Walden / A5
Bend recovery likely to lag behind state
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SALEM — Bend will have to wait longer than other parts of the state to feel the effects of Oregon’s economic recovery. The state’s top economist told lawmakers Thursday that overall the state has slowly started rebounding. But for rural counties and cities like Bend, whose economic success was tied closely to the housing market, the uptick will take longer. “Recovery periods are not equally spread across the state,” said Tom Potiowsky, with the
Hot on cougar’s trail, deputy gets a close encounter
SUPER JUMPS AT SUPERPARK 15
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Wildlife officials intend to trap and kill a cougar seen on several recent occasions in Deschutes River Woods on the south side of Bend. After five full days with no reported sightings, a Pumice Butte Road resident called the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office shortly before 10 p.m. Wednesday to report a cougar eating a freshly killed deer in his backyard. “The deputy showed up and walked into the backyard and was pretty much nose-to-nose with this cougar,” said Sgt. Troy Gotchy. “I think they scared the crud out of each other — the cat ran off, the deputy backed out.” Thursday morning, a Sheriff’s Office sergeant on patrol went by the home and spotted the cougar a second time. Later Thursday, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and USDA Wildlife Services set a trap at the house where the cougar was last seen. The half-eaten deer is being used as bait. In keeping with ODFW policy, the cougar will be killed if trapped. See Cougar / A4
Pakistani army chief poised to resist U.S. pressure
Schools are embracing social media as a tool for collaboration during class. New York Times News Service ile photo
By Jane Perlez New York Times News Service
ISLAMABAD — Despite mounting pressure from the United States since the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, Pakistan’s army chief, Gen. Ashfaq Pervez Kayani, seems unlikely to respond to U.S. demands to root out other militant leaders, according to people who have met with him in the past 10 days. While the general does not want to abandon the alliance completely, he is more likely to pursue a strategy of decreasing Pakistan’s reliance on the U.S., and continuing to offer just enough cooperation to keep the billions of dollars in U.S. aid flowing, said a confidant of the general who has spoken with him recently. Such a response is certain to test U.S. officials, who are more mistrustful of Pakistan than ever. Emboldened by the May 2 raid that killed bin Laden in Pakistan, U.S. officials say they now have greater leverage to force Pakistani cooperation in hunting down Taliban and al-Qaida leaders so the United States can end the war in Afghanistan. See Pakistan / A4
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Office of Economic Analysis. Projected revenue has increased for the state, meaning it will have $128 million more in its coffers to put toward state programs in the next budget, which takes effect July 1. An increase in personal income tax collections and job growth — Oregon had the seventh-fastest rate of job growth in the nation — are driving the increase. “It’s a relatively good-news picture,” Potiowsky said. See Recovery / A5
Speaking up in class, silently, via social media By Trip Gabriel New York Times News Service
Wasn’t it just the other day that teachers confiscated cellphones and principals warned about oversharing on MySpace? Now, Erin Olson, an English teacher in Sioux Rapids, Iowa, is among a small but growing cadre of educators trying to exploit Twitter-like technology to enhance classroom discussion. Last week, as some of her 11th-graders read aloud from a poem called “To the Lady,” which ponders why bystanders do not intervene to stop injustice, others kept up a running commentary on their laptops. The poet “says that people cried out and tried but nothing was done,” one student typed. Another offered, “She is giving raw proof that we are slaves to our society.” Instead of being a distraction — an electronic version of note-passing — the chatter echoed and fed into the main discourse, said Olson. She and others say that social media, once barricaded outside the school door, can entice students who rarely raise a hand to express themselves through a medium they find as natural as breathing. See Class / A5
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Pro snowboarder Erin Comstock, 33, of Salt Lake City, performs a trick called a method air while jumping over a huge gap on her way to a landing zone during the Superpark 15 event at Mt. Bachelor on Thursday afternoon. For the past week, some of the country’s top snowboarders have been riding massive jumps and features built by terrain park staff from resorts across the country. Aside from sneaking a peek from the Outback chairlift, the public has not had access to the terrain park. However, Superpark Pit Day scheduled for Saturday at Mt. Bachelor will allow the public to mingle with pro snowboarders, get autographs and demo the latest in snowboard technology. The event will be held at West Village Lodge from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Activities include a lap with the pros, a safety session, live music from hip-hop band Mosley Wotta and a beer festival.
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