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• Analyst was involved in 27 pending cases in DeschutesCounty
pected of mishandling drug evidence, calling into question both active and closed crimi-
delivery of controlled substances ranging from methand cases alleging additional nondrug charges such as burglary, assault and wildlife violations, according to a list of pending cases provided to The
By Claire Withycombe
criminal cases in Deschutes
coffee can and other pieces of
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County in which she was
evidence are in question after the district attorney learned
nal cases across the state.A n
the Oregon State Police fo-
Police crime lab in Bend since 2012, Larsen was placed on
whether the criminal inves-
involved must be individually addressed, according to De-
tigation of an Oregon State
schutes County District Attor-
rensic analyst who processed
Police forensic analyst should be tackled by state or federal prosecutors, the 27 pending
ney John Hummel. The alleged contents of an Altoids tin, plastic baggies, a
them is under investigation by state police.
As authorities decide
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Nika Larsen, 35, is sus-
employee of the Oregon State leave earlier this month. The charges in the pending cases include possession and
amphetamine tooxycodone,
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Lunar doudlefeature-
Germany knocked off its high ground
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By Alison Smale New York TimesNews Service
EDITOR'SCHOICE
BERLIN — As Germany
has emerged as the dom-
Intimate
inant actor in Europe, it
escapes in Brazil's love motels
virtues of thrift and lately wagged its finger at coun-
By Simon Romero New York Times News Service
has lectured Greece and other debtor nations on the tries that balk at receiving
a share of refugees from the killing fields of Syr-
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SAO PAULO, Brazil-
Drive through the sprawl of any big Brazilian city and there they are, the
The Perlan 2 experimental glider, pictured above taking off
short-stay love motels
while being towed by another plane, took its inaugural flight
beckoning with their neon lights and names like Mag-
Wednesday at the Redmond Airport. The engineless flier
nata andTaj Mahal. Some
resemble colossal medieval fortresses for trysts. Others evoke ancient Egypt's Pharaonic excesses. But such garden-variety
ia. Its right to lead, based on
a narrative of self-sacrifice and obedience to rules, was generally acknowledged. That is one reason the Volkswagen scandal has shaken the country's very
core. More than just a tale of corporatemisdeeds, the disclosure of systematic
cheating by one of Germany's most iconic companies has delivered a sharp blow to its conception of
spent about half an hour in the air, reaching 5,000 feet. This test was a success; now it's on to test No. 2 and — eventually
itself as an orderly nation and tarnished its claim to
— 90,000 feet above ground.
moral leadership of the
ostentation is so yesterday.
Continent.
The pleasure palaces now surfacing offer ser-
Eyes to the skies, spectators watch the Perlan 2 glid-
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erflyabove Redmond on Wednesday.
vices like helicopter rides
above this megacity of 20 million. In suites at certain motels, guests slither
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through water slides that empty into heated private
By Beau Eastes sPhotos by Joe Kline
plunge pools. Other suites that can be
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rented for a few hours in-
clude dinners prepared by prizewinning chefs, private
REDMOND-
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D Js or 4-D movies on an
undulating sofa. SeeMotels /A5
ally reach 90,000 feet, came off without a hitch
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Before the flight, Perlan 2 Project memberDouglas Perrenod gives athumbs-up, sitting on the glider to help center its weight as it's towed to the runway.
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he flight plan to 90,000 feet starts in Redmond. The maiden voyage of the Perlan 2, an experimental glider that hopes to eventu-
Wednesday morning at the Redmond Airport. Pilots Jim Payne and Morgan Sandercock flew the 1,800-poundsailplane 5,000 feetaboveground once the glider was released from its tow plane. Total air time for the first flight of the Airbus Perlan 2 Mission — the international aviation giant is sponsor-
ing the project — was about 35 minutes. "This really fits in with theDNA of Airbus," said Allan McArtor, the CEO of Airbus Group, the compa-
ny's North American business division. "The Perlan Project is about exploration, innovation and pushing the envelope. It's exploring new boundaries." Officials from Airbus and the Perlan Project, an international volunteer team of scientists, engineers,
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pilots and aviation aficionados, next plan to take
the Perlan 2 to San Diego for more ground testing before heading to Nevada later in the year for higher altitude flights. Eventually, using stratospheric
mountain waves, Perlan 2 looks to go as high as 90,000 feet, which would blow past the fixed-wing aircraft altitude record of 50,722 feet set by Perlan
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Perlan 2 pilot Jim Payne gets a thumbs-up after the flight outside the Leading Edge Jet Center near Redmond Airport. Next, the glider plans to head to San Diego for more testing before its 90,000-foot goal — which would be a world
record for a fixed-wing aircraft.
By Melinda Deslatte The Associated Press
CAMERON, La. — Va-
cant slabs, weed-choked lots and solitary stairs to nowhere permeate this tiny town in southwest Louisiana. All that remains of the Klean-N-Kruise car wash
is a rusted white sign overlooking an empty, overgrown lot. Residents travel
30 miles away for anything they can't get at the local gas station because there is
no grocery store. And everywhere there are the campers.
Project founder Einar Enevoldson and his co-pilot
Hurricane Rita was one ofthe fierceststorms on re-
and notedadventurer,Steve Fossett,in 2006.
cord when it roared ashore
"This is pretty cool," said Redmond City Councilor Joe Centanni, one of several dozen invited guests
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Hurricane Rita: the forgotten storm
near the Texas/Louisiana border on Sept. 24, 2005.
who watched the flight from the airfield. "I don' t
Coastal towns splintered
think people realize what's going on out here. Not just this flight, but what's happening at the airport in general."
as seawater pushed 20
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miles inland and tornadoes wrecked homes. See Rita/A6