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President Xi’svisit› TheU.S.andChina haveagreed to not conduct cybereconomic espionage.A2
By Claire Withycombe
schutes County Sheriff Shane
related to funds used for inves-
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tigative purposes."
lose 42-24 against No. 21 Stanford.C1
A Deschutes County Sheriff's supervisor was placed on paid administrative leave Wednesday pending an investigation into money missing from several law enforcement accounts, according to De-
Nelson. Nelson did not identify the employee, saying he did not want to jeopardize the investigation. He said in a Friday
Alleged kidnapping› Twomenarrested on suspicion of kidnapping teenagers from Redmond Wal-MartB1
Nelson wrote that the in-
vestigation was prompted by an initial audit conducted by county internal auditor David Givans last month, which rec-
news release that an internal
audit conducted by the sheriff's ommendedtheoff iceconduct office this month "found issues further analysis of funds used
for investigative purposes. According to that initial audit, though no "significant de-
different places and should be logged in a master ledger," the audit, dated July 1, states. It notes that the investigative
ficiencies" were found overall, Givans wrote that additional controls were necessary over
cash was periodically audited by independent staff. Givans
bank accounts and cash. "Certain cash is held for investigative purposes in
couldnotbereached forcomment Friday. See Investigation /A8
Difficulties await
Boehner's successor By Carl Hulse New York Times News Service
WASHINGTON — After
Speaker John Boehner's stunning decision Friday to step down, the question now becomes: Who can lead this unruly bunch? Despite criticism of Boehner for being a "squish" or a Republican-in-name-only, he was actually
a strong
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conservative with the two-decade voting record and beliefs to
match. He was also a veteran negotiator and someone who knew how Wash-
ington worked — and who wanted to keep it working as much on Republican terms as possible. And he succeeded to
some degree in cutting spending and eliminating the costly earmarks he
despised. See Boehner /A6
Related More analysis, A6 Rep. Walden backsMajority Leader Kevin McCarthy,B1
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Governor. Group will Expandedseason f„ 1 984 2013 justlessthan 90 days.Theseasons ofthe pasttwo years haveexceeded
Bend has logged record-breaki a ng 139 frost-freedays,and noend is in sight
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One of the warmest, longest summers in Central Oregon has notched another record. As of Friday,
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Pacific Decadal Oscillation, an ongoing back-and-forth swing between warmer and
the last frost in 2014 was more than a month after the last
coolerocean surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean. frost this year, Bend didn't see Murphy said the Pacific
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freezing temperatures in 2014 until Nov. 1. The NWS takes its measurements for the Bend area at a weather station at the
Decadal Oscillation has
Bend Airport. Forecasts
two have helped boost tem-
generated from information
peratures in the West. Though the heat has been
gathered at the weather station suggest Bend will remain
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Nino phenomenon closer to the equator, and together the
great for backyard tomato
freezing mark Sept. 4, while
Prineville office of the Oregon
Prineville did so on Sept. 15.
State University Extension
Mike Murphy, a forecaster
Service said while hay and alfalfa crops got an early start this year, crop quality took a hit late in the year. See Freeze /A7
said the last two years of 30 6 0 90 1 2 0 Daysin between frost dates
phase, as has the similar El
Mylen Bohle with the
with the National Weather Service office in Pendleton,
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gardeners, it hasn't been quite as good for Central Oregonians who farm for a living.
comfortably above the freez-
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The start and end of thegrowing
season havefluctuated outside the normal range in rece nt years. — Date of last frost — Date of first frost
By Scott Hammerse The Bulletin
that by more than six weeks.
Noticeadle change
crime lab practices By Claire Withycombe
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A statewide working group has been formed to review policies and
procedures at the Oregon State Police crime lab amid the widening criminal investigation of a forensic analyst at the Bend lab, Gov. Kate Brown
announced Friday. The group, consisting of several attorneys and
a police chief, was assembled at the behest of OSP as that agency and the Oregon Department of Justice continue their investigation of Nika
Larsen, a forensic analyst suspected of mishandling drug evidence. See Lab /A7
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who then becomes it." Wikipedia explains that the game, also known in Britain as "it, tip you' re it" is "a playground game that involves one or more
players chasing other players in an attempt to
'tag' or touch them, usually with their hands." So is the game of "tag" still "tag" if tagging is banned? See Tag /A8
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