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Obama offering rescue to states By Michael Cooper and Sheryl Gay Stolberg New York Times News Service
President Barack Obama is proposing to ride to the rescue of states that have borrowed billions of dollars from the federal government to continue paying Inside • White House unemployment benefits during pushes $53B the economic high-speed downturn. rail project, Obama’s Page A5 plan would give the states a two-year breather before automatic tax increases would hit employers, and before states would have to start paying interest on the loans. The proposal, which administration officials said would be included in the 2012 budget the president is scheduled to unveil next week, was greeted coolly by Republicans on Capitol Hill, who warned that the plan would ultimately force many states to raise their unemployment taxes in the years to come. But the White House is calculating that the proposal will ultimately appeal to Republicans because it involves a tax moratorium right now for hard-hit states during a still-fragile economic recovery. Administration officials will make the case that the plan helps the economy and states in the short run, while bringing overdue changes to the unemployment insurance system in the long run. See Rescue / A5
Grounded in Cairo During their trip to the Middle East, a Powell Butte couple was forced to flee the chaos — only to find it at the airport
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Darrel Buttice, 67, and Deborah Hilleren, 57, spent the first part of their trip in Jordan, (pictured). The couple had planned for six days in Egypt, but they were evacuated on Jan. 31, finally arriving home Friday.
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A year of planning went into a Powell Butte couple’s recent vacation to the Middle East.
the airport and then a nearby hotel because of political unrest in late January.
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For two days, Deborah Hilleren, 57, and her husband Darrel Buttice, 67, witnessed people flocking to the airport and living there as they tried to get out of the country. Meanwhile, Hilleren and Buttice heard intermittent reports from tour guides and other travelers about the mayhem unfolding outside. Egypt’s political protests gained momentum a few days before Hilleren and Buttice arrived, when thousands of people began gathering in Cairo’s Tahrir Square to demonstrate against President Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year rule. On Jan. 31, Hilleren and Buttice were among thousands of American evacuated from Egypt by the U.S. State Department. See Egypt / A4
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“All they said was, ‘Pack your bags, be there at 11 o’clock, bring one bag.’” — Deborah Hilleren, pictured with her husband at their Brasada Ranch home on Tuesday
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Jefferson County Commissioners are in the process of taking disciplinary action against treasurer Deena Goss that may include removing her from office. The Board of Commissioners meets today at 9 a.m. to discuss a draft letter addressed to Goss that documents what they view as multiple violations of her duties as treasurer, county policy and state law. During a Deena Goss Feb. 2 meeting with the Board of Commissioners, Goss admitted she had invested public money in corporate debt in 2009 and 2010 and discovered in January 2011 that those investments were prohibited according to the county investment policy. The investments were also found to have violated state laws. Goss was also the subject of a Department of Justice investigation in 2010 regarding almost $8,000 missing from an account she was responsible for. The investigation found no evidence to charge her with a crime, but the commissioners believe she failed in her duties to account for the missing money. See Treasurer / A4
American citizens wait in late January to be evacuated from the Cairo airport, where Deborah Hilleren and Darrel Buttice of Powell Butte lined up on Jan. 31 and were eventually flown to Cyprus.
unravel in Egypt, where they were stranded at
EGYPT: Mideast allies backing stability over change, Page A3
County moves against Goss By Erik Hidle
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Car companies man up with minivan redesigns By Tim Higgins and Alan Ohnsman Bloomberg News
CHICAGO — Chrysler wants to attract more men to its minivans as women eschew the segment’s unsexy image in favor of sport utility vehicles. Chrysler’s Dodge Grand Caravan R/T, which the company refers to internally as the “Man Van” because of styling and features geared to appeal to men, will be on display today at the
Chicago Auto Show. The vehicle will arrive in showrooms in the second quarter. Chrysler hasn’t announced its price. “It’s an experiment,” Ralph Gilles, Auburn Hills, Mich.-based Chrysler’s head designer, said in an interview. “Is it possible to make the minivan appeal to a guy who needs the minivan but who used to have the sports car?” See Minivan / A5
Chrysler is refreshing its entire minivan line with upgraded interiors and a new engine. Jeff Kowalsky Bloomberg News
A new study finds many women with early breast cancer do not need a painful procedure that has long been routine: removal of cancerous lymph nodes from the armpit. The discovery turns standard medical practice on its head. Surgeons have been removing lymph nodes from under the arms of breast cancer patients for 100 years, believing it would prolong women’s lives by keeping the cancer from spreading or coming back. Now, researchers report that for women who meet certain criteria — about 20 percent of patients, or 40,000 women a year in the United States — taking out cancerous nodes has no advantage. It does not change the treatment plan, improve survival or make the cancer less likely to recur. And it can cause complications like infection and lymphedema, a chronic swelling in the arm that ranges from mild to disabling. See Cancer / A5