Stranded Antarctic explorers, saved! Today, a Chinese helicopter plucked all 52 passengers from a Russian boat that has been trapped by ice near Antarctica since Dec. 24. Goodbye, Mayor Bloomberg! Hello, Mayor de Blasio. Yesterday, New Yorkers welcomed new mayor Bill de Blasio during his inauguration speech. President Clinton swore in the progressive new Mayor […]
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Ronnie Biggs, train robber and folk hero, dead at 84. A captivating story by the New York Times about the man who eluded the authorities time and time again. The kids are all on drugs. A recent study found pot is now more prevalent than cigarettes among American teens. US Olympic delegation is a big […]
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House Party! Since the late ’70s, American homeowners have enjoyed positive equity (the value of their home was greater than their mortgage debt). That all changed in late 2007, when the economy began its nosedive (it also coincided with Ben Bernanke taking over as fed. chairman). For the first time in almost six years and […]
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Look, the Affordable Care Act is a good idea, OK? Mr. Obama says so. And he means it! Seahawks fans are like an earthquake. The 12th man reclaims the noise record. Judge to Detroit: Proceed with bankruptcy. “The largest municipal bankruptcy in history.” What it means: “The ruling opens the door for the city to […]
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Italy’s Senate tells Berlusconi to beat it. Silvio Berlusconi, the former Italian prime minister, was stripped of his parliamentary seat and expelled from the senate. No more sauce for Sriracha? An Irwindale, Calif. judge order the Sriracha hot sauce plant to partially close because of strong odors and neighbor complaints. More band news for Greece. […]
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Bulletin Health Insurance Cuts Make National News
Here’s an article on the Huffington Post about Monday’s health insurance cuts for Bend Bulletin employees. From HuffingtonPost.com The article includes the full memo from President and publisher of the newspaper, Gordon Black, to his employees explaining the decision. Here’s the Source’s coverage of the unfortunate cuts yesterday.
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More Bad News About Newspapers—Here and There
At times, yes, it does feel as if we are captaining the Titanic. Last week, The Onion published its last paper edition. That same day, some 700 jobs were cut from the Tribune Company—an organization that, most notably, publishes the LA Times and Chicago Tribune, as well as six other daily newspapers. And, closer to […]
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Pacific Power is Done with Dam
Huge news: Pacific Power, the utility company that owns the dam which creates Mirror Pond, is calling it quits on the leaky, 103-year-old dam. Here is an excerpt form PacifiCorp’s press release: PacifiCorp has determined that it would not be cost-effective for its customers to make the investments needed to continue long-term operations at the […]
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I do what I want! Venezuela’s socialist President Nicolas Maduro, successor to Hugo Chavez, has “been granted wide-ranging special powers to rule by decree for one year…The decree will essentially allow the president to create laws without parliamentary approval,” reports Aljazeera. The move was made in an effort to tackle a tanking economy. A longer […]
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Déjà Vu! A Year Later, Another Injunction Filed Against City of Bend
“It’s simple,” said Moey Newbold, a life-long Bend resident who ran last year’s Stop The Drain campaign. “SWIP was a bad idea a year ago. It is still a bad idea today.” That was what a press release hot-off-the-presses explained, referring to an injunction filed today (not surprisingly) against the City of Bend. Central Oregon […]