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Page 2A NATION East Oregonian Tuesday, February 17, 2015 ([SHUWVVD\.LW]KDEHUSUREHIRFXVHGRQ¿QDQFLDOFULPHV agency on the same day Gov. John Kitzhaber announced his resigna- tion. “Typically you don’t see this PORTLAND — Legal experts say a subpoena used in a federal extensive of a subpoena unless it’s grand jury investigation into Ore- a top-priority investigation,” said JRQ¶VIDOOHQJRYHUQRUDQGKLV¿DQFpH Laurie Levenson, a former assistant indicates that authorities are investi- U.S. attorney who teaches at Loyola gating possible violations of public Law School in Los Angeles. “It’s a FRUUXSWLRQODZVDQG¿QDQFLDOFULPHV pretty extensive investigation. Given including wire or mail fraud, brib- that this involves a governor, I would ery and tax evasion. The subpoena expect this is being supervised at the was sent to the state’s administrative highest level” and includes the U.S. By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press 'HSDUWPHQW RI -XVWLFH¶V 2I¿FH RI Public Integrity, the Internal Reve- nue Service and the FBI. It may be that the grand jury re- YLHZVWKHPDWHULDODQG¿QGVQRUHD- son to bring charges, Levenson said. She noted that the authorities used a subpoena to collect records, not a search warrant that would have re- quired a showing of probable cause. But Levenson added: “It’s too early to say whether there will be charges, but none of this is good news for the governor.” Tung Yin, a professor at Lewis and Clark Law School in Oregon, VDLG D VWDWH RI¿FLDO HPSOR\HH RU representative is in violation of the federal theft or bribery law if he or she “embezzles, steals, obtains by fraud” government property or cor- ruptly offers anything “with intent WRLQÀXHQFHRUUHZDUG´VRPHRQHLQ connection with business or gov- ernment transactions. Mail or wire fraud would kick in if prosecutors could show the crime was played out through email or the postal service. ³7KHWKHRU\LVWKDWDSXEOLFRI¿- cial owes the rights of honest service WRWKHSXEOLF´<LQVDLG7KHRI¿FLDO breaches that duty if he or she gets a kickback or a bribe. If the governor was to be considered a conspirator, it would require an agreement to com- mit fraud, he said. “The essence is, the governor would have to know what was going on,” Yin said. 7UDLQGHUDLOPHQWVHQGVRLOWDQNHULQWRULYHU Brown names OHSU lobbyist chief of staff MOUNT CARBON, W.Va. (AP) — A train carry- ing more than 100 tankers of crude oil derailed in southern West Virginia on Monday, sending at least one into the Kanawha River, igniting at least 14 tankers and sparking DKRXVH¿UHRI¿FLDOVVDLG One person was being treated for potential inhalation issues, but no other injuries were reported, according to a news release from CSX, the train company. Nearby resi- dents were told to evacuate as state emergency response and HQYLURQPHQWDORI¿FLDOVKHDG- ed to the scene about 30 miles southeast of Charleston. The state was under a win- ter storm warning and getting heavy snowfall at times, with as much as 5 inches in some places. It’s not clear if the weather had anything to do with the derailment, which occurred about 1:20 EST DORQJDÀDWVWUHWFKRIUDLO As federal railway and KD]DUGRXV PDWHULDOV RI¿FLDOV were heading to the scene, the company said it’s still inves- tigating what caused the train to come off the tracks. Public Safety spokesman Lawrence Messina said re- sponders at the scene report- ed one tanker and possibly another went into the river. Messina said local emergency responders were having trou- ble getting to the house that FDXJKW¿UH Kanawha County Manag- er Jennifer Sayre said a re- ported 14 to 17 tankers caught ¿UHRUH[SORGHG James Bennett, 911 coor- dinator for Fayette County, said a couple hundred fami- lies were evacuated as a pre- caution. The rail company said it’s still sorting out many specif- “We felt the heat, I can tell you that,” McClung said. “It was a little scary. It was like an atomic bomb went off.” Becky Nuckols heard the train hit the house direct- ly across the river from her house in the community of Boomer. “I thought it was a snow plow,” she said. That’s what made me look out. All you heard was a big boom.” After calling 911 Nuckols said she ran outside and saw a man leave the house and take off running. 7KH RI¿FH RI *RY (DUO Ray Tomblin, which has is- sued a state of emergency, said the tanker cars were loaded with Bakken crude from North Dakota and head- ed to Yorktown, Virginia. /RFDO HPHUJHQF\ RI¿FLDOV said all but two of the 109 cars being hauled were tanker cars. West Virginia American Water spokeswoman Laura Jordan said the company shut down a water treatment plant, located about 3 miles from the derailment, at about 2:30 p.m. The plant serves about 2,000 customers. AP Photo/The Register-Herald, Steve Keenan A fire burns Monday after a train derailment near 6WDWH KHDOWK RI¿FLDOV VDLG Charleston, W.Va. Nearby residents were told to evac- another water plant down- uate as state emergency response and environmental stream in the town of Cedar officials headed to the scene. Grove also closed its intake. ics in its response. David McClung said he They asked customers from “CSX teams also are work- felt the heat from one of the both water systems to con- LQJ ZLWK ¿UVW UHVSRQGHUV WR explosions at his home about serve water. Responding to a series of DGGUHVVWKH¿UHWRGHWHUPLQH a half mile up the hill. how many rail cars derailed, His brother-in-law was ¿HU\ WUDLQ FUDVKHV LQFOXGLQJ and to deploy environmental outside at the time of the de- one this spring in Lynchburg, protective and monitoring railment and heard a loud Virginia, the government pro- measures on land, air and in crack below along the riv- posed rules in July that would the nearby Kanawha River,” erfront, then went inside to phase out tens of thousands CSX spokesman Gary Sease summon McClung, his wife of older tank cars that carry increasing quantities of crude said in a news release. and their son. 7KH¿UHFRQWLQXHGEXUQLQJ One of the explosions that RLODQGRWKHUKLJKO\ÀDPPD- along a hillside Monday eve- IROORZHG VHQW D ¿UHEDOO DW ble liquids. 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Kate Brown. 7KH QHZV ZDV ¿UVW UH- changed in the late 1980s ported by Willamette Week. — the chief of staff over- Brown will be sworn sees the governor’s staff in Wednesday after John and carries out what the Kitzhaber’s resignation chief executive wants done. Shipley has had a long takes effect. Shipley, 39, is the top acquaintance with Salem. lobbyist for Oregon Health While still a student at Wil- & Science University in lamette University in the Portland as associate vice 1990s, Shipley worked for president for government then Reps. Judy Uherbelau relations. Shipley has of Ashland and Kitty Piercy served a couple of stints of Eugene. He earned his bach- for Brown in two of her previous positions. He was elor’s degree in politics chief of staff when Brown and environmental science was the Senate Democratic from Willamette in 1996. leader about a decade ago, He earned his law degree and chief of staff for sever- at Georgetown Universi- al months after Brown was ty, and could have gone to re-elected secretary of state D WRS ODZ ¿UP %XW KH UH- turned to Oregon to work as in 2012. He also has worked for a legislative assistant for a two previous governors. state senator. He also worked for Sen- $IWHUKHOHIW%URZQWKH¿UVW time, he rose to become ate President Peter Court- a deputy chief of staff to ney, D-Salem. In 2011 and 2012, af- Gov. Ted Kulongoski, over- seeing energy and climate ter his stint with Kitzhaber change policies and state and before he worked with spending of federal stimu- Brown during her tenure as secretary of state, Ship- lus funds. He also was legislative ley was with Forest Capi- director for Kitzhaber — a tal Partners, an investment job he also had under Ku- ¿UPLQ3RUWODQG By PETER WONG Capital Bureau 2 2 2 0 0 8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 0-2, Low 3-5, Moderate 6-7, High; 8-10, Very High; 11+, Extreme The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ num- ber, the greater the need for eye and skin protection. Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2015 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. -10s -0s showers t-storms 0s 10s rain 20s flurries 30s 40s snow ice 50s 60s cold front 70s 80s 90s 100s warm front stationary front 110s high low National Summary: While departing the mid-Atlantic in the morning, disruptive snow will sideswipe southern New England. A re-enforcing shot of arctic air will grip the Upper Midwest as the West Coast remains warm. Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 87° in McAllen, Texas Low -36° in Watertown, N.Y. NATIONAL CITIES Today Albuquerque Atlanta Atlantic City Baltimore Billings Birmingham Boise Boston Charleston, SC Charleston, WV Chicago Cleveland Dallas Denver Detroit El Paso Fairbanks Fargo Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Jacksonville Kansas City Las Vegas Little Rock Los Angeles Hi 55 45 29 29 36 43 53 22 57 26 18 20 54 39 21 62 29 2 83 53 25 65 27 68 40 74 Lo 29 26 19 9 22 24 31 13 31 13 1 5 33 20 6 37 5 -18 69 33 5 37 7 45 18 56 W s c sn sn c c s sn sh c c sf pc pc sf s pc c s pc c sh sf s c pc Hi 63 41 27 30 49 42 56 28 51 20 10 14 57 50 16 71 21 -1 84 65 15 55 19 73 40 76 Wed. 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