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NORTHWEST East Oregonian Page 2A Thursday, March 10, 2016 BRIEFLY Woman who killed abusive husband free after decade in prison GRANTS PASS (AP) — A woman imprisoned for killing her abusive husband is free. The Daily Courier reports 46-year-old :HQG\0DOGRQDGRZDVFRQYLFWHGRI¿UVWGHJUHH manslaughter and sentenced in March 2006. Her sister Michelle Roberts says about 20 family members greeted Maldonado when she left the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility on Monday after a decade of incarceration. Maldonado’s then-16-year-old son was convicted of second-degree manslaughter for his role in the death and was released from prison in 2011. Both argued in court that they were protecting themselves from physical and emotional abuse. Aaron Maldonado was fatally bludgeoned in May 2005 while he was in bed at home. Two governors denied clemency for Maldonado. Roberts says her sister is looking forward to settling in and spending time with her four sons in Grants Pass. Bend voters reject proposal to raise gas tax, improve roads BEND (AP) — Bend voters have rejected the city’s plan to raise the gas tax to pay for road improvements. The Bend Bulletin reports that election results as of 10 p.m. Tuesday showed the measure losing by a nearly 2-to-1 margin. It would have created a 5-cent-per-gallon tax that was expected to generate about $2.5 million in revenue each year. Bend has an estimated $80 million in deferred street maintenance. Former Bend mayor Jeff Eager opposed the measure. He says the 58.2 percent turnout indi- cates that the proposal may have drawn out voters who don’t normally weigh in on local issues. Peter Werner of the Yes For Bend Roads campaign says he had hoped the vote would be lopsided in the other direction, showing public support for the city’s infrastructure. Photo by E.J. Harris Haystacks combust near Rieth Pendleton ireighters monitor a haystack ire off Birch Creek Road on Wednesday near Rieth. The ire department was called out at 2:13 p.m. and worked to move other bales of hay away from the burning stack and protect a nearby outbuilding. Pendleton Fire Chief Mike Ciraulo said the property owners agreed to let the bales burn, and the ire would likely burn through the night. The cause is under investigation, but Ciraulo said at irst glance the ire appears to be spontaneous combustion, as wet hay can heat up and ignite. Oracle says it sued to get feds to investigate Cover Oregon Lawmakers deny funding for community college security PORTLAND (AP) — Lawmakers rejected a $17.6 million request to increase security at community colleges in Oregon months after a gunman killed nine people and himself at one of the schools in the state’s worst mass shooting. The proposal would have replaced doors, added security cameras and beefed up aging buildings and communications systems at most of the state’s commu- nity colleges, The Oregonian reported Wednesday. Lawmakers approved $6 million for improvements at Umpqua Community College’s Snyder Hall, where the shooting took place in October. The money also will fund overall safety and security measures at the school. But lawmakers told Oregon’s other 16 community colleges to try again in 2017. Brent Finkbeiner, president of the Clackamas Community College student government, said the rejec- tion stung. “Waiting until next year doesn’t do us any good,” said Finkbeiner, who is also the board chairman of the Oregon Community College Student Association. Clackamas Community College was hoping for more than $1.6 million for several projects, including installing electronic locks across campus. Not everyone is disappointed by the delay in funding. The 2017 discussion should be “more robust,” said Andrea Henderson, executive director of the Oregon Community College Association. The conversation about campus security is “far from over,” she said. PORTLAND (AP) — The main tech contractor on the failed Cover Oregon health insurance H[FKDQJHVD\VLWKDV¿OHGDODZVXLW against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, saying the agency has neglected to investigate misconduct allegations. 2UDFOHVD\VLW¿OHGWKHODZVXLW Tuesday in Washington, D.C. It is the latest salvo in a long-running legal battle between Oracle and Oregon over the failed health exchange. The two sides have blamed each other in multiple lawsuits. Oracle has maintained it was never fully paid for its work on the $300 million project and that the state illegally used Oracle code. The U.S. Justice Department did not immediately reply to an email seeking comment on the lawsuit. John Cooney, an attorney for the company, says the Affordable Care Act requires Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell to investi- gate allegations of misconduct involving exchanges. She has yet to do so in Oregon or six other states with troubled exchanges, despite $1.45 billion in federal grants awarded to those states to build the exchanges, Cooney said. Among other things, Cooney FODLPV2UHJRQRI¿FLDOVPDGHIDOVH statements to Health and Human Services and gave “unelected political operatives control over ACA implementation.” 7KH VWDWH WKHQ ¿OHG OLWLJDWLRQ against a contractor to attempt to distract attention from its own failure, he said. The state has been seeking to recoup the millions of dollars it paid 2UDFOHWRFRQVWUXFWWKHJOLWFK¿OOHG website. It has accused Oracle and its executives of corruption. Kristina Edmunson, spokes- woman for Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum, said the lawsuit is a publicity stunt. Subscriber services: For home delivery, vacation stops or delivery concerns: 1-800-522-0255 Didn’t receive your paper?&DOO EHIRUHQRRQ7XHVGD\WKURXJK)ULGD\ RUEHIRUHDP6DWXUGD\ for same-day redelivery — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — 211 S.E. 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Hi 55 53 50 52 49 51 54 51 52 57 48 53 50 55 55 55 59 52 51 56 52 55 48 50 54 52 51 Lo 44 32 33 44 30 33 40 35 38 39 32 35 36 37 44 45 41 39 38 43 31 41 39 34 41 44 35 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W r r sh r sh r r r sh r r r r r r r r sh r r sh r pc r r sh r WORLD CITIES Today Beijing Hong Kong Jerusalem London Mexico City Moscow Paris Rome Seoul Sydney Tokyo Hi 45 60 67 49 58 41 49 54 39 80 48 Lo 19 51 49 33 36 27 36 42 23 74 38 W s r s c pc pc c sh s pc c Fri. Hi 46 58 68 52 67 40 53 60 40 82 44 Lo 20 55 52 34 37 30 33 46 29 72 39 W s r s c pc c pc sh s pc r WINDS Medford 59/42 (in mph) Klamath Falls 48/37 Boardman Pendleton REGIONAL FORECAST Eastern Washington: Spotty showers today. Friday NNW 4-8 WNW 4-8 UV INDEX TODAY Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Coastal Oregon: A couple of showers and a thunderstorm today, except a little rain in the south. Eastern and Central Oregon: Mostly cloudy and windy today with a couple of showers; warmer in the south. Western Washington: Periods of sun today with a shower and thunderstorm around. Today SW 10-20 SW 10-20 0 1 2 2 1 0 8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. Cascades: Cloudy and windy today with a couple of showers. A shower tonight. Northern California: Rain ending today; snow, accumulating 1-3 inches in the interior mountains. 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. ©2016 -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: Rain will dampen and cool areas from the Ohio Valley to New England today. Rain and flooding will continue from Texas to the lower Mississippi Valley. Rain will expand southward on the West Coast. Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 86° in Thermal, Calif. Low 4° in Leadville, Colo. 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 67 76 70 81 65 76 60 64 79 79 52 65 66 65 57 72 27 57 78 78 62 83 67 79 69 75 Lo 37 63 55 58 41 66 46 45 60 52 35 37 58 38 37 43 2 37 71 62 39 58 43 56 56 57 W s pc pc pc pc c c r s c c r r s r s pc s pc t r pc pc pc r pc Fri. 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