<p>Defying odds and &quot;four decades of intractable&quot; opposition, a deal has been reached for allocating water from the Crooked River in Central Oregon that gives once bitter rivals &quot;90 percent of what they wanted,&quot; Sen. Jeff Merkley said Wednesday. <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/08/deal_to_allocate_water_from_cr.html">More</a> (Source: The Oregonian)</p>
