Date: 04/22/2014 03:59 AM
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Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
SALEM, Ore. (AP) – A national group opposed to same-sex marriage says it will seek to defend Oregon’s gay-marriage ban from challenges in federal court. A federal judge is scheduled to hear arguments tomorrow over Oregon’s voter-approved same-sex marriage ban. Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum has declined to defend the state constitutional ban. National Organization for Marriage’s chairman says it’s wrong that a challenge to Oregon’s marriage law would go forward without a meaningful defense.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Medical marijuana cardholders in some parts of Oregon will have to look harder than they had expected for dispensaries where they can obtain the drug. A total of 13 Oregon counties and more than 100 cities have passed moratoriums banning the pot shops since a law allowing the dispensaries took effect on March 1. Some dispensaries operating in those areas may be forced to shut down.
ALBANY, Ore. (AP) – The Linn County sheriff’s office says a body found Sunday in the Willamette River at Albany, Ore., has been identified as a 45-year-old Portland resident. Authorities say Jared Brown’s traveling companion said he might have been suffering from mental issues. The Oregon state medical examiner’s office determined there was no evidence of foul play.
FLORENCE, Ore. (AP) – A man who was one minute relaxing against a large log on an Oregon beach was the next minute fatally injured when a large wave turned his backrest into a bludgeon. The Oregon State Police said the man was with family members Sunday near Florence. Police identified him as 58-year-old Ming Hsieh (syeh) of Eugene.
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