Date: 12/03/2014 09:33 AM
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Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Oregon election officials are beginning a hand recount on a ballot measure that would require labels for genetically modified foods. Workers in most of the state’s 36 counties began the tally of more than 1.5 million ballots yesterday. The first tally showed Measure 92 was defeated by less than a tenth of a percentage point.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Both sides in a graduate teaching assistants’ strike at the University of Oregon have agreed to meet at the invitation of a state mediator. The Register-Guard reports that the mediator has called for a meeting tomorrow of teaching assistant bargaining team members and university bargainers. The teaching assistants walked out yesterday after contract talks stalled over medical and maternity leave benefits.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) – A Portland doctor with a Christian mission group is heading to West Africa to help Ebola-stricken patients and others seeking medical help. It’s the first trip Dr. Dan Crawford has made to treat Ebola patients in Africa. By the end of this week, the 64-year-old Crawford and another doctor will head to the Liberian capital of Monrovia to help Ebola-stricken patients and others seeking medical help.
DENVER (AP) – LaMarcus Aldridge scored a season-high 39 points and set up the winning basket, helping the Portland Trail Blazers rally for a 105-103 win over the Denver Nuggets last night. Aldridge received an in-bounds pass and dished it to Robin Lopez, who sealed off J.J. Hickson with his hip for an easy layup.
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