Date: 12/09/2014 03:09 AM
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Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The city of Portland asked a judge yesterday to shut down the online taxi business Uber, which began operations in the city on Friday. The San Francisco company has run up against taxi regulations in many other cities.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – With their measure still trailing in a recount, sponsors of an Oregon ballot measure that would require labels on genetically modified foods have filed a lawsuit challenging the method used to make sure signatures on ballot envelopes are not forged. The lawsuit, filed Monday, seeks to force officials to count 4,600 ballots disqualified because signatures on the vote-by-mail envelopes didn’t match those on registration cards.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – An Oregon hospital says last week’s death of a patient who was given the wrong medication occurred because of the error of a hospital pharmacy worker who inadvertently filled an IV bag with the wrong drug. The mistake was one of several revealed yesterday by the St. Charles Health System that led to the death of 65-year-old Loretta Macpherson at its hospital in Bend.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) – Setter Alisha Glass is the USA Volleyball women’s indoor player of the year. The organization also announced Monday that outside hitter Kim Hill is the national team’s most improved player. Hill, who is from Portland, Oregon, scored 20 points against China during the gold-medal match of the 2014 FIVB Women’s World Championship.
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