Date: 04/22/2015 03:59 AM
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Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) – Jurors spent only about an hour deliberating before convicting an Oregon woman of killing two handymen and feeding their corpses to her pigs. The Medford Mail Tribune reports the Jackson County jury found Susan Monica guilty yesterday. The judge immediately sentenced Monica to a minimum 50 years in prison.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A former teacher in the Eastern Oregon town Halfway has sued district officials and others over a surprise “active shooter” drill two years ago. Linda McLean says she’s been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and wasn’t able to return to work after the drill conducted by the school safety officer and a school board member. Officials of the Pine Eagle Charter School declined to comment.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Firefighters in Portland have rescued a man who found himself hanging 40 feet up in a tree he had been trimming after he injured himself with a chain saw. A Portland Fire and Rescue spokesman said the man told the fire crew his chain saw struck his right arm. He was taken to a hospital.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Oregon Treasurer Ted Wheeler is renewing an effort to push federal financial regulators to require that publicly traded companies disclose their political spending. The proposal has been a popular cause among some investors and politicians, primarily Democrats, since the U.S. Supreme Court opened the door for corporations to increase spending on political campaigns. A spokeswoman for the SEC declined to comment.
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