Date: 03/29/2016 09:18 AM
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Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
TIGARD, Ore. (AP) – A meeting of experts who oversee Oregon’s public pension system was interrupted when a man in the audience unleashed a profanity-laden tirade against its leader. The Statesman Journal reports the unidentified man told PERS Board Executive Director Steve Rodeman yesterday that he had messed with the wrong man’s wife and told him he was about to have a bad day. The rant ended with additional profanities and he left before police arrived.
CORINTH, N.Y. (AP) – Authorities have accused a rare coin dealer from Oregon and another from Texas of scamming an upstate New York couple out of a portion of their coin collection. State Police say Michael Adcock of Pacific City and the other man received a collection for evaluation and sold some of the coins. Troopers say Adcock, owner of the Pacific Coin Co., is in custody. The other man’s whereabouts is not clear.
LAS VEGAS (AP) – Scheduled court appearances didn’t happen yesterday in Las Vegas for two sons of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and four other men accused of taking part in an armed confrontation with government agents two years ago. The Bundy family said she was told Ammon and Ryan Bundy were still in federal custody in Portland.
DALLAS (AP) – Sydney Wiese scored 18 points, including three free throws in the final 34 seconds and Oregon State advanced to the women’s Final Four for the first time after a 60-57 victory over Baylor last night. Oregon State is going to Indianapolis to face three-time defending national champion UConn.
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