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3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 01/24/2013 10:28 AM OR–3rd NewsMinute/360 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Benefits for Oregon state employees now include insurance coverage for sex-change surgery. Public Employee Benefits Board Administrator Joan Kapowich says it will cover any operation a doctor says is […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 01/24/2013 09:28 AM OR–2nd NewsMinute/293 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Portland commuters can again drive over the Sellwood Bridge. KATU reports it reopened yesterday, a day ahead of schedule, after a week-long closure for a move. The entire 1,100-foot […]

NW Sports from the AP

Date: 01/24/2013 06:00 AM NW–SportsMinute/279 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press   PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – LaMarcus Aldridge scored 27 points and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Indiana Pacers 100-80 last night to snap a six-game losing streak. Rookie Damian Lillard […]

1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 01/24/2013 03:59 AM OR–1st NewsMinute/339 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Police say an Oregon man has been extradited to California to face charges he allegedly stabbed a woman to death in her Southern California apartment in 1990. Prosecutors say […]