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Good morning, Portland! We’re in for a windy, rainy day with a high of 55 degrees. Perfect excuse to hang inside and eat a pizza. Get yer fill of slices in now through Sunday!
IN LOCAL NEWS:
• Warning: You may never be able to enjoy orange juice again after reading this. A Portland woman is suing Trader Joe’s after finding the tip of a rubber glove containing what she suspects was a finger in a carton of orange juice purchased at the store on NE Halsey Street last year. According to a lawsuit, the woman bought a 52-ounce container of organic orange juice with pulp last June. A few days later, she took a swig of the juice when she felt like there was a large chunk of orange pulp in her mouth. “When she pulled it out, however, it was the finger tip end of a rubber glove, which she thought might have also contained the end of a human finger in the glove tip or in the pulp of the Orange Juice, which she may have inadvertently swallowed or ingested as well,” the complaint states. The woman claims she “felt nauseated and had a burning sensation in her mouth” and went to an urgent care facility. She’s seeking $10,000 from the company, plus reimbursement for her attorney fees.
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A person in his 30s who demanded compensation for alleged foreign substances in cup noodles and the absence of meat in stir-fried pork was sentenced to prison in both the first trial and the appel...