Header Tap here to turn on desktop notifications to get the news sent straight to you. EDITION US WEIRD NEWS 01/02/2018 05:35 pm ET Updated 3 hours ago By David Lohr HuffPost illustration/Getty Images 20k 800 It’s a new year with a bevy of new rules. For Oregonians, a self-serve gas law that took effect Monday has ricocheted to the top of Internet chatter. House Bill 2482, which was signed into law last year by Gov. Kate Brown, allows motorists to pump their own gas in nearly half of Oregon’s 36 counties. Oregon and New Jersey had long been the only two states in the U.S. to bar customers from pumping their own fuel ― a job performed by gas station attendants. The new law likely would have gained little notice if not for a CBS affiliate in Medford, Oregon, which asked ...