blog-heap o' links
April 29... three tornadoes touched down in central and
southeastern Virginia Monday... at least 200 people suffered injuries...
Air Force Senior
Airman Jonathan A. V. Yelner, 24, of Lafayette, Calif., died April 29
near Bagram, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an
improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 28th Aircraft Maintenance
Squadron, Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. defenselink.mil/ ... 23:05:56The
Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that the
remains of two U.S. servicemen, missing from the Korean War, have been
identified and will be returned to their families for burial with full military
honors.Army
Cpl. Robert L. Mason of Parkersburg, W.Va.Army Pfc. Joseph K. Meyer Jr., of
Wahpeton, N.D.Army Spc. David
P. McCormick, 26, of Fresno, Texas, died April 28 in Baghdad, Iraq, of
wounds suffered when his forward operating base came under rocket attack. He
was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat
Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.
INDIANAPOLIS — Hillary Clinton loves to tell the
story about how the Chinese government bought a good American company in
Indiana, laid off all its workers and moved its critical defense technology
work to China. It’s a story with a dramatic, political ending. Republican
President George W. Bush could have stopped it, but he didn’t... What
Clinton never includes in the oft-repeated tale is the role that prominent
Democrats played in selling the company and its technology to the Chinese. She
never mentions that big-time Democratic contributor George Soros helped put
together the deal to sell the company or that the sale was approved by her
husband's administration... apnews.myway.com/ ... 15:52:23
In
a defiant appearance before the Washington media, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright said
Monday that criticism surrounding his fiery sermons is an attack on the black
church and he rejected those who have labeled him unpatriotic... news.yahoo.com/ ... 15:51:04
The Republican National Committee demanded Monday that
television networks stop running a television ad by the Democratic Party that
falsely suggests John McCain wants a 100-year war in Iraq... The ad says
President Bush has talked about staying in Iraq for 50 years, then plays a clip
of McCain saying, "Maybe 100. That'd be fine with me..." McCain said:
"Maybe 100. As long as Americans are not being injured or
harmed or wounded or killed, that'd be fine with me, and I hope it would be
fine with you, if we maintain a presence in a very volatile part of the world
where al-Qaida is training, recruiting, equipping and motivating people every
single day." Democratic Party chief Howard Dean said
"there's nothing false" about the ad... 
Modesto police are blaming a scratching cat for an
accident that toppled a power pole and shut down a street for nearly an hour...
Dozens of
minor earthquakes continue to shake Reno today as a sequence of temblors entered its third month and prompted
some frazzled residents to leave their homes... The strongest aftershock Sunday
measured 3... Elsewhere across the state, three other magnitude 3-plus tembors
have struck since Friday night's 4.7 quake in Reno... apnews.myway.com/ ... 11:57:36Scientists
urged residents of northern Nevada's largest city to prepare for a bigger event
as the area continued rumbling Saturday after the largest earthquake in a
two-month-long series of temblors... More than 100 aftershocks... after a
magnitude 4.7 quake hit Friday night... recent activity is unusual because the
quakes started out small and continue to build in strength... "A magnitude 6
quake wouldn't be a scientific surprise..." Army Staff Sgt.
Shaun J. Whitehead, 24, of Commerce, Ga., died April 24 in Iskandariyah,
Iraq, of wounds suffered when he encountered an improvised explosive device
while on a dismounted patrol. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 502nd
Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air
Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky. defenselink.mil/ ... 11:49:59Army Staff Sgt.
Ronald C. Blystone, 34, of Springfield, Mo., died April 23 in Baghdad,
Iraq, from wounds suffered when he encountered small arms fire during a
dismounted patrol. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment,
1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. defenselink.mil/ ... 11:49:29Army Pfc. John T.
Bishop, 22, of Gaylord, Mich.Army 1st Lt. Timothy W. Cunningham, 26, of
College Station, TexasMarine Lance Cpl.
Jordan C. Haerter, 19, of Sag Harbor, N.Y.Marine Cpl. Jonathan T. Yale, 21,
of Burkeville, Va.Army Sgt.
Guadalupe Cervantes Ramirez, 26, of Fort Irwin, Calif., died April 23 at
Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, of injuries suffered in a vehicle incident. He was
assigned to the 2nd Transportation Company (Heavy Equipment Transport),
Echelons Above Brigade Support Battalion, National Training Center Support
Brigade, Fort Irwin, Calif. The incident is under investigation. defenselink.mil/ ... 11:44:46The
Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that
the remains of 11 U.S. servicemen, missing in action from World War II, have
been identified and will be returned to their families for burial with full
military honors.Army Air Force Capt. Robert L. Coleman, of Wilmington,
Del.Army
Air Force 1st Lt. George E. Wallinder, of San Antonio, TexasArmy Air Force 2nd Lt. Kenneth L.
Cassidy, of Worcester, Mass.Army Air Force 2nd Lt. Irving Schechner, of
Brooklyn, N.Y.Army Air Force 2nd Lt. Ronald F. Ward, of Cambridge,
Mass.Army
Air Force Tech. Sgt. William L. Fraser, of Maplewood, Mo.Army Air Force Tech.
Sgt. Paul Miecias, of Piscataway, N.J.Army Air Force Tech.
Sgt. Robert C. Morgan, of Flint, Mich.Army Air Force Staff
Sgt. Albert J. Caruso, of Kearny, N.J.Army Air Force Staff
Sgt. Robert E. Frank, of Plainfield, N.J.Army Air Force Pvt. Joseph
Thompson, of Compton, CalifMarine 1st Lt.
Matthew R. Vandergrift, 28 of Littleton, Colo., died April 21 from
wounds he suffered while conducting combat operations in Basrah, Iraq. He was
assigned to 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C. Barack Obama... said in a Sunday television interview race
would not be a factor in November's election that could make him the first
black U.S. president... news.yahoo.com/ ... 11:47:47
President Bush poked fun at his potential successors
Saturday night, expressing surprise that none of them were in the audience at
the White House Correspondents' Association annual dinner. "Senator McCain's
not here.... He probably wanted to distance himself from me a little bit. You
know, he's not alone. Jenna's moving out too.... Hillary Clinton couldn't get
in because of sniper fire and Senator Obama's at church..." Exuding fresh confidence after her Pennsylvania primary
win, Hillary Rodham Clinton turned attention Wednesday to contests in Indiana
and North Carolina... Despite his defeat, [Obama] gained the support of
Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry, a superdelegate to the national convention... Clinton
also picked up a superdelegate, Tennessee Rep. John Tanner. And, she had raised
$3.5 million in the hours after her victory, and was on track to collect $10
million in the 24 hours since the polls closed in Pennsylvania... her best
fundraising day ever... 
monkeys before they are used on humans, does not in fact
work... news.bbc.co.uk/ ... 21:23:46A
'bionic eye' may hold the key to returning sight to people left blind by a
hereditary disease... 
A
fish species, which is all female, has survived for 70,000 years without
reproducing sexually, experts believe... The species, found in Texas and
Mexico, interacts with males of other species to trigger its reproduction
process... reuters.com/ ... 21:39:13Papayas
have extra copies of genes that make them sweet and nutritious... a study that
can help shed light on how flowering plants evolved... 
A
grizzly bear featured in the recent Will Ferrell film "Semi-Pro" and touted as
one of the "best trained" in show business has killed its handler, but
officials said on Wednesday they were puzzled by what provoked the attack...
[Could it be... bears aren't domesticated...?] hosted.ap.org/ ... 21:04:38
OLDSMAR, Fla...
69-year-old central Florida woman found an 8-foot long alligator prowling in
her kitchen late Monday night... hosted.ap.org/ ... 21:02:19
EUGENE, Ore... A pet
store owner is calling a police sergeant a hero for saving her from the coils
of a 12-foot Burmese python doing its best to turn her into a meal...
Army Pvt. Ronald
R. Harrison, 25, of Morris Plains, N.J., died April 22 at Forward Operating
Base Falcon near Baghdad, Iraq, of a non-combat related injury. He was assigned
to the 703rd Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry
Division, Fort Stewart, Ga. The incident is under investigation. defenselink.mil/ ... 22:46:15Army Spc. Steven
J. Christofferson, 20, of Cudahy, Wis.Army Sgt. Adam J. Kohlhaas, 26, of
Perryville, Mo.Navy Petty Officer
1st Class Cherie L. Morton, 40, of Bakersfield, Calif., died April 20 in
Galali, Muharraq, Bahrain. She was assigned to Naval Security Force, Naval
Support Activity Bahrain. The cause of death is under investigation. defenselink.mil/ ... 22:44:49Navy Airman
Apprentice Adrian M. Campos, 22, of El Paso, Texas, was found dead in
Dubai on April 21 due to a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to
Helicopter Sea Combat Support Squadron 22, which was attached to the USNS
Arctic. The incident is under investigation. defenselink.mil/ ... 22:43:47Army Spc.
Benjamin K. Brosh, 22, of Colorado Springs, Colo., died April 18 at
Forward Operating Base Anaconda in Balad, Iraq, of wounds suffered in Paliwoda,
Iraq, when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. He was
assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat
Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky. defenselink.mil/ ... 22:43:34Army Spc. Lance
O. Eakes, 25, of Apex, N.C., died April 18 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds
suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. He was
assigned to the 1132nd Military Police Company, North Carolina Army National
Guard, Rocky Mount, N.C. 
Now,
with soaring gas prices bleeding us for every dollar inflating all prices, we
need a cheap (renewable) fuel and energy source more than ever. Imagine hemp
gas. The price of it would not be sky high since we have a limitless supply of
hempen energy. Federal (guarded) hemp fields could be farmed and directed to
produce a cheap/clean gasoline. Hemp fibers and oil were utilized during WWII
for rope-moorings, parachutes and lubrication. Why not use hemp gasoline NOW
when we are at another critical point in time? Why does hemp technology remain
clandestine?.. The truth is governments only care about themselves; we are
their enemy and they need to control us (because we have the numbers) any way
they can…with religion, bogus science, television, news, propaganda,
commercials or via the abolition of MARIJUANA... More than 140 mourners at a funeral in northern Thailand
are reported to have been taken ill after eating a dish that appears to have
contained puffer fish... started vomiting and complained of numb tongues and
shortness of breath... fish contains a poison known as tetrodotoxin, which
paralyses the diner's muscles. There is no antidote... environment.newscientist.com/ ...
21:06:56An analysis of the environmental toll of food production
concludes that transportation is a mere drop in the carbon bucket. Foods such
as beef and dairy make a far deeper impression on a consumer's carbon
footprint. "If you have a certain type of diet that’s indicative of the
American average, you're not going to do that much for climate while eating
locally..." [Election headline of the day:] Chelsea stops traffic on gay bar crawl... "I grabbed her
ass," one young woman exclaimed to her friends... nypost.com/ ... 21:18:40Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton called John McCain yesterday
to personally apologize and denounce comments an adviser of hers reportedly
made slamming the GOP senator over his time in captivity in Vietnam... in The
New York Times... which Maureen Dowd quoted an anonymous adviser... said Team
Clinton thought McCain was doing the White House's dirty work by criticizing
the Clintons and ended up "looking similar to the way he did on those captive
tapes from Hanoi, where he recited the names of his crewmates..." reference to
an unsubstantiated rumor used to tar McCain, a Vietnam war hero, as off-kilter
during the 2000 GOP presidential primary... washingtonpost.com/ ...
21:17:03The U.S. presidential candidates have raised more than $3
million in campaign contributions from Americans who live overseas, an
unprecedented courtship of a slice of the U.S. electorate that was largely
ignored in previous elections... SACRAMENTO—A Plumas County man has been
sentenced to two years in federal prison and his wife has been given a
six-month term for growing marijuana at their home in a steep, wooded canyon...
said they grew pot for medical and spiritual purposes...
U.S. District Judge Frank Damrell
Jr. allowed W. to remain free until Dec. 1 to give her time to arrange for
someone to care for the couple's two young children while their parents are in
prison... sun-herald.com/ ... 04:20:00Two people were arrested
Friday after Punta Gorda Police detectives found marijuana, marijuana seeds,
heating lamps and a large potting container in their home... rte.ie/ ... 04:20:00...woman has been arrested in connection with the
seizure of 14kg of herbal cannabis with an estimated street value of
€168,000... In a separate operation, gardaí have seized over
€50,000 worth of drugs during planned searches in Ennis, Co Clare.
Cannabis resin, ecstasy and amphetamines (speed) with an estimated street value
of €53,000 were recovered during a search of open ground... On Tuesday
night, 2.4kg of cocaine worth €170,000 was discovered in three separate
finds in Newmarket on Fergus, Co Clare... middevonstar.co.uk/ ...
04:20:00OFFICERS have seized more than 100 cannabis plants in a raid in
Devon... 39-year-old man was arrested... elpasotimes.com/ ... 04:20:00...arrested two people in East El Paso Friday
afternoon after they found almost 150 pounds of marijuana in their home... 63
bundles... inside metal cylinders... street value of $117,320... mansfieldnewsjournal.com/ ...
04:20:00FREDERICKTOWN -- Two people were arrested during a raid on a
"major" marijuana cultivation operation Thursday morning... almost $1
million... more than 900 marijuana plants, a large amount of dried marijuana,
extensive paraphernalia and a large amount of cash... largest indoor growing
operation in the county's history... gainesville.com/ ... 04:20:00Authorities in Levy County
on Thursday night located the third indoor marijuana grow house to be
discovered in the last two weeks... more than a ton of marijuana worth $1.2
million... inloughborough.com/ ...
04:20:00...seizure of cannabis resin with an estimated street value of
£41 million... nine people were arrested in Southampton and a further
four in Leicester... Hashish is a product of the
cannabis plant composed of the compressed trichomes. It contains the same
active ingredients but in higher concentrations than other parts of the plant
such as the buds or the leaves. Psychoactive effects vary significantly between
types of hashish but are usually the same as those of other cannabis
preparations such as marijuana. Hash is generally prohibited to the same extent
as all other forms of cannabis. It is often a solid or paste-like substance, of
varying hardness and pliability, and will soften under heat. Its color can vary
from green, black, reddish brown, or most commonly light to dark brown. It is
consumed in much the same way as cannabis buds, used by itself in miniature
smoking pipes, vaporized, hot knifed, smoked in a bong or bubbler, or smoked in
joints mixed with tobacco, cannabis buds or other herbs... [FYI]
myjoyonline.com/ ... 04:20:00Three notorious Indian
hemp peddlers who have been supplying the drug to users in the Central Region
over the years were on Thursday, April 3, 2008 sentenced to 30 years
imprisonment... cbs2.com/ ... 04:20:00A "sophisticated "
operation that could have produced more than $1 million worth of marijuana was
discovered in a home inside a gated community in El Monte... more than 1,000
plants under heating lamps in bedrooms upstairs... two men were also stealing
electricity... police seized a $50,000 BMW... newsday.co.tt/ ... 04:20:0020-YEAR-OLD man... charged
with trafficking a quantity of marijuana in Palo Seco... marijuana in his pants
pockets... worth $5,000... [Or worth maybe $20 without Prohibition...?]
icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/ ...
04:20:00ANOTHER house-based cannabis factory has been found in South
Wales... at a home in Brynmill Terrace, Swansea... around £70,000 worth
of cannabis... more than 600 plants... eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/ ...
04:20:00TOWN
Hall officials on routine inspections to check on the smoking ban in public
places have uncovered a scam where snooker and pool halls are being set up as
fronts for "cannabis clubs..." hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/ ...
04:20:00PLAIN-clothed police officers arrested a man and seized several
plants during a raid on a cannabis factory in Hertford... [Neighbor:] "I
couldn't believe it..." thearcticsounder.com/ ... 04:20:00Eighty-nine baggies of
marijuana and more than $17,000 in cash were seized as a result of a search
conducted by the North Slope Borough Police on Monday, April 7... memphisrap.com/ ... 04:20:00Memphis couple... six
pounds of marijuana aka 'weed'... Investigators say officers found about
$65,000 in cash inside the home and detectives took a 2004 Dodge Ram pickup
truck, a 12-gauge shotgun, and a handgun into police custody... accessnorthga.com/ ... 04:20:0033-year-old... possession of marijuana with
the intent to distribute and felony possession of marijuana... street value...
$1,875... doncasterfreepress.co.uk/ ...
04:20:00A
DRUGS factory was raided after a passing police patrol smelt cannabis coming
from a garage in Doncaster town centre... northcentralohio.com/ ...
04:20:00Two
Mansfield men were busted Thursday for dealing marijuana... 325 grams of
marijuana, drug paraphernalia, possible stolen property, $840 in cash and
numerous diverted prescription pills... mlive.com/ ... 04:20:00The Kalamazoo Valley
Enforcement Team recovered 16 pounds of marijuana and a half ounce of powder
cocaine that was being shipped from Texas to a home in Sturgis... nctimes.com/ ... 04:20:00Federal agents this week
made 13 arrests and disrupted a multimillion-dollar indoor marijuana-growing
operation spread across several North County cities... 6,848 marijuana
plants... street value... somewhere between $7 million to $27 million dollars
depending on the quality of the plant... itemonline.com/ ... 04:20:00routine traffic
stop [Yeah, sure!]on Interstate 45 north of Huntsville on Tuesday
morning ended with the seizure of 205 pounds of marijuana... aftenposten.no/ ... 04:20:00Police have found yet another cannabis
grower, this time in a rented facility on the Bygdøy peninsula... police
suspect a Norwegian, who is unrelated to the mostly Vietnamese bands that have
been discovered growing cannabis in southern Norway in recent months. About 50
plants and 100 saplings... news-record.com/ ... 04:20:00JACKSON, Ohio —
Deputies seized nearly a ton of marijuana Wednesday that had been packed inside
a giant inflatable children's carnival ride in Greensboro... street value of
$4.4 million... biggest drug bust in Jackson County history... canada.com/ ... 04:20:00A Chilliwack trucker faces
at least five years -- and possibly 40 years -- in jail for conspiracy to
smuggle marijuana into the U.S... columbiamissourian.com/ ...
04:20:00[19yo]
Columbia man was arrested Wednesday night after police found 52 grams of
marijuana, marijuana seeds, scales and drug paraphernalia inside an apartment
on Ashland Road... imperialvalleynews.com/ ...
04:20:00San
Diego, California... thirteen individuals were arraigned today in federal
court... conspiracy to manufacture marijuana plants and manufacturing marijuana
plants... a total of approximately 6,848 marijuana plants...
portsmouth.co.uk/ ... 04:20:00Drug squads probing a
major trafficking operation have seized enough drugs to provide a cannabis
cigarette for every person in the UK. A massive 14.5 tons... discovered on
board the 100ft tug Abbira during a search at Portsmouth naval base... Nine
foreign men arrested... [aaaand remember, folks... this is just what they
catch....] timesnews.net/ ... 04:20:00A Roan Mountain man was
arrested Tuesday night after a Carter County deputy discovered 10 marijuana
plants growing in his bathtub... thewesternstar.com/ ...
04:20:0038-year-old Carbonear man was stopped by Royal Canadian Mounted
Police Traffic Services West Wednesday. A search of the vehicle resulted in the
seizure of 10 pounds of what is believed to be marijuana... leighjournal.co.uk/ ...
04:20:00A
POLICEMAN who went to investigate a broken window at a house in Leigh
discovered a cannabis farm... capitalnews9.com/ ... 04:20:00JOHNSBURG, N.Y -- A
marijuana bust has landed a Warren County man in jail... 57 plants and had a
large supply of dried marijuana ready for sale... 10tv.com/ ... 04:20:00JACKSON, Ohio... Five
people were taken into custody Wednesday in a major drug bust that captured
nearly a ton of marijuana... estimated at $4 million... morrisdailyherald.com/ ...
04:20:00A COAL
CITY woman was cited for marijuana possession following a traffic stop... [for]
a cracked windshield... she opened the door of the van and he saw a pipe
sticking out of the door pocket... saw a bag sticking out her purse... elpasotimes.com/ ... 04:20:00A commercial truck driver tried to smuggle
more than half a ton of marijuana inside his shipment of 13 wrought iron doors
at the Bridge of the Americas cargo facility Tuesday morning... 1,284 bundles,
weighing a total of 1,354 pounds... herald-mail.com/ ... 04:20:00MARTINSBURG, W.Va. —
Police seized more than 17 pounds of marijuana and about 70 grams of cocaine,
and arrested two Martinsburg-area men who they believe were dealing the drugs
after a vehicle linked to the illicit business was stopped Tuesday night in
southern Berkeley County... winknews.com/ ... 04:20:00LEE COUNTY, Fla. - The Fort Myers Police
Department conducted a controlled delivery of 10 pounds of Marijuana... tampabays10.com/ ... 04:20:00Haines City, Florida
– Deputies seized 99 marijuana plants and arrested a [44yo] homeowner in a
raid on a grow house here Tuesday... Four weapons were also confiscated...
[Gasp! Weapons!] picayuneitem.com/ ... 04:20:00PICAYUNE — A small
vegetable and fruit stand on U.S. 11 apparently was selling more than just
tomatoes, potatoes and peanuts... Numerous tips and community complaints were
provided to the department concerning the suspect selling illegal substances at
the stand... undercover operations and surveillance of the stand lead to the
purchase of an ounce of marijuana. The suspect also gave
the undercover officer a handful of boiled peanuts with his purchase of the
marijuana... [WHY would those evil PuriTaliBan priests kidnap that
nice man?]birminghammail.net/ ...
04:20:00["Carrie Nation" award for the most propagandistic headline of
the week: ] Cannabis factory smashed in Edgbaston.... a "substantial
number" of plants and equipment were seized... Neighbours... spoke of their
shock... [SHOCK!] "Little did I know what was going on inside..." fox11az.com/ ... 04:20:00More than $1.5 million in
marijuana was seized by Border Patrol agents assigned to the I-19 checkpoint
north of Nogales on Monday, April 14... 125 bundles of marijuana were found in
three separate pallets, weighing a total of 2,874 pounds... wowt.com/ ... 04:20:00A one-month-old in Lone Tree, Iowa has tested
positive for marijuana. The baby's mother was arrested...
azstarnet.com/ ... 04:20:00A former Catholic-school
teacher who was arrested last fall after police found 3 1/2 pounds of marijuana
at his house has been placed on probation... ebpublishing.com/ ... 04:20:00The 25-year-old man who
was shot and killed downtown last week was dealing marijuana, according to
police... found a sizable marijuana growing operation, as well as a large
amount of cash [in his home]... news.enquirer.com/ ...
04:20:00HAMILTON TWP. – Two out-of-state men... agents say they caught
them loading $300,000 worth of marijuana into a storage unit... abc.net.au/ ... 04:20:00A truck driver has been
arrested on the Northern Territory / South Australia border allegedly carrying
almost seven kilograms of cannabis in his road train... fredericknewspost.com/ ...
04:20:00Three
men were arrested after a state trooper found $1,500 worth of marijuana in the
vehicle they were traveling in about 8 p.m. Wednesday... orilliapacket.com/ ...
04:20:00An
illegal Ramara Township grow operation sprouting more than 1,000 marijuana
plants with an estim- ated street value of $46,910 was raided by police on
Monday... kutv.com/ ... 04:20:00PROVO - A Utah Highway
Patrol trooper and a drug sniffing dog grabbed a large amount of marijuana from
a truck headed across Utah from California... 150 packages of high-grade
marijuana... times-standard.com/ ...
04:20:00...arrested two men in the tiny hamlet of Honeydew for allegedly
conspiring to distribute marijuana... 93 pounds of processed marijuana bud in
the residence, another 40 pounds in C's pick-up and four pounds in B's car.
They also reportedly seized a Glock .40 caliber handgun, a .30-.30 caliber
rifle and two shotguns... yakima-herald.com/ ... 04:20:00YAKIMA -- Police seized 372 pounds of
marijuana and more than $100,000 in cash from two Yakima homes, including one
across the street from an elementary school last week... [Where did the home
move to after last week?] Nearly a dozen suspects were arrested... lodinews.com/ ... 04:20:00Lodi police seized nearly four pounds of
marijuana and arrested two San Francisco men late Tuesday night... nj.com/ ... 04:20:00An Old Bridge man was
sentenced to seven years in prison today for growing 6-foot-tall marijuana
plants in the basement of his home... thetelegraph.com/ ... 04:20:00ALTON - Neighbors on the
quiet, hilly, wooded, western edge of town were shocked... [At least we can
always find one neighbor who'll agree to say they're shocked...] "We
recovered a large quantity of marijuana plants in various stages of growth,"
Alton Police Chief Chris Sullivan said... also recovered some dried, packaged
cannabis, indoor growing lights and a "substantial amount of cash..." winnipegfreepress.com/ ...
04:20:00RCMP
have arrested a Dauphin man and seized about three pounds of marijuana after a
vehicle search late last week... middletownjournal.com/ ...
04:20:00Ohio... seized Friday in Preble County 47 pounds of marijuana ,
valued at more than $132,000, from a California man during a traffic stop...
intelligencer.ca/ ... 04:20:00Stone Mills Township...
executed a search warrant of a County Road 4 home and recovered $355,000 worth
of drugs. The drugs included 1,223 grams of marijuana, 343 marijuana plants and
indoor growing equipment... superiortelegram.com/ ...
04:20:00A
series of drug arrests netted more than 90 pounds of marijuana and led to three
weekend arrests in Douglas County... statesville.com/ ... 04:20:00Three people were arrested
after Statesville police officers checked into a report that marijuana was
being used at an apartment on Windrush Court... 60 grams of marijuana, along
with... paraphernalia... columbusdispatch.com/ ...
04:20:00A
Pataskala man who was charged in connection with the area's largest drug bust
in recent memory is the second person accused of forcing a toddler to smoke
marijuana. [18yo] is facing federal charges of conspiracy to distribute a
controlled substance, giving drugs to a minor, possessing a controlled
substance and illegally having a firearm... $3.2 million in cash and 2,100
pounds of marijuana... authorities became aware of the videotape involving the
toddler when a pawnshop clerk turned it into police... showed [him] holding a
marijuana pipe to the toddler's mouth... [Not only cruel, but stupid! Repeal
won't really help some people....] ararat.yourguide.com.au/ ...
04:20:00Police
arrested an Ararat man last Friday after finding cannabis plants and dried
cannabis on his property... ohio.com/ ... 04:20:00While attempting to serve a domestic violence
warrant Sunday, Akron police stumbled across a major marijuana-growing
operation... When G. answered the door, Edwards said officers immediately were hit by the strong smell of marijuana
and saw a bag of marijuana and a bong pipe in plain view... ucdailynews.com/ ...
04:20:00Cookeville Police stopped a man late Saturday night for running
two stop signs on Cedar Avenue and West 4th Street and found LSD,
marijuana and other
narcotics after a search of his vehicle... english.people.com.cn/ ...
04:20:00Algerian police have seized five tons of marijuana products in the
first quarter of this year, up 592 percent from the same
period last year... [And remember, that's just what they caught!] in
the first three months of 2008, 1,328 people had been
arrested in anti-drug operations... fayobserver.com/ ... 04:20:00A Spring Lake woman was arrested Friday in a
marijuana-growing operation near Aberdeen... midsussextimes.co.uk/ ...
04:20:00A
plasterer who fell on hard times and resorted to growing a crop of 111 cannabis
plants in his shed has been jailed for nine months... capebretonpost.com/ ...
04:20:00Drug
squad RCMP officers have raided a marijuana grow op in Big Baddeck seizing 30
pounds of pot and cash... news-leader.com/ ... 04:20:00A vehicle stop Saturday
night for a traffic violation resulted in the arrest of three people and the
seizure of 10 pounds of marijuana. The Missouri Highway Patrol reported Monday
that the car with Arizona plates was stopped at the 20-mile marker of
Interstate 44 at 10:44 p.m. Saturday. Authorities said inconsistencies
identified during the traffic stop prompted the trooper to ask for consent to
search the vehicle, which was granted... [Yeah,
sure....] newswatch50.com/ ... 04:20:00...charged with Criminal
Possession of Marijuana 4th Degree and Endangering the Welfare of a Child...
73.1 grams of pot were found in [mother's] apartment in a room easily
accessible to her 2 year old son and 11 month old daughter... father... named
as a co-defendant... news.mywebpal.com/ ...
04:20:00The
Houston County Sheriff’s Office Interstate Criminal Enforcement Unit
seized more than nine ounces of marijuana on a routine traffic
stop [yeah, sure] Tuesday afternoon on Interstate 75 near Perry...
more than nine ounces of marijuana concealed inside an infant seat in the
vehicle... undetermined amount of pills... lilydaleyarravalleyleader.com.au/ ...
04:20:00FOUR
Yarra Valley men are facing drugs charges after a series of police raids netted
more than 600 marijuana plants with an estimated value of $3.5 million...
northantset.co.uk/ ...
04:20:00...sentenced to two years in prison after police raided his
pregnant girlfriend's home and found a bag filled with cannabis worth
£5,000 under the stairs... pressdemocrat.com/ ...
04:20:00...deputies searched a remote area north of Sebastopol on Saturday
and discovered that trespassers had planted more than 2,350 marijuana plants
with a street value of several million dollars...
[thanks to... PROHIBITION!] timesonline.co.uk/ ...
04:20:00Humberside Police have found a cannabis factory containing a
quantity of the drug worth up to £4 million... [down aways on the
page] syracuse.com/ ... 04:20:00Syracuse, NY - City police charged three men
after finding 14 pounds of marijuana in an Oswego Street home... adver.co.uk/ ... 04:20:00AT THE end of a quiet
residential street, next door to a park, police have uncovered a house packed
with cannabis plants. The four-bedroom detached home in Maunsell Way,
Wroughton, contained plants capable of generating up to £100,000 worth of
drugs... tradingmarkets.com/ ...
04:20:00CAMP
GEN. ALEJO SANTOS... Police authorities here on Sunday announced they have
busted a major illegal drugs distribution network following the arrest of two
suspected big time supplier of high grade marijuana in the province... a back
pack containing two bundles of high grade marijuana flowering tops weighing
more or less one kilo... ajc.com/ ... 04:20:00Forsyth County authorities
announced Thursday that they have uncovered an elaborate marijuana growing
operation in the basement of a north Forsyth County home. Two suspects were
arrested, and marijuana with a street value in excess of $1 million was
seized... "I come to the belief that
smoking cannabis helps me
connect with my Lord and what he wants me to do with my life..." medicalcannabis.com/ ... 04:20:00Marijuana Myths: Ten Most
Common Concerns About Cannabissciencedaily.com/ ... 04:20:00THC reduces the response
to threat in a brain region called the amygdala, allowed the researchers to
zero in on an area of the brain that might serve as a good target for new
anti-anxiety drugs... [Orrr.. some folks could self-medicate with... pot...
if we had repeal! Repeal! REPEAL!!!] edmondsun.com/ ... 04:20:00EDMOND [Oklahoma]... A few
research studies have shown that marijuana can shrink some cancers and prevent
some types of Alzheimer’s. Despite this, medical marijuana is legal in
only 12 states. The Drug Policy Forum of Oklahoma and the Drug Policy Reform
Network of Oklahoma will team up to present "Marijuana is Medicine" from
2:30-4:30 p.m. Saturday at the Edmond Library, 10 S. Boulevard... nbc11.com/ ... 04:20:00The University of
California – Santa Cruz campus is in lockdown Friday night... anticipating
thousands of students Sunday, gathering to mark the so-called 4/20 cannabis
culture holiday... in recent years the crowds have become unmanageable... UCSC
has sent thousands of e-mails to students reminding them that it does not
condone the 4/20 gathering. Students on campus were not happy about the
restrictions being imposed on them. "I think it's pretty ridiculous..." mountvernonnews.com/ ...
04:20:00Kenyon
College hosted a debate on Thursday on the subject of legalized marijuana.
Representatives of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws
argued to legalize marijuana while Mary Samuell of the Knox County Drug and
Alcohol Freedom Center and Noel Alden, a criminal defense attorney, argued
against. More than 100 students gathered in Gund Hall to watch the debate.
Titled "Doobie Do or Doobie Don’t..." washingtonpost.com/ ...
04:20:00The
Virginia Supreme Court reined in police searches
yesterday, overturning convictions in two 2005 drug cases in which the
court said police had conducted searches based on vague suspicions. In one
case, a Henrico County officer followed a woman who appeared intoxicated to her
car, saw what appeared to be marijuana joints inside and arrested her. The
officer then found cocaine and heroin in the car. But the Supreme Court ruled
that the officer had no grounds for the marijuana arrest. The court also deemed
illegal the search of a Danville man who was seen getting into a car after
leaving a suspected drug house. An officer pulled the car over for defective
equipment and learned that neither the woman who was driving nor the man had a
license. The officer ordered both out of the car, frisked them and found a gun
and cocaine on the man... ckxtv.com/ ... 04:20:00In a town that’s known for farming and
oil - another type of oil is on the rise. "Hemp is known as the next
super-food," says Markus Schmulgen. "We weren’t interested in just another
commodity. We wanted to do something that not everybody has." Waskada is a town
of about 200 near the U.S. border in South-Western Manitoba. Today it’s
home to the farm genesis group, a co-op of thirty-two producers who started the
company about two and a half years ago as a way to supplement low commodity
prices... blogs.examiner.net/ ... 04:20:00George Washington grew it.
Thomas Jefferson wrote the draft of the Declaration of Independence on paper
made of it. Henry Ford raised it and ran a Model T on its oil. He also built
the side panels of the car from its fibers. Prior to 1945 it was one of the
largest cash crops in the U.S. It was used in the manufacture of paper,
cardboard, some building supplies, some clothings, plastics and other products.
Then, as the price of petroleum oil decreased, it became an unprofitable crop
and it largely disappeared from U.S. soil. The federal government then banned
its growth. Today every country in the world grows this crop with the exception
of the U.S. China grows 40% of the world’s production. The U.S. imports
quantities of its oil and plant, but it is illegal to grow it... dailybulletin.com/ ... 04:20:00RANCHO CUCAMONGA - The City Council said no
to medical marijuana dispensaries Wednesday... allafrica.com/ ... 04:20:00National Drugs Law
Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has said Nigeria produces a total of 1.2million
assorted metric tones of Indian hemp annually... startribune.com/ ... 04:20:00Editorial: Medical
marijuana merits state support Doctors should decide if it's the best treatment
for patients... gather.com/ ... 04:20:00Medical marijuana
initiative officially qualifies for Michigan's 2008 ballot!.. newsli.com/ ... 04:20:00A clinical trial conducted
at the University of California at Davis and just published online by the
Journal of Pain has demonstrated significant relief of neuropathic pain (pain
caused by damage to nerves) stemming from a variety of causes. This is the
second study in just over a year to show that marijuana relieves neuropathic
pain, which is notoriously resistant to treatment with conventional pain drugs,
including opioid narcotics... web.bcnewsgroup.com/ ...
04:20:00Victoria medical cannabis and HIV-AIDS activist Jason Wilcox says
the Calgary Sun newspaper owes him and other therapeutic pot puffers an apology
following an article published this week headlined "Deadbeat dopers owe big
time..." Who else has to face this kind of depredation of character?" says
Wilcox. "What about all the other people in the country who are behind in
paying for their prescriptions?.." canadianpress.google.com/ ...
04:20:00Medical marijuana users are on the hook for more than $500,000 in
unpaid bills for government-certified weed, raising questions about the
effectiveness of Health Canada's troubled dope program. Newly disclosed
statistics show that Health Canada has sent final notices - and sometimes
dispatched a collection agency as well - to 462 registered users since
government marijuana first became available in 2003... [Get Government OUT
of the Drug-Pusher business!] canada.com/ ... 04:20:00Maybe more people are
using marijuana because they have heard about its myriad medical benefits,
including (but not limited to) the treatment of arthritis, asthma, HIV/AIDS,
MS, epilepsy, glaucoma, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease. As federal medical
marijuana license holder, I have read that recent science out of Germany even
shows how cannabinoids... stimulate the body's production of TIMP-1, a
substance which helps healthy cells resist cancer invasion... This might
explain why chronic pot smokers have lower -- not higher -- rates of cancer...
easier.com/ ... 04:20:0015 April... Any decision
to keep cannabis as a class C drug was criticised today last week as
‘deeply regrettable’ by Unite/Mental Health Nurses Association.
Unite/MHNA said that a reported decision by The Advisory Council on the Misuse
of Drugs that the drug should remain on the class C list ‘flies in the
face of established medical facts and common sense’... dailycamera.com/ ... 04:20:00In 2006, 738,915 Americans
were arrested for simple marijuana possession -- no dealing, no associated
crimes of property or violence -- according to FBI statistics. In the decade
prior to that year, some 6.5 million Americans were arrested for marijuana
violations, 85 percent to 90 percent of them for simple possession... Marijuana
enforcement is clogging prisons with people for using a drug that is
demonstrably safer than alcohol... But we still think the revelers at this
Sunday's annual "4/20" smoke-in on the University of Colorado campus will be
participating in what is mostly a juvenile stunt. At such counterculture
gatherings, held across the nation each April 20, participants get stoned in
numbers sufficiently large that sensible law-enforcement agencies, such as
those in Boulder, mostly let them have their fun. Contrary to a persistent
myth, 4/20 does not refer to a police code for marijuana use. The moniker seems
to have originated in the early '70s, from the time when a group of San Rafael,
Calif., high school students met to spark up... stopthedrugwar.org/ ...
04:20:00What is with all these politicians wanting to send a
message to youth that certain activities are bad? It shouldn’t be the
government’s job to act like the mommy and daddy of its citizens. And as
always, the push for increased toughness has been sparked for no good reason
and without any rationality... angus-reid.com/ ... 04:20:00The vast majority of
people in Brazil believe smoking marijuana should remain a crime, according
to a poll by Datafolha published in Folha de Sao Paulo. 76 per cent of
respondents agree with this view, down three points since August 2006...
[sad, sick tyrants] canada.com/ ... 04:20:00More adults in Ontario
are smoking marijuana than a decade ago, and the average age of users is
increasing... number of adults in Ontario who reported cannabis use over a
one-year period rose from eight per cent in 1977 to 14 per cent in 2005... age
of the cannabis user went from 26 years in 1977 to an average of 31 years. "For a long time, marijuana smoking was confined to a
transitional phenomenon, but it now finds its way into an adult
lifestyle..." sciencedaily.com/ ... 04:20:00...substantial increase in
cannabis use raises a significant public health flag... Past year smoking rates
are the lowest on record... Rates of drinking and driving have steadily
declined... report also shows a marked increase in cannabis use... [Sounds
like a few people are making wiser recreational substance choices.... "public
health flag"? Big Brother Flag!!] Presumably because April 20 is a Sunday, Rep.
Barney Frank (D-Mass.)... introduced his briefly anticipated marijuana
decriminalization bill. Dubbed the
Personal Use of Marijuana by
Responsible Adults Act of 2008, it would eliminate federal criminal penalties
for possession of up to 100 grams (about three and a half ounces) of marijuana
and the nonprofit transfer of up to an ounce. This is similar to the
change recommended by the Nixon-appointed National Commission on Marihuana and
Drug Abuse (a.k.a. the Shafer Commission) 36 years ago... dailymail.co.uk/ ... 04:20:00A teenager stabbed his
girlfriend 32 times during a frenzied cannabis-fuelled attack after friends
wrongly told him she had Aids... [Right. Cannabis-fuelled. Like there
weren't a few STRONGER chemicals going on in that raging madman's brain. Reefer
Madness!]kxmb.com/ ... 04:20:00Bismarck, N.D... Burleigh
County authorities made a drug arrest after stopping a car on Interstate 94
because it had steam rolling out from under the hood... deputy discovered a bag
of marijuana shoved against the vehicle's air intake... charged Friday with
felony possession of marijuana with intent to deliver and misdemeanor driving
under suspension... [Duhr!] hosted.ap.org/ ... 04:20:00DOTHAN, Ala... A [51yo]
Dothan man attempting to report to his probation officer and pay some fines was
re-arrested when he emptied his pockets for a metal detector at the Houston
County Courthouse and laid out... Two baggies full of marijuana...
[Duhr!] tried to escape when the drugs appeared... caught after a minor
struggle and a failed attempt to Taser him... "Every now and then you have
somebody who forgets what he had in his pockets..." blogs.usatoday.com/ ...
04:20:00A
Florida man called police Monday to report that he was robbed by a group of men
who were in his apartment to buy drugs... [Duhr!] chesterchronicle.co.uk/ ...
04:20:00A
TEENAGE drug dealer has claimed he was forced to sell cannabis by the price of
car insurance... [Duhr!] suburbanchicagonews.com/ ...
04:20:00A
revelation on a MySpace page resulted in an April 8 arrest of a 17-year-old on
charges of unlawful possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia...
[Duhr!] wistv.com/ ... 04:20:00[Mug
shots that make you think drugs might be a bad idea....] news.bbc.co.uk/ ... 04:20:00Eleven Mexican soldiers
have been killed in a helicopter crash during anti-drug operations in the
western state of Michoacan... Michoacan is a major flashpoint in the
government's war against drug cartels. "There are 11 men dead, including a
colonel, and one soldier was injured..." wtol.com/ ... 04:20:00JACKSON, Ohio... Police
officers in the middle of a raid involving a half ton of pot at a southern Ohio
home say they got a surprise when a semi-truck pulled up with another half
ton... [D'oh!]icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/ ...
04:20:00He
said he had used cannabis for pain relief following the motorbike accident
which had put him off work in 2005, but he bought in supplies. And the growing
system in his garage at Garth Avenue, Maesteg, was set up only to give his
tomatoes, a head start before he put them out... newsli.com/ ... 04:20:00Officials of the Marijuana Policy Project praised the "Personal Use
of Marijuana by Responsible Adults Act of 2008," introduced today by Rep.
Barney Frank (D-Mass.), as an important step toward bringing federal law into
line with scientific fact, practical reality and public opinion. "Congressman
Frank’s bill represents a major step toward sanity in federal marijuana
policy..." fijivillage.com/ ... 04:20:00A major campaign is
currently underway to try and eradicate the cultivation of Marijuana in the
province of Navosa... dailypilot.com/ ... 04:20:00U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher
has signed on to a bill by Massachusetts Democrat Barney Frank that would
legalize medical marijuana on a federal level... Every year Rohrabacher
co-sponsors the Hinchey-Rohrabacher Amendment, which has not passed but would
bar the Department of Justice from spending money to enforce marijuana cases in
states that have legalized it for medical purposes. This bill, which was also
sponsored by Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), goes a step further and would begin to
reclassify marijuana as a prescription drug, but Rohrabacher said it was
consistent with his beliefs and didn’t force states to accept medical
marijuana... asiaarts.ucla.edu/ ...
04:20:00There
are enough poop-and-pot gags to go around, but the second Harold & Kumar
installment goes more political in its satire of racial profiling, illegal
immigration, and national security in the War on Terror. Harold & Kumar
Escape from Guantanamo Bay successfully transforms national hysteria into
hysterical comedy. To the movie's credit, the audience laughed just as loud for
the political humor as they did for the gross-out humor... abn.info.ve/ ... 04:20:00Marijuana is the main cash
crop at the United States, with a year production of 10 thousand tons and a
worth over 35 billion dollars, a figure that exceeds the joint value of the
corn and wheat production of that country, what turns it, perhaps, into the
major world producer of that drug... the main cultivation in 12 states of the
union, one of the three which produce more money in 39 of them, is planted in
50 and its production has increased 10 times since 1981... These incriminating
details... compare openly the prosecuting and slanderous attitude maintained
against our countries and most recently against Venezuela, on behalf of the
director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) of the Bush
administration, John P. Walters... [Two tyrants arguing with each
other...] stopthedrugwar.org/ ...
04:20:00When
was the last time you saw an American alcohol consumer come down with a case of
jake foot? That’s right, never. Because when a person goes to the store to
buy liquor or beer, they know exactly what they are getting. I can’t for
the life of me remember any deception-related scandals or recalls related to
alcohol suppliers. Elected officials choose to ignore the lessons that history
has taught us. And as a result, over 100 people have been poisoned in Germany
after having to buy marijuana from an unregulated, criminal market. Society
suffers while the perpetrators can continue to sell the lead-laced pot with no
accountability or consequences... torontosun.com/ ... 04:20:00MISSISSAUGA -- A couple
say they've been living in fear since city officials wrongly alerted them their
longtime home was a former marijuana grow-op that will be subjected to safety
checks in two weeks... Mississauga officials admitted... letter was sent as the
result of an "administrative error..." kptm.com/ ... 04:20:00Sioux City officials have
decided to demolish a house used in a suspected marijuana growing operation...
because the electrical and heating systems were illegally modified, creating a
hazardous situation... economictimes.indiatimes.com/ ...
04:20:00NEW
DELHI: The Maoists have now ventured into the highly profitable and illegal
trade of cannabis to finance their terror operations across the country...
[REPEAL! REPEAL! REPEAL!] birstallnews.co.uk/ ...
04:20:00POLICE
uncovered over 300 suspected cannabis plants after being called to an address
on Richmond Road in Hanging Heaton, at around 4pm last Wednesday... A Cumberland County judge
this afternoon shot down a man's claim that he shouldn't be prosecuted on a
drug possession charge because he smokes marijuana for what he said were
religious purposes... timesonline.co.uk/ ...
04:20:00Should
we ban drugs, or just regulate supply?.. [Well, Johnny, I'll take option #3:
repeal! Repeal! REPEAL!!!] lavistasun.com/ ... 04:20:00The Nebraska Legislature
Tuesday passed a bill increasing the penalties for
possession of small amounts of marijuana... nytimes.com/ ... 04:20:00They had stomach cramps,
nausea, anemia and fatigue, and some even had a telltale bluish line along
their gums — classic signs of lead poisoning. But the cases, last year in
Leipzig, Germany, puzzled doctors... "On questioning, all the patients
eventually conceded that they were regular users of marijuana." Three provided
samples for testing. Sure enough, their marijuana was full of lead. One bag
bought from a dealer even contained lead particles big enough to see, which
meant the lead must have been added deliberately, rather
than being absorbed into the plant from contaminated soil... core temperature
of a joint can reach nearly 2,200 degrees Fahrenheit... more than hot enough to
melt lead, which can be absorbed through the respiratory tract... German police
suspect that it was done to make money. The samples tested contained 10 percent
lead by weight, which translates into an increased profit of about $682 per
pound of marijuana... npr.org/ ... 04:20:00Marijuana legalization
activists are pushing for new city ordinances to make enforcement of pot
possession the lowest priority for police and prosecutors. Seattle passed such
a measure in 2003. Has anything changed on the streets there over the past four
years?.. salem-news.com/ ... 04:20:00This is the 18th segment
in our ongoing medical marijuana education series with Dr. Phillip Leveque,
noted physician, toxicologist and pharmacologist... thehawkeye.com/ ... 04:20:00IOWA CITY -- A group of
University of Iowa scientists is looking for marijuana smokers to help gain
insight into the drug's effects -- and they plan to pay
subjects as much as $600 to smoke their pot... westernstandard.blogs.com/ ...
04:20:00Someone call the Competition Bureau! A monopoly provider is gouging
healthcare consumers on their medicine. It was reported today in the Calgary
Sun that Health Canada is charging medical marijuana users a
1500% mark-up on pot... mymotherlode.com/ ... 04:20:00Sonora, CA -- State
officials have notified the Tuolumne County Sheriff's Office they are reducing
grant funding for the Marijuana Suppression Program (MSP) by $177,000 effective
July 1. Those funds from the State Offices of Emergency Services-Criminal
Justice Programs Division have historically been utilized to pay the salaries
of two narcotics detectives performing marijuana garden eradication
activities... salem-news.com/ ... 04:20:00Advocates announced the
first in a new series of TV ads today featuring seriously ill patients asking
Minnesotans to urge Governor Tim Pawlenty not to veto a bill to protect
suffering Minnesotans from arrest for using medical marijuana with a doctor's
recommendation... [can be viewed at link] Twelve states – Alaska,
California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode
Island, Vermont and Washington – presently allow medical use of marijuana.
Medical marijuana bills are now under consideration in Illinois and New York,
and an initiative is expected to appear on Michigan's November ballot... canadianpress.google.com/ ...
04:20:00Health
Canada is looking for someone to grow its weed. The department served notice
Monday it will soon invite firms to bid on a contract to cultivate and
distribute medical marijuana, which is now being done in Flin Flon, Man., by
Prairie Plant Systems Inc. The winning firm will be expected to deliver a
steady stream of government-approved dope to certified medical, users starting
in the fall... Health Canada has said it plans to eventually end its licensing
of home-grown weed. That would force all medical users to buy their supplies
directly from Ottawa, perhaps through pharmacy distribution... "The government's just had such a horrible track record in
terms of supplying medication to patients.... There are many different strains
of cannabis out there and the government's position to date has been, 'Well,
we're growing one strain and we've got one supplier and that's it. Live with
it.' The pharmacological evidence is that different ailments require, and
different symptomology require, treatment with different strains. And the
government hasn't paid heed to that at all..." An undersea
earthquake rocked East Timor's coastal capital Saturday, shaking buildings and
sending screaming residents running into the streets. There were no immediate
reports of injuries or damage... 6.4 tremor... hosted.ap.org/ ... 20:23:27Scientists say
they know far too little about Midwestern seismic zones like the one that
rumbled to life under southern Illinois Friday morning, but some of what they
do know is unnerving... It isn't entirely clear, for instance, whether the
Wabash faults are related to the New Madrid faults or not... mlive.com/ ... 11:07:33Facts about
the West Salem, Ill., earthquake... muscatinejournal.com/ ...
11:07:19MUSCATINE, Iowa — The 5.2 magnitude earthquake Friday in
southern Illinois could affect the quality of drinking water for Muscatine
County residents who live in unincorporated areas or who have private wells...
"Some of you may experience some discoloration of your well water as a result
of the quake..." wibw.com/ ... 11:05:59The earthquake
was felt right here in the state of Kansas... "My bed just shook and I wasn't
really sure what it was, at first I though it was my husband trying to make me
up..." Hard for some to believe that the earthquake could be felt as far away
as Topeka and Manhattan [Kansas] since the epicenter is about 500 miles from
here in West Salem Illinois... could also be felt as far south as the state of
Georgia and as far north as the Upper Peninsula of Michigan... news-gazette.com/ ... 11:02:17A
quake in the magnitude 4 or 5 range, like those that shook the area Friday
morning, is good-sized for this part of the country, but not much of a threat
for structural damage... The structures probably most at risk are older
unreinforced brick masonry buildings... "The difference in a magnitude 5 and a
magnitude 6 is 30 times the energy release," he said. "You go up
exponentially..." A hefty 6.8 tremor hit near Cairo in 1895 and an 1811 quake
centered around New Madrid, Mo., rated an 8.6...
Experts say a repeat is inevitable at some point...
Today, a quake near the 8 magnitude would cause widespread damage, including
collapsed bridges and buildings, and more than likely a lot of deaths...
Midwest buildings and other structures... aren't generally engineered to be
quake resistant... most of the damage from a big earthquake would likely be in
utility facilities, particularly gas and oil pipelines in southern Illinois,
bridges and to some extent highways... effects could be felt nationwide...
[Make that WOULD be felt WORLDwide....] stltoday.com/ ... 10:13:47The stories
range from fact to legend: that the Mississippi flowed backward, church bells
ringing across the country. However, no one disputes the fact that the quakes
occured and may occur again. The U.S. Geological Survey has projected there is
a 25 percent to 40 percent chance of a magnitude 6.0 earthquake along the New
Madrid Fault in roughly the next 50 years, and up to a 10 percent chance during
that time of an earthquake similar in strength to the ones in 1811-1812...
It wasn't the Big One... Barack Obama is being accused of giving Hillary Clinton
the finger at a town hall meeting in North Carolina. The gesture... may have
been an innocent scratch of the face or... something more mischievous...
"...that mischievous smile seems to confirm plenty. And the crowd sure sees
something..." boston.com/ ... 10:33:40[Headline] Clinton and Obama debate who is the
tougher candidate... [duking it out with marshmallows and feather
pillows....] In a campaign where the Iraq war, the mortgage crisis, and the
economy have been tops in the minds of voters, the two Democratic contenders
yesterday sparred over a less weighty question: Who is the bigger whiner?..
A dog
that ran off during a road-trip rest stop in north-central Nevada apparently
made its way nearly 80 miles across Nevada's high desert and two mountain
ranges to return home to Ely a week later... stinking like a skunk... hosted.ap.org/ ... 23:28:40Snickers the Sea Dog... 8-month-old pooch spent three
months adrift in the Pacific with his owners and a parrot until their 48-foot
sailboat ran aground in December on tiny Fanning Island, 1,000 miles south of
Hawaii. Snickers and Gulliver had to be left behind as their owners hitched a
ride on a cargo vessel. Then in March, the SOS was sent out in a boating
journal that the orphaned critters were to be destroyed on Fanning, one of 33
scattered coral atolls that make up the remote island nation of Kiribati. As
word spread, a bevy of people worked to rescue the cocker spaniel and the
macaw, including a man who desperately wants to adopt them: retired Las Vegas
resident Jack Joslin. "I love animals..." People nearly
900 miles away felt a magnitude-5.2 earthquake that shook southern Illinois
early Friday... epicenter... was about seven miles below ground and 38 miles
north-northwest of Evansville, Indiana... A few aftershocks... magnitude 4.5...
epicenter... 42 miles north-northwest of Evansville... Louisville, Kentucky...
a cornice fell off a brick building... People as far away as Niceville,
Florida, 891 miles away... West Virginia, Alabama and Kansas... southwest
Michigan and northeast Georgia... Air traffic was halted for an hour at
Indianapolis International Airport while the control tower was evacuated...
buildings swayed in Chicago's Loop... suntimes.com/ ... 17:04:00Chicago
officials say there was no damage detected here from the quake. However, some
200 city inspectors were dispatched to check "key locations" such as the Navy
Pier Ferris wheel and construction cranes... also examined bridges and
viaducts... rail lines... city operators fielded about 300 calls from concerned
residents... reuters.com/ ... 16:33:19A 5.2
magnitude earthquake centered in southeast Illinois startled residents in
several central U.S. states before dawn on Friday, but media reports indicated
there were no injuries and only minor damage... Some bricks were knocked from a
building in Louisville, Kentucky. The Chicago Tribune reported on its Website
that a 300-foot tower at O'Hare International Airport swayed... reuters.com/ ... 16:32:10Fifty-six
Chinese fishermen were missing on Friday as a typhoon bore down on the southern
resort island of Hainan which state media said was the earliest to threaten the
region in decades and may well be the strongest... apnews.myway.com/ ... 10:15:03Scientists
listening to underwater microphones have detected an unusual swarm of
earthquakes off central Oregon, something that often happens before a volcanic
eruption - except there are no volcanoes in the area. Scientists don't know
exactly what the earthquakes mean, but they could be the result of molten rock
rumbling away from the recognized earthquake faults off Oregon... There have
been more than 600 quakes over the past 10 days in a basin 150 miles southwest
of Newport. The biggest was magnitude 5.4, and two others were more than
magnitude 5.0... Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton said on
Friday that rival Barack Obama could not stand the pressure of the White House
after the Illinois senator complained about tough questions at a debate...
iht.com/ ... 16:39:57Senator Barack Obama on Thursday delivered a mocking
critique of Wednesday night's Democratic presidential debate, telling an
audience here that the 90-minute session with Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton
exemplified the problems with Washington by not focusing on issues that truly
matter to the American people. "They like stirring up controversy and they like
playing gotcha games, getting us to attack each other. And I have to say
Senator Clinton looked in her element," Obama said. "She was taking every
opportunity to get a dig in there. You know, that's all right. That's her
right. That's her right to kind of twist the knife a little bit..." [He sure
does sound... bitter.....] latimes.com/ ... 10:14:01He
finally concluded that he had settled his debt to the former president: He had
worked for Clinton's election in 1992, helped pass the North American Free
Trade Agreement as part of his administration, stood by him during the Monica
S. Lewinsky sex scandal, and rounded up votes to fight impeachment. "I was
loyal," [NM Gov] Richardson said during an extended conversation over breakfast
this week at the governor's mansion in Santa Fe. "But I don't think that
loyalty is transferable to his wife. . . . You don't transfer loyalty to a
dynasty..." huffingtonpost.com/ ...
10:13:07[And here's the Nat'l Ed. at Huffington]
...statements made by Bill Clinton on the same topic -- uttered while he was
running for president in 1991... "The reason (George H. W. Bush's tactic) works
so well now is that you have all these economically insecure white people who
are scared to death..." [Quotes Obama's remarks.] What do you think --
are they similar?.. [Comment down the page;] Bill Clinton said
"economically insecure white people who are scared to death" - this is a MUCH
MORE RESPECTFUL way of saying what Obama claims he intended with his
statements... [What that said.] huffingtonpost.com/ ...
10:02:12This isn't a primary race anymore. It's a suicide pact.
It's Gun Crazy II, starring Sen. Clinton as the gun-totin' candidate who fought
her way up from her hardscrabble origins. There, where the tears and Pabst Blue
Ribbon flowed, she learned the skills that later made her leader of the pack at
the Wellesley Rod and Gun Club... Or, as country singer Gretchen Wilson says,
"Let me get a big 'hell yeah' from the redneck girls like me." Hell, yeah...
Eighteen pork plant workers in Minnesota, at least five in
Indiana and one in Nebraska have come down with a mysterious neurological
condition they appear to have contracted while removing brains from slaughtered
pigs... new disorder... a range of symptoms, from inflammation of the spinal
cord to mild weakness, fatigue, numbness and tingling in the arms and legs...
"It is a very strong association -- the fact that we are talking about
harvesting (pig brains) and potentially exposing workers to nervous system
tissue and then they are coming down with a neurological syndrome..." reuters.com/ ... 15:49:51Exposure
to the widely used chemical formaldehyde may raise
one's risk of getting amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig's
disease... reuters.com/ ... 15:49:24Flu
viruses evolve freshly somewhere in east or southeast Asia every year,
spreading around the world over the next nine months before dying out... there
are just a few initial sources of annual, seasonal influenza epidemics... could
not pinpoint the source but said that both H3N2 and H1N1 strains of influenza
appear to arise every year from a "reservoir," perhaps in the tropics...
The World Health Organization estimates that annual
influenza epidemics infect between 5 percent and 15 percent of the world
population each year, cause 3 million to 5 million cases of severe illness, and
between 250,000 and 500,000 deaths... reuters.com/ ... 15:46:12Vitamin D
may protect against an artery disease in which fatty deposits restrict blood
flow to the limbs... peripheral artery disease... reuters.com/ ... 15:45:27
Caffeine acts as a sort of "sun screen" when given to
mice... caffeine triggers a process by which skin cells containing
irradiation-damaged DNA are removed. Thus, these defective skin cells can not
reproduce and become cancerous... Army Spc. Arturo
Huerta-Cruz, 23, of Clearwater, Fla., died April 14 in Tuz, Iraq, of wounds
sustained when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. He was
assigned to the 10th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th
Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y. defenselink.mil/ ... 20:46:02Army Sgt. Joseph
A. Richard III, 27, of Lafayette, La., died April 14 in Baghdad, Iraq, of
wounds sustained when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device.
He was assigned to the 4th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat
Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), located at Fort Polk, La. defenselink.mil/ ... 20:45:44Marine Cpl.
Richard J. Nelson, 23, of Racine, Wis.Marine Lance Cpl.
Dean D. Opicka, 29, of Waukesha, Wis.Army Spc. Jacob
J. Fairbanks, 22, of Saint Paul, Minn., died April 9 in Baghdad, Iraq, of
injuries suffered in a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st
Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky. The incident is under
investigation. defenselink.mil/ ... 20:43:27Army Sgt. Jesse
A. Ault, 28, of Dublin, Va., died April 9 in Baghdad, Iraq, from wounds
suffered in Tunnis, Iraq, when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive
device. He was assigned to the 429th Brigade Support Battalion, Virginia Army
National Guard, Roanoke, Va. New calculations reveal there is a 99.7 percent chance a
magnitude 6.7 quake or larger will strike... California... in the next 30
years... higher in southern California than northern California—97 percent
versus 93 percent... news.bbc.co.uk/ ... 15:46:14
Colombian authorities have declared a state of red alert
after a volcano erupted 240 km (149 miles) southwest of the capital, Bogota.
The Nevado de Huila, the country's third highest peak... after lying dormant
for centuries... Thousands... being evacuated... John McCain and Barack Obama both appeared
before the nation's newspaper editors yesterday. The putative Republican
presidential nominee was given a box of doughnuts and a standing ovation. The
likely Democratic nominee was likened to a terrorist... 
An ancient ancestor of the elephant from 37 million years
ago lived in water and had a similar lifestyle to a hippo, a fossil study has
suggested... Republican John McCain sought political gain from the
flap, saying it is the people from small towns in America who survived the
Great Depression, fought in World War Two and built a strong postwar economy
who are the "heart and soul of this country..." d.yimg.com/ ... 19:12:41
[if the link works... a great shot of Hillary doing a
shot... ] President George W Bush has declared a "major strategic
shift" in Iraq following the US troop surge. He said the US now held the
initiative and was looking to deliver a "crippling blow" to al-Qaeda in the
country... hosted.ap.org/ ... 16:18:43A bomb
explosion in a mosque in southern Iran Saturday killed several people...
unspecified number were wounded... The semi-official Fars news agency said
eight people were killed and more than 66 injured... toll was expected to
rise... force of the explosion shook houses more than a half mile from the
site... hosted.ap.org/ ... 16:16:29Afghan
and foreign troops clashed with and called airstrikes on militants in southern
Afghanistan, leaving 24 dead and eight wounded, an official said Saturday... in
two separate mountainous areas of Zabul province... operation was aimed at
militants responsible for Tuesday's ambush on a road construction crew in the
province that left 17 people killed and 16 others wounded... hosted.ap.org/ ... 16:14:35Israel
struck hard into the Gaza Strip by land and air on Friday, trading fire with
gunmen in fighting that killed eight Palestinians, including a 12-year-old
boy... Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has pledged to keep hitting Hamas so that it
cannot "continue to operate against Israeli civilians as it does..." hosted.ap.org/ ... 16:00:20A
roadside bomb killed an American soldier in Baghdad on Saturday... Clashes
persisted in Shiite areas, even as the biggest Shiite militia sought to rein in
its fighters... At least 13 Shiite militants were killed... [in] Sadr City...
seven civilians also died in fighting... Al-Sadr, who is believed to be in
Iran, repeated on Saturday his demand for American soldiers to leave the
country and urged his fighters not to target fellow Iraqis "unless they are
helping the (U.S.) occupation..." Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton offered
a package of measures on Saturday designed to keep U.S. defense manufacturing
jobs in the United States... said the drain of U.S. manufacturing jobs to
foreign countries under President George W. Bush was hurting companies that
serve the U.S. military. "We're not just outsourcing jobs, we're outsourcing
our security. This has got to stop..." reuters.com/ ... 16:24:41Obama... told a crowd in San Francisco this week he
understood why residents of towns hard hit by manufacturing job losses would
feel bitter. "You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of
small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and
nothing's replaced them.... And it's not surprising then they get bitter, they
cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't
like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to
explain their frustrations..." [Oh, them wacky typical honkies!]Democrat Hillary Clinton criticized... Obama on Friday...
said she would help economically struggling communities, not look down on
them... 
Greenville County woman is
working with a beekeeper to rid her home of 60,000 bees living in the walls of
her house for a month... ROCHESTER, Wash... Investigators believe the woman bought
some rats to feed the boa constrictors, but they got loose and filled the house
with their offspring... hundreds of rats and four
malnourished snakes...
calls the rats her
friends... floor covered with rat droppings and the carpets soggy with rat
urine... 
Former President Clinton has added to the falsehoods
surrounding his wife's tale of her trip to Bosnia 12 years ago. In Indiana on
Thursday, Bill Clinton defended his wife's mistake in claiming that she landed
under sniper fire in Bosnia, accusing the media of treating her like "she'd
robbed a bank" for confusing the facts... has many of the facts wrong...
She's... told her husband to quit talking about it... politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/ ...
22:51:28Hillary Clinton used her trademark
laugh Thursday to deflect a question about the $800,000 her husband
earned in 2005 giving speeches for a Bogota-based group that supports the
Colombia free trade agreement — the same trade deal she currently
opposes... 
A
shark has attacked and killed a teenager off Australia's east coast...
Army Maj. Mark E.
Rosenberg, 32, of Miami Lakes, Fla., died April 8 in Baghdad, Iraq of
wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. He
was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 29th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade
Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo. defenselink.mil/ ...23:59:00Army Sgt. Timothy
M. Smith, 25, of South Lake Tahoe, Calif., died April 7 in Baghdad, Iraq of
wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. He
was assigned to the 4th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat
Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), located at Fort Polk, La. defenselink.mil/ ... 23:59:00Army Spc. Jason
C. Kazarick, 30, of Oakmont, Pa.Army Sgt. Michael T. Lilly, 23, of
Boise, IdahoArmy Staff Sgt.
Jeremiah E. McNeal, 23, of Norfolk, Va., died April 6 in Baghdad, Iraq,
of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device.
He was assigned to the 237th Engineer Company, 276th Engineer Battalion, 91st
Troop Command, Virginia Army National Guard, West Point, Va. defenselink.mil/ ... 23:59:00Army Sgt. Richard
A. Vaughn, 22, of San Diego, Calif., died April 7 in Baghdad, Iraq from
wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked using a rocket propelled grenade,
improvised explosive device and small arms fire. He was assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division,
Fort Hood, Texas. defenselink.mil/ ... 23:59:00Army Col. Stephen
K. Scott, 54, of New Market, Ala., assigned to the 356th Quartermaster
Battalion, Laurel, Miss.Army Maj. Stuart A. Wolfer, 36, of Coral Springs, Fla.,
assigned to the 11th Battalion, 104th Division, Boise, IdahoArmy Staff Sgt.
Emanuel Pickett, 34, of Teachey, N.C., died April 6 in Baghdad, Iraq, of
wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked with indirect fire. He was assigned
to the 1132nd Military Police Company, North Carolina Army National Guard,
Rocky Mount, N.C. Army Capt. Ulises
Burgos-Cruz, 29, of Puerto Rico, who was assigned to the 1st Brigade, 1st
Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.Army Spc. Matthew T. Morris, 23, of Cedar Park,
Texas, who was assigned to the 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort
Hood, TexasArmy Pfc. Shane
D. Penley, 19, of Sauk Village, Ill., died April 6 at Patrol Base Copper,
Iraq, from wounds suffered while on duty at a guard post. He was assigned to
the 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st
Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky. The incident is under
investigation. Between 2005 and 2007,
Kate Kendall of the U.S. Geological Survey and her colleagues took video
footage of black and grizzly bears doing what looks like the go-go at their
favorite "rub trees..." [see picture] seattlepi.nwsource.com/ ...
20:01:26A newly discovered pink-and-tan psychedelically striped
fish with a flat face, frowning mouth and arm-like fins could be part of a
formerly unknown family of vertebrates. It's unlike anything weird-fish expert
and University of Washington ichthyologist Ted Pietsch has ever seen... local6.com/ ... 20:00:52A fanged creature found
in Utah after some ice melted on a pond has stumped biologists trying to
determine what it is... [see picture] When we first saw that fish, we
thought what in the ….. is that thing?.." New research suggests that alligator blood could serve as the basis
for new antibiotics targeting infections caused by ulcers, burns and even
drug-resistant "superbugs..." reuters.com/ ... 16:29:25Getting
too little sleep doubles a young child's risk of being overweight and raises
the chances of later anxiety and depression... reuters.com/ ... 16:28:54Teenagers
with a bedroom television tend to have poorer diet and exercise habits and
lower grades in school than those without one... Army Sgt.
Nicholas A. Robertson, 27, of Old Town, Maine, died April 3 at the
Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany, of wounds suffered
April 2 while conducting dismounted combat operations in the Zahn Khan
District, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces
Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, N.C. defenselink.mil/ ... 09:13:17Army Spc. Charles
A. Jankowski, 24, of Panama City, Fla., died March 28, in Arab Jabour,
Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his
vehicle. He was assigned to the 3rd Brigade Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade
Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga. defenselink.mil/ ... 09:12:48Air Force Staff Sgt.
Travis L. Griffin, 28, of Dover, Del., died April 3 near Baghdad, Iraq,
of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device.
He was assigned to the 377th Security Forces Squadron, Kirtland AFB, N.M.
"Candidates are told stories by people
all the time, and it's common for candidates to retell those stories.... It's
not always possible to fully vet them, but we try...." nydailynews.com/ ... 09:09:36In
the Western World, where the details of human frailty in the highest places are
revealed most clearly, we are witnessing the loud destruction of two liberal
idols. Neither the charisma nor the sophistication of Bill and Hillary Clinton
has moved to the rescue in this moment of grand but muddy pathos... slate.com/ ... 08:59:20There are two kinds of deliberate and premeditated deceit,
commonly known as suggestio falsi and suppressio veri. (Neither of them is
covered by the additionally lying claim of having "misspoken.") The first
involves what seems to be most obvious in the present case: the putting forward
of a bogus or misleading account of events. But the second, and often the more
serious, means that the liar in question has also attempted to bury or to
obscure something that actually is true.
Let us examine how Sen. Clinton has managed to commit
both of these offenses to veracity and decency and how in doing so she has
rivaled, if not indeed surpassed, the disbarred and perjured hack who is her
husband and tutor... a tornado hit parts of Little Rock and its suburbs last
night... unknown number of people were hurt. The storm damaged businesses and
downed trees and power lines... injuries at a trailer park oin Benton... abcnews.go.com/ ... 23:09:02Strong
thunderstorms toppled trees, knocked out power and damaged homes Friday across
the South, while flooding in Kentucky forced evacuations and left a 2-year-old
girl dead... Army Pfc. Elwood D. Reynolds of Schoolfield, Va.
will be buried this summer in Arlington National Cemetery near Washington,
D.C.... Both men were members of A Company, 32nd Infantry Regiment, then
attached to the 31st Regimental Combat Team (RCT), 7th Infantry Division. The
team was engaged against the Chinese People's Volunteer Forces near the Chosin
Reservoir, North Korea, from Nov. 27-Dec. 1, 1950. Both soldiers died in late
November as result of intense enemy fire, but their bodies were not recovered
at the time.... defenselink.mil/ ... 23:17:51Army Sgt. Dayne
D. Dhanoolal, 26, of Brooklyn, died March 31 in Baghdad, of wounds suffered
when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He was assigned
to the 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd
Infantry Division, Fort Benning, Ga. A man rescued
his wife from the jaws of a crocodile in remote northern Australia by jumping
on its back... Dogs
can catch influenza directly from birds, Korean researchers said on Wednesday,
saying their finding shows pets could play a role in future pandemics... reuters.com/ ... 12:12:46The House
of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill to more than triple spending to
fight AIDS in Africa and other parts of the world... Army Sgt.
Jevon K. Jordan, 32, of Norfolk, Va., died Mar. 29 at
Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany, from wounds suffered
Mar. 23 in Abu Jassim, Iraq, when his vehicle encountered an improvised
explosive. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 4th
Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga. defenselink.mil/ ... 13:00:22Marine Maj.
William G. Hall, 38 of Seattle, died March 30 from wounds he suffered
while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq, on March 29. He
was assigned to 3rd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, Marine Air Control
Group 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp
Pendleton, Calif. defenselink.mil/ ... 12:59:38Army Spc. Durrell
L. Bennett, 22, of Spanaway, Wash.Army Pfc. Patrick J. Miller, 23, of
New Port Richey, Fla. Army Sgt. Terrell
W. Gilmore, 38, of Baton Rouge, La., died March 30 in Baghdad, when an
improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He was assigned to the
769th Engineer Battalion of the Louisiana Army National Guard in Baton Rouge.
defenselink.mil/ ... 12:58:44Army Cpl. Steven
I. Candelo, 20, of Houston, died March 26 in Baghdad, when his vehicle was
struck by a rocket propelled grenade. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 2nd
Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany. Ann Coulter:
...B. Hussein Obama's autobiography, "Dreams From My Father." Has anybody read
this book? Inasmuch as the book reveals Obama to be a flabbergasting lunatic, I
gather the answer is no... When his mother expresses concern about Obama's high
school friend being busted for drugs, Obama says he patted his mother's hand
and told her not to worry. This, too, prompted Obama to share with his readers
a life lesson on how to handle white people: "It was usually
an effective tactic, another one of those tricks I had learned: People were
satisfied so long as you were courteous and smiled and made no sudden moves.
They were more than satisfied, they were relieved -- such a pleasant surprise
to find a well-mannered young black man who didn't seem angry all the
time." First of all, I note that this technique seems
to be the basis of Obama's entire presidential campaign. But moreover --
he was talking about his own mother! As Obama says: "Any distinction between
good and bad whites held negligible meaning." Say, do you think a white person
who said that about blacks would be a leading presidential candidate? The man
is stark bonkersville... washingtontimes.com/ ...
13:45:17The conventional wisdom says the battle between Barack Obama and
Hillary Clinton will go all the way to the convention. But Mr. Dean wants it
over well before that, and possibly before the last of the 10 remaining
primaries are completed in June. And it is likely that will happen... plan
calls on the remaining 350 or so undeclared superdelegates to break their
neutrality sooner rather than later, providing enough votes to produce the
2,024-delegate majority needed to clinch the nomination. "There is no point in
waiting," Mr. Dean said... politico.com/ ... 13:40:20In an Oprah
Winfrey-era where soul-baring and expressions of faith are the norm for public
figures, the presumptive Republican nominee, open and candid about much else,
retains a shroud of privacy around his Christianity... Raised Episcopalian,
McCain now attends a Baptist megachurch in Phoenix. But he has not been
baptized and rarely talks of his faith in anything but the broadest terms or as
it relates to how it enabled him to survive 5 ½ years in captivity as a
POW... nypost.com/ ... 13:38:27While lobbying for his endorsement, Hillary Rodham Clinton
flatly told New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson that Barack Obama could not win the
presidency if he got the Democratic nomination. "He cannot win, Bill. He cannot
win...." Despite her appeal, Richardson ultimately endorsed Obama - which
sent Bill Clinton into a purple rage last weekend
during a private meeting with California superdelegates. "Five times to my face
[Richardson] said that he would never do that," the former president
thundered... One of the roughly 15 superdelegates in attendance told the San
Francisco Chronicle, "It was one of the worst political meetings I have ever
attended..." 180,000 euro worth of cannabis has been found in a hidden fuel tank
by gardai in Limerick... thedenverchannel.com/ ...
13:55:19LARIMER COUNTY, Colo. -- For fifteen months, the Larimer County
Drug Task Force and Fort Collins police have been investigating a drug ring...
arrested two Fort Collins residents... seized about 17 pounds of high-grade
marijuana and approximately 4 ounces of cocaine... telegraph.co.uk/ ... 13:54:54Gordon Brown is facing a
dilemma over whether to overrule his own panel of experts and increase the
penalties for being caught in possession of cannabis... The Advisory Council on
the Misuse of Drugs is understood to have decided at a private meeting that it
will not recommend tightening the law on the drug... reuters.com/ ... 12:13:37A House
of Representatives committee on Wednesday passed a bill for the first time that
would give the Food and Drug Administration broad authority to regulate
tobacco... hosted.ap.org/ ... 12:10:16When a police officer went
to the home of a Ridgefield man who had complained about a neighbor's cat, the
officer smelled marijuana... found 84 plants in a raid on the man's home...
A
two-year-old pet lion was on the loose in Canada's backwoods near the nation's
capital Wednesday, sparking a hunt by police... Schools and day-cares in the
region were alerted and asked to keep children indoors... 
ORLANDO, Fla. -- A SeaWorld dolphin died after it collided
with another dolphin during an aerial show trick performed in front of a
crowd... 
Authorities removed 
Scraps of protein from the bones of a 68 million-year-old
dinosaur and a mastodon carcass confirm their places in the family tree of life
on Earth, researchers reported on Thursday. The same team that established
Tyrannosaurus rex is a distant relative of chickens filled in more gaps,
showing that the dinosaur was far more closely related to living birds than to
alligators. And a 500,000-year-old mastodon is clearly a close relative of
elephants... 
Like soldiers in combat
zones, birds operate a sentry system to ensure their comrades are safe from
attack. By singing a "watchman's song", the pied babbler tells its group mates
they are free to forage for food in Africa's Kalahari desert... 
Many tigers held in
captivity have "pure-bred ancestry" and could play a key role in the survival
of diminishing wild populations, a study suggests... 
District Judge Robert Patterson Jr said that
he had read the first half of the first Harry Potter novel to his
grandchildren, but found the "magical world hard to follow, filled with strange
names and words that would be gibberish in any other context. "I found it
extremely complex," he said, suggesting that a reference guide might be
useful... 
A six-ton orca, or
killer whale, torpedoes toward the beach, its dorsal fin cutting the Patagonian
sea. It launches itself onto the sand in an explosion of water and foam. Before
the waters die down, the orca is shaking its immense head from side to side
with a sea lion pup clamped between his jaws. Then the orca wriggles into
position to catch a wave to carry it back out to sea... Only seven orcas in the
world are known to hunt this way, all of them members of a pod that patrols the
coast of Patagonia's Valdes Peninsula at this time of year... 
NASA says it is extending the international Cassini
mission that is touring Saturn and its moons for another two years... $160
million extension will allow Cassini to make 60 more revolutions around the
ringed planet and fly by its largest moon, Titan, and four other satellites...
funded by NASA and the European and Italian space agencies... 
A
fossil animal locked in Lebanese limestone has been shown to be an extremely
precious discovery - a snake with two legs... used intense X-rays to confirm
that a creature imprinted on a rock, and with one visible leg, had another
appendage buried just under the surface of the slab... 
A
frog has been found in a remote part of Indonesia that has no
lungs and breathes through its skin... Barbourula kalimantanensis... joins
a short list of amphibians with this unusual trait, including a few species of
salamanders and a wormlike creature known as a caecilian... "These are about
the most ancient and bizarre frogs you can get on the planet..." 
The
average percentage of people saying that the US has a positive influence has
risen to 35% from 31% a year ago, according to the survey. Those saying the US
has a negative influence fell five percentage points to 47%. The poll, part of
a regular survey of world opinion, interviewed more than 17,000 people in 34
countries... 
The BBC will today screen remarkable footage of
penguins flying as part of its new natural history series, Miracles of
Evolution.... BBC1 viewers will see the penguins not only take flight from the
Antarctic wastes, but fly thousands of miles to the Amazonian rainforest
to find winter sun....
a
joint venture between the Virgin Group and Google... the establishment of a
permanent human settlement on Mars...