Blog Heap of Links for the day 4 May 2009

An Oklahoma mother, who stood by and watched as someone gave drugs to her seven-year-old, is now behind bars. The stunning scene involving the developmentally delayed child was caught on camera. Authorities were tipped off to what happened after video of the incident surfaced on a repossessed computer.

Investigators were searching Monday for a 3-year-old boy who was kidnapped at gunpoint by two men who broke into his family's California home, tied up his mother and siblings and ransacked the house.... Police said they had not determined a motive for the Sunday afternoon kidnapping....

LAKELAND, Fla A 34-year-old father who shot and killed his wife and two young sons fell over a bicycle and missed another son before killing himself on the front lawn of their house ... surviving 13-year-old boy escaped through the garage as his father fired a rifle at him....

As soon as Warwick police arrived at the Holiday Inn on a report of a woman robbed last month they realized there was a connection to the "Craigslist Killer" cases in Boston -- along with her money, the thief stole a pair of the woman's panties....

Walker has said he was inspired to write the song after an encounter with a street performer in a New Orleans jail and does not refer to the famous stage and movie personality Bill "Bojangles" Robinson.

American country music singer and songwriter. He is probably most famous for writing the song "Mr. Bojangles.

White House plays host to ambassador who calls this a serious debate. ... "As most things in life, you need two to tango,'' Sarukhan said in a recent appearance on CBS News' Face the Nation. He was talking about combatting the flow of drugs and weapons across the border.

"Howdy, howdy, howdy hey! Marijuana's here to stay!"

Now that Michigan voters have approved medical use of marijuana, one community is considering adding pot-providers to its zoning law.