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Army Pfc. Robert A.
Liggett, 23, of Urbana, Ill., died May 29 in Rustamiyah, Iraq, from
injuries suffered in a non-combat related incident. His death is under
investigation. Liggett was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment,
3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Benning, Ga. defenselink.mil/ ... 13:07:47Army Staff Sgt.
Joseph M. Weiglein, 31, of Audubon, N.J.Army Sgt. Richard V. Correa, 25, of
Honolulu. Army 1st Lt. Keith N.
Heidtman, 24, of Norwich, Conn.Army Chief Warrant Officer Theodore U. Church,
32, of OhioNavy Lt. Michael T. Newell, U.S. Navy, of Ellenville, N.Y.
will be buried today in Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C. On
Dec. 14, 1966, Newell was flying an F-8E Crusader aircraft as wingman in a
flight of two on a combat air patrol over North Vietnam. During the mission,
the flight leader saw a surface-to-air missile explode between the two
aircraft. Although Newell initially reported that he had survived the blast,
his aircraft gradually lost power and crashed near the border between Nghe An
and Thanh Hoa provinces in south central North Vietnam. The flight leader did
not see a parachute nor did he hear an emergency beacon signal. He stayed in
the area and determined that Newell did not escape from the aircraft prior to
the crash. Between 1993 and 2002, joint U.S./Socialist Republic of Vietnam
(S.R.V.) teams, led by the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC), visited the
area of the incident five times to conduct investigations and survey the crash
site. They found pilot-related artifacts and aircraft wreckage consistent to an
F-8 Crusader. In 2004, a joint U.S./S.R.V. team began excavating the crash
site. The team was unable to complete the recovery and subsequent teams
re-visited the site two more times before the recovery was completed in 2006.
As a result, the teams found human remains and additional pilot-related
items.... 
Spain has
ditched plans to build a 300-km motorway across the country's sun-baked plains
because it would have threatened the Iberian lynx, one of the world's most
endangered animals... hosted.ap.org/ ... 12:31:23A rare
northern white rhinoceros died Wednesday at the San Diego Zoo, dwindling the
critically endangered species' population to as few as 13 worldwide... hosted.ap.org/ ... 12:30:47Banning
the trade in endangered wildlife can actually result in increased trade in the
animals and their parts, a report published Thursday said... Conservationists
can recommend that CITES bans the trade in a particular endangered species. But
because CITES can take between 240 and 420 days to actually implement the ban,
the volume of trade in that species actually tends to rise during that period
as traders try to beat the time limit. Once the ban is imposed, prices can
spiral upward... The price of rhino horns on the South Korean market, for
example, increased by 400 percent in the two years after CITES banned the trade
in the items and the poaching of black rhinos rose... hosted.ap.org/ ... 12:29:35
NEWPORT, Ore... Experts
could not determine what killed a 40-foot-long whale that washed ashore at Seal
Rock last weekend... news.bbc.co.uk/ ... 12:27:28
The first Chinese panda
released into the wild after being bred in captivity has died... released in
April 2006... was said to be adjusting well to his new life. But the
five-year-old was found dead in February... likely due to a fight with wild
pandas... 
Five people were arrested
Wednesday afternoon in connection with a marijuana growing operation at a
rental property in Princess Anne. Police discovered the marijuana when they
stopped a car... Several marijuana plants were visible inside a glass
greenhouse located in the backyard... 73 marijuana plants ranging in height of
from 2 feet to seedlings... theday.com/ ... 13:03:03After its longest debate of
this legislative session, the Connecticut House of Representatives last week
passed for its second time in three years what today is known as House Bill
6715, An Act concerning the Palliative Use of Marijuana... During debate,
advocates seldom challenged the opposition's many erroneous assertions. One of
the bill's co-sponsors, Rep. Penny Bacchiochi, R-Somers, did say after the vote
that she could have disputed the opposition's claims, but instead she coolly
sat it out and let the heated debate take its course. As a paraplegic who has
used marijuana medicinally for 17 years, and publicly for the past 10, I
instead must take a stand... cbs2.com/ ... 13:02:12ANCASTER, Calif... Sheriff's
deputies found blank credit cards inside a car during a Lancaster traffic stop,
then went to the driver's home, where forgery equipment and a marijuana growing
operation were discovered... Three adults were arrested at the home and two
children were placed in protective custody... [Repeal would get such
criminals out of the pot distribution business!!] dunndailyrecord.com/ ...
13:01:12Two
separate car crashes led to the discoveries of marijuana and LSD in Sampson
County... troopers discovered approximately $400 worth of marijuana in [18yo's]
1995 Ford van... charged with possession with intent to sell and deliver
marijuana, manufacturing marijuana and maintaining a vehicle for the
sale/storage of a controlled substance... The American Academy of Family
Physicians (AAFP)The
American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM)The American Bar Association (ABA)The American Medical Student
Association (AMSA)The
American Nurses Association (ANA)... [many more] cbsnews.com/ ... 12:59:05The self-proclaimed "guru of
ganja" was convicted again Wednesday in federal court of illegally growing
hundreds of marijuana plants that he said were meant to treat sick people,
which state law allows... [Once again the judge] prohibited the marijuana
activist's lawyers from telling the jury he was working for a pot club
sanctioned by Oakland government officials... Army Pfc. Charles B.
Hester, 23, of Cataldo, Idaho, died May 26 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds
suffered when the vehicle he was in struck an improvised explosive device. He
was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd
Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Wash. defenselink.mil/ ... 11:45:09Army Staff Sgt.
Thomas M. McFall, 36, of Glendora, Calif.Army Pfc. Junior Cedeno Sanchez,
20, of Miami, Fla. Army Spc. Clinton C.
Blodgett, 19, of Pekin, Ind., died May 26 in Baghdad, Iraq, when the
vehicle he was in struck an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the
1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry
Division, Schweinfurt, Germany. defenselink.mil/ ... 11:44:15Marine Lance Cpl.
Emmanuel Villarreal, 21, of Eagle Pass, Texas, died May 27 from a
non-hostile vehicle accident at Kuwait Naval Base, Kuwait. He was assigned to
Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 13th Marine
Expeditionary Unit, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif. defenselink.mil/ ... 11:43:58Army Spc. Francis M.
Trussel Jr., 21, of Lincoln, Ill., died May 26 in Tahrir, Iraq, of wounds
suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his position. He
was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat
Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. defenselink.mil/ ... 11:43:37Army Spc. Mark R. C.
Caguioa, 21, of Stockton, Calif., died May 24 at the National Naval Medical
Center, Bethesda, Md., of wounds suffered on May 4 in Baghdad, Iraq, when the
vehicle he was in struck an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the
1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas. defenselink.mil/ ... 11:43:16Marine Lance Cpl.
David P. Lindsey, 20, of Spartanburg, S.C., died May 25 from a
non-hostile incident in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd
Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary
Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C The incident is currently under investigation. defenselink.mil/ ... 11:42:48Marine Sgt. Nicholas
R. Walsh, 27, of Millstadt, Ill., died May 26 from wounds suffered while
conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to the
1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary
Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif. The Monroe County
Sheriff’s Office said three illegal immigrants were charged early Friday
with possessing three pounds of marijuana for resale at a barn in the
Sweetwater area... kentucky.com/ ... 11:36:41Kentucky Vehicle Enforcement officials
announced Wednesday the largest marijuana seizure in the department’s
history. On Sunday evening on Interstate 65 in Warren County, an officer
stopped a northbound tractor-trailer, which turned out to have more than 1,400
pounds of marijuana with a street value of about $2.8 million... columbusdispatch.com/ ...
11:36:10Drug
agents have discovered the largest marijuana crop ever found on a state
wildlife area and one of the top five marijuana busts in [Ohio] history... more
than 10,000 plants with an estimated street value of $10.5 million... [WOW!
Thanks to prohibition, the profits on pot are higher than ever, too! $1000 each
for this easily-grown vegetation! No wonder there's more and more and more and
more and more of it flooding in every day. Aren't you glad we're spending,
spending, spending, spending, spending to prevent it?] Army Sgt. Clayton G.
Dunn II, 22, of Moreno Valley, Calif.Army Spc. Michael J. Jaurigue, 20,
of Texas City, TexasArmy Spc. Gregory N. Millard, 22, of San Diego, Calif.
Army Spc. Erich S.
Smallwood, 23, of Trumann, Ark, died May 26, near Balad, Iraq, of wounds
suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He was
assigned to A Company, 875th Engineer Battalion of the Arkansas Army National
Guard in Marked Tree, Ark. 
An elephant in eastern
India has sparked complaints from motorists who accuse it of blocking traffic
and refusing to allow vehicles to pass unless drivers give it food... hosted.ap.org/ ...
09:31:24MATTITUCK, N.Y... An escaped steer's six-week romp through back
yards, roadways and beaches ended when he was finally cornered and returned to
his owner... after showing up on a crowded beach... An early
morning disturbance call for Lewis County Sheriff... Shortly after 3 a.m...
found resident... near a fence a the rear of the residence... had allegedly
driven a vehicle through the yard, damaging shrubs and anything in his path...
front porch of the residence was allegedly damaged... had also allegedly set
the residence on fire... Further investigation... revealed another problem...
"There were 71 plants, believed to be marijuana being grown in containers in
the yard behind the residence..." [Resident was charged under new
"stupidity" law... ?] earthtimes.org/ ... 11:38:19Swedish study suggests smoking marijuana
during pregnancy may damage the fetal brain... endogenous cannabinoids --
molecules naturally produced in the brain and functionally similar to THC from
marijuana -- play unexpectedly significant roles in establishing how certain
nerve cells connect to each other... 
CASSELBERRY, Fla....
Police say they're sure they shot a four-foot-long, 80-pound monitor lizard
that had been lurking in an Orlando suburb for months... The lizard didn't bite
anyone, but police officers were authorized to kill it because of the potential
danger it posed to small children and animals... animal scampered into a
retention pond... "If they did shoot it, I'm sure it's going to be angry if it
comes out now..." breitbart.com/ ... 19:26:00
JERUSALEM... A man clad
only in underwear and a T-shirt wrestled a wild leopard to the floor and pinned
it for 20 minutes after the cat leapt through a window of his home and hopped
into bed with his sleeping family... "I don't know why I did it. I wasn't
thinking, I just acted..." International wildlife
experts have located hundreds of wild elephants on a treeless island in the
swamps of south Sudan, where they apparently avoided unchecked hunting during
more than 20 years of war... Environmentalists are keeping the location of the
island in the Sudd area secret to prevent poachers from killing the animals...
science.monstersandcritics.com/ ...
19:28:19Two
humpback whales started heading out to sea Monday, with about 55 kilometres
left to return to the Pacific Ocean... Bernadette Fees, a biologist with the
California Department of Fish and Game, said in broadcast remarks that she
would be administering antibiotics - one dose for the calf and three doses for
the mother - to help them deal with skin infections that apparently resulted
from cuts delivered by passing boats. She also said she would work to take a
biopsy from the calf... Army Pvt. William L.
Bailey III, 29, of Bellevue, Neb., died May 25, in Taji, Iraq, of wounds
suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. Bailey
was assigned to the 755th Chemical Reconnaissance/Decontamination Company,
Nebraska Army National Guard, O'Neill, Neb. defenselink.mil/ ... 19:04:12Army Spc. Alexander
Rosa Jr., 22, of Orlando, Fla., died May 25 in Muqdadiyah, Iraq, of wounds
suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He was
assigned to the 89th Military Police Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas. defenselink.mil/ ... 19:04:00Army Spc. Mathew P.
LaForest, 21, of Austin, Texas, died May 25 in Taji, Iraq, of injuries
suffered when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire
during combat operations. LaForest was assigned to 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry
Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis,
Wash. defenselink.mil/ ... 19:03:27Army Sgt. 1st Class
Robert E. Dunham, 36, of Baltimore, Md.Army Staff Sgt. Russell K.
Shoemaker, 31, of Sweet Springs, Mo. Army Cpl. Victor H.
Toledo Pulido, 22, of Hanford, Calif.Army Cpl. Jonathan D. Winterbottom,
21, of Falls Church, Va. New Zealand... Nelson College
for Girls says 16 girls caught for marijuana use during the school day remain
stood down while they are dealt with. A 17th girl is to appear before the
school's board for what's called a more serious matter... clearwatertimes.com/ ...
19:38:14On May 17
Clearwater RCMP responded to a report of an assault... During the investigation
police located and seized 499 marihuana plants... No charges were laid in the
assault... thetelegram.com/ ... 19:37:34The
RCMP in Baie Verte executed a drug search warrant on a residence in nearby
Smith’s Harbour on the Baie Verte Peninsula Saturday and discovered a
sophisticated indoor hydrophonic marijuana grow operation... one male and one
female... were arrested... home appeared to be used solely for the purpose of
growing marijuana, hydroponically, indoors... seized about 12 plants...
[with a rumored street value of sixty billion pesos...?] property
owner... is left with a home that has significant damage due to humidity, mold
and water requiring significant personal expense to repair... mymotherlode.com/ ...
19:36:00While there was no definitive proof, CAL FIRE's Dennis Townsend
says there is little doubt that Friday morning's Moccasin area vegetation
fire... was caused by an out-of-control campfire in a marijuana garden...
Detectives... eradicated approximately 1,000 small marijuana plants... fire
covered approximately 25 acres. No injuries or structure damage was reported...
...In front of me was whale
meat, from an animal which it is simply unthinkable to eat in Britain - so
unthinkable that I had to promise my daughters I would not touch a morsel of it
during my time in Japan. Yet once in Japan, nothing seemed more normal...
abcnews.go.com/ ... 13:47:16The parent company of the
Carl's Jr. and Hardee's fast food chains sued rival Jack In The Box Inc. on
Friday to stop TV ads that it says suggest Carl's Jr. and Hardee's use cow anus
to make Angus beef hamburgers... an ad in which executives laugh hysterically
at the word "Angus" and another where the chain's pingpong ball-headed mascot,
Jack, is asked to point to a diagram of a cow and show where Angus meat comes
from. "I'd rather not," the pointy-nosed Jack replies... Police have arrested a Kingsport man and
charged him with burglary and possession of almost a quarter million dollars worth of marijuana. That’s the
[prohibitionist propagandized inflated] street price for 150
pounds. He and a 16-year-old male allegedly stole the marijuana and some
tools from a storage facility... pennlive.com/ ... 13:36:33NEW BLOOMFIELD - A Duncannon mother was
convicted Friday in Perry County Court of sharing marijuana with her
16-year-old son... also convicted of endangering the welfare of a child and
corruption of a minor... Outside the courtroom, several jurors said they didn't
believe [she] conspired with her then-boyfriend... to buy the marijuana
specifically to share with the teenager... fox28.com/ ... 13:35:22A Ferndale group is launching a petition drive to get a
medical-marijuana initiative on next year's statewide ballot. The Coalition for
Compassionate Care says it wants people with cancer, AIDS and other illnesses
to be able to grow and use small amounts of marijuana for pain relief. The
group plans to gather 550,000 signatures. It needs just over 304,000
signatures... kndo.com/ ... 13:34:59PASCO, Wash. -- One man sits
in the Franklin County Jail tonight after Franklin County Sherriff's Deputies
found him with 506 marijuana plants... sctimes.com/ ... 13:34:33It’s very disappointing
that Gov. Tim Pawlenty repeatedly threatened to veto the medical marijuana
bill. Because he was afraid to do the right thing, hundreds of sick and dying
Minnesota patients must live in fear of arrest and jail for another year.
Pawlenty and our lawmakers should have listened to President Bush in the State
of the Union address, when the president said, "In all we do, we must remember
that the best health care decisions are made not by government and insurance
companies, but by patients and their doctors..." sfgate.com/ ... 13:33:57"They completely trashed the
house -- they covered the floors with plastic, changed the electricity, added
fans. They were pouring corrosive chemicals down the pipes. In the end, the
walls were covered with mold. And then they threatened to sue us -- for mold."
She pauses. "It had been a house in mint condition. If my husband hadn't been a
contractor -- the damage they did would have cost us $25,000 or more." In the
pantheon of real estate nightmares, finding that your home or apartment has
been turned into a marijuana "grow room" should qualify any landlord for a seat
at the head of the table... 
LOS ANGELES... A 6
1/2-foot alligator believed to be the elusive "Reggie" who lurked in a park
lake for two years was captured Thursday in a wrestling match with a reptile
expert and rangers... Army Pfc. Casey P.
Zylman, 22, of Coleman, Mich., died May 25 in Mosul, Iraq, of wounds
suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle May 24
in Tallafar, Iraq. He was assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment,
3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.
defenselink.mil/ ... 15:15:44Army Sgt. Iosiwo
Uruo, 27, of Agana Heights, Guam, died May 24, in Buhriz, Iraq, of wounds
suffered when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire.
He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd
Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Wash. defenselink.mil/ ... 15:15:19Army Staff Sgt. Steve
Butcher Jr., 27, of Penfield, N.Y., died in Ramadi, IraqArmy Pfc. Daniel P.
Cagle, 22, of Carson, Calif., died in Balad, Iraq Army Pfc. Robert H.
Dembowski, 20, of Ivyland, Pa., died May 24 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds
suffered when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire.
He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st
Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C. Until
Friday, two humpback whales stranded on California's inland waterways appeared
determined to remain upstream from the ocean, but biologists said the mammals
had finally reacted to spray from a fireboat... hosted.ap.org/ ... 13:37:04A
coalition of environmental groups worried about the spread of invasive species
into the Great Lakes from ballast water discharged by foreign vessels is
calling for a moratorium on international shipping. Members of Healing Our
Waters-Great Lakes Coalition said Wednesday that banning international ships
from entering the Great Lakes system would call attention to a
stalled effort to create federal standards for handling
ship ballast water... It was the
very loud music that first got Merced Police Officer Jesse Padgett's
attention... officers found 131/2 grams of marijuana, almost half an ounce, and
a scale in the center console of [man's] vehicle after it was stopped... indianmuslims.info/ ...
15:07:21Bhubaneswar : Three people were arrested Friday on charges of
possessing marijuana worth Rs.700,000 in Orissa's Malkangiri district... jacksonsun.com/ ... 15:06:52A Henderson County woman was
escorted from her farm Thursday by sheriff's deputies after they found more
than 800 marijuana plants growing on her property... plenglish.com/ ... 15:06:13Buenos
Aires, May 26... A ton of marijuana was seized by members of the Argentinean
Naval Command in the northwestern province of Misiones, possibly coming from
Paraguay... calculated value of 5.3 million pesos (1.735 million dollars)...
[thanks to the inflated black market created by PROHIBITION...] thebarrieexaminer.com/ ... 15:05:24Police seized more than $20,000 worth of
marijuana plants and grow equipment that could have easily ballooned to more
than $185,000 in pot come cultivation time... [thanks to
PROHIBITION-GENERATED BLACK MARKET] orilliapacket.com/ ... 15:04:27Legalizing drugs as a
way to combat the drug trade may go against traditional views, but it's an idea
with its share of supporters... a member of the Huronia combined forces drug
unit talked about violence in relation to drugs received many responses. One
was from Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), an organization comprised
of current and former police officers, attorneys, judges and corrections
workers. The organization is in favour of legalizing drugs as a way to take the
drug trade off the streets and into a regulated environment...
"We're not starry-eyed utopians
who think we aren't going to have any problems," said LEAP founding secretary
John Gayder, who works in law enforcement in Niagara Falls. "We're still going
to have addiction, but the drug dealers won't be getting rich from it and the
bloodshed will stop..." kvoa.com/ ... 15:02:41Arizona... there has been a 25 percent jump in the state
in the number of reported pot seizures from Oct. 1 through April 30 over the
same period a year earlier... 676,856 pounds of marijuana over those seven
months, compared to 540,376 pounds for the corresponding period of the previous
federal fiscal year. They also nabbed more than 900,000 pounds during all of
fiscal 2006, which ended Sept. 30... [And this is just the tip of the
iceberg that they're catching, of course. What a waste of time &
taxes!] allheadlinenews.com/ ...
15:01:27Police
shut down a large marijuana growing operation in Toronto on Thursday morning.
The bust netted nearly 2,500 plants and some dried marijuana with a
[stupidly inflated prohibition-supported PuriTaliban-propagandized]
street value of roughly $2.5 million... hosted.ap.org/ ... 14:46:22MISSION, Texas... Police say
elementary school students tipped them off to an ice cream truck driver who was
apparently selling $5 and $10 bags of marijuana from the truck. Most customers
were in the third, fourth, and fifth grades... 40-year-old illegal immigrant
from Mexico... [and a blithering idiot!] 
Florida tries to wipe out
cat-sized African rats... Army Spc. Benjamin J.
Ashley, 22, of Independence, Mo., died May 24 in Balad, Iraq, of wounds
suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. Ashley
was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade,
1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan. defenselink.mil/ ... 10:31:30Army Staff Sgt.
Kristopher A. Higdon, 25, of Odessa, TexasArmy Pfc. Robert A.
Worthington, 19, of Jackson, Ga. Army Staff Sgt. David
C. Kuehl, 27, of Wahpeton, N.D., died May 22 in Taji, Iraq, of wounds
suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his unit. He was
assigned to the 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry
Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Wash. There’s suspicion that the stash of
marijuana found on the Forum Samoa vessel on Tuesday morning was from the
ship’s last port of call Fiji... the cannibis was found in a shopping bag
from Fiji and was wrapped in newspapers... news10now.com/ ... 10:42:59"Upon entry, the officers
located an unlawful growing operation of cannibis in the basement of the
property with approximately 300 marijuana plants..." Officials said they
do not believe drugs are a problem in Oswego County,
but they did say that it is not uncommon to make a drug bust in a more rural
town like Volney, where suppliers feel they will not get caught... Oswego
County District Attorney [and liberty-perverting PuriTaliban Tyrant]
Donald Dodd said, "This is driven by individuals doing everything they can to
avoid detection. That's why it's critically important that there be a cohesive,
comprehensive law enforcement analysis, which Oswego County strives for..."
wjz.com/ ... 10:41:06OCEAN CITY, Md. Ocean City
police say an intoxicated Bel Air man didn't have enough cash to pay for his
munchies -- so he tried to pay for the snacks with marijuana. It happened
around 3 p.m. on Monday at the 7-Eleven on 94th Street... he clerk told him he
would not accept marijuana as payment and said he was calling the police.
Police say Autry broke a bottle on the counter and fled leaving the marijuana
behind... ocala.com/ ... 10:40:20A Tuesday traffic stop by a
Florida Highway Patrol trooper resulted in the Wednesday morning arrest of two
men who reportedly had more than 170 marijuana plants and more than 10 pounds
of dry marijuana buds stashed in a Dunnellon home... [Hispanic names]... a
window tint violation and following too closely... [Yeah, sure....]
While questioning the men, the trooper smelled marijuana... [I keep reading
about these home-style grow ops, and thinking, wow! If they're catching this
many, how many, many times this many there must be!!] naplesnews.com/ ... 10:38:35A Golden Gate Estates man has
been arrested in connection with a marijuana grow house at his home, the
Collier County Sheriff's Office reports... on charges of trafficking in
marijuana over 25 pounds and possession of narcotic paraphernalia... 53
marijuana plants and about $10,000 in marijuana grow equipment... the marijuana
is estimated to be worth $53,000 and weighed about 90 pounds [is that 90#
wet and 25# dry? And is that price by the pound or the joint? Doesn't matter.
This is all and always will be nothing but pure prohibitionist PuriTaliban
PROPAGANDA!]... orilliapacket.com/ ... 10:36:39The deep woods and rivers that
cross the border between New Brunswick and Maine became the conduit of choice
for a gang of Quebec drug smugglers, police investigators said Wednesday as
they busted up the ring... involved in producing, trafficking and exporting
marijuana to the United States... Smugglers plied river waters by boat in
summer and snowmobile in the winter to deliver tonnes of marijuana, they say...
journalinquirer.com/ ...
10:35:24HARTFORD -
The fight to legalize marijuana use for medicinal purposes scored a big win
Wednesday when it cleared the House of Representatives by 31 votes. The
measure, which now heads to the Senate, was approved 89-58 after more than six
hours of debate. "We have the opportunity to give relief to Connecticut
residents who are sick, who are dying, who are wasting away, who are losing
their quality of life," Rep. Penny Bacchiochi, R-Somers, said. "And we can tell
those Connecticut residents that the state of Connecticut no longer will
prosecute you..." aclu.org/ ... 10:32:25A U.S. Department of
Justice-appointed judge submitted her final recommendation to the U.S. Drug
Enforcement Administration (DEA) on May 15, calling on the agency to end a
forty-year government monopoly on the supply of research-grade marijuana
available for Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved studies. With this
monopoly broken, new studies could lead to medical marijuana’s
availability in pharmacies as a legal, prescription drug. DEA Deputy
Administrator Michele Leonhart must now accept the judge’s recommendation
in order for the ruling to take effect, though she has no deadline for doing so
and may choose to reject the recommendation... A panda at the Memphis
[Tenn.] Zoo is definitely pregnant... Ya Ya, a giant panda, was artificially
inseminated in January after she and a male companion failed at mating the
old-fashioned way... hosted.ap.org/ ... 11:02:07Hope dimmed Wednesday for
two lost, wounded whales as scientists spotted the humpbacks wildly slapping
their tails on the water in possible distress as they lingered far from their
ocean home. Deep cuts on the mother whale and calf, likely caused by a run-in
with a boat, were worsening after more than a week in fresh water that the pair
are not physically well-equipped to inhabit... hosted.ap.org/ ... 11:01:37The
fawn was born Sunday near a home in Des Moines, the lone survivor of a grisly
event that killed its mother and twin when the pregnant doe became impaled on a
metal fence. A homeowner called Des Moines Animal Control to remove the carcass
but didn't realize that one of the twin fawns had dropped out of its mother's
torn abdomen and was still alive, though extremely weak... [now] taking some
wobbly steps at a rehabilitation home in central Iowa... hosted.ap.org/ ... 10:54:21TAIPEI,
Taiwan... An orangutan escaped from a Taiwanese zoo and terrified patrons at a
nearby restaurant Wednesday, overturning picnic tables and motorbikes and
forcing terrified diners to cower inside the eatery... was subdued when an
official shot him with a tranquilizer dart... carted off for treatment in the
scoop of a small bulldozer... occurred six weeks after a 440-pound crocodile chewed
the forearm off a veterinarian at the same zoo. The vet's limb was reattached
in a seven-hour surgery... Army Staff Sgt.
Shannon V. Weaver, 28, Urich, Mo.Army Sgt. Brian D. Ardron, 32, of
Acworth, Ga.Army Spc. Michael W. Davis, 22, of San Marcos, TexasArmy Sgt. Robert J.
Montgomery Jr., 29, of Scottsburg, Ind., died May 22, in Al Jabour, Iraq,
of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his unit.
He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat
Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska. defenselink.mil/ ... 00:21:47The
Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that
the remains of an American civilian pilot, missing in action from Vietnam while
flying for Civil Air Transport, a proprietary of the CIA, have been identified
and returned to his family for burial with full military honors.James B. McGovern
Jr. of Elizabeth, N.J. will be buried tomorrow at Arlington National
Cemetery near Washington, D.C. On May 6, 1954, McGovern, along with his
co-pilot, First Officer Wallace A. Buford, and four French servicemen, departed
Haiphong, Vietnam, in their Civil Air Transport C-119 on what was to be the
last supply drop to the besieged French forces at Camp Isabelle--the remaining
French holdout in the battle of Dien Bien Phu. As the aircraft approached the
drop zone, it was hit by anti-aircraft fire. The pilots attempted to fly
southwest to the relative safety of Laos, but crashed along the Song [River] Ma
in Houaphan Province. Only two of the Frenchmen survived and were taken
prisoner by Lao forces. One of them died within a few days, and the other was
released and returned to France a few months later. McGovern, Wallace and two
of the French servicemen were not recovered. Between 1997 and 1998, joint
U.S.-Lao People's Democratic Republic (L.P.D.R.) teams, led by the Joint
POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC), traveled to Houaphan Province two times to
investigate the incident. They interviewed several Laotian citizens who
recalled the crash. The citizens said that three of the crewmen who died in the
impact had been buried near the crash site. When the team surveyed the site,
they found small fragments of aircraft wreckage, but did not locate any grave
sites. In 2002, another joint U.S.-L.P.D.R. team excavated the site. They found
crew-related equipment and aircraft wreckage, including an aircraft data plate
dated 8-21-52, but found no human remains. A few months later, another team
revisited the site and recovered human remains from an isolated burial....
defenselink.mil/ ... 00:19:53Army Pvt. Oscar
Sauceda Jr., 21, of Del Rio, Texas, died May 22, in Baghdad, Iraq, of
wounds suffered when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using small
arms fire. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 4th
Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas. defenselink.mil/ ... 00:18:42Marine Lance Cpl.
Benjamin D. Desilets, 21, of Elmwood, Ill.Marine Cpl. Julian M.
Woodall, 21, of Tallahassee, Fla.Army Cpl. Ryan D.
Collins, 20, of Vernon, Texas, died May 19, in Hamiyah, Iraq, of wounds
suffered when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire
May 18. The circumstances surrounding his death are under investigation.
Collins was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment,
4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson,
Alaska. 
...With 16,000 hens gobbling around him, Langmo is
standing on a 15-inch layer of turkey litter - some 750 tons of the stuff -
that... will help fuel a $200 million power plant due to begin full-scale
production next month... Its developers are planning similar plants in other
major poultry states. Poultry litter - a
combination of droppings, wood chips, seed hulls, shed feathers and spilled
feed - has long been spread on fields as a fertilizer.
That's cheap and effective, but it can cause nitrates and phosphates to build
up in soil, groundwater and runoff. So poultry producers across the
country have been looking for another way to get rid of it...
Army Sgt. Jason A.
Schumann, 23, of Hawley, Minn., died May 19 in Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq, of
wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle.
Schumann was assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade
Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Polk, La. defenselink.mil/ ... 15:50:39Army Staff Sgt.
Christopher Moore, 28, of Alpaugh, Calif.Army Sgt. Jean P. Medlin, 27, of
Pelham, Ala.Army Spc. David W. Behrle, 20, of Tipton, IowaArmy Spc. Joseph A.
Gilmore, 26, of Webster, Fla.Army Pfc. Travis F. Haslip, 20, of
Ooltewah, Tenn.Army Pfc. Alexander R. Varela, 19, of Fernley, Nev. Army Sgt. 1st Class
Jesse B. Albrecht, 31, of Hager City, Wis.Army Spc. Coty J.
Phelps, 20, of Kingman, Ariz.Army Pfc. Victor M. Fontanilla, 23,
of Stockton, Calif. Army Sgt. Ryan J.
Baum, 27, of Aurora, Colo., died May 18, in Karmah, Iraq, of wounds
suffered when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire.
Baum was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade
Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska. defenselink.mil/ ... 15:48:39Army Sgt. Justin D.
Wisniewski, 22, of Standish, Mich., died May 19 in Lutfiyah, Iraq, of
wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his unit. He
was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade
Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y. defenselink.mil/ ... 15:48:10Army Sgt. Sgt.
Anselmo Martinez III, 26, of Robstown, TexasArmy Spc. Casey W. Nash, 22, of
Baltimore, Md.Army Spc. Joshua G. Romero, 19, of Crowley, TexasArmy Sgt. 1st Class ,
33, of Windsor, Colo.Army Spc. Marquis J. McCants, 23, of San Antonio,
Texas
LIGONIER, Ind... A swarm of
honeybees temporarily disrupted a charity fundraising event, but no one
reported being stung... hosted.ap.org/ ...
15:24:21billions of cicadas expected to emerge this month in parts of
the Midwest after spending 17 years underground. The red-eyed, shrimp-sized,
flying insects don't bite or sting. But they are known for mating calls that
produce a din that can overpower ringing telephones, lawn mowers and power
tools... 
South Africa battles alien
fish... It was a big enough bummer for
Kenneth Affolter when he was sentenced to more than five years in prison for
making pot-laced treats and soft drinks. Now he faces the wrath of a candy
giant. The Hershey Co. has sued Affolter, 40, for giving his marijuana goodies
names like Stoney Rancher, Rasta Reese's and Keef Kat. Each came in packaging
similar to Hershey's Jolly Rancher, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and Kit Kat
candies... [Even repeal might not help this guy avoid the lawsuit... but at
least under a government of personal liberty, he'd not be in prison,
too....] hosted.ap.org/ ... 15:06:07Profits
from Afghanistan's thriving poppy fields are increasingly flowing to Taliban
fighters, leading U.S. and NATO officials to conclude that the
counterinsurgency mission must now include stepped-up
anti-drug efforts... [or... gee!... what OTHER method might keep high
black-market profits out of gangster hands, I wonder....] A Bennett Road townhouse filled with about
450 marijuana plants was busted by the Richmond RCMP Wednesday night...
arrested two men, both 45... one of the arrested men holds Chinese citizenship
and arrived in Canada just a month ago... star-telegram.com/ ... 12:28:33The
brown brick home with children's bicycles parked out front blended well into
the neighborhood. But inside the house was a drug operation the likes of which
Johnson County authorities say they've never seen... One part of the house had
been transformed into a "grow room," where 3- to 4-foot marijuana plants
thrived... more than 600 marijuana plants... "It's highly
profitable," said Herschel Tebay, commander of the Tarrant County narcotics
unit. "You can grow them all year in there..." An ounce of marijuana
usually sells for about $80. The special crimes unit estimated that an ounce of
this marijuana could go for $500... [Only because of prohibition!]
allhiphop.com/ ... 12:27:06Wu-Tang rapper Method Man was arrested in New
York on Thursday (May 17), after being pulled over by authorities with almost
30 grams of marijuana in his vehicle... A Battery Tunnel police officer noticed
that the tags on the Grammy Award winning rapper's 2005 Lincoln Navigator were
expired and promptly pulled him over. When Method Man rolled down his window,
the officer said he noticed the strong scent of marijuana. The arresting
officer also said he noticed two "blunts" and a plastic bag with more marijuana
in plain view... 
Firefighters responding to a small basement
fire Thursday morning were startled to find a 10-foot python, two cobras... two
small alligators, frogs, turtles and tarantulas...
"The cobras didn't
make it..." probably died of smoke inhalation... hosted.ap.org/ ... 13:07:13Jinan Paomaling Wild
Animal World in Shandong province... three newborn tiger triplets... have been
nursed by a dog since they were rejected by their tiger mother shortly after
birth... a mixed breed farm dog called "Huani..." Huani has nursed tigers
before... reuters.com/ ... 12:48:14A newborn killer whale found
bleeding on a Mexican beach has become the center of an international
controversy over whether she should stay in Mexico or be sent to a U.S. marine
theme park... Mexican aquarium workers have been feeding the baby named
Pascuala around the clock with milk from a tube inserted in her mouth since she
was found beached in a Pacific fishing village in April... just over a month
old and weighing 403 pounds (183 kg)... reuters.com/ ... 12:45:40
The West Nile Virus is taking
a worse-than-expected toll on some favorite birds in North America such as
robins and chickadees... studied 20 North American birds and found declines in
seven species from four families... especially strong among the American crow
population, which has been cut by 45 percent since West Nile first appeared in
the United States in 1999... reuters.com/ ... 12:45:01Two wounded humpback whales
that swam 92 miles up rivers and a man-made canal into California's Central
Valley are not responding to recorded whale calls aimed at luring them back to
sea... roughly 45-foot (13.7-metre) female and her 20-foot (6-metre) calf...
Both whales were injured by boats during their journey upstream... news.bbc.co.uk/ ... 12:43:14Cranes
have been found breeding in the fens of East Anglia after 400 years. The
Suffolk wetland which the birds are nesting in was a carrot field until the
RSPB turned it into Lakenheath Fen Nature Reserve 11 years ago. Large-scale
drainage of fens for agriculture had led to the birds' disappearance in the
1600s... hosted.ap.org/ ... 12:40:28
A team of Pacific Northwest
scientists has recommended capturing many or all of British Columbia's
remaining northern spotted owls and breeding them at zoos throughout the region
in an effort to prevent their extinction... fewer than two dozen birds
remaining... hosted.ap.org/ ... 12:29:15
CHARLESTON, S.C... A rarely seen male loggerhead turtle was being
treated at an animal hospital Thursday after rope from a crab pot became
wrapped around a fin... rescued off the South Carolina coast Wednesday... 300
pound, 4.5-foot reptile... hosted.ap.org/ ... 12:22:44
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands... A
400-pound gorilla escaped from his enclosure and ran amok in a Rotterdam zoo
Friday, biting one woman, dragging her around, and causing panic among dozens
of visitors before he was finally subdued... was eventually contained in a
restaurant within the park... Four people were injured, including the woman who
was bitten... The zoo was packed with visitors as many Dutch took advantage of
a national holiday Thursday to make a long weekend. "Everyone was in panic,
running away, screaming, wailing, screaming kids running around, I don't know
what all, kids without parents - it was a total drama..." Army Sgt. Steven M.
Packer, 23, of Clovis, Calif., died May 17 in Rushdi Mullah, Iraq, of
wounds suffered when his dismounted patrol encountered an improvised explosive
device. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd
Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y. defenselink.mil/ ... 22:43:48Army Pfc. Aaron D.
Gautier, 19, of Hampton, Va., died May 17 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds
suffered when his mounted patrol came in contact with enemy forces using small
arms fire and an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort
Lewis, Wash. defenselink.mil/ ... 12:17:01Army Staff Sgt.
Joshua R. Whitaker, 23, of Long Beach, Calif., died May 15 in Qalat,
Afghanistan, of wounds suffered from enemy small arms fire. Whitaker was
assigned to the 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, N.C.
defenselink.mil/ ... 12:16:19Army Sgt. Allen J.
Dunckley, 25, of Yardley, Pa.Army Sgt. Christopher N. Gonzalez,
25, of Winslow, Ariz. Army Sgt. Thomas G.
Wright, 38, of Holly, Mich., died May 14 enroute to Landstuhl Regional
Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany, from a non-combat related illness while
serving at Balad, Iraq. Wright was assigned to the 46th Military Police
Company, 210th Military Police Battalion, Kingsford, Mich. KAUNAKAKAI – A Waialua couple was
arrested Tuesday after Molokai police officers recovered 17 marijuana plants
growing on their property... The couple, a 62-year-old male and a 56-year-old
female, were released pending further investigation of charges... yumasun.com/ ... 22:56:26Border agents in Yuma seized
nearly 1,000 pounds of marijuana during a smuggling attempt Thursday... 42
bundles of marijuana worth an estimated $792,000... medicalnewstoday.com/ ...
22:55:46A
researcher at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions
(RIA) is investigating the "brain's own marijuana" -- called endocannabinoid --
in the regulation of stress, stress-related behavior and anxiety. A five-year,
$1.7 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health is supporting
this investigation... "...because marijuana can be addictive, it cannot be used
to treat stress-related mood disorders such as anxiety..." [Addictive?
ADDICTIVE? Is this trashy scare tactic still circulating? Much less getting NIH
to dole out $1.7mil for research? At worst, mildly habituating...] tamnews.org/ ... 22:54:34Marijuana expert Ralph Cantor
visited Tam on Thursday, May 17 and offered students an "honest, nonjudgmental"
perspective on Marijuana... [Umm... Need we read further to confirm it's not
positive, honest, or nonjudgmental?] Cantor, who works for the Alameda
County Office of Education in Drug and Violence Prevention...
[Confirmed....] courant.com/ ... 22:53:19WOODBRIDGE -- Local and state
police arrested three people Thursday night and seized
[prohibition-profiting] $1.8 million worth of marijuana, thousands of
dollars in cash, guns and cars from a property on Peck Hill Road... 588 pounds
of marijuana, 1.7 grams of cocaine, 13.8 grams of mushrooms,, $102,040 cash and
three hand guns and one shot gun... yorkregion.com/ ... 13:40:24Two people are charged and a child is in
foster care after a marijuana grow operation was raided Wednesday in Concord...
more than 240 marijuana plants were found... a four-year-old child was
allegedly found living among 12 pounds of dried and packaged pot... [grossly
over-]estimated to be worth $264,000... salem-news.com/ ... 13:39:43The Dearborn Police
department's choice to not pursue a case against former Cpl. Edward Sanchez led
to an outcry from several notable people in Michigan, including Dearborn City
Councilman Doug Thomas. He told a reporter that he will investigate, citing the
conflict between being a police officer who arrests people for drug offenses,
and confiscating it to keep for yourself. Wayne State University criminal law
professor David A. Moran described Sanchez's behavior as problematic, and he
applied the same assessment of the Police Department's decision not to charge
him. "It is not as unusual as it should be for the police to look the other way
when an officer commits an infraction, but this is a lot worse than the average
police officer speeding a little bit," Moran told The AP... kpho.com/ ... 13:38:22PHOENIX... A shocking number of Valley moms admit they
use marijuana to wind down after a long day... Of the hundreds of mothers...
"middle to upper-middle class women, professional women, mommies..." 52 percent
said they smoke pot at least 10 times a year. Twenty-seven percent said they
smoke it one to seven times a week... Some of the women even
said they would someday tell their kids about their secret. That's what most
concerns some anti-drug groups... [Goodness, yes! Think of the children!
Think of the children who might not be PREY for the PURITALIBAN BRAINWASHING!
REPEAL! REPEAL! REPEAL! And let honesty and liberty reign!] news-press.com/ ... 13:36:24Three hydroponic grow houses
were discovered by Lee County Sheriff’s deputies in Lehigh Acres Thursday
night... total of 63 plants [in one home], 78 plants in [another] home and at
least 45 plants in [another] home... not immediately clear whether the three
homes were a connected operation... unusual because of the way the men were
growing the plants, in the water rather than in soil... nynews.com/ ... 13:35:12HARRISON - A young man and a
teen will face felony marijuana charges in Town Court today. Police last night
seized marijuana with a [ludicrously inflated]street value of $5,500 and
a semiautomatic gun with silencer in the Ellsworth Avenue home of one of the
suspects... press-citizen.com/ ...
13:34:28An Iowa
City man and woman were arrested Thursday night after police found more than
eight pounds of marijuana in the man’s bedroom...
[prohibition-inflated] street value of at least $40,000... cbs2.com/ ... 13:33:27CARSON, Calif... A complex
marijuana farm was found by Torrance police inside a Carson home... rooms
outfitted with special lighting, a crude ventilation system and plants growing
in a solution of water and nutrients... 100-125 plants found were [absurdly
over-]valued at about $100,000... news.bostonherald.com/ ...
13:32:39KENT, N.Y.
- A school principal received a surprise delivery of 12 pounds of marijuana
from a mysterious sender whose address was traced to a vacant lot in
California... reuters.com/ ...
13:19:44DUSHANBE... Tajik police have arrested a [26yo] woman for trying
to smuggle [17.4 kg of] heroin in a refrigerator through express delivery firm
DHL... grew suspicious after noticing that its transportation cost to Moscow
exceeded the actual cost of the fridge by several times. It then called the
police... Tajikistan, an impoverished ex-Soviet state,
lies on a main drugs trafficking route out of neighboring Afghanistan...
Marine Lance Cpl.
Jeffrey D. Walker, 21, of Macon, Ga., died May 14 while conducting
combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to Combat
Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, II Marine Expeditionary
Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C. defenselink.mil/ ... 13:25:05Army Pfc. Zachary R.
Gullett, 20, of Hillsboro, Ohio, died May 1 in Baghdad, Iraq, as a result
of a non-combat related incident. His death is under investigation. Gullett was
assigned to the 984th Military Police Company, 759th Military Police Battalion,
89th Military Police Brigade, Fort Carson, Colo. defenselink.mil/ ... 13:22:27Army Maj. Larry J.
Bauguess Jr., 36, of Moravian Falls, N.C., died May 14 in Teri Mengel,
Pakistan, of wounds sustained from enemy small arms fire. He was assigned to
the 4th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd
Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C. defenselink.mil/ ... 13:21:01Army Pfc. Nicholas S.
Hartge, 20, of Rome City, Ind., died May 14 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds
suffered when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using grenades and an
improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 26th
Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt,
Germany. defenselink.mil/ ... 13:16:19Army Sgt. 1st Class
James D. Connell Jr., 40, of Lake City, Tenn.Army Pfc. Daniel W. Courneya, 19,
of Nashville, Mich.Army Pfc. Christopher E. Murphy, 21, of Lynchburg, Va.
Air Force Staff Sgt.
John T. Self, 29, of Pontotoc, Miss., died May 14 as result of enemy
action near Baghdad, Iraq. He was assigned to the 314th Security Forces
Squadron, Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. OTTAWA,
Ill... a man and his three children went through a McDonald's drive-through
Monday to order Happy Meals... One of the children, an 8-year-old girl, found a
lighter, pipe, and bag of marijuana in her Happy Meal... A 17-year-old
fast-food employee is facing drug charges... [Whoops!] allheadlinenews.com/ ... 20:21:38Adelaide, Australia... As reports have
surfaced that potent marijuana could be introduced into Australia, state
lawmakers have talked about banning drug paraphernalia. At a ministerial
council on drugs strategy meeting in Adelaide, officials discussed the merits
of banning instruments such as bongs and pipes that are used to smoke illegal
cannabis... [Ludicrous!] amny.com/ ... 20:21:02The [44yo] owner of a Baldwin
apartment building was arrested early Wednesday morning after firefighters,
responding to a carbon monoxide alarm at the building, discovered 10 potted
marijuana plants and equipment used to grow marijuana... fijitimes.com/ ... 20:20:18A 21-YEAR-old man was interviewed by police
and released after two sachets of dried leaves believed to be marijuana were
found in his possession... 
The
massive tornado that devastated the town of Greensburg nearly two weeks ago has
claimed another life. Harold Schmidt, 77, a resident of Greensburg, died
Monday... breitbart.com/ ... 11:15:50Severe
thunderstorms sent normally placid streams over their banks across the Denver
area, sweeping away a toddler in a stroller and a teenager who was trying to
help with a rescue. Both were still missing Tuesday morning... Army Spc. Rhys W.
Klasno, 20, of Riverside, Calif., died May 13 in Haditha, Iraq, of wounds
suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. Klasno
was assigned to the 1114th Transportation Company, Bakersfield, Calif. defenselink.mil/ ... 10:24:32Marine Maj. Douglas
A. Zembiec, 34, of Albuquerque, N.M., died May 11 while conducting combat
operations in Baghdad, Iraq. He was assigned to Headquarters Battalion, Marine
Corps National Capital Region, Henderson Hall, Arlington, Va. defenselink.mil/ ... 10:24:12Army Pvt. Anthony J.
Sausto, 22, of Lake Havasu City, Ariz., died May 10 in Baghdad, Iraq, of
wounds suffered from enemy small arms fire. He was assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort
Lewis, Wash. defenselink.mil/ ... 10:23:54Army 1st Lt. Andrew
J. Bacevich, 27, of Walpole, Mass., died May 13 in Balad, Iraq, of wounds
suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his unit during
combat patrol operations in Salah Ad Din Province, Iraq. He was assigned to the
3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas. defenselink.mil/ ... 10:23:33Army Pfc. William A.
Farrar Jr., 20, of Redlands, Calif., died May 11 in Al Iskandariyah, Iraq,
of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his
vehicle. Farrar was assigned to the 127th Military Police Company, 709th
Military Police Battalion, 18th Military Police Brigade, Darmstadt, Germany.
defenselink.mil/ ... 10:23:12Army Spc. Michael K.
Frank, 36, of Great Falls, Mont., died of injuries suffered in Baghdad May
10, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during combat
operations. He was assigned to the 1st Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 1st
Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C. MOUNT
VERNON - A police sniffer dog investigating a possible car break-in with its
handler detected drugs in the vehicle, leading to the seizure of 10 pounds of
marijuana worth [thanks to the absurdity of a black market in easily-grown
vegetation] about $10,000... [Nothing said about the alleged car
break-in being real, but several people arrested....] mercedsunstar.com/ ...
10:48:48About
1,750 marijuana plants were seized by narcotics agents Monday morning in a
21/2-acre grove near Merced's sewage treatment plant... [trying to grow some
good $#!+ I guess...] officers from three agencies almost caught the person tending the marijuana plants,
which were 6 inches to 2 feet tall... said the plants would have matured in
July or August with a $525,000 street value... [according to the
self-serving calculations of psychotic PuriTaliban Tyrants] phillyburbs.com/ ... 10:46:26A Willingboro man was charged with drug and weapon
offenses Sunday after a knife and a package of marijuana were found in his
vehicle... A patrolman stopped... vehicle for a violation... [or just
because they profiled the driver]... patrolman detected the odor of
marijuana [or just claimed he did] inside the vehicle... and the knife,
the package of marijuana and a burnt marijuana cigarette were found... [a
knife! pocket knife? Bowie knife? pen knife? Lots of people carry knives, and
would not be charged for it unless you're also found in possession of some
plain old vegetable matter] charged with unlawful possession of a weapon,
drug possession, and drug possession with the intent to distribute... [STOP
THE MADNESS OF THE PURITALIBAN OPPRESSORS! REPEAL! REPEAL! REPEAL!] newarkadvocate.com/ ...
10:42:17A [41yo]
Newark man was sentenced on Monday to five years of community control after he
admitted to selling marijuana that he had grown in his basement... police found
a little less than 14 pounds of marijuana... allegedly was selling marijuana
for about $4,000 per pound... [a price he could only get because this
easily-grown vegetation is prohibited] wkbt.com/ ... 10:41:07A La Crosse woman faces several felony charges, after
police find a marijuana growing operation in her home... more than 50 marijuana
plants, along with lamps and fertilizers... mpp.org/ ... 10:40:30With the legislature approving
a bill to improve Vermont's medical marijuana law Friday, patients are
appealing to Gov. Jim Douglas (R) to allow the expanded legal protections for
patients with debilitating conditions to become law. If the governor allows it
to become law, S.7 would add serious conditions that cause nausea, wasting,
chronic pain, or seizures to the list of conditions covered by Vermont's
medical marijuana law. The current law, passed in 2004, only protects patients
suffering from HIV/AIDS, cancer, and multiple sclerosis from the threat of
arrest and imprisonment. The new law would also increase the number of plants
registered patients are allowed to grow... ksby.com/ ... 10:39:50Opening statements are
scheduled for today in the retrial of marijuana advocate Ed Rosenthal. The
self-described "Guru of Ganja" is being retried in San Francisco federal court
on five charges of marijuana cultivation and distribution. Of the ninety
members of the jury pool, 60% were dismissed because of strong feelings in
support of medicinal marijuana... HENDERSONVILLE,
N.C... opened a crate from China and discovered a cat inside... China the
cat... spent at least 35 days on a ship inside the container filled with
motorcycle gear... "Usually we say that animals can only
survive a few weeks without food and only a few days without water," said
Raleigh veterinarian Michelle Misavage. "The theory is that cats have such good
kidneys their bodies adjust to the lack of water and somehow they received
small amounts of moisture from condensation..." hosted.ap.org/ ... 12:40:35A
determined... 20-pound snapping turtle... crawled up a flight of stairs and
trudged toward Central Park's ice skating rink in an apparent urge to lay eggs
near the rink... turned up near the Wollman Rink three times on Friday...
returned each time to a nearby pond, sometimes in a wheelbarrow... hosted.ap.org/ ... 12:39:40A rare
albino alligator on loan to the Knoxville Zoo spent one recent afternoon
basking under a heat lamp beside a warm pool with one claw lazily dipped in the
water. If outside, her skin would burn in the sun... "Is she real?" is the most
common question from visitors... hosted.ap.org/ ... 12:39:05A
"disoriented" Magellanic penguin swam ashore on Peru's coast, some 3,100 miles
north of his home in the frigid waters of southern Chile... Television images
showed scientists at the nature reserve treating an injury to the penguin's
right wing that was apparently caused by a fishing net... news.bbc.co.uk/ ... 12:34:59The
first case of a red squirrel dying in Scotland as a result of the squirrel pox
virus has been confirmed... The virus is carried by non-native grey squirrels.
Conservationists have been working hard to try and stop the virus coming over
the border into Scotland, and until now had been successful... news.bbc.co.uk/ ... 12:34:37Tens
of thousands of migratory birds are facing starvation in South Korea...
UK-based Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) says... a land
reclamation project has destroyed key wetlands used by the birds on their way
from Asia to their breeding grounds in the Arctic... The El Paso Police Department announced today
that the narcotics seizure conducted by the El Paso Stash House Unit on Friday
was the largest seizure this year. The marijuana was estimated to total 4,933
pounds and has an estimated [absurdly inflated prohibition-supported
drug-nazi-propagandized] street value of $3,946,400... the third this month
totalling a ton or more... [And this is just what they CATCH! Yeah that
prohib is really working... NOT!] Army Pfc. Roy L.
Jones III, 21, of Houston, died May 10 in Diwaniyah, Iraq, of wounds
suffered from small arms fire. Jones was assigned to the 984th Military Police
Company, 759th Military Police Battalion, Fort Carson, Colo. defenselink.mil/ ... 12:00:17Army Sgt. Jason W.
Vaughn, 29, of Iuka, Miss., died May 10 in Baqubah, Iraq, of wounds
suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. Vaughn
was assigned to the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd
Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash. defenselink.mil/ ... 11:59:54The
Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that
the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from World War II, have
been identified and are being returned to his family for burial with full
military honors.Army Air Force 1st Lt. Archibald Kelly, of Detroit, Mich.,
will be buried on May 12 in Great Lakes National Cemetery, Holly, Mich....
Army Sgt. Blake C.
Stephens, 25, of Pocatello, IdahoArmy Spc. Kyle A. Little, 20, of West Boylston,
Mass.Army Sgt. Maj.
Bradly D. Conner, 41, of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, died May
9 near Al-Hillah, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improved explosive device
detonated near his vehicle. Conner was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 1st
Special Forces Group, Fort Lewis, Wash. Scientists at San Francisco
based the University of California have demonstrated that vaporising cannabis
leaves can release the drug’s active ingredient just as effectively as
burning them, while avoiding the harmful toxins inhaled through smoking it...
[as potsmokers have been saying for years. Might've known this sooner if it
weren't for PROHIBITION! REPEAL! REPEAL!] burlingtonfreepress.com/ ... 11:52:46ST. JOHNSBURY -- Police might
have violated the rights of a man accused in a marijuana cultivation case, a
Vermont District Court judge said Friday... state police saw pot plants on his
property from the air... defense attorney... saying the officer who made the
initial accusation wasn't trained to spot pot plants from the air... tcpalm.com/ ... 11:51:58PORT ST.
LUCIE — Police discovered a dead body Friday night in a marijuana
growhouse near Gatlin Boulevard... Hearing an alarm from the house and seeing
soot on the window, the investigating officer called the St. Lucie County Fire
and Rescue team... discovered a dead body, evidence of a fire and between 40
and 50 marijuana plants. No one else was in the house... 500 plants and $6,500
in the five homes... a $1 million-a-year operation... [All because of the
absurd profits created by PROHIBITION! REPEAL! REPEAL!] orlandosentinel.com/ ... 11:47:13A
[38yo] woman near New Smyrna Beach was arrested Friday after Volusia County
narcotics agents discovered [absurdly over-valued] about
$400,000 in marijuana in the home where she was
staying... 130 marijuana plants and a quarter-pound of
cut marijuana... plants were being grown in a bedroom closet and two
rooms of a detached garage... Marine Lance Cpl.
Walter K. O'Haire, 20, of Lynn, Mass., died May 9 from wounds suffered
while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. O'Haire was
assigned to 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C. defenselink.mil/ ... 11:15:28Army Sgt. Timothy P.
Padgett, 28, of Defuniak Springs, Fla., died May 8 in Tarin Kwot,
Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when his unit was attacked by enemy forces
during combat patrol operations. Padgett was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 7th
Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, N.C. defenselink.mil/ ... 11:15:05Army Spc. Dan H.
Nguyen, 24, of Sugar Land, Texas, died May 8 in Tahrir, Iraq, when his unit
came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire. He was assigned to the
1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas. One load of tomatoes trucked
down Interstate 19 was mixed with more than one ton of marijuana... 2,800
pounds of pot... While the pot was seized, the "red, juicy, beautiful tomatoes"
are being used to feed hundreds of hungry families in the southern Arizona
area, Community Food Bank CEO Bill Carnegie said... dailyherald.com/ ... 11:12:16Illinois lawmakers rejected a
proposal Thursday that would have legalized medical marijuana, snuffing the
first attempt in nearly 30 years to allow a drug some say is their only relief
from the painful symptoms of debilitating diseases. The measure failed 22-29 in
the state Senate with an overwhelming number of suburban legislators voting
against it... ecanadanow.com/ ... 11:11:57A mother of two from Oakland
has made a bold move as she has dropped her federal lawsuit over her right to
medically take the drug... hosted.ap.org/ ... 10:54:51Dutch
customs police turned a fake break into a real bust Friday when they stopped a
woman trying to smuggle 3.3 pounds of cocaine into the country in a plaster
cast on her leg... Fish feed made with a
contaminated Chinese ingredient was distributed to about 120 fish hatcheries
and farms, roughly split between the United States and Canada... U.S. officials
said the risk to people from eating fish that ate the contaminated feed was
very low... hosted.ap.org/ ... 10:30:15AMES,
Iowa... A new study is raising questions about the effectiveness of small,
metal crates for pregnant pigs that animal welfare groups say are cruel and
inhumane... Researchers from Iowa State University found that allowing pregnant
pigs to move freely in group housing structures called hoop barns could be less
costly and just as productive as the narrow, individual crates... Army Staff Sgt.
Vincenzo Romeo, 23, of Lodi, N.J.Army Sgt. Jason R. Harkins, 25, of
Clarkesville, Ga. Army Sgt. Joel W. Lewis, 28, of Sandia Park, N.M.Army Cpl. Matthew L.
Alexander, 21, of Gretna, Neb.Army Cpl. Anthony M. Bradshaw, 21, of San
Antonio, TexasArmy Cpl. Michael A. Pursel, 19, of Clinton, Utah. Army Staff Sgt.
Virgil C. Martinez, 33, of West Valley, Utah, died May 6 in Kadhimiyah,
Iraq, of wounds sustained when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using
an improvised explosive device and small arms fire in Baghdad, Iraq. He was
assigned to the 1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat
Team, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany. defenselink.mil/ ... 12:12:58Army Sgt. Sameer A.
M. Rateb, 22, of Absecon, N.J., died May 6 at Forward Operating Base
Summerall in Bayji, Iraq, from injuries sustained from a non-combat related
incident. His death is under investigation. Rateb was assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd
Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C. defenselink.mil/ ... 12:11:44Army Spc. Robert J.
Dixon, 27, of Minneapolis, died May 6 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered
when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. Dixon was
assigned to the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team,
1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan. Oswego... "Upon entry, the
officers located an unlawful growing operation of cannibis in the basement of
the property with approximately 300 marijuana plants..." [50yo & 39yo males
charged.] An illegal firearm was also discovered in the basement... toronto.ctv.ca/ ... 11:46:55An early morning home invasion
left one person with a serious gunshot wound to the head at what appears to be
a marijuana grow-op in the city's east end... appears that three people burst
into the home in the quiet residential neighbourhood. Investigators believe a
struggle ensued between the invaders and three occupants. One of the home's
occupants was shot in the head and the others were tied up and left behind...
policeone.com/ ... 11:46:09Ore. — A state trooper
seized about 170 pounds of marijuana from a car Tuesday during a traffic stop
on Interstate 84 near Pendleton... suspicion of following too closely and
changing lanes unlawfully... [oh, yeah, sure... absolutely normal... and no
profiling could possibly have been involved, I'm certain... yet, oh my
goodness, look at this! the man has a Hispanic name!] also found a small
amount of cocaine in the driver's pocket... communities.canada.com/ ...
11:44:47Last
night, I saw a peculiar thing at a bus stop near the National Post offices. A
big poster on the outside panel of the bus shelter had a picture of an animated
chicken, eyelids drooping, a wacky smile playing on his mouth — just what
a cartoon chicken high on marijuana would look like. The poster's slogan was
certainly playing up that image, too: It read "Totally Fried." (I'm told that's
what some people call the state of mind when one has gotten high on marijuana
— or, as I've heard the kids call it, "pot")... a character in the
soon-to-be-released Sony movie "Surf's Up..." Chicken Joe's bio screams stoner:
His hobbies include "hot tubbing" and his favourite subject at school is
"agricultural studies..." I don't much care what people do in the privacy of
their homes, and I don't mind dramatic depictions of marijuana in films —
as long as the movies are geared toward adults. But, this "Surf's Up" marketing
campaign is totally out of line: Promoting marijuana usage to kids, I'm sure we
can all agree, is a no-no... thepeterboroughexaminer.com/ ... 11:43:31A 45-year-old
Cavan-Millbrook-North Monaghan man pleaded guilty yesterday to harvesting 100
marijuana plants on his property and got eight months of house arrest... Police
seized 100 plants and 49 grams of bud... unemployed father of six was
collecting disability payments and had fallen on rough times when he made the
decision to start the grow operation... had hoped to harvest between 10 to 12
pounds of bud and sell it for about $10,000... firstcoastnews.com/ ...
11:42:43HUDSON,
FL... A man named... Stoner was arrested after deputies say they seized 94
marijuana plants from his home... plants were 3 to 4 feet tall... also tampered
with the electric meter to bypass the wiring and run his grow lights... [Oh,
the irony...!] postbulletin.com/ ... 11:41:28The chief contends that
medical marijuana will lead to increased crime and increased use of marijuana.
However, no state with a medical marijuana program has seen an increase in teen
marijuana use since the law was implemented. In fact, many of these states have
lower teen marijuana use rates than the national average. Further, no law
enforcement agency or government of a state with medical marijuana is seeking a
repeal of the law. In Colorado, which has had a medical marijuana program since
2001, only ONE person has been arrested for violating the law... -Steve Murphy
State Senator... khou.com/ ... 11:40:38GALVESTON... A high school
teacher faces marijuana possession charges after drug-sniffing dogs on a
routine campus sweep led police to his classroom desk... No drugs were found...
Instead, the dogs smelled papers that had a marijuana odor transferred from
McConnell’s hands, school police chief LeeRoy Amador said... [25yo
teacher] admitted to smoking marijuana over the weekend... they later found a
half cigarette of marijuana in his car... [Of course, if he'd just been
drinking himself into a coma over the weekend, THAT would not have been cause
for any problems....] White
House press secretary Tony Snow... at first said the fault for any slow
response would be Sebelius'. He said she should have followed procedure by
finding gaps and then asking the federal government to fill them - but didn't.
"If you don't request it, you're not going to get it..." At Snow's second,
midday briefing with reporters, he offered that it turned out that the state
had requested several items that the federal government supplied... governor
said she was pleased with the federal performance on the tornado and had
everything she needed. About the same time, Sebelius was doing her own
backpedal from across the country. Her spokeswoman, Nicole Corcoran, said the
governor didn't mean to imply that the state was ill-equipped to deal with this
storm... apnews.myway.com/ ... 10:16:18A
police officer who was critically injured in the tornado that tore apart
Greensburg was removed from life support early Tuesday, a few hours after his
daughter was married at his bedside. Robert Tim Buckman, a 46-year-old officer
from nearby Macksville, suffered a head injury in the storm Friday... "He died
being a hero," Derick Buckman said. "He was sworn to protect people, and that's
what he was doing the night he got picked up by a tornado..." 
Climbing into a
giraffe's cage at the local zoo seemed a good idea after a few drinks. But the
prank went wrong when the 1.3 ton animal flew into a rage and attacked the
three student trespassers at a zoo in Lithuania on Monday night...
22-year-old... hospitalized with a broken collar bone and nose... other
students... unscathed... "The scared giraffe could have stomped her to death,"
Kaunas Zoo spokeswoman Angele Grebliauskaite said... 
A dog
helped rescuers find her 88-year-old owner, who went missing the day before in
southern Japan... The 88-year-old farmer was missing since Sunday evening after
going to another orange field with his 11-year-old female dog... "If his dog
wasn't there, the helicopter wouldn't have been unable to find him..." reuters.com/ ... 01:17:32China
acknowledged on Tuesday that two Chinese companies had illegally exported
contaminated wheat gluten and rice protein for pet food blamed for a spate of
animal deaths in the United States... China had denied FDA assertions... But
Xinhua state news agency reversed the official position. "The two companies
illegally added melamine...in a bid to meet the contractual demand for the
amount of protein in the products..." Provincial police seized marijuana and plants
[without prohibition, not really anywhere near] worth almost $750,000 at
a home in the village of Flinton, north of Napanee, on Monday... 739 plants and
823 grams of processed marijuana at an indoor grow operation... dailybulletin.com/ ... 10:34:50NORCO... Approximately 1,700
pounds of packaged marijuana - worth an [absurdly over-]estimated
$850,000 - were seized Monday from a residence... In response to complaints of
nighttime truck traffic... [way to keep a low profile, dudes!] Three men
were arrested... pall-times.com/ ... 10:33:46Two men... [in] Oswego
County... [arrested] on charges relating to growing marijuana... 307 marijuana
plants that were found growing inside the residence... examiner.com/ ...
10:32:45Baltimore City police seized [a prohibition-inflated]
$280,000 worth of marijuana Tuesday from a residence in northeast Baltimore...
A large quantity of loose marijuana and marijuana plants with a total street
value of $280,000 was seized from the house and a backyard shed [and] various
marijuana-growing equipment.... kpho.com/ ... 10:30:55Phoenix police Tuesday said they recovered approximately
$1 million worth of marijuana from a home near 51st Avenue and Baseline Road...
100 bales of marijuana inside the house and garage... heraldtribune.com/ ...
10:30:20A
17-year-old boy was growing marijuana on vacant property owned by Ocala's
deputy police chief... Martin County Sheriff's Office confiscated nine potted
marijuana plants on the lot... teen admitted to investigators that the plants
were his and that he smokes marijuana... reuters.com/ ... 10:01:26More than
10 percent of U.S. adults abuse or become addicted to drugs such as marijuana,
cocaine and amphetamines at some point in their lives, but few get treatment...
[study by] The U.S. National Institutes of Health researchers... [since
marijuana isn't addictive, this is an interesting finding... maybe the Health
researches are using "addictive" in the loose, unclinical, prohibitionist sense
of "use=abuse" and "frequent preference=addiction"] reuters.com/ ... 09:38:01A
passenger on an Australian-bound plane vomited a nylon bag of white powder
suspected to be heroin, causing the plane to return to Vietnam... reported
doctors found 30 red nylon bags in the man's stomach... Army Col. James W.
Harrison Jr., 47, of Missouri, assigned to the U.S. Army Command and
General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kan.Army Master Sgt. Wilberto Sabalu
Jr., 36, of Chicago, assigned to the U.S. Military Police School, Fort
Leonard Wood, Mo. Army Staff Sgt.
Christopher N. Hamlin, 24, of London, Ky., died May 4 in Baghdad,
IraqArmy Pfc.
Larry I. Guyton, 22, of Brenham, Texas, died May 5 in Balad, IraqArmy Staff Sgt.
Christopher S. Kiernan, 37, of Virginia Beach, Va., died May 6 in
Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his unit came in contact with enemy
forces using small arms fire during combat patrol operations. Kiernan was
assigned to the 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team,
1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. defenselink.mil/ ... 01:46:52Marine Master Sgt.
Kenneth N. Mack, 42, of Fort Worth, Texas, assigned to II Marine
Expeditionary Force Headquaters Group, II MEF, Camp Lejeune, N.C.Marine Cpl. Charles
O. Palmer II, 36, of Manteca, Calif., assigned to 8th Communication
Battalion, II Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, II MEF, Camp
Lejeune, N.C.Army Pfc. Jerome J.
Potter, 24, of Tacoma, Wash., died May 3 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds
suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. Potter
was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat
Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. "Celebrate your freedom to choose" was the
slogan as the grounds of the Ontario Legislature at Queen’s Park was
enveloped in a haze of marijuana smoke this Saturday. 15,000 young people
sporting garlands of faux cannabis leaves and openly smoking the drug danced
and lounged on the grass at the "Freedom Festival" promoting the legalization
of cannabis. The "Toronto Freedom Festival," part of the ninth annual Global
Marijuana March being held in 232 cities around the world, was organized by the
group, CALM, (Cannabis As Living Medicine) to promote the legalization of
cannabis for medical use... A small group of Toronto police looked on from one
end of the park while next to one booth, a group of young people crowded around
cheering while a seven inch-long marijuana cigarette was passed around...
news-daily.com/ ... 15:19:01"Since drug dealers have
chosen to bring an excessive amount of ‘weight’ through Clayton
County," Sheriff Hill said, "the Sheriff’s Office will be helping those
drug dealers with a new ‘weight-loss’ program to help them shed those
unnecessary pounds of drugs." The sheriff’s [stupid snarky asshole]
comments came after his deputies stopped a rental truck Monday on Ga. Highway
85, in Forest Park, on charges of erratic driving [yeah, sure]. The
COBRA deputies then found 219 pounds of marijuana. Deputies arrested
29-year-old... trinidadexpress.com/ ...
15:17:23THE
70-year-old man charged with having marijuana in his possession for the purpose
of trafficking told a High Court judge and jury yesterday that he planned to
testify on his own behalf... expected to take the witness stand when the trial
resumes this morning. ...charged along with 44-year-old ... with having more
than 14 kilograms (more than 30 lbs) of marijuana... cbs4denver.com/ ... 15:16:08A tip from a citizen informant
led Larimer County Sheriff’s officers to seize more than 200 pounds of
marijuana [in a world undistorted by prohibition nowhere near] worth an
estimated $1.1 million Friday... Three houses were what authorities considered
to be "grow houses" for marijuana... news-journal.com/ ... 15:14:59A Longview man was arrested Friday, accused of having
about a pound of marijuana hidden behind an infant carrier in his vehicle...
Police said they stopped [27yo] for a traffic violation at the intersection of
Morgan and 12th streets [yeah, sure]... and received consent [yeah, sure] to
search the vehicle.... Officials said a pound of [easily-grown weed] marijuana
could have a [ludicrously inflated prohibition-supported] street value between $400 and $3,200, depending on its
grade and origin... There
were eight confirmed reports of tornadoes in Kansas overnight on Saturday,
including one that injured 11 people when it hit two restaurants in the town of
Osborne... Warnings were issued overnight for Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas,
Nebraska, South Dakota and Iowa, with reports "well into the double digits" of
tornadoes touching down... The new storms forced rescuers to abandon search
efforts in Greensburg, around 120 miles (200km) west of Wichita in southern
Kansas, which received a direct hit late on Friday. At least eight people died
in Kiowa County, where Greensburg is located, and one in the neighbouring Pratt
County... news.bbc.co.uk/ ... 14:29:35A
massive tornado killed at least nine people and flattened almost all of a small
town in Kansas on Friday... More than 60 people were injured... tornado - said
to be up to a mile wide - hit the town of Greensburg... around 120 miles
(200km) west of Wichita... The tornado was described as a "wedge", a
particularly wide formation carrying winds of up to 250mph (400km/h)... More
than 95% of the 1,500-population town was destroyed, including the hospital and
schools as well as homes... A new wave of tornadoes hit southwest Kansas on
Saturday evening, affecting at least six counties... Earlier, a tornado in
central Nebraska damaged buildings and power lines... 
Federal officials on
Friday placed a hold on 20 million chickens raised for market in several states
because their feed was mixed with pet food containing an industrial chemical...
The 20 million chickens represent a tiny fraction of the 9 billion chickens raised each year in the United
States... 
An upstate New York couple
didn't think a few bats in the attic were much of a problem when they were
buying a house last summer... An exterminator says hundreds of bats had been
living in the attic, leaving behind 3,500 pounds of droppings. It cost $25,000
to clean up the mess... reuters.com/ ... 14:49:11A major
pet food recall has expanded again as manufacturer Menu Foods Income Fund
revealed evidence of cross-contamination by some cat and dog food pulled since
March... The pet foods recalled late on Wednesday were made at the same
facility at the same time as other Menu Foods products that contained wheat
gluten tainted with the chemical melamine... Army Pfc. Katie M.
Soenksen, 19, of Davenport, Iowa, died May 2 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds
suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near her vehicle. She
was assigned to the 410th Military Police Company, 720th Military Police
Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas. defenselink.mil/ ... 14:02:09Army Staff Sgt. Coby
G. Schwab, 25, of Puyallup, Wash.Army Spc. Kelly B. Grothe, 21, of Spokane, Wash.
Army Sgt. Felix G.
Gonzalez-Iraheta, 25, of Sun Valley, Calif.Army Pfc. John D. Flores, 21, of
Barrigada, GuamArmy Spc. Andrew R.
Weiss, 28, of Lafayette, Ind., died May 3 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds
suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. Weiss
was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st
Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. defenselink.mil/ ... 13:53:23Army Spc. Matthew T.
Bolar, 24, of Montgomery, Ala., died May 3 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds
suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his unit during
combat operations. Bolar was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute
Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort
Richardson, Alaska. defenselink.mil/ ... 13:48:50Marine Lance Cpl.
Johnathan E. Kirk, 25, of Belhaven, N.C., died May 1 from wounds
received while conducting combat operations on April 23 in Al Anbar province,
Iraq. Kirk was assigned to 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division,
II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C. defenselink.mil/ ... 13:39:01Army Pfc. Joseph G.
Harris, 19, of Sugar Land, Texas, died May 3 at Forward Operating Base
Warrior, Afghanistan. His death is under investigation. Harris was assigned to
the 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team,
82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C. defenselink.mil/ ... 13:36:53Army 1st Lt. Colby J.
Umbrell, 26, of Doylestown, Pa., died May 3 in Musayyib, Iraq, of wounds
suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He was
assigned to the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade
Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska. Army Air Force 1st Lt. Cecil W. Biggs, of Teague, Texas will
be buried June 9 in Teague, Texas.Army Air Force 1st Lt. William L. Pearce, of San
Antonio, Texas was buried April 27 in Louisville, Ky.Army Air Force 2nd Lt. Thomas R.
Yenner, of Kingston, Pa. will be buried July 30 at Arlington. Army Air Force Tech.
Sgt. Russell W. Abendschoen, of York, Pa., funeral to be held June 13 at
Arlington.Army
Air Force Staff Sgt. George G. Herbst, of Brooklyn, N.Y. will be buried
June 8 at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C.Army
Cpl. Clarence R. Becker, U.S. Army, of Lancaster, Pa. was buried April
25 in Indiantown Gap, Pa. ...On Dec. 1, 1950, Becker went missing in action
when the convoy of trucks in which he was riding was ambushed south of Kunuri,
North Korea. He was captured and taken prisoner. U.S. servicemen who were held
in captivity with Becker said he died in the North Korean Pyoktong POW Camp 5
around May 1951 from malnutrition and disease. He was buried near the camp.
Following the Armistice, the Chinese Army exhumed remains from several POW camp
cemeteries and repatriated them in 1954 to the United Nations forces during
Operation Glory. Becker's remains could not be identified at the time and were
subsequently buried as unknown remains at the National Memorial Cemetery of the
Pacific--the Punch Bowl--in Hawaii. In 2005, the Joint POW/MIA Accounting
Command (JPAC) reexamined Korean War-era documents relating to unknowns buried
at the Punch Bowl, which suggested that some of these remains might be
identifiable. Later that year, JPAC exhumed a grave there believed to be
associated with Becker. defenselink.mil/ ... 08:14:45Army 1st Lt. Ryan P.
Jones, 23, of MassachusettsArmy Spc. Astor A. Sunsin-Pineda, 20, of Long
Beach, Calif. Army Pfc. Katie M.
Soenksen, 19, of Davenport, Iowa, died May 2 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds
suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near her vehicle. She
was assigned to the 410th Military Police Company, 720th Military Police
Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas. defenselink.mil/ ... 08:12:32Army Sgt. Glenn D.
Hicks Jr., 24, of College Station, TexasArmy Pfc. Jay-D H. Ornsby-Adkins,
21, of Ione, Calif.Army Pvt. Cole E. Spencer, 21, of Gays, Ill. Army Sgt. Norman L.
Tollett, 30, of Columbus, Ohio, died Apr. 28, in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds
suffered when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire
during combat patrol operations. Tollett was assigned to the 1st Battalion,
504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne
Division, Fort Bragg, N.C. defenselink.mil/ ... 08:11:15Army Staff Sgt. Jay
E. Martin, 29, of BaltimoreArmy Sgt. Alexander J. Funcheon, 21, of Bel Aire,
Kan.Army Pfc.
Brian A. Botello, 19, of Alta, Iowa.Marine 1st Lt. Travis
L. Manion, 26, of Doylestown, Pa., died April 29 while conducting combat
operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. Manion was assigned to 1st
Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force,
Camp Pendleton, Calif. defenselink.mil/ ... 08:09:29Army Sgt. Michael R.
Hullender, 29, of Little Falls, N.J., died Apr. 28 in Iskandariyah, Iraq,
of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his unit
during combat patrol operations. Hullender was assigned to the 1st Battalion,
501st Airborne Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry
Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska. defenselink.mil/ ... 08:08:59Marine Sgt. William
J. Callahan, 28, of South Easton, Mass., died April 27 while conducting
combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. Callahan was assigned to 8th
Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, II Marine Expeditionary
Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C. defenselink.mil/ ... 08:08:35The
Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that
the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Korean War, have
been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full
military honors.Army Cpl. Pastor Balanon Jr., of San Francisco, Calif. will
be buried May 3 in Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C. ...In late
October 1950, Balanon was assigned to L Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Calvary
Regiment, then engaging enemy forces south of Unsan, North Korea, near a bend
in the Kuryong River known as the Camel's Head. Chinese communist forces
attacked the 8th Regiment's positions on Nov. 1, 1950, forcing a withdrawal to
the south where they were surrounded by the enemy. The remaining survivors in
the 3rd Battalion attempted to escape a few days later, but Balanon was
declared missing in action on Nov. 2, 1950, in the vicinity of Unsan County. In
2001, a joint U.S.-North Korean team, led by the Joint POW/MIA Accounting
Command (JPAC), excavated a burial site in Kujang County, south of Unsan
County. A North Korean citizen living near the site told the team that the
remains were relocated to Kujang after they were discovered elsewhere during a
construction project. The battle area was about one kilometer north of the
secondary burial site.... defenselink.mil/ ... 08:06:39Army Spc. Eddie D.
Tamez, 21, of Galveston, TexasArmy Pfc. David A. Kirkpatrick, 20, of Upland,
Ind. Army Cpl. Jeremy R.
Greene, 24, of Springfield, Ohio, died Apr. 28 at Forward Operating Base
Tillman, Afghanistan, due to injuries suffered from a non-combat related
incident. His death is under investigation. Greene was assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain
Division, Fort Drum, N.Y. defenselink.mil/ ... 08:03:37Marine Cpl.
Christopher Degiovine, 25, of Lone Tree, Colo. Degiovine died April 26
while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned
to 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C. defenselink.mil/ ... 08:02:04Army Pfc. Nicholas E.
Riehl, 21, of Shiocton, Wis., died Apr. 27 in Fallujah, Iraq, of wounds
suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his unit during
combat patrol. He was assigned to the 5th Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st
Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga. defenselink.mil/ ... 08:01:40Marine Sgt. Peter
Woodall, 25, of Sarasota, Fla. Woodall died April 27 while conducting
combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 8th Engineer
Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force,
Camp Lejeune, N.C. defenselink.mil/ ... 08:01:19Army Spc. Daniel F.
Mehringer, 20, of Morgantown, W.Va., died Apr. 27 in Bagram, Afghanistan,
of injuries suffered from a non-combat related incident. His death is under
investigation. Mehringer was assigned to Division Special Troops Battalion,
82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C. defenselink.mil/ ... 08:00:52Army Staff Sgt.
Michael D. Thomas, 34, of Seffner, Fla., died Apr. 27 in Hirat Province,
Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when his unit came in contact with enemy forces
using rocket propelled grenades and small arms fire. Thomas was assigned to the
1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, N.C. defenselink.mil/ ... 08:00:31Marine Lance Cpl.
Adam E. Loggins, 27, of Athens, Ala., died April 26 from wounds
sustained while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was
assigned to 3rd Battalion,6th Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C. defenselink.mil/ ... 07:59:45Marine Cpl. Willie P.
Celestine Jr., 21, of Lafayette, La., died April 26 while conducting combat
operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Assault Amphibian
Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune,
N.C. Investigators found 92 mature
cannibis plants in a Lehigh Acres home Tuesday afternoon... The street value of
the marijuana was [absurdly over-]estimated at $200,000... [45yo with
Hispanic name] was arrested and charged with trafficking in marijuana and
possession of drug paraphernalia... anonymous tip that the home was a marijuana
grow house... dailycollegian.com/ ...
09:10:16Throngs of
people gathered in the Amherst Common Saturday afternoon for the 16th annual
Extravaganja. The event, organized by the University of Massachusetts Cannabis
Reform Coalition (CRC), is centered on the message that the social cost of the
war on drugs outweighs the benefits, and drug laws, specifically those
pertaining to marijuana, need to be changed... kommersant.com/ ... 09:09:55Russia’s Federal Service
for Control of Drugs and Psychotropic Substances has urged authorities to ban a
Hemp March that marijuana addicts are willing to stage
in Moscow on May 5... [Shades of lurid Stalinist propaganda... marijuana is
NOT addictive...] pattayadailynews.com/ ...
09:08:53Pattaya
Police caught 9 teenager students smoking marijuana at school in the early
hours of the morning of 4th May 2007. Initially, they tried to pretend that the
reason for their communal gathering was to shelter from the rain, but on being
presented with firm evidence by the police, two had no choice but to admit
their culpability... austindailyherald.com/ ...
09:07:50A bill to
legalize marijuana for those suffering from cancer, AIDS and persistent pain
barely made it through the Minnesota Senate on Tuesday. The bill passed on a
preliminary vote of 33-31, after debate over the agonies of the sick and the
danger of sending mixed messages to youth about illegal drugs. It needs at
least 34 supporters to survive a final Senate vote... seattletimes.nwsource.com/ ...
09:07:27CHEHALIS
— A 35-year-old Onalaska man picked the wrong place and the wrong time to
hide a container with marijuana in it.... was seen by detectives hiding the
container under a bush in front of their office window. Colon was charged with
possession of marijuana under 40 grams... [duh] mpp.org/ ... 09:06:45The Rhode Island Senate voted
overwhelmingly today to make the Edward O. Hawkins and Thomas C. Slater Medical
Marijuana Act permanent, by a margin of 28 to 5. The vote comes on top of an
equally impressive win in the House Wednesday, and supporters say they are
ready should Gov. Donald Carcieri (R) follow through with his threat to veto
the measure... Carcieri vetoed the original medical marijuana law, passed in
2006 with a one-year sunset clause, and has indicated he is likely to veto the
current measure. Without action to extend it, the medical marijuana program is
set to expire on June 30... bakersfieldonline.us/ ... 09:05:44Federal drug agents have seized 50 pounds of
marijuana and drug-laced treats in a raid on a medical pot shop... in a raid of
a shop called Nature's Medicinal Cooperative in Oildale... also confiscated
50-thousand dollars in cash, as well as pot-laced candy, ice cream and
cookies... 
Police in Clackamas County are
looking for a man they say locked three live pigs in his house in the hopes
that they would trash the place. All because he was upset the home went into
foreclosure... 
Bill Clinton wanted to divorce his wife in
1989 for another woman with whom he had fallen in love but Hillary Clinton
forbade it, according to one of two new highly unflattering books about the
former First Lady... 
A
WOMAN who was attacked by a shark on a West Australian reef says all she could
think of was beating it off before it could savage her teenage son wading
alongside or the three-year-old on her hip... had her heel and calf lacerated
by the 2.5 metre shark... "All I could think of was getting it off my leg so I
could get to shore because I did not know if it was alone, or if there were
others sharks out there..." 
At least 27 people
were killed and dozens injured when a violent storm hit the northern Indian
state of Uttar Pradesh... Twenty-four people died in Sultanpur when several
buildings collapsed, while three others were killed by lightning... 
Paul McCartney's new album, "Memory Almost Full," will be
his first solo release available for download and streaming on PCs and mobile
phones...