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Mexican soldiers have seized two catapults that were being used by drug smugglers to fling packages of marijuana across the border with the US into Arizona. A military statement today (NZ time) says an anonymous tip led troops to a house in the border city of Agua Prieta where they found a catapult in the bed of a pickup truck and another inside the house. It says soldiers also seized 1.3 tons of marijuana during Monday's raid in Agua Prieta, which is across the border from Douglas, Arizona. Mexican troops also seized two catapults in the area last January. Authorities said then that it was the first time they had seen this smuggling method used by local traffick…
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By PAUL CLIFFORD Published on Friday 21 October 2011 00:00 A DOPEY dope grower tipped police off to a cannabis farm in his home - when they heard him tell someone to clear it out. Mark Turnbull was arrested on July 13 when he was found in a property in College Road, Hebburn, which had a stash of cannabis plants inside. And while the 38-year-old was in custody, police heard him calling a friend and asking them to empty his own house before police searched it. When officers turned up at his address, in Cambridge Avenue, also Hebburn, they found 30 plants of ‘skunk’ - thought to be the strongest form of the Class B drug. Turnbull pleaded guilty to prod…
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My link WASTED" was the operative word when two Ballina Shire Council workers got more than they bargained for after a colleague gave them a couple of cookies for morning smoko. http://www.qt.com.au/story/2011/09/29/cookie-joke-a-dopey-thing-to-do/
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A true and bizarre tale .. > For those who have served on a jury... this one is something to think > about... Just when you think you have heard everything!! > At the 1994 annual awards dinner given for Forensic Science, (AAFS) > President Dr. Don Harper Mills astounded his audience with the legal > complications of a bizarre death. Here is the story: > On March 23, 1994........ the medical examiner viewed the body of > Ronald Opus, and concluded that he died from a shotgun wound to the > head. Mr. Opus had jumped from the top of a ten-story building > intending to commit suicide. He left a note to the effect indicating > hi…
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Author: Mike Rosenberg Date: Thursday Sept. 02, 2011 Source: thestar.com Copyright: © Copyright Toronto Star 1996-2011
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http://www.wealthwire.com/news/headlines/1562 Check this out, rather daunting for the American people to have such a huge debt in real life size measurements.
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http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/great-white-shark-jumps-into-research-boat-in-south-africa/story-e6frea6u-1226098234998
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http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/9490/internetfordummies.jpg Author: Daniel Hurst Date: 17 June 2011 Source: Brisbane Times Copyright: © 2011 Fairfax Media LNP Cybersquatter has newcomer in sights A notorious cybersquatter who's been a thorn in the side of Queensland's Liberal National Party has now taken aim at one of the state's newest political organisations. Wayne Smith, who gained attention after registering www.bindiirwin.com days after Bindi Irwin's father Steve died in 2006, snapped up the queenslandparty.org domain this month. Google users who search for the Queensland Party can find the official queenslandparty.com.au website but just below that …
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Dunno if this is true or not but heck, it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest.
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Western Australia will become one of the first states in Australia to ban the legal synthetic cannabis product Kronic. WA Health Minister Kim Hames announced on Monday the government will ban synthetic cannabinoids after he expressed concern over their use ... View the full article
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Arnold's interpretation.
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http://www.sunlive.co.nz/news/13448-couple-recall-kronic-nightmare.html "Shane Foreman and Anne Wheeler say the only advice offered on the Kronic packaging was ‘use responsibly’. Anne Wheeler and Shane Foreman experimented with the synthetic cannabis brand Kronic. Within five minutes of inhaling a Kronic cigarette, Anne says her ‘terrifying’ three hour nightmare began. They randomly decided to purchase the legal product while at their local dairy, choosing to experiment with it at a nearby beach. “Within minutes I couldn’t move or walk,†says Anne. “I didn’t know who I was, who my partner was, where we were – I couldn’t remember anythin…
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A couple more Sun classics. To be taken with a grain of salt....not seriously.
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Which may or may not be true, especially from the Sun.
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