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For an eccentric line-up of objects, great presents for those who think they have everything, or just to cheer up a grey day, go to online junk shop Cybergrot. You can even haggle with them.Simone Sekers Henstridge, Somerset Dad was delighted … Continue reading
Fort Bragg pot grower sentenced to jail, probation
A Fort Bragg man who admitted growing marijuana illegally on timber property was sentenced Friday to jail time and three years probation, the Mendocino County District Attorney’s Office reported. According to District Attorney David Eyster’s office, the trial of Alec … Continue reading
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Srinigar, India (CNN) – two police officers were killed in two separate gun attacks in Indian-controlled Kashmir a week after a historic Sufi shrine in the Himalayan region’s capital was destroyed in a fire, authorities have said. The attacks took place Tuesday … Continue reading
Links to Hussein Era Still Found in Iraqi Schools
Teachers wait for students to return to class at a school in Baghdad. (Photo: Max Becherer/Polaris, for The new York Times) BAGHDAD – an old Arab saying goes something like this: Early learning is like etching on stone. During recent … Continue reading
900 Opium Poppies Found at Georgia Residence
While investigating a hit-and-run accident, Winder, Ga., police discovered about 900 opium poppy plants growing behind a home, officials said. The hit-and-run happened in a parking lot outside a local hardware store Saturday afternoon, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. Witnesses to … Continue reading
Opium farming in Afghanistan rising again, bleak UN report admits
Opium farming will increase across Afghanistan in 2012, driven by insecurity, massive corruption and economic fears for the future, spreading to more areas than it has in the past four to five years, the United Nations has warned. Drugs help … Continue reading
Enjoy flowers, produce From The Farm
With our hot summer weather just around the corner, don’t wait much longer to plant flowers.for pretty flowers later in the summer and fall, sow seed for gaillardia, marigold, portulaca, Mexican sunflower, sunflower, Arizona poppy, Shasta daisy, hollyhock, nasturtium and … Continue reading
Mount Airy News – Technology taking its toll one password at a time
I’m suffering from a condition, but one that you won’t find in any medical reference books — it’s called “Password-itis.” As is the case with many such ills, the symptoms get worse as time goes on, and you don’t notice … Continue reading
CP24- Ex-general under arrest on organized crime charges
A soldier stands guard among marijuana plants at an illegal plantation found during a military operation on Friday at the Culiacan mountains, northern Mexico, Monday, Jan. 30, 2012. The drought in northern Mexico is so bad that it has hurt … Continue reading