Low Earth Orbit

A bit too deep of a cover

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BOSTON - A former FBI agent who handled high-profile mob informants in Boston was arrested Thursday and charged with the 1981 mob-related murder of a Tulsa, Okla., businessman, his lawyer says. H. Paul Rico, 78, is charged with murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the death of Roger Wheeler, the 55-year-old chairman of Tulsa-based Telex Corp., who was shot in the head after playing a round of golf at Southern Hills Country Club on May 27, 1981. Investigators have said Rico provided John Martorano, a hit man for the Boston-based Winter Hill Gang, with information on Wheeler's schedule so he could be killed.

Fighting the good fight against drugs

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Andra Ferguson and her boyfriend, Brandon Kivi, both 15, use the same type of asthma medicine, Albuterol Inhalation Aerosol. Ferguson said she forgot to bring her medication to their school, Caney Creek High School, on Sept. 24. When she had trouble breathing, she went to the nurse's office. Out of concern, Kivi let her use his inhaler. […] But the school nurse said it was a violation of the district's no-tolerance drug policy, and reported Kivi to the campus police. The next day, he was arrested and accused of delivering a dangerous drug. Kivi was also suspended from school for three days. He could face expulsion and sent to juvenile detention on juvenile drug charges.

Gosh, I'm _so_ glad to see our fierce Prohibitionists cracking down on evil drug pushers like this Brandon kid. That kind of drug use just can't be tolerated in a drug free America! UPDATE: Both kids ended up getting expelled. They've decided to start home schooling and not return to the school.

How to achieve your ambition

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A California author and filmmaker who became famous for trekking to Alaska's remote Katmai coast to commune with brown bears has fallen victim to the teeth and claws of the wild animals he loved. Alaska State Troopers and National Park Service officials said Timothy Treadwell, 46, and girlfriend Amie Huguenard, 37, were killed and partially eaten by a bear or bears near Kaflia Bay, about 300 miles southwest of Anchorage, earlier this week. […] "I told him to be much more cautious … because every time a bear kills somebody, there is a big increase in bearanoia and bears get killed,'' Miller [former Alaska Department of Fish and Game's top bear authority] said. "I thought that would be a way of getting to him, and his response was 'I would be honored to end up in bear scat.' ''

Sadly, the rangers had to kill a couple of bears while investigating.

It'll work this time!

The triumphal march of the Clintons -- a pictorial history of Bill Clinton's electoral efforts since he became a former President. As is frequently mentioned, no one can be _all_ bad.

The agony of victory

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"I campaigned saying that I will not raise taxes. I say this again. I will not raise taxes."

California budget deficit could rise to $20 billion next year

Raise taxes!