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Michigan Cops Nab "Grass" Haul in Grass Lake
GRASS LAKE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- This township lived up to its name when authorities reported finding about 1,200 pounds of marijuana in a tractor-trailer.
The driver, a 43-year-old man from Tucson, Ariz., was jailed after Sunday's bust at a weigh station along Interstate 94 in Grass Lake Township, about 75 miles west of Detroit.
The trucker had been stopped for what state police called an equipment violation. An inspection turned up 48 bales of marijuana hidden among a shipment of sports drinks.
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Legislative session convenes Wednesday with number of proposals in ...
Less than three years ago, an illegal immigrant who had worked in the governor's office gained national attention as lawmakers in Congress and Jefferson City urged immigration officials not to deport the worker, his wife and daughter.
What a difference a few years can make.As lawmakers prepare for Wednesday's start of the 2008 legislative session, illegal immigration is again on the radar, but this time, state officials have created a wake in their rush to propose restrictions and penalties.More than a half-dozen legislators plus Gov. Matt Blunt and Attorney General Jay Nixon have filed, ordered or floated ideas to restrict illegal immigrants and those who employ them."It's an epidemic. People have kind of skirted around the issue until this year," said Rep. Charles Portwood, who until this session had never filed an immigration bill in his six years in the Legislature.Portwood said e-mails from constituents prompted him to sponsor a broad measure based on an Oklahoma law.
Anderson County mom says 3-year-old daughter victim of lewd act
ANDERSON COUNTY A 29-year-old man is under suspicion that he performed a lewd act upon a 3-year-old girl. The alleged assault took place on Dean Springs Road sometime in the first seven months of 2007, according to the Anderson County Sheriff's Office. The complaint was filed Saturday, according to the incident report. An arrest has not been made. .
Seattle Times publisher hints at deep cuts
That e-mail said Guild members were reporting to the Guild that The Times' East and North news bureaus would be consolidated into office space at the papers' shared Bothell printing plant, and that The Times' South King County and Washington, D.C., bureaus may be closed. Larger and fewer newspaper-delivery routes may enable staff cuts, the union's e-mail said. And the Teamsters have said they plan to meet with Times management to consider a Times proposal to outsource all deliveries. Times spokeswoman Corey Digiacinto said Thursday that the 2008 budget and "associated decisions" are still being finalized and that no announcements are likely until early 2008. Thursday's five-page memo "is the first shoe, and the other will be dropping soon," said Guild administrative officer Liz Brown.
SGI Sets Another Record in Oracle(R) E-Business Suite Benchmark Tests
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Oracle OpenWorld -- At the world's largest gathering of Oracle software users, SGI (NASDAQ: SGIC) today announced its SGI(R) Altix(R) platform has again broken the performance and scalability record for real-world, multi-tier applications running Oracle(R) Database 10g Release 2. In Oracle tests measuring the average response time of applications serving 3,000 concurrent online users, an SGI(R) Altix(R) 450 system outperformed the previous record holder by 70 percent(1). SGI remains the only platform provider to run "All Linux(R)" benchmark tests, reflecting the company's commitment to providing industrial-strength Linux solutions for high-performance enterprises. The results were achieved on an SGI(R) Altix(R) 450 system powered by the latest Dual-Core Intel(R) Itanium(R) 9100 series processors (code-named Montvale).
David Beckham eyes England milestone
LA Galaxy midfielder David Beckham has spoken of his determination to get fit for Fabio Capello's first game in charge of England. Alan Hansen: England's dearth of young talent Graham Taylor: Concern and sadnessBuongiorno Fabio: Capello's little ItalyBeckham, 32, has been training with Arsenal during the MLS's close season in an attempt to increase his chances of winning his 100th England cap in next month's friendly against Switzerland. .
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