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1US FL: Police Informer Buried, But Questions LingerWed, 14 May 2008
Source:St. Petersburg Times (FL) Author:Lee, Demorris A. Area:Florida Lines:Excerpt Added:05/15/2008

PALM HARBOR - Rachel Morningstar Hoffman was laid to rest Tuesday amid grief and questions about how and why she died.

Hoffman, 23, was killed last week while serving as a informer for the Tallahassee Police Department.

Police say she didn't follow proper protocol on a drug sting, agreeing to meet two suspects away from the spot where police told her to stay, and that led to her death.

But friends and relatives contend authorities put Hoffman at risk in the first place.

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2 CN ON: 'Medical' Pot Smoker Wins Dispute With BarTue, 13 May 2008
Source:Mississauga News (CN ON) Author:Stewart, John Area:Ontario Lines:53 Added:05/15/2008

A former city resident who was injured on the job in Mississauga in 1989 and smokes "medical" marijuana to relieve his pain has emerged victorious in an unusual human rights dispute with a Burlington bar owner.

Steve Gibson, a longtime customer at the bar, suffered a neck injury nearly two decades ago when he was hit on the head by a box of heavy vinyl siding while working at his job in Mississauga.

He's allowed to smoke marijuana to relieve the debilitating pain in his neck that has prevented him from working for long periods.

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3 US OR: Editorial: Six Minutes With BarackWed, 14 May 2008
Source:Willamette Week (Portland, OR) Author:Pitkin, James Area:Oregon Lines:124 Added:05/15/2008

The Democratic Presidential frontrunner talks timber payments, Gordon Smith and of course tattoos.

Sen. Barack Obama once remarked on the long odds of a "skinny guy from the South Side with a funny name" finding success in American politics.

How much more improbable then that Oregon - an overwhelmingly white state 1,700 miles from his Chicago home - could finally put the Illinois senator over the top this Tuesday, May 20, in his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination.

The Obama campaign looks to that date as the day to finally declare victory over Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.), after an anticipated Oregon win gives Obama a majority of pledged delegates nationwide. Little wonder then that Obama's third Oregon swing May 9-10 felt more like a victory lap than a campaign stop. In Beaverton, Albany, Eugene and Bend, Obama test-drove a new strategy of targeting Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and largely ignoring Clinton.

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4 CN ON: Addictions Program Grad Says It All Started WithWed, 14 May 2008
Source:Chatham This Week (CN ON) Author:Paige, Emily Area:Ontario Lines:83 Added:05/15/2008

Students at Tilbury District High School were challenged last week by Chatham-Kent police to take their life and turn it into something good.

"You have the power to make the choice to say yes or no to drugs," Sgt. Gabe Tetrault said, following a guest speaker from the Teen Challenge organization, who discussed his own drug addiction and how it affected his life.

Guest speaker Bobby, who declined to give his last name, said at age 20 he already has a long criminal record and has spent three months in a provincial maximum security prison.

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5 US OR: Higher EdWed, 14 May 2008
Source:Willamette Week (Portland, OR) Author:Pitkin, James Area:Oregon Lines:430 Added:05/15/2008

Reed College Is Exceptional for More Than Academics. It's One of America's Most Permissive Colleges for Experimenting With Drugs.

ON A RECENT SATURDAY AFTERNOON in Southeast Portland, a mass of two dozen nudists, painted blue, were gathered at Reed College.

They call themselves "Picters," after an ancient Scottish tribe, and they carried turkeys and other assorted meats for the feast that was about to ensue as hundreds of hungry students lined up.

The breasts and genitals on display attracted no stares. Neither did the student nearby who took a hit off a footlong glass bong as gray-bearded alums walked by with their toddlers and teenagers in tow.

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6 US AL: Former Pickens Judge Sentenced For Illegal DrugsWed, 14 May 2008
Source:Tuscaloosa News, The (AL)          Area:Alabama Lines:25 Added:05/15/2008

ALICEVILLE - Alabama Attorney General Troy King said a former Pickens County district judge has pleaded guilty to possession of methamphetamine and was sentenced to 50 months in prison Tuesday. 59-year-old Ira D. Colvin entered a plea agreement in Pickens County Circuit Court, King said. The illegal drug was found in Colvin's Carrollton office in August 2006.

Colvin was already serving a 12-year sentence in Mississippi after pleading guilty to similar offenses in Mississippi.

Colvin's sentence in Alabama won't start until he completes his prison term in Mississippi.

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