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Show 0 A4 A I I V N I R A I M'ftftwo.'c. Wjrth 12. J0C4 D FAST FACT Morning Briefing ( Bing Crosby's real name was Harry Lillis Crosby. bxm The Book ol Aiwwn omptled from Daily llvmld wire mtvk cs The WORLD The Nation Lawmakers consider regulating salvia "1 then did chest compressions similar to that of infant Oil TAILAIIASSLK, F'la. Web sites touting the powers of Salvia to buy divinorum, come-on- s t he hallucinogenic herb are accompanied by warnings: "l ime is running out T and "st(x.k up while you still can." Thiit's because salvia is being targeted by lawmakers concerned that the inexpensive and plant could become the next marijuana. Eight states have already placed restrictions on salvia, and Hi others, including Florida, are considering a ban or have previously . "As soon as we make one drug illegal, kids start looking around for other drugs they can buy legally. This is just the next one," said Florida state Rep. Mary Brandenburg, who has introduced a bill to make possession of salvia a felony punishable by up to five years in prison. Some say legislators are overreacting to a minor problem, but no one disputes that the plant impairs judgment and the ability to drive. Native to Mexico and still grown there, Salvia divinorum is generally smoked but can also be chewed or made into a tea and drunk. Called nicknames like Sally-D- , Magic Mint and Diviner's Sage, salvia is a that gives users an sense of traveling through time and space or merging with inanimate objects. Unlike hallucinogens like LSD or PCP, however, salvia's effects last for a shorter time, generally up to an hour. Salvia divinorum is not one of the several varieties of one minute of doggie CPR, I noticed the dog trying to breathe on its own." Five minutes later, the dog began looking- around and was given to the owner of the house. An oxygen tank was left with the animal. Fire lYevention Officer Curt Meachum said he, was glad the dog's life was spared. 'We do not know the dog's name, but we could just call it " 'Lucky,' Meachum said. After approximately CPR. mind-blowin- g common ornamental garden plants known as Salvia. Televanqelist's husbandpleads guilty to assaulting her ATLANTA The husband of televangelist .luanita pleaded guilty Tuesday to assaulting her, was sentenced to three years' proba- tion and then turned to her and apologized. Thomas W. Weeks III, a minister known to his followers as Bishop Weeks, turned after his sentencing to address Bynum, who sat in the second row of the Fulton County courtroom gallery. "I want to apologize to my wife for all she's had to go through," he said. Bynum nodded in response and quietly thanked him. The two later walked out of the By-nu- I, ' J '1 i: DENNIS urine into an air conditioning unit at a school in eastern Tennessee. About a dozen students became ill after the prank at Volunteer ligh School in Church Hill. Firefighters were sent to the school Monday after the odor became overpowering in one classroom, and paramedics treated students who complained of headache and bigger crab cake. Guinness World Records this month officially certified a cake of Maryland blue crab as holding the record for the world's biggest fish cake. The giant delicacy was cooked in a pan in October 2006 during the Diamond State BBQ Championship in Dover, Del. It weighed a t firefighter saves tiny dog using CPR La. A WEST MONROE, La. firefighter performed mouth-to-snoresuscitation and revived a small dog he found lifeless in a burning mobile ut A Four FREEHOLD, N.J. evidence tying a convicted sex offender to the decades-olJane murder of Durrua. But that case crumbled two years later amid concerns that DNA samples might have been contaminated in a Crime laboratory with evidence from an unrelated case. Now, prosecutors once again say they're certain that DNA has pointed the finger at the true killer: a man already prison term serving a for murdering a teenage girl. d SHAKH Casualties mount in new Iraq attacks i' (t- i - " ' - '; A roadBAGHDAD, Iraq side bomb ripped into a bus carrying mourners home to the southern city of Basra after attending a funeral in Najaf on Tuesday, killing 16 of them and injuring between 13 and 22, police said. The bombing, part of a wave of attacks that killed at least 36 people around Iraq, highlighted the precariousness of recent security gains. The U.S. military has acknowledged a slight increase in violence in recent weeks, but says it is too soon to call it a trend. Major bombings are relatively rare in the overwhelmingly Shiite Muslim south, which has Iraq. But Shiite militants periodically clash with U.S.-le- d forces in the region. Rival Shiite factions are locked in a bloody rivalry for power and influence in " f ! - A tv K . ) Iraqi police said Tuesday's blast, which happened on the highway between Nasiriya and Basra, appeared to be aimed at a passing U.S. convoy but missed its target. - Some 15,000 airport workers across India went on strike today, a move that threatened to ground hundreds of domestic flights and leave tens of thousands of passengers stranded. Just after midnight, workers including baggage handlers, cleaners and ground staff at 129 state-ruairports walked off in protest over plans to privatize two major airports. Airports were open despite the walkout, with air force personnel called in to man and rescue services. New Delhi and Mumbai, the two busiest airports and the destination of most international flights, are privately run and were not affected by the strike. No immediate delays were reported because domestic flights do not operate overnight. MARGARET CROFTThe News Star Firefighter Stephen "Odie" Odom holds Mindy, a dog he rescued from a house fire in West Monroe, La., on Tuesday. Odom saved the dog's life after performing infant CPR on Friday. e patriotic cans' tendencies are usually lightly ridiculed, not emulated. flag-wavi- A government commissioned committee said an oath of allegiance and citizenship ceremony like those already instituted for new citizens should also be required for young Britons as a way to boost pride in country and mark the transition to adulthood. Unlike in the U.S., where many children start the day with the Pledge of Allegiance, the British pledge is envisioned e as a event. ritu- als raises thorny questions in the sometimes fractious United Kingdom. Are people in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland who seek more independence eager to pledge allegiance to a united country? Will republicans who want to end Britain's monarchy offer undying devotion to queen and country? And does Britain really need one-tim- 1 southern Iraq. fire-fighti- . American-styl- to embrace the American way? This is a country where Ameri- ', n r a new national holiday and citizenship ceremonies for children and immigrants. But the proposal Tuesday from a government panel calling for the introduction of oil-ric- h NEW DELHI ' A Press been spared the worst of the Sunni Arab insurgent violence plaguing central and northern Indian airport workers go on strike 1 A Georgian opposition supporters hold a protest rally, with tents of participants on hunger strike in the foreground, outside the parliament in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Tuesday. Protesters rallied in the Georgian capital Tuesday to put pressure on President Mikhail Saakashvili in the run-u- p to parliamentary elections in May. Demonstrators accused Saakashvili of stealing with 53 percent of the vote. the Jan. 5 presidential election in which he won Some opposition members launched a hunger strike at the parliament building to press their demand for a runoff . Robert Zarinsky was charged Tuesday with Jane's death on Nov. 4, 1968, Mon- mouth County prosecutor Luis Valentin said. "Robert Zarinsky is the sole person responsible for the death of Jane Dunfua," he said. In 2004, the prosecutor's office had charged Jerry L. ; Bellamy with the girl's rape and murder after state police forensics experts linked DNA evidence a semen stain on to him. the girl's underwear At the time, Bellamy was in prison on an unrelated sexual assault conviction and about to be released. But in 2006, authorities said they realized that a lab scientist had handled DNA evidence from an Atlantic City case involving Bellamy and evidence from the Durrua killing on the same day. That raised the possibility that Bellamy's DNA had contaminated the Durrua evidence, and the prosecutor's office dropped the charges against him. AIVAZOVAssociated Georgia protests 98-ye- ! 235 pounds. The cake was developed with the help of food processor Handy International Inc. of Salisbury, Md. Handy regional sales manager Jim Cupp says it took nine hours to cook and was later divided into 600 crab sandwiches. I years ago, prosecutors stood before the cameras and announced that they had solid t. IF f 1 slaying of home. When firefighters arrived at the blaze in northeastern Louisiana on Friday, a resident of the house approached firefighter Stephen "Odie" Odom and told him two dogs were trapped inside. Odom entered the house courthouse together. and found the two tiny terri"They are in communication and working on their ers in pet carriers in a smoke-fille- d and of status the room, and shuttled them relationship to safety. their marriage," said Ed GarWhen he removed one of land, Weeks's attorney in the criminal case. the dogs from its carrier, Odom noticed it was not Prosecutors alleged that Weeks beat Bynum breathing and its tongue was a prominent televangelist hanging out. The firefighter removed his face mask and whose message of women's empowerment resonated with placed the dog's head inside in so the oxygen could blow in thousands of followers the parking lot of an Atlanta its face. hotel in August. When the oxygen didn't work, Odom began performAccording to a police ing CPR on the dog by "cupreport, Bynum told officers that Weeks "choked her, ping my hands around the pushed her down, kicked and dog's snout and blowing until stomped her ... until a bellman I could feel his chest expand," he said. pulled him off of her." Weeks initially pleaded not guilty to charges of aggra. vated assault and making terroristic threats. He pleaded guilty Tuesday to a single - - charged in 1968 on the New York senator to denounce the comments and remove Ferraro from her unpaid position with the campaign. Last week. Ferraro told the Daily Breeze of Torrance, Calif.: "If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position. And if he was a woman (of any color) he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is. And the country is caught up in the concept." It's SALISBURY, Md. official. No one else has made j- Convicted killer is regretted Ferraro's remarks. The Obama campaign has called !S P nausea. Church Hill Police Chief Mark Johnson says the stunt could result in a vandalism charge. Deer urine is sold by the bottle to be used to attract the animals for hunting. Dcmocraticvice presidential candidate, for saying that Barack Ohama "would not be in this position" if he were white instead of black. In a brief interview with The Associated Press, Clinton said she 1 ft V 4 1 Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday she disagrees with Geraldine Ferraro, one of her fundraisers and the iI Ir-- 1 CHURCH HILL, Tenn. Ferraro I -.-- - Investigators are searching for whomever poured deer herself from Guinness certifies giant crab cake ' students ill after deer urine put in AC distances I 'Lr Tenn. Clinton count of aggravated assault, V. COOKAP Geraldine Ferraro 1984 4T Proposal for British pledge of allegiance . LONDON The idea sounds simple: Build British pride with a new pledge of allegiance, Jp m BERNAT ' ARMANGUEAssociated Press man replaces flowers after the wind blew them away Atocha train station in Madrid, Spain, on Tuesday. A at Spain marks fourth anniversary of bombing Aurora Baeza Ramirez reached MADRID, Spain a trembling hand into her purse and pulled out an old newspaper clipping with a photo of her son, one of 191 people killed in the Madrid train bombings four years ago Tuesday. "Look. Look at my son, look how handsome he was," she said, holding the paper as if it were something cred, then broke down sobbing. Baeza Ramirez pointed proudly to a small pendant around her neck, also with a photo of her son Jose Maria an earnest-lookin- g man with dark, closely cropped hair, his life cut short at age 39. "My other children made it for me to wear," she said. Her outpouring of grief came after a memorial ceremony at which King Juan Carlcfs laid a laurel wreath at a towering glass memorial to the victims of the terror attack. He and Queen Sofia, other dignitaries and a crowd of several thousand observed two minutes of silence at the stroke of noon to remember those killed and the more than 1,800 wounded four years ago. A choir dressed in black sang a Gregorian chantlike piece meant as a tribute to peace. There were no speeches. |