News Leads

Jazmine Gaona
‘Ex-presidents of Latin America urge legal marijuana’
Ex-presidents Ernesto Zedillo of Mexico, Cesar Gaviria of Colombia and Fernando Henrique Cardoso of Brazil said this week, “The problem is that current policies are based on prejudices and fears and not on results". The men feel that marijuana is a more harmless drug and therefore should be legal in the Latin America. “In many states in the United States, as is the case in California, they have begun to change federal policies with regard to tolerating marijuana for therapeutic purposes. And in Washington there's some consensus that the current policy is failing". Marijuana is grown and less dangerous then alcohol.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/02/11/brazil.marijuana/index.html
‘Man dragged under van 17 miles, dies, police say’
“A pedestrian was struck twice by vehicles in Queens and dragged for 17 miles by the second vehicle before police found him dead in Brooklyn, New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly told reporters Wednesday.” Police have not identified the man that was killed. The driver of the van stopped when he noticed it was ‘not driving properly’. Police are on an attempt to find all of the mans body parts.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/02/11/new.york.body.dragged/index.html
‘Woman Killed by Collapsing Gym while Going to Brother's Funeral’
“A woman on the way to her brother's funeral was killed when she was hit by debris from a collapsing school gymnasium, according to 911 dispatchers in McDowell County.” People were gathered in inside the nearby church for the viewing of the funeral. The woman killed was outside walking towards the church when she was hit by the debris from the falling building. Another person was injured. The funeral was for her brother who tragically shot himself with a police officers gun the previous Friday.
http://www.wsaz.com/news/headlines/39464852.html
‘One in three smokers would kick habit to protect pet’
A new survey suggests that many smokers would quit to protect their pets. “Secondhand smoke causes almost 50,000 deaths in adult nonsmokers in the United States each year, and there's a mountain of evidence that secondhand smoke can affect a pet's health as well.” Even birds can be victims to second hand smoke. Many people feel like if they don’t want to quit for themselves, they should for the health of there pet.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/11/health.pet.smoker/index.html?iref=newssearch