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It’s 1978, and Cheech and Chong are rolling down the California highway in their low rider “Love Machine” in a scene from their first movie “Up in Smoke.” But they’re also rolling the biggest joint you will ever see, a mix of Maui Waui and “Labrador.” Turns out Chong’s dog ate his stash and pooped out what’s left. “You mean we’re smoking dog s— man,” Cheech’s character Pedro exclaims. “Uhhh, I wonder what Great Dane tastes like, man.” Read the full article on The Wrap

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas mental health treatment company says it's working to purchase the Arkansas operations of a similar Missouri company tied to a political corruption investigation. Hot Springs-based Quapaw House Inc. CEO Casey Bright told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette that Preferred Family Healthcare of Springfield has signed a letter of intent to sell and details, including the price, are being worked out. PFH lobbyist Russell Cranford has pleaded guilty to bribing convicted former state Sen. Читать дальше...

MONTEZUMA, Iowa (AP) — A man charged with killing Iowa college student Mollie Tibbetts is set to be arraigned next week. The Des Moines Register reports that 24-year-old Cristhian Bahena Rivera will be arraigned Wednesday in Poweshiek County District Court in Montezuma. Rivera was arrested and charged with first-degree murder last month in the stabbing death of the 20-year-old Tibbetts, who vanished while out for a run in the east-central Iowa town of Brooklyn on July 18. The search for Tibbetts... Читать дальше...

HILO, Hawaii (AP) — A Hawaii county official says damage to county facilities from the flooding caused by Hurricane Lane's torrential rains totaled about $20 million. Managing Director Wil Okabe said Thursday that the figure is only for county infrastructure and doesn't include damage to state infrastructure such as schools and highways. He says assessments also found 152 homes damaged, with 29 sustaining major damage. None were destroyed. The Hawaii Tribune-Herald reports Hurricane Lane dumped as... Читать дальше...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were: 0-8-3-8 (zero, eight, three, eight)

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 3 Midday" game were: 1-3-6 (one, three, six)

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Quick Draw Midday" game were: 02-08-11-17-21-25-27-28-31-32-43-44-46-53-54-58-69-72-75-78, BE: 21 (two, eight, eleven, seventeen, twenty-one, twenty-five, twenty-seven, twenty-eight, thirty-one, thirty-two, forty-three, forty-four, forty-six, fifty-three, fifty-four, fifty-eight, sixty-nine, seventy-two, seventy-five, seventy-eight; BE: twenty-one)

HOUSTON (AP) — Authorities say two men arrested in the fatal shooting of a North Texas undercover police officer during a bar robbery will face capital murder charges. Samuel Mayfield and Timothy Huff remained jailed without bond Saturday. Fort Worth police say that because Officer Garrett Hull died overnight, authorities expect to upgrade the charges faced by the two suspects — Timothy Huff and Samuel Mayfield. Each suspect has been charged with 10 counts of aggravated robbery and two counts of criminal attempted capital murder. Читать дальше...

Whether or not Stanford left tackle Walker Little will play in Saturday’s game against UC Davis will be a game-time decision. Little appeared to sustain a right knee injury last week against USC, but Stanford does not disclose the nature of injuries. Definitely out is tailback Bryce Love. It may be that head coach David Shaw wanted to rest him for the upcoming sequence of games against Oregon, Notre Dame and Utah. Cameron Scarlett is expected to start in his place, although Trevor Speights and Dorian Maddox... Читать дальше...

The Weather Channel released a statement in defense of a reporter who was accused of faking the strength of Hurricane Florence’s winds in a clip that went viral Friday. The clip took place on Friday afternoon, as Hurricane Florence swept over the Carolinas with sustained wind speeds of 75 miles per hour. Weather Channel reporter Mike Seidel could be seen with his knees bent and spread apart, looking like he was struggling to remain standing against the wind. So dramatic! Dude from the weather channel bracing for his life... Читать дальше...

PayPal co-founder and venture capitalist Peter Thiel believes Silicon Valley is not as liberal as people think it is, but higher education has created a left wing "conformity problem" in the region.

Class 6A11. Broken Arrow (4-0) idle.2. Jenks (3-0) idle.3. Owasso (1-2) idle.4. Union (1-2) idle.5. Edmond Santa Fe (3-0) beat Norman North 49-13, OT.Class 6A21. Stillwater (3-0) beat Southmoore 49-15.2. Booker T. Washington (1-2) idle.(tie) Midwest City (2-2) idle.4. Bixby (2-1) beat Putnam City 64-0.5. Del City (2-1) beat Bartlesville 33-7.Class 5A1. Carl Albert (4-0) beat Shawnee 47-7.2. Ardmore (3-1) beat McAlester 42-7.3. Altus (3-0) beat Elk City 62-14.4. Skiatook (3-0) beat Tulsa Hale 41-6.5.... Читать дальше...

NEW BERN, N.C. (AP) — Emergency workers went door to door urging people to flee Florence's rising waters and used inflatable boats to rescue others as the storm practically parked itself over land and poured on the rain Saturday, raising fears that North Carolina could be in for the most disastrous flooding in its history. The death toll from the hurricane-turned-tropical storm climbed to at least five. A day after Florence blew ashore in North Carolina with 90 mph winds, more than 2 feet of rain had fallen in places... Читать дальше...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tulane University is requiring that all new students study racial diversity in what is the first change to the school's undergraduate curriculum in a dozen years. Students will also have to take another class on global perspectives. The New Orleans Advocate reports the school announced the requirement on Wednesday after several incidents in which minority students complained of harassment by white students. Both classes will be required for new students to graduate, and students... Читать дальше...

TX Lubbock TX Zone Forecast for Saturday, September 15, 2018 _____ 805 FPUS54 KLUB 151704 ZFPLUB Zone Forecasts for the South Plains Area National Weather Service Lubbock TX 1204 PM CDT Sat Sep 15 2018 TXZ035-152115- Lubbock- Including the cities of Lubbock, Wolfforth, and Slaton 1204 PM CDT Sat Sep 15 2018 .REST OF TODAY...Partly sunny with chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms. Near steady temperature in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 5 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 40 percent. Читать дальше...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A California commission announced it will formally consider whether a private Silicon Valley water company failed to pro-rate bills for years, costing customers millions of dollars. The Mercury News of San Jose reported Friday that the California Public Utilities Commission will consider whether San Jose Water should refund customers and whether it should pay fines. An informal staff investigation recommends that the company credit customers about $2 million for the 2014 to... Читать дальше...

BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Massachusetts Lottery's "Numbers Midday" game were: 0-4-3-6 (zero, four, three, six)

Dick Grayson may not have kind feelings towards Batman in the new show “Titans,” but DC is honoring Batman Day by giving fans a first look at Grayson and fellow Batman sidekick, Jason Todd, with a sneak peek at the new show on the comic book company’s streaming service, DC Universe. The new series stars Brenton Thwaites as Dick as he tries to move out of his former Gotham City mentor’s shadow by assembling a new team of young superheroes. Curran Walters plays Jason Todd, who at the start of the... Читать дальше...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — A Louisiana high school's homecoming court told fifth-graders at three schools about their own problems with weight, teeth, acne, body hair and other social troubles. A senior who came to Lake Charles from Lebanon, Ilham Chloun, told the younger students that in elementary school, she was shy, couldn't speak English and got bullied because of her heritage. She chose to stay in classes for students learning English as a second language after she could have joined the rest of the school... Читать дальше...

LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — Two members of the governing council in a Louisiana city are pushing a resolution critical of their local library's plan to host a "Drag Queen Story Hour." The resolution by Lafayette City-Parish Councilmen Jared Bellard and William Theriot is to be considered by the council on Tuesday. The Advertiser of Lafayette reports that the resolution states that the event, aimed at young children "is not an age-appropriate educational event. The event at the Lafayette Public Library is set for Oct. Читать дальше...

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A woman accused of making a false gun threat that sent 18 officers to a Rapid City elementary school is facing four charges. Authorities say 29-year-old Rick Peck, of Rapid City, was charged Friday with three counts of false reporting and one count of disturbance of a school in connection with the Wednesday incident. Peck has pleaded not guilty. The threat prompted officials at Pinedale Elementary to put the school in lockdown status. Police say Peck is prone to seizures and... Читать дальше...

DETROIT (AP) — An international team of divers has discovered the wreckage of a ship that disappeared more than 100 years ago during a storm on Lake Huron. The team discovered the J.H. Jones on July 1 in lower Georgian Bay near Lion's Head, Ontario, The Detroit News reported . The ship had 30 people onboard when it vanished in 1906 during a storm. Only one body was found after the storm. Researchers said multiple attempts over the decades to locate the Jones were unsuccessful. Researchers Ken Merryman... Читать дальше...

TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi school district may charge more for nonresident students. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports that the Tupelo school district is debating raising tuition. The district is seeing a gradual rise in non-resident students, with numbers topping 450 this year. In addition to state aid that Tupelo gets for each student, it charges $518 a year for nonresidents in grades K-8 and $600 a year for high school students. Director of Student Support Services Pam Traylor... Читать дальше...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A former student is suing a north Alabama school district, saying she was harassed and physically assaulted because she was transgender. Zelda Menefee sued the Huntsville city school system, former superintendent Casey Wardynski and eight other teachers and school employees in federal court in Huntsville on Tuesday. The 19-year-old Menefee says she was bullied by students and teachers at Grissom High School until she finally quit school in May 2016 and earned a high school equivalency diploma. Читать дальше...

NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard Academy has opened an office dedicated to applying for grants to support academic research. The academy in New London says it has relied on non-appropriated federal funds to support projects. It says the number of research projects involving cadets has been limited because of administrative burdens in applying for and handling the money. The goal of the office is to seek new sources for grants supporting academic research. The academy says it's the first... Читать дальше...