DURHAM – Authorities are refusing to comment on a police affidavit fingering a member of the Sigma Beta fraternity, which was raided in the fall, as the marijuana supplier to a fellow fraternity brother indicted this month on drug charges.
The affidavit, prepared by a detective with the state Attorney General’s Drug Task Force, says an undercover officer went to the Sigma Beta house on Madbury Road in August to buy drugs from David Mason, who was Read the rest of this entry »

’s brother Scott had “very slight” traces of drugs and alcohol in his system when he died in December, according to the L.A. County Coroner’s office.
Scott’s toxicology results showed “a very slight trace of cocaine and alcohol,” according to Coroner’s office spokesman Ed Winter. “He also had slight traces of morphine which could’ve been due to prescription medication.”
Due to the low levels of drugs and alcohol, Winter concluded that Scott was Read the rest of this entry »

An Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush in a fit of outrage was hit in the head with a rifle butt and had an arm broken in chaotic scenes when he was leapt on by Iraqi security officers, his brother saidTuesday.
TV reporter Muntazer al-Zaidi, who called Bush a “dog” at a news conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Sunday, was in a hospital in the heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad, his brother Read the rest of this entry »

A Pacifica man was arrested early Thursday morning on suspicion of attempting to murder his older brother, according to the police.
Police responded to a home in the 100 block of Eastridge Circle at about 1:30 a.m. and found a 28-year-old man suffering from several wounds, according to police. The man claimed he was stabbed by his brother.
The victim’s brother, Chinedu Okobi, 26, was in the same house and immediately taken into custody, according Read the rest of this entry »

YONKERS – A 23-year-old Yonkers man is being charged today with drunken driving in a New Year’s Day crash that killed his older brother, police said.
Sergio Flores, who failed a Breathalyzer test following the crash at 6:30 a.m. on the Bronx River Parkway in Yonkers, will be arraigned in City Court today for driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor, and could face additional charges, Westchester County police Deputy Commissioner Monte Long said.
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WASHINGTON–While the Obama White House is searching for a replacement for health czar Tom Daschle, policy work on health care reform–a priority for the administration–Is ongoing with one key advisor especially well connected.
The brother of White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, Dr. Ezekiel J. Emanuel, a noted bioethicist, is advising the Obama administration on health care reform.
Dr. Emanuel is the Chair of the Department of Bioethics at Read the rest of this entry »

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The narco trafficking, cartel battles and bloodbaths prevalent in Tijuana and along the South Texas border are now in Nogales, Sonora, across the border from Nogales, Arizona, and south of Tucson. …
While the violence increases, people who live along the border question the United States role in the violence and crimes, including the massive seizures of land by corporations after the passage of NAFTA that has displaced Indigenous Peoples. Read the rest of this entry »

A Kenyan half brother of U.S. President Barack Obama said on Sunday he was
briefly arrested at his home in a slum on suspicion of drugs’ possession.
“I think it was a misunderstanding. I do not
do drugs,“ George Hussein Obama, 27, told Reuters from Nairobi’s Huruma
slum, where he was picked up for a few hours on Saturday.
“They released me with no charge.“
Local media quoted police saying Obama, who works as Read the rest of this entry »

Barack Obama’s younger half-brother George has caused embarassement for the US President after being arrested for possession of drugs in Kenya.
George Obama was charged with possession of cannabis in his home in a Nairobi suburb, and is due to appear in court today.
The head of police said: “He is not a drug dealer. But it is illegal, it is a forbidden substance.”
from the Huruma prison in the capital:  “They took me from my home. I don’t Read the rest of this entry »

McCready ‘Doing Great,’ Says Brother
Troubled country music star Mindy McCready is “doing great,” according to her younger brother, as she recovers from an apparent suicide attempt.
The 33-year-old singer was hospitalized at a Nashville hospital on Wednesday after another brother, Timothy, discovered her in her bed.
McCready appeared “very intoxicated” afterward, according to her sibling, who checked on the star after she made a bizarre call Read the rest of this entry »