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To: X Y Zebra who wrote (48710)11/5/2003 1:58:13 AM
From: Libbyt  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 57110
 
..she thought the children were not seriously hurt when she left the accident scene."

With her past history of DUI driving convictions, I would guess that she was probably driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Leaving the accident scene was IMO a means to avoid being tested for drunk-driving....blood tests could not be given because she left the scene.

I would imagine that finding a judge and a jury who would sympathize with her would be difficult. I don't think she will easily get out of jail on bail before her trial.

" ..."Can I bail maybe just to set my affairs?" the Colombian native asked in accented English.

Eaton set her bail at $305,000 at least until today, when she is expected to appear in court with a lawyer. Deputy district attorney Paul Sequeira had argued for no bail.

After the hearing, Sequeira said he wants her in jail because he considers her a threat to the community.

"She's clearly not safe out on the streets," he said."



To: X Y Zebra who wrote (48710)11/5/2003 12:56:52 PM
From: X Y Zebra  Respond to of 57110
 
Never mind that shit, here comes Mongo.... -g

forbes.com

Farmers in remote villages also pickle something known as "giant laughing" mushroom (Gymnopilus spectabilis). "They say it can be given to women to get them to dance naked," says Nihachiro Sasaki. A 60-year-old grade-school dropout, Sasaki is revered among mycologists for discovering how to cultivate maitake, a delicious edible mushroom that is now a staple in Japanese grocery stores and has begun to appear in U.S. gourmet outlets.

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and....

Thousands of small, high-tech, indoor marijuana farms supply the legal--and illegal--market in the U.S. These "grows," as they are known, have made marijuana Canada's most valuable agricultural product, bigger than wheat, cattle or timber

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