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To: SiouxPal who wrote (19273)	5/27/2005 5:35:07 PM
From: SiouxPal	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 361250

abc.net.au

To: SiouxPal who wrote (19273)	5/27/2005 5:35:11 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 361250

Take yer time. Ain't my sister. You ruled her out with your adjective B4 Aussie.

To: SiouxPal who wrote (19273)	5/27/2005 6:12:10 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 361250

I just heard a piece on the Indonesian pot smuggling. Apparently 20 years is a VERY light sentence there, the MINIMUM! She could have gotten the death penalty. Note to self: Check destination laws before smuggling!

To: SiouxPal who wrote (19273)	5/27/2005 6:36:57 PM
From: Skywatcher	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 361250

Here's one for BOB BENNETT! Ohio Official Resigns amid Coin Scandal Business Week Online Friday 27 May 2005 The director of Ohio's workers compensation bureau is resigning amid a growing scandal over millions of dollars missing from a rare coin investment fund, Gov. Bob Taft said Friday. Neither workers comp Administrator James Conrad nor any member of his staff told the governor about the state's investment in coins, Taft said. When questions were raised in April, agency officials told Taft the investment was profitable and safe. State officials had said Thursday they plan to sue coin dealer Tom Noe and seek criminal charges after his attorney told them that about $10 million of the state's $55 million investment in rare coins is missing. A consultant had originally alerted the bureau a few months ago that coins worth an estimated $400,000 had vanished. "I am outraged, angered, saddened, sickened by what we learned yesterday from Mr. Noe's attorney," Taft said at a news conference. But in response to reporters' questions, Taft declined to say whether Conrad had been ousted, saying only that the departure was by mutual agreement. The bureau hired Noe in 1998, the year before Taft took office, to invest in coins as a way to hedge its investments in stocks and bonds. Democrats have alleged that Noe was awarded the state's business in return for campaign contributions to Republicans, who control most of state government. Taft said he believes Conrad, who will resign next Friday, understands the investment was a mistake and that he is responsible as agency administrator. The governor said he also takes responsibility for the situation. Messages seeking comment from Conrad were left Friday at the Bureau of Workers' Compensation. Officials do not know what coins are missing or which of the holding sites in five states they're missing from, said Jeremy Jackson, spokesman for the agency. Coin dealers say they know of no other state that has invested in rare coins. Among the purchases by the Ohio fund were a 1792 silver piece worth about $2 million and gold coins minted in 1845 and 1855. Before the new estimate on the number of missing coins was disclosed, officials had said the state at times did better than the stock market, clearing a profit of nearly 40 percent, less Noe's commission. -------