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September 12, 2006
A Conewago Township woman on Monday admitted to smoking marijuana every day with her 13-year-old son to reward him for completing his homework. Amanda Lynn Livelsberger, 30, pleaded guilty to seven charges and will be sentenced later in November. During a hearing at the Adams County court, Livelsberger admitted that she had been smoking marijuana with her son since he was 11, and that she often smoked with him as a reward.
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September 1, 2006
A teenage girl who fell asleep during a flight from Malta to her home in Bulgaria awoke to find herself back in Malta again. The Air Malta crew apparently didn't notice the sleeping girl, 17-year-old Maria Ilieva, when they landed in Sofia, Bulgaria, so she kept sleeping. When she woke up, she had returned to Malta, her family said Friday.
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August 22, 2006
After a woman made a complaint to media regulator Ofcam about two Tom and Jerry cartoons with scenes containing smoking, Turner Broadcasting decided to search through its entire catalog of classic Hanna-Barbera cartoons to edit out scenes with smoking characters - unless the smoking character is a villain. The cartoons under investigation include Tom and Jerry, The Flintstones and Scooby-Doo. Spokesman for Turner in Europe Yinka Akindele said scenes with smoking villains would not necessarily be edited.
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August 7, 2006
An actor portraying Winston Churchill in a new play puts out the great Brit's famous cigar in order to comply with Scotland's new anti-smoking laws. Officials threatened to shut down the production if Mel Smith lit up the cigar during the play, called "Allegiance. " Scotland passed tough anti-smoking laws in March, in an effort to reduce heavy drinking and smoking.
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August 7, 2006
Smoking can kill, but can it send someone to death row? That's the basis of one man's appeal. The attorneys of the defendant are saying that the jurors became agitated when they were prevented from taking smoking breaks during deliberations.
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