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Wintery Start to the Week over California Passes

After a break on Tuesday, another storm system will move quickly across the Golden State on Wednesday, quite possibly bringing similar weather conditions.

(STATE COLLEGE, PA) - A storm system pushing inland will produce gusty winds and snow showers over Donner, Cajon and Tejon passes to start the week.

While some ski resorts in the Sierra Nevada will be treated with up to a foot of snow into tonight, the fast-moving storm system will make for tricky travel in the passes.

Nude street dancers Arrested at Sigiriya, Sri Lanka

The traveling entertainers were visiting Sigiriya to see a relative.

(SIGIRIYA, Sri Lanka) - Three popular street drama artists were arrested In the Sigiriya town area by police after complaints from people in this Sri Lankan neighbourhood.

According to media reports, the three were "fully drunk" and their dancing and singing on the streets making the observers "astonished and ashamed".

Army Alcoholics, Alcoholism and Addicts of all sorts.

Alcoholic officers drink the most booze!

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - Most of my readers know that I write and post much about PTSD and its ramifications. The official position of the waffle-butt swivel chair Army brass is that PTSD is NOT caused by combat, but is caused by pre-enlistment psychological deficiencies such as alcohol or drug use, or a predilection for the use.

Yeah, 18-year old kids!

Cele Castillo- American DEA Hero- Scapegoat for `Fast and Furious`?

America's habit of making enemies out of former allies turns inward with the conviction of a decorated DEA Agent in a crime the U.S. ATF itself committed.

(SALEM) - The conduct the U.S. is willing to commit to quiet its opponents is shocking. Retired DEA Agent Celerino "Cele" Castillo III was a front line agent for 12 years in the Drug Enforcement Administration.

Today he's serving a 37-month prison sentence, and the feds would not mind if Americans believed they convicted someone in connection with a crime the ATF is presently accused of.

36 Million Deaths in the World Due to Noncommunicable Diseases

A life full of exercise, a balanced nutrition, and social familiar gatherings, is the perfect cure for noncommunicable diseases.

(MADRID) - "Noncommunicable diseases are the number one cause of death in the world", declared Dr. Douglas Bettcher, Director of the WHO’s Tobacco Free Initiative, during the presentation of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) World Moratlity Report in 2008.

Alcohol Abuse Generates More Problems Than Drugs Do

Alcohol abuse generates more problems than drugs do. The Spanish government has destined more than 22 million Euros to programs against drugs and alcohol.

(MADRID) - British actor, Anthony Hopkins, is considered to be one of the most talented actors in the world today.

Among his most important movies are: The Elephant Man, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, The Remains of the Day, Howards End, The Mask of Zorro, The World's Fastest Indian, Hearts in Atlantis, as well as Nixon and Fracture. In 2003, Hopkins was awarded a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame.

Italian Court Frees Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito

Amanda Knox will be heading home, as the decision overturns a ruling issued in December 2009 that convicted Knox and led to a 26-year prison sentence.

(PERUGIA, Italy) - An Italian court overturned the homicide convictions of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito today, setting them free after an emotional and painful span of time... almost four years, in the Murder of Meredith Kercher, a citizen of Great Britain.

Amanda Knox broke down in tears as the appellate court jury of eight delivered their verdict. They deliberated for eleven hours. The verdict was celebrated in the courtroom by Amanda Knox's supporters who were so loud that the court ordered them silenced.

Alcoholic Drinks, the Worst Attack on Society

The most consumed drugs continue being those with legal status...

(MADRID, Spain) - The Foundation Against Drug Addiction (FAD) has launched a new campaign to create social awareness about the dangers of alcohol. One of its slogans is: “What should we do with alcohol?” This campaign is aimed at the general public and its goal is to raise awareness to reflect about irresponsible alcohol consumption.

Amy Winehouse Could not Handle Abstaining from Alcohol

The 27-year-old singer Amy Winehouse died at her Northern London home in Camden.

(MADRID) - The singer lent her image to a fashion design multinational, and had also recently finished her umpteenth anti-alcohol therapy.

Singer Lilly Allen expressed her remorse through Twitter: “It is more than sad, there is nothing more to say, she was a lost soul, may she rest in peace”.

Retired FBI Agent Steve Moore calls Amanda Knox Forensics `Horrible`

"Officer Gioia Brocci used collection swabs in the bathroom with wide wipes that would mix any DNA."

(ROME) - Retired FBI agent Steve Moore has spent hours watching the Amanda Knox crime scene video.   His experience and expertise lead him to say this:

"They were doing unsound forensic techniques that lead to cross contamination. Their techniques were ... horrible," he said. "If you showed that video tape in an American court you would have lost most of your evidence."