For more than 30 years, the United States has been trying to foil the world's largest commodities business by staunching the flow of illegal drugs into this country. But the billions of dollars spent on that effort have hardly made a dent in American drug addiction, says a "Frontline" documentary airing Monday and Tuesday at 9 on PBS. Reporter Lowell Bergman, whose report opens the 19th season for "Frontline," suggests the problem may be the United States's reluctance to grapple with drug addiction itself. [continues 1369 words]
A retired Fairfax County police officer who admitted stealing $330,000 in cash from the department over six years was sentenced yesterday to two years in federal prison and ordered to repay the money. Daniel B. Garrett III, 51, pleaded guilty in July to felony theft, and U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III imposed the maximum possible sentence under federal law. "The harm you've done is incalculable," Ellis told Garrett. "In a six-year criminal spree, you demolished the trust and respect that the public should have for police officers everywhere, particularly in Fairfax County." [continues 699 words]
Dear friends, it won't be long now. Before you know it there will be mini-vans with Iowa plates driving 3-mph down main street looking for a place with bottomless glasses of sweet tea and apres ski lounge singing to soothe the soul. As you maybe have heard, for the second straight year, Breckenridge is the most visited ski resort in North America. But according to the folks at Vail Resorts, if we don't build more trophy homes, we're screwed. [continues 1026 words]
