One of the Philippines' most enduring film and music icons, Nora Aunor, is booked on suspicion of felony methamphetamine possession. Los Angeles International Airport police arrested one of the Philippines' most enduring film and music icons, Nora Aunor, late Wednesday on suspicion of felony methamphetamine possession after security screeners allegedly found the substance in her carry-on bag, authorities said. Aunor, 51, was stopped at the Terminal 1 checkpoint about 8:30 p.m. when screeners found drugs and a glass pipe wrapped in a T-shirt in her bag, said Jennifer Peppin, a spokeswoman for the Transportation Security Administration, who identified Aunor only as a "female suspect" and not by name. [continues 529 words]
A surge of drug-induced, spur-of-the-moment armed robberies targeting small businesses is making the midnight shift one of the most dangerous jobs in Australia, as Adrian McGregor reports THE youth, no attempt at disguise, approaches the shop counter, brandishes a hypodermic syringe filled with sinister-looking red fluid and says: "I'm a heroin addict, I need a hit, give me the money." HIV infection via needle-stick is so fearfully on the public mind that the moment is as life-threatening as if he were armed with a gun. [continues 1890 words]
