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NEWS OF THE WEIRD by CHUCK SHEPPARD In August, the federal Drug Enforcement Administration dropped all charges against a doctor who has been at the center of a prescription-drug fraud case because, said prosecutors, they have too much evidence against him and not enough space to store it. The U.S. attorney in northern Iowa said her office needs to clear out the 400,000 paper documents and two terabytes of electronic data (the latter of which under current technology takes up little space but in DEA���s antiquated computer system hogs 5 percent of the agency���s worldwide electronic storage). The accused, Dr. Armando Angulo, has lived since 2004 in Panama, which will not extradite him. (He remains under Chuck Sheppard indictment on state charges in Florida.) [Associated Press via Ames Tribune, 8-16-2012] The Litigious Society If Megan Duskey���s parents had been with her that night in 2010, they perhaps would have insisted she (dressed as the comic book hero Silver Spectre) not try to slide down the railing during the Halloween-themed ball at Chicago���s Palmer House Hilton hotel, but she did slide down, and she fell four floors to her death. Nonetheless, in July 2012, the parents filed a $500,000 lawsuit against Hilton and other entities, claiming that the death of Ms. Duskey at age 23 was the hotel���s and the sponsors��� fault. [Chicago Sun-Times, 7-25-2012] In July, a California appeals court reinstated police officer Enrique Chavez���s lawsuit against the Austrian gun manufacturer Glock for its ���unsafe��� design. Chavez is now paralyzed from the waist down because his 3-year-old son got hold of the gun and accidentally fired it, hitting his dad. Chavez, in violation of police policies, had left the gun loaded underneath the front seat of his car, and his son, whom Chavez had not belted into a child seat, was free to explore while Dad drove. The gun is regarded as of safe design by dozens, if not hundreds, of police departments, and the LAPD disciplined Chavez over the incident. [San Francisco Chronicle, 7-24-2012] Democracy in Action Didier Peleman, 41, is a major-party candidate for the city council in Ghent, Belgium, and, like most, has champions and detractors. Though he has been active in ���community work��� for 11 years, Peleman is candid about a mental disability that noticeably slows down his speaking and writing and which some voters fear impedes his reasoning ability. His Flemish Christian Democrats Party said it is important that people with disabilities challenge constraints. [TV-Novasti (Moscow), 8-7-2012] COPYRIGHT 2011 CHUCK SHEPHERD WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM WEEKLY HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY ADVICE GODDESS ARIES (March 21-April 19) You respect social norms with the exception of anything that threatens to limit your privacy, personal expression or freedom. Such infringements are intolerable to you, and you���re likely to speak up about the injustice. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) Your manner of dealing with a particularly challenging part of your life will shift, and this is the ���rst week of the change. Refuse to ���ght the ���ght. Step back and sense your advantage. Where are your points of leverage? TAURUS (April 20-May 20) What keeps you from achieving a certain goal is only real because you believe it is. If you believe it���s just an excuse, it will be that, too. And what if you believe it���s a solvable problem? You���ll solve it; that���s what. You���ll come up with the answer and move past it. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21)A key is often a small thing you can hold in the palm of your hand, and yet its power is enormous. This week introduces a kind of key that is typically small and yet not tangible. It���s more of an idea or an approach that can open the whole world to you. In arguments with my boyfriend, I���ll ignite ��� yelling, name-calling, threatening to break up. He isn���t deserving of those names, and I don���t want to break up, but I fear I���m sending us down that path. ��� Mean Girlfriend For the Week of September 16, 2012 GEMINI (May 21-June 21) You���ll be presented to new people and groups and introduced in a way that makes you feel terri���c. You may ���nd this slightly surprising because you don���t often think of how others see you. Introductions have a way of giving you an interesting glimpse of yourself from an outsider���s view. CANCER (June 22-July 22) Infants learning to walk don���t think about what happened the last time they tried and fell down. Instead, they get up and try again, and their body works out the physical equation. Trust yourself to automatically adjust. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) You���ll meet someone you really want to impress. As you wonder what would impress this person, consider the value of being an authentic human. So few people are willing to say what they really want or admit what they are afraid of. Be different, and you���ll be most impressive. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Attitude is everything. Whether the attitude in question is yours or someone else���s, consider walking away for a time. Solving problems and getting through instances of low morale will be easier when you have a better perspective on matters. Two Shrieks to the Wind You���ve decided to jazz things up with a little role-playing, but forget pirate/ slave girl or housewife/UPS guy. You���re SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) If you into animal magnetism ��� like the jackal make a bad impression, don���t worry. You on the downed cow. Apparently, you weren���t put on Earth to fade into the background. Consider that you may have been put misunderstood; the saying isn���t ���If you here to make mistakes ��� and to occasionally don���t have anything nice to say, scream feel the exquisite thrill of winning. it at the top of your lungs.��� Every time CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Your wishes you do, you claw a chunk out of his come in many sizes, shapes and colors. The love and goodwill for you, weakening universe doesn���t discriminate. You may your relationship. Start exploring why suspect your blessings have been dealt at random. This week���s evidence suggests that���s you do this, and tell him you���re working not the case at all. on it (so he���ll know you���re trying, even AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) When is your if you aren���t instantly Gandhi). In the time your own? If you give too much of it away meantime, set up ground rules: If you to activities that don���t mean anything to you or start arguing ugly, the discussion���s over. to people who drain you, you may feel like the answer is ���never.��� You���ll remedy your situation Write down your points, and talk when this week, carving out several hours to do what you can remain civil. If you fail again, feeds your soul. postpone again. Bottom line: You aren���t PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)Devote yourself allowed to treat him in some small way to developing in the manner like you forgot you to which you aspire. Twenty minutes may not love him ��� which seem like a signi���cant amount of time to get is like re-enacting something done, but when you dedicate those 20 minutes on a daily basis, things develop at a that romantic rate most pleasing. moment on the Amy Alkon By Holiday Mathis bow in Titanic, except that you scream obscenities at him and shove him off the ship. 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They���re even better than the tofu T-bone!��� The way to get comfortable doing this is by actually doing this. For two weeks in a row, give yourself a weekly quota: You have to make moves on 21 women you���d be interested in dating ��� three per day ��� even if it takes going out expressly to ���nd women to hit on. If you fall short one day, make it up the next. Come up with a punishment, like giving $50 to charity, should you fail to meet your weekly number. Every woman you talk to isn���t going to go out with you, but you���ll certainly get more dates than you do with your current strategy: ���A beautiful woman is looking at me! Quick, unlock the bike and speed away!��� Amy Alkon all rights reserved. SEPT. 12-18 2012 UCW 19