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• ABC 15 TOP STORIES VIDEO
It started out as a normal traffic stop on Interstate 57, on Thursday morning. Troopers stopped a white Ford pick up truck with Texas plates, for several traffic violations.
The two men in the truck told the trooper different stories about where they were going, and that made his suspicious.
He asked to search the truck, and the driver consented.
The search revealed 42 individually wrapped packages of cannabis weighing nearly 74 pounds, hidden in the gas tank.
Moises Trevino of Ocala, Florida and Antonio Sustaita, of Penitas, Texas were charged with Possession of Cannabis over 5,000 grams, Manufacturing and Delivery of Cannabis over 5,000 grams, and Cannabis trafficking.
The two remain in the Douglas County Jail, as of Friday afternoon.Big Drug Bust
The two men in the truck told the trooper different stories about where they were going, and that made his suspicious.
He asked to search the truck, and the driver consented.
The search revealed 42 individually wrapped packages of cannabis weighing nearly 74 pounds, hidden in the gas tank.
Moises Trevino of Ocala, Florida and Antonio Sustaita, of Penitas, Texas were charged with Possession of Cannabis over 5,000 grams, Manufacturing and Delivery of Cannabis over 5,000 grams, and Cannabis trafficking.
The two remain in the Douglas County Jail, as of Friday afternoon.Big Drug Bust
• ABC 15 LOCAL NEWS
ACORN branches rename, rebrand after video scandal
March 15, 2010 05:31 EDT
CHICAGO (AP) -- Some ACORN affiliates are ditching the tarnished name of their parent organization and hoping to regain funding that ran dry after a video scandal.
The videos showed ACORN workers giving tax tips to conservative activists posing as a pimp and prostitute.
ACORN, or the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, already had faced accusations of mismanagement and voter registration fraud.
One of the latest groups to adopt a new name is Chicago-based ACORN Housing. It's now the Affordable Housing Centers of America. California ACORN is now Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, and New York ACORN has become New York Communities for Change.
Critics contend the groups really haven't started anew because most are keeping the same offices and staff.
• VIDEO LIST
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• BUSINESS NEWS
Stocks on positive run
NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks made a positive showing last week on Wall Street.
• CONSUMER INFO
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• SCIENCE/TECH NEWS
IN THE NEWS: INTERNET FRAUD ON THE RISE
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Guess it makes sense, in a way.
• GET THIS
LIVE NUDE ART
NEW YORK (AP) -- Rubbing shoulders with naked strangers -- in the name of art.
