Mark Memmott

Aw-Inspiring Video: Sea Lion Worries When Little Girl Falls

Mark Memmott — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:05:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owkdOWdEMU8

Washington Green? State Creates Logo For Legal Pot

Mark Memmott — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:41:00 +0000

T-shirts will surely be made:

Along with draft rules for how to become a licensed grower or seller of marijuana, the Washington State Liquor Control Board this week released the official "icon logo" that will need to be put on packages of pot and "marijuana-infused products sold at retail."

A marijuana leaf inside a circle, and centered over a map of the state, the logo comes in black or green.

Famed Race Driver Dick Trickle Dies, Suicide Suspected

Mark Memmott — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:52:00 +0000

Dick Trickle, a "short-track hero" in the '70s and '80s who moved to the NASCAR circuit later in his career, died Thursday.

According to The Charlotte Observer, the 71-year-old was killed by "an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, Lincoln County [N.C.] deputies said."

The Observer adds that "in 2001, Trickle's granddaughter Nicole Ann Bowman was killed in a car accident in front of East Lincoln High School.

Gingrich Cautions GOP About 'Overreach' On Scandals

Mark Memmott — Fri, 17 May 2013 12:54:00 +0000

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who was front-and-center during the Republican-led impeachment of President Clinton in 1998, is cautioning his GOP colleagues about the risk of appearing to be too eager as they dig into the scandals now dogging the Obama administration.

"I think we overreached in '98 — how's that for a quote you can use?" Gingrich told NPR's Mara Liasson for a story on Friday's broa

Kai The 'Hatchet Hitchhiker' Is Accused Of Murder

Mark Memmott — Fri, 17 May 2013 11:57:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16oUKdOUstU