2 ARRESTED: Two men attempting to board a plane to China at a Los Angeles airport with nearly a dozen sensitive infrared cameras, valued at about $5,000 each, in their luggage were arrested Saturday, a federal official said.
GOLDBERG BURGER: A team of Purdue University students concocted a 156-step recipe to prepare a hamburger to win Saturday’s annual national Rube Goldberg Machine Contest. This year’s task was to assemble a burger consisting of no less than one precooked meat patty, two vegetables and two condiments, sandwiched between two bun halves.
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‘We’re dealing with organized efforts now–not just a couple of hippies living off the land and making some cash on the side.’
–Mark Rey, an undersecretary at the Agriculture Department, talking last week about the U.S. Forest Service?s purchase of a pair of flying drones to track down marijuana growers operating in remote California woodlands.
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Briefs compiled from Tribune news services
