"One Day at a Time" star Mackenzie Phillips was arrested today in Terminal 4 of LAX after she tried to clear security while allegedly carrying heroin and cocaine.

The drugs were only discovered upon a secondary screening says an airport police spokesman:

During a second screening process, a small amount of what was believed to be heroin and cocaine was discovered on her person.

Dope and coke? Was she flying to Baltimore?

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· Mackenzie Phillips Busted [TMZ]
· Mackenzie Phillips Collared for Drugs [E Online]
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· Mackenzie Phillips Arrested [AP, via Google]
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We've all heard that restaurants are bearing the brunt of the poor economy, with food prices rising and diners eating out less often. But Oakland restaurateurs have been getting hit especially hard--with a string of takeover-style robberies throughout the city.

There has been a string of crimes throughout the Lake Merritt and San Antonio neighborhoods, following numerous incident earlier this summer, but the one earlier this week was the first to hit an upscale dining area. The Rockridge District branch of Pasta Pomodoro (a West Coast Italian chain) was robbed by two men in masks and hoodies Monday night.

Let's hope this is one dining trend that doesn't go national!

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· Suspects Sought in New Oakland Restaurant Robbery [CBS 5]
· Oakland Crackdown on Restaurant Robberies [Jaunted]
· Oakland Travel coverage [Jaunted]

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Two American tourists prepping a sailboat for a cruise from Guatemala to the United States were allegedly attacked by four locals brandishing machetes on Lake Izabal. While Nancy Dryden survived the assault, her husband Perry was killed by the men, who demanded dollars, which the couple didn't have.

The four assailants then swam off, leaving the pair for dead, though Nancy was able to raise assistance on the vessel's radio. Local police say they are investigating, but this isn't the first incident involving tourists at the lake, the largest in the country.

Earlier this year, four Belgian tourists were kidnapped at Izabal by farmers hoping to use them as a bargaining chip. They were eventually released unharmed, but yikes!

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· US Tourist Hacked to Death in Guatemala [AP, via Google]
· Guatemalan Robbers Hack Anchorage Tourist to Death [KIMO]
· Jaunted's Guatemala Field Trip [Jaunted]
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Dead, decapitated goats are being found all over the town of Ft. Walton Beach, Florida baffling locals and police alike.

Some of the slaughtered animals have been discovered with their heads nearby, stuffed with twigs and leaves, leading one animal welfare official to wonder if the killings are related to some sort of religious practice. Still, she says:

This doesn't lend itself to any normal ritual.

A total of nine mutilated animals have been found so far.

We're actually headed to Ft. Walton Beach next week--and until now all we were worried about was hurricanes and jellyfish.

Related Stories:
· Two More Decapitated Goats Found [NWF Daily News]
· Latest Ritual Goat Massacre Baffles Police [The Destin Log]
· Crime coverage [Jaunted]

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Do. Not. Want. Less than a week after a grizzly slaying in Canada, another decapitation, this time on Santorini, has tourists in Greece feeling skittish.

A 31-year-old Greek man allegedly beheaded his girlfriend before slashing a police officer with a clever and injuring two other women on the island. A police official told Reuters:

He was walking around, carrying her head and telling the astonished villagers not to stop him.

Another woman was hurt when an errant police bullet struck her as officers gunned down the suspect. The Greek Tourism Minister says he's working to stop violence on his islands before it has further impact on visitors.

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· Alleged Greek Clever Killer in Critical Condition [AP, via Google]
· Greek Man Beheads Girlfriend on Santorini [Reuters, via]
· Crime coverage [Jaunted]

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Your bus was late? The bathroom wasn't working? Your driver veered from lane to lane? We don't wanna hear it anymore. Nothing can compare to the horror story told by passengers on a Greyhound bus in Manitoba: They watched as one passenger decapitated another as he slept leaning against a window.]]> pbb 2008-07-31T14:15:37-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2008/7/30/154948/021

Apparently it's not just airline passengers getting slapped with criminal charges these days. Former SAS cargo executive Timothy Pfeil is turning state's in an investigation into a conspiracy by airlines to violate antitrust rules. A plea agreement will have him serve six months in exchange for help in further investigations into how numerous airlines illegally worked together to fix prices on air cargo.

He's not the first executive to face prison time, either. In May, former Qantas cargo VP Bruce McCaffrey pleaded guilty and was sentenced to eight months for price fixing.

Whole airlines, too, have been snagged by the Feds in the conspiracy investigation, among them British Airways, Japan Airlines, Cathay Pacific and Air France-KLM.

Lesson learned: Don't let anyone tell you these companies aren't at least a little bit shady!

Related Stories:
· DOJ Press Release on the Pleas [Official Site]
· SAS Exec Faces Jail in US [UK Travel Weekly]
· Timothy Pfeil [LinkedIn]
· Crime coverage [Jaunted]

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