rakontur links for August 23rd:
- TV brings out worst of Miami-Dade School Board (Fred Grimm/Miami Herald) - The Miami Herald's Kathleen McGrory reported that as the School Board meetings descended into madness this summer, the TV audience doubled. By the end of July, 28,500 viewers were tuning in for their fix of irrational acrimony.
- Brazil allows US to extradite Colombian drug lord (AP) - Drug lord Juan Carlos Ramirez Abadia was extradited to the United States on Friday, joining other leaders of Colombia's notorious Norte del Valle cartel facing U.S. trials for allegedly smuggling 500 tons of cocaine worth $10 billion.
- US drug czar: More cocaine traveling via Venezuela (AP) - The U.S. drug czar appealed to Venezuela's government on Friday to take action against the flourishing flow of cocaine being smuggled through the country.
- Marijuana found growing in mall (Miami Herald) - Drug Enforcement Administration agents discovered more than 200 marijuana plants growing inside the Mall of the Americas in West Miami-Dade County.
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