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According to local officials in one small community in Southern Illinois, this spring a program, known as the National Take Back Initiative, meant to keep unused and outdated prescription drugs out of the wrong hands and as a way to let the public safely dispose of unwanted and unneeded prescription drugs, has removed over 50 pounds out of people's medicine cabinets.

What is the proper way of disposing of a used US flag? Please help. Thanks.

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, March 24, 2006 – Coalition forces identified and disposed of an improvised explosive device near Forward Operating Base Zormat in Paktia province today after three people were seen emplacing it. A combat patrol responded immediately to the scene, but the suspects fled before they could be captured. "This is one more IED that will not harm Afghan civilians or coalition forces," said Lt. Col. Paul Fitzpatrick, spokesman for Combined Joint Task Force 76. Afghan and coalition forces have increased their ability to find and defeat IEDs, and Afghans report many to Afghan or coalition forces, he noted....

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Sabrina Baker clears a path for U.S. Army soldiers to load three 5,000-pound rockets onto a wrecker near Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Oct. 29, 2005. Baker, a native of Orlando, Fla., is deployed to Bagram from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marcus McDonald Airmen, Soldiers Dispose of Three 5,000-Pound Rockets The joint effort to dispose of the Soviet-era rockets improved information available to explosive ordnance disposal personnel and removed hazards to both troops and Afghan civilians. By U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Marcus McDonald 455th Air Expeditionary Wing...

The purpose of FreeRepublic.com's multiple message boards is to limit the topics for each board to particular topics. Posting the same message on all the boards defeats the purpose of multiple-boards for special topics. It is very annoying to see the same message on every bulletin board. PLEASE! DO THE READERS A FAVOR. STOP CROSS-POSTING YOUR MESSAGES!

<p>On March 20, Russian PresidentVladimir Putin denounced the U.S.-led "aggression" against Iraq as "unwarranted" and "unjustifiable." Three days later, Pravda said that an anonymous Russian "military expert" was predicting that the United States would fabricate finding Iraqi weapons of mass destruction. Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov immediately started plying the idea abroad, and it has taken hold around the world ever since.</p>