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A leftist woman who’s been hassling U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents ran to the media to whine after she was unsurprisingly detained. The woman, a 71-year-old grandmother named Barbara Stone, showed up at the San Diego Courthouse Tuesday with the explicit intent to “document” ICE agents, according to local station KGTV. She claimed she was a volunteer for a left-wing pro-illegal alien group named Detention Resistance that goes around “showing support for … asylum seekers,” according to Stone’s own words. Speaking with KGTV, her lawyer added that the purpose of her volunteer work is to “film[] the...

Posted on Tue, Jun. 18, 2002 Ventura bows outBy Jim Ragsdale and John WelshPioneer Press Gov. Jesse Ventura, the Independence Party candidate who ;shocked the world; with his election in 1998, announced abruptly Tuesday morning that he would not seek a second term. He said his heart was no longer in the job. Although the governor said he made his decision several weeks ago, his announcement followed media reports of parties held by his son, Tyrel Ventura, in the official Governors Residence that reportedly resulted in damaged property.;It's difficult to do these public service jobs when your family can...