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DRIGGS, Idaho -- Dawn Wells, who played Mary Ann on "Gilligan's Island," is serving six months' unsupervised probation after allegedly being caught with marijuana in her car. She was sentenced Feb. 29 to five days in jail, fined $410.50 and placed on probation after pleading guilty to one count of reckless driving. Under a plea agreement, three misdemeanor counts — driving under the influence, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a controlled substance — were dropped. On Oct. 18, Teton County sheriff's Deputy Joseph Gutierrez arrested Wells as she was driving home from a surprise birthday party that was...

DRIGGS, Idaho - Dawn Wells, who played Mary Ann on "Gilligan's Island," is serving six months' unsupervised probation after allegedly being caught with marijuana in her car. She was sentenced Feb. 29 to five days in jail, fined $410.50 and placed on probation after pleading guilty to one count of reckless driving. Under a plea agreement, three misdemeanor counts — driving under the influence, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a controlled substance — were dropped. On Oct. 18, Teton County sheriff's Deputy Joseph Gutierrez arrested Wells as she was driving home from a surprise birthday party that was...

Blair Reacted Quickly to Naming of Iraq Expert Mon August 18, 2003 09:49 AM ET By Dominic Evans LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Tony Blair called an immediate meeting of his top advisers on hearing that a senior weapons expert had named himself as a possible source for a damning BBC report on Iraq, an inquiry heard on Monday. The revelation, made by Blair's chief of staff Jonathan Powell, suggests how keen Blair was to rebut the BBC story, which accused the government of exaggerating Iraq's weapons threat to justify its case for war. Weapons expert David Kelly told...