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<p>OVIEDO, Fla. (AP) – A Florida man spent 90 days in jail after police officers who stopped him for driving without headlights said white powder found in his car was cocaine.</p> <p>But Karlos Cashe walked out of jail last week after lab results determined the powder in the handyman’s car was actually drywall.</p>

“It appears the public defenders office in McLennan County is involved in this scurrilous activity,” said Paul Looney, a Houston attorney with Looney & Conrad, P.C. “I’ve never seen anything like the lawlessness that the authorities have perpetrated on these people and now to add insult to injury they are trying to cover their own tracks in exchange for bond.”

WACO JUDGE AGREES TO LET MOST BIKERS GO – IF THEY SIGN A CONTRACT VOWING NOT TO SUE FOR WRONGFUL ARREST “It appears the public defenders office in McLennan County is involved in this scurrilous activity,” said Paul Looney, a Houston attorney with Looney & Conrad, P.C. “I’ve never seen anything like the lawlessness that the authorities have perpetrated on these people and now to add insult to injury they are trying to cover their own tracks in exchange for bond.”

Kortney Blythe, Director of Survivors Campus Life Tours, will hold a news conference in front of the Birmingham Police Department Central Headquarters at 1710 1st Avenue North at 12:00 noon today. She will demand the release of the Survivors' cameras and videos that were confiscated and held by the Birmingham police following the Survivors' arrests last week Thursday. On February 12, nine members of the Campus Life Tour team were arrested while handing out literature on the public sidewalk outside of Parker High School in Birmingham. They were held overnight in Birmingham City Jail and charged with trespassing. At the...

U.S. citizen held for months in China returns home By Lindsay Beck Mon Sep 12, 5:42 AM ET A U.S. citizen freed after being held in China for almost 100 days on suspicion of spying said his release was probably due to Chinese President Hu Jintao's upcoming visit to the United States. China-born Xie Chunren, 56, was arrested on May 31 while on honeymoon in Sichuan province in the country's southwest. Police told him they suspected him of involvement in activities endangering national security, allegations he denied in repeated interrogations. "They asked me so many questions. I just said, 'no,...