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The presiding officer had to remind remote members to mute their mics. During a Minnesota House of Representatives meeting Friday night, a remote member joining from home was caught on mic saying using some less than professional language. Peter Callaghan, staff writer for MinnPost, reported the incident on Twitter. "Hot mic in the MN House tonight: 'Bull**** balls. S***, I got to go hook up my voter thing. D*** it, d*** it, d*** it.'" Callaghan followed the tweet up with a second and third: "In response, presiding officer said: 'Just a reminder members remote. Please mute yourself.'" "I wo...

A former pro fitness model's "wonderful" life devolved in a "mangled wreck of an existence" after she began using drugs while partying in the Gold Coast nightclub scene. International body sculpting competitor Samantha Jane Heron, 32, was caught with commercial quantities of a "cocktail of drugs" including cocaine, ice and GHB when police raided her friend's home in June 2019. Heron pleaded guilty in the Brisbane Supreme Court to four charges of possessing dangerous drugs and one count of possessing a relevant substance. Crown Prosecutor Sarah Kingston said Heron was caught with more than...

Premium Content Subscriber only A Queensland drug kingpin who ran a sophisticated methamphetamine racket encouraged his "agents" to use violence to chase down thousands of dollars in drug debts, a court has been told. Facing serious debts in his business, Joshua Mark Cowan would resort to violence when chasing what was owed, even counselling others to commit crimes to repay the debts. Family and supporters, including his wife of two years, broke down in tears on Tuesday upon learning the Brisbane man would spent 11.5 years behind bars for his offending. Joshua Mark Cowan (pictured) employ...

Maine employers navigate complexities of office reopening Companies would like to start bringing more workers back to the office, but the process is fraught with legal, ethical and health concerns. Share Tyler Carr, a senior finance director for Wex Inc. in Portland, has worked remotely for most of the pandemic but started coming into the office a few days per week. Many Maine employers would like to start bringing more workers back to the office, but the process is fraught with legal, ethical and health concerns. Derek Davis/Staff Photographer After months of working from home, Tyler Carr ...

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