Friday,  July 27, 2012 • Vol. 13--No. 013 • 17 of 31 •  Other Editions

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• "Before you know it, they've bitten you. And by that time, it's too late," said Bradley in Oklahoma.
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Police say motorcyclist injured in crash dies

• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Sioux Falls police say a motorcyclist involved in multi-vehicle accident has died.
• Philip Lowel Sorensen died shortly before 1 p.m. Thursday.
• Brent O'Neal faces charges of felony hit and run, reckless and careless driving, and driving without a seatbelt or insurance coverage. His bond was set at $10,000 cash Thursday morning.

• Police say O'Neal was driving and texting Wednesday when he hit a car. He swerved and hit another car. Then he struck a minivan and then Sorenson in an intersection before striking a light pole.
• Police say the 20-year-old O'Neal ran from the accident. He was quickly caught.
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210,000 designer drug packets seized in 6 states
JIM SALTER,Associated Press

• ST. LOUIS (AP) -- St. Louis-area police and prosecutors say the nationwide crackdown on synthetic designer drugs is fair warning to makers, distributors and sellers: Authorities are coming after you.
• The Drug Enforcement Administration on Thursday announced that it had seized more than $36 million in cash and arrested 91 people Wednesday in a nationwide crackdown on synthetic drugs including so-called bath salts and fake marijuana. In addition, 5 million packets of synthetic drugs were seized.
• The figures include six arrests and the seizure of more than 210,000 packets in the six states covered by the St. Louis DEA office: Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota and southern Illinois. Officials in the Midwestern states also seized $1.4 million and four vehicles.
• Synthetic drugs have grown tremendously in popularity in recent years, sold under names such as "Spice" or "Vanilla Sky" in head shops, smoke shops and convenience stores. St. Louis-area law enforcement officials say the makers and sellers are targeting them to teenagers knowing full well they'll be used to get high.
• The packets have labels warning against human consumption, but "that does not allow them to escape the reach of the law," Tom Gibbon, prosecuting attorney in

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