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• Interpol also will help those authorities build up their infrastructure and target enforcement actions against crime rings that make and sell fake drugs, and also divert medication illegally to countries where it's not approved.
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White smoke or black smoke? Maybe a text message is better
• NEW YORK (AP) -- White smoke or black smoke? Maybe it's easier just to wait for a text message that a new pope has been elected.
• A Catholic organization has set up a website, www.popealarm.com, that lets people register to receive a text or email notification when a pope has been selected.
• While the process of selecting a new pope is as old as the ages, there are enough changes to the media to make the last papal conclave -- in 2005 -- seem like ancient history.
• The text service was set up by the Fellowship of Catholic University Students, or FOCUS, and had proven so popular with more than 40,000 respondents that the popealarm website said Monday it was accepting no new registrants. The site hopes to increase its capacity before the cardinals begin voting, said Jeremy Rivera, spokesman for the Christian campus ministry.
• "When the smoke goes up, you'll know what's going down" is the website's motto.
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Olynyk leads top-ranked Gonzaga to 65-51 win over Saint Mary's in West Coast title game
• LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Gonzaga played well enough to earn a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament, all season and in the West Coast Conference title game.
• Whether the top-ranked Zags get that top spot won't be decided until the weekend, not that it matters all that much to them.
• "We've been playing great basketball all year," Gonzaga forward Elias Harris said after the Zags rolled over Saint Mary's 65-51 in the WCC final Monday night. "We believe in ourselves, we believe in our coaches, we believe in our teammates."
• Already headed to the NCAA tournament for the 15th straight season, Gonzaga (31-2) sure had the look of a No. 1 seed against their West Coast rivals, dominating at both ends.
• The deep Zags shot 52 percent, controlled the paint and teamed up to hound Gaels leading scorer Matthew Dellavedova everywhere he went. Kelly Olynyk had (Continued on page 25)
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