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LOS ANGELES - Police said they have arrested a man in relation to a Thursday afternoon shooting outside the Chinese Consulate building in downtown Los Angeles.The Lo stanley cup usa s Angeles Times reported that a protester fired nin stanley cup e shots at a security guard at about 2:15 p.m. local time, but only hit the building. The man, whose name wasn t released, turned himself in about three hours later, Officer Gregory Baek said.A group demonstrating against human rights abuses in China had gathered outside the consulate earlier Thursday. One protester argued with a security guard after the guard allegedly took a sign and threw it in the trash. The protester then got into a vehicle and allegedly opened fire. The security guard, Cipriano Gutierrez, told KCAL-9 television that there were about 20 people inside the consulate when the man fired at the building. I hit the ground and I was praying, Gutierrez told KCAL. I grabbed phone books and put them over my head. A bullet came in the room right next to my knee. I thought I was going to die. No injuries were reported.A call to the consulate office wasn t immediately answered. stanley us ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-95ec2e42-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d, right-rail-recirc-item--id-95ec2e42-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d display: none; inline-recirc-item-- Qktb Troops Cheer Call For Iraq Withdrawal
SALEM, Ore. AP 鈥?People flocked to Oregon s first-ever marijuana growers fair on Saturday where a competition for best pot plants will be held, with the winning entries to be displayed at the Oregon State Fair.The inaugural two-day event being held in an exhibition hall on the Oregon State Fairgrounds underscores how the once-illicit marijuana industry is s adidas campus tarting to go mainstream in Oregon, one of four states to have legalized recreational marijuana use, along with Washington, D.C.Donald Morse, a pot grower who conceived the Oregon Cannabis Growers Fair, said attendance was strong, less than two hours after the doors opened Saturday morning. Segments of the industry, fr adidas originals ultraboost om seed providers all the way to a company offering mechanized bud trimmers, were among more than 80 exhibitors at the fair that ends Sunday.Reggae music thumped from Savant Plant Technologies display o air force 1 n Friday as owner James Knox, 38, of Corvallis, set up his do-it-yourself grow package, including peat and microorganisms to stimulate plant growth. It s nice for us to be stepping across the line and say, Here we are, and we re ready to do business, he said. For those of us who have been doing this a long time, this is a breath of fresh air because we re able to work openly and in the light. Nine winning entries of a pot-plant competition at this fair will be displayed in two weeks at the Oregon State Fair, along with more traditional items like tomatoes, hogs and horses. It will be the first time cann |