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Local Stories  March 9, 2007

The greens next door

 

Police have discovered a recent trend in large-scale marijuana operations: crops inside suburban homes. Growers, who typically transform rental homes from living quarters into working greenhouses, are attracted by the neighborhoods' isolation and affluence.

- CB

| Christian Science Monitor | Contra Costa Times |

Farsi 90210

Beverly Hills, dubbed "Tehrangeles" for its large Iranian-American community, is expected to elect its first Persian mayor, Jimmy Delshad. The ballot, which was printed in Farsi as well as English and Spanish, caused an uproar among some residents.

- CN

| Washington Post | Boston Globe |

Danes riot over youth center

Violent street clashes erupted in Denmark last week over the fate of a downtown Copenhagen alternative youth center. The building was demolished on Monday, after a mass eviction sparked days of riots and more than 650 arrests.

- ED

| Independent | Copenhagen Post |

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