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A UK man guilty of bringing a gun he found in his back yard to the police station faces at least 5 years in prison, the FDA going after alcohol & caffeine drinks, the Downsizer Dispatch, single mother faces court martial because she has no one to take care of her child while she's deployed to the desert, and hand puppets the latest victim of H1N1.

I had missed this story on Friday. The New York Times reports that the Food and Drug Administration blames to ban alcoholic beverages with caffeine, unless the manufacturer can prove to federal bureaucrats that they are safe.

In a statement, the Food and Drug Administration said it had told nearly 30 manufacturers of the drinks that unless they could provide clear evidence of safety, it would “take appropriate action to ensure that the products are removed from the marketplace.” Officials did not say how long such a determination might take.

I feel healthier already.

The Senate approved landmark legislation today that would give the government sweeping new power to oversee tobacco, a centuries-old product used by 20 percent of Americans yet largely unregulated in this country.