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Umbrella poison case to expire three decades on (The Herald)
It is 30 years since Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov was assassinated in London using a poison-loaded umbrella - but the case may now never be solved.

Passion for Poison (Salem Statesman Journal)
After Garrison Keillor and A Prairie Home Companion; after Sheryl Crow, Willie Nelson, Vanessa Hudgens and other sedate musical acts, the Oregon State Fair was ready for some action. Who better to provide it than the 1980s hair-band spectacle that is Poison?

Anthony Doesburg: VectorNet targets a hairy problem (The New Zealand Herald)
Officials intent on getting the country's rampant possum population under control have a new weapon of mass marsupial destruction. It's not a new kind of trap or poison - it's information.

Kenya: Obama - Bid to Poison White Voter's Mind (AllAfrica.com)
Barack Senior and I were no Damon and Pythias. I would never have put my life on the line for him.

Making pro picks (Midland Daily News)
Football season starts this week. Well, I suppose it started last week, depending on what your poison is. Me, I'm pro all the way.

Five people of a family commit suicide (New Kerala)
Mysore, Sep 7 : In a heart rendering incident five members of a family died and two children are in serious condition after they committed suicide by consuming poison in a private hotel here today.

Pair on pace to set sack record (The Tribune-Democrat)
Statistically, the best bookends in Steelers history sacked quarterbacks 24 times. Kevin Greene-Greg Lloyd did it in 1994, and Joey Porter-Jason Gildon matched it in 2000.Well, make way for James Harrison-LaMarr Woodley. With four sacks in the opener, the duo is on pace to smash the record before the halfway point of the season. “Pick your poison,” Aaron Smith said of the two players. “Their ...

Monday, September 8, 2008 (Deccan Herald)
Five members of a family including three women allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison at a hotel room on Chandragupta Road here on Saturday night.

Two women, one promotion and a claim of poison (Stuff)
A young clothing store assistant has been charged with poisoning her manager with eucalyptus oil in a bizarre case of apparent workplace jealousy.

Poison Plays to a Packed House in Blackfoot (KIFI Idaho Falls)
The big event of the Eastern Idaho State Fair Thursday night was Poison in concert.