Snoop Dogg Arrested On Marijuana Possession Charge

By Jill Serjeant

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Rapper Snoop Dogg was arrested over the weekend after border control agents found what they said was a small amount of marijuana on his tour bus.

The singer and record producer, 40, was stopped at the same Sierra Blanca, Texas, checkpoint Saturday where country singer Willie Nelson was arrested for marijuana possession in 2010, customs officials said.

Bill Brooks, a spokesman for Customs and Border Protection, said agents conducted a routine inspection of the rapper's tour bus on at the U.S.- Mexico border checkpoint east of El Paso and thought they smelled marijuana.

"When our officers did a further inspection, they discovered a small amount of marijuana and turned him over to the Hudspeth County sheriff," Brooks said.

Brooks declined to say how much marijuana was involved or where it was found. The rapper was booked and released and given a January 20 court date.

Snoop Dogg, whose real name is Calvin Broadus, has been arrested and convicted numerous times in the last 10 years for possession of drugs ranging from marijuana to cocaine, and weapons offenses.

In 2008, Snoop Dogg and Willie Nelson collaborated on the song and music video "My Medicine," a thinly veiled homage to marijuana. Both artists have made their appreciation of pot an important part of their public personas.

The rapper's spokesman could not immediately be reached for comment on his latest arrest.

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Futuristic homes will ultimately sell to affluent buyers who collect art or at least appreciate architecture as an art form. Here are five worth checking out:

Loma Linda Drive
Location: Beverly Hills, CA
Recently Sold: $9 million

This Ed Niles designed home is transparently modern.

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West 29th Street
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List Price: $7 million

This rectangular mansion is loaded with modern luxury features.

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Open, expansive views with glass walls are a must-have.

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Duit syiling tahun 1793 dilelong RM4.34 juta

GAMBAR menunjukkan bentuk depan dan belakang duit syiling satu sen Amerika Syarikat (RM0.03) yang dilelong pada harga RM4.34 juta di Florida kelmarin.

ORLANDO, Amerika Syarikat (AS) - Satu keping duit syiling satu sen (RM0.03) pada tahun 1793 dilelong pada harga AS$1.38 juta (RM4.34 juta) pada satu lelongan di Florida.

Seorang kakitangan firma Heritage Auctions, James Halperin memberitahu kelmarin bahawa nama orang yang membelinya tidak didedahkan tetapi dia merupakan seorang pengumpul duit.

Duit tersebut dibuat di Mint di Philadelphia pada 1793 iaitu tahun pertama AS menghasilkan duitnya sendiri.

Salah seorang pemilik awal duit tersebut ialah seorang ahli perbankan dari Baltimore, Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr.

Eliasberg diberi nama jolokan raja duit syiling sebelum kematiannya pada 1976.

Dia menyimpan koleksi yang mengandungi sekurang-kurangnya satu keping contoh duit syiling yang telah dikeluarkan oleh kilang syiling AS, Unites States Mint. - AP