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Julie Bass faces the prospect of going to jail for what she's growing in her front yard. The illegal growth is tomatoes. And zucchinis, peppers and other edible and what normally would be legal plants. The officials in Bass' hometown of Oak Park, Mich., have charged her with growing "vegetable gar...

The following statement is by Frances Beinecke about her appointment to the commission. I am writing to share some bignews:  I have been appointed by President Obama to serve on the commission he has created to examine the oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.  The panel, formal...