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INDEPENDENCE, MO - Police across the metro say that they are seeing a new drug fad that they say may have been inspired by a television show, and the rise in 'blue meth" may be putting more green in drug dealers pockets. Area police say that 'blue meth' has been appearing across the metro area, with KCMO Police making four meth arrests in the Northland in the past three weeks. Police in Independence also say that they have been seeing the drug, which they say may have been popularized by the TV program "Breaking Bad," about a chemistry teacher turned...

Breaking Bad -- the AMC dark comedy about a high school chemistry teacher in Albuquerque, NM who turns to cooking a unique, potent blue crystal meth in order to provide for his family after getting diagnosed with cancer, and thereby stepping on the toes of the Mexican drug cartels who otherwise control the trade in the city -- is back for its third season on Sunday night at 10 pm.

wo confidential informants working with Portland police narcotics investigators bought methamphetamine at least six times from the Southeast Portland home where Benson High Spanish teacher Zuleyma Fernanda Figueroa lived with a friend. The informants arranged the drug buys by cell phone or text messages, mostly with Figueroa's friend Concepcion Mendez-Hernandez, known as "Connie," according to a search warrant affidavit filed in court. Figueroa, 35, made one of the sales and took money for the drugs; she was at the home during other transactions, the document says. Figueroa pleaded not guilty Friday to delivery of methamphetamine and possession of methamphetamine during...

EATONTON, Ga. -- Authorities say an Augusta businessman killed himself after being chased by police in Putnam County. Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills says a deputy tried to pull Jay Weinberger over early Saturday morning because he was towing a trailer with an expired tag. Sills says Weinberger eventually pulled over but took off when the deputy approached his car. The car left the road after a short distance, where the deputy found Weinberger dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Sills says the trailer was stolen and police later found several other stolen trailers in Weinberger's possession. Excerpt - more...