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•It seems that recently Rahm came home and found a brown paper bag sitting on his front porch and demanded to know how it got there and what it was from his security detail. After all, there are police guarding his house front and rear 24/7. The police are not supposed to come on the front porch and the 1st watch detail knew nothing about it. Looking inside it was determined that it contained tomatoes and various vegetables. And the Case of the Killer Tomatoes was closed with no evil consequence. And so far as can be determined, just one...

A woman with a severe allergy to tomatoes died after opening a tin of spaghetti bolognese, it emerged yesterday. Raya French, 37, a part-time receptionist from Tankerton in Kent, was preparing dinner for her four children two weeks ago when the tomato sauce in the can sent her into anaphylactic shock. She was taken to hospital, but never regained consciousness. She was allowed to die four days later after her family decided that she had no chance of survival. Mrs French developed an allergy to raw tomatoes three years ago, and would come out in hives and suffer asthma attacks....

<p>LOS ANGELES (AP) - California's finance director told a budget study committee Tuesday that California took in more revenue than it spent in July and August, and said there is a public "misconception" that a $38.2 billion deficit still exists.</p>

HOLMES COUNTY -- Police are looking for an individual who shot a 23-year-old man in a cornfield late Monday night. A group of 10 youths aged 15 to 23 were throwing tomatoes and shooting paint balls at passing cars along SR 241. Witnesses report that a light colored Lincoln or Cadillac was hit as it passed. The driver threatened the youths, but as he passed after turning around the car was hit again. About a half hour later the vehicle returned and passed the spot several times. It then stopped and the driver challenged the group to throw more tomatoes...