SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. – For people in a West Virginia community, Madeline Jordan may have been the right person to know.

She worked at a gas station — where, police say, she would re-set the price at the pumps every Sunday morning, and sell gasoline to family and friends for just a tenth of a penny per gallon.

The owner of the station says he noticed a significant drop in his income, and found receipts that listed the deeply discounted rate.

Jordan is accused of defrauding her boss out of nearly $50,000 over the course of several months.

Also under arrest: Her mother, her brother, a cousin and two others. They were arrested after police set up a sting operation at the station in South Charleston.

Cooks in parts of Indonesia – a nation that executes drug traffickers – say they use tiny amounts of crushed marijuana leaves or seeds as a spice in certain dishes.

Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Vice President Yusuf Kalla said there was “no way” Indonesia would legalize or decriminalize marijuana as some countries in western Europe have done.

“It is all right to use it as a food seasoning, but it should not be fully legalized,” Kalla was quoted as saying by The Jakarta Post.

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He immediately grabbed the person’s wrist with his left hand and started throwing punches with his right, landing six or seven blows before a store manager intervened.

“I guess he thought I was an easy mark,” Barnes, 72, told The Grand Rapids Press for a story Tuesday.

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He claims the Wellington Arms in Southampton will be the only pub in Britain to allow smoking after Sunday – by becoming the UK base for tiny, uninhabited Redonda.

Earlier this month a senior “attache” to its ruler named it as the UK consulate for the island, which is 35 miles off Antigua.

As an embassy, it would be classed as “foreign soil”, allowing smokers a haven – as well as VAT-free cheap drinks, reports The Sun.

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