In Santa Barbara, a man with a gun and an American Flag forced the closure of the 101 Freeway in both directions for about 3 and a half hours this morning. He finally gave up around 10:30 AM on the La Cumbre over crossing. The man, who was said to have been a veteran of the war in Iraq, had earlier laid down the handgun. He was allowed to put his American Flag on the chain link fence on the over crossing, along with an Obama-Biden campaign sign ....
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