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Willie Nelson Charged With Possession - This probably won't come as a huge shock, but legendary country singer Willie Nelson was arrested and charged with marijuana possession on Friday after six ounces of pot was found aboard his tour bus in Texas, a U.S. Border Patrol spokesman told the Associated Press. On Friday morning, an officer smelled pot when Nelson's tour bus pulled into a Sierra Blanca checkpoint at 9 a.m. A suspiciously early hour for such an odor to be eminating from a vehicle. Marijuana was discovered during a search of the bus, patrol spokesman Bill Brooks told the AP. SODAHEAD SLIDESHOW: See the biggest celebrity potheads. Sheriff Arvin West told the El Paso Times that Nelson said that the marijuana was his. The singer was held briefly on a $2,500 bond before being released. Nelson, 77, has made no secret of his love of ganja. The outspoken advocate for the legalization of marijuana was busted at a traffic stop in 2006 for one-and-a-half pounds of po...