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[ 19 Oct 2009 | 2 Comments | 96 views ]

Pot-smoking patients or their sanctioned suppliers should not be targeted for federal prosecution in states that allow medical marijuana, prosecutors were told Monday in a new policy memo issued by the Justice Department.

Under the policy spelled out in a three-page legal memo, federal prosec... read more

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[ 15 Oct 2009 | No Comment | 156 views ]

President Obama’s former archrival is now leading him in the polls — too bad for her, the election’s over.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is pulling a 62 percent favorable rating in the latest Gallup poll, compared with Obama’s 56 percent rating.

ClintonR... read more

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[ 15 Oct 2009 | No Comment | 65 views ]

Meghan McCain’s latest “controversy” is over a picture of herself—one particular part of herself being more prominent than anything else—she posted on Twitter last night.

The photo (pictured below) is being alternately slammed and defended by commenters.

“You should put... read more

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[ 15 Oct 2009 | No Comment | 176 views ]

Twenty years after a domino effect of resistance toppled Communist regimes across Europe and brought down the Berlin Wall, the Germans are trying it again with actual dominoes.

Volunteers have crafted almost 1,000 8-foot-tall Styrofoam dominoes and plan to assemble them along the path of the ... read more

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[ 14 Oct 2009 | No Comment | 68 views ]

The Dow Jones industrial average is back above 10,000 for the first time in a year as investors bet the economy is indeed recovering from the financial crisis and recession.

The Dow Jones industrial average reached 10,000 today for the first time since Oct. 7, 2008.

The milestone, whic... read more

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[ 8 Oct 2009 | No Comment | 84 views ]

Michelle Obama can trace her lineage to a female slave sold as a young girl from a South Carolina plantation and sent to Georgia.

As a teenager, Melvinia Shields became impregnated by a white man, possibly her master, and those two are the great-great-great grandparents of Michelle.

A ... read more

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[ 7 Oct 2009 | No Comment | 75 views ]

The harsh reality of life and death in Gaza is a common theme for Palestinian filmmakers.

But it was the 2004 death of a young Palestinian woman — not at the hands of a militant attack or an Israeli incursion — that struck a note with two filmmakers.

Their animated film, &#... read more

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[ 7 Oct 2009 | 3 Comments | 107 views ]

Good news, ladies (or, at least for the ladies who are able to read this without any eye-rolling): Levi Johnston is taking his upcoming Playgirl appearance quite seriously.

*barfs*

The annoying babydaddy is still squeezing Palin ties for everything they’re worth, the entire “Te... read more

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[ 6 Oct 2009 | No Comment | 296 views ]

Arnold Schwarzenegger today became the highest-ranking elected Republican to back President Obama’s push for health care reform.

California’s governor urged lawmakers “on both sides of the political aisle at the national level to move forward.” He spoke after New York ... read more

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[ 6 Oct 2009 | No Comment | 206 views ]

A decision by Barack Obama to postpone his first meeting as president with the Dalai Lama is overshadowing a visit to Washington this week by the exiled spiritual leader of Tibet’s Buddhists.

The Dalai Lama arrived Monday in Washington and will be received by prominent lawmakers and the... read more