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First winners of pot legalization? The defendants of 220 misdemeanor drug cases dismissed.
When the tax money begins to roll in, and the savings of not prosecuting pot smokers begins to be realized, more states will legalize. And fast. The bottom line will do this. It's all about money and we're about to see a major shift.
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Internet And Cell Phones, North Korean Style
There are now an estimated million 3G cell phones in the country, and computer access is becoming commonplace in universities, offices, and even some private homes.
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Which States Sent The Most Racist Tweets After The Election?
Some Americans are racist. We know this, though there's nothing quite like a black guy winning a national election to bring them out of the woodwork. The sheer volume of racist Tweets is disheartening, but can we learn anything from them?
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Uganda to officially pass ‘Kill The Gays’ bill
Speaker Rebecca Kadaga has said 2009's Anti-Homosexuality Bill will become law by the end of 2012.
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South Korea's first female leader vows new North Korea effort
Park Geun-hye's election as South Korea's first female president could mean a new drive to start talks with bitter rival North Korea, though it's unclear how much further she will go than the hard-line incumbent, a member of her own conservative party.
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Can India scan the retinas of 800 million people in the next 15 months?
A government institution that will issue universal identification numbers to nearly everyone in India by April 2014.
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Marijuana dispenser stock gets too high
In a news release today, the company said that the stock’s rocket launch, which sent its market cap skyrocketing from $45 million at the start of the week to a staggering $2.3 billion, was ignited by a MarketWatch story Tuesday on how to invest in legalized marijuana.
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Deadly blast kills Pakistan politician
Suicide bomber kills at least eight people at political gathering in country's northwest, including prominent minister.
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Tear gas fired at gang-rape march in Delhi
Indian police use tear gas and water cannon to disperse demonstrators rallying against rape of female student last week.
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Thousands March For Abortion Rights In Ireland
About 10,000 people marched through Dublin and observed a minute's silence Saturday in memory of the Indian dentist who died of blood poisoning in an Irish hospital after being denied an abortion.
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General Obama
This issue of Time magazine lined up perfectly with Rolling Stone to create General Obama
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How Airport Security Is Killing Us
This week marks the beginning of the busiest travel time of the year. For millions of Americans, the misery of holiday travel is made considerably worse by a government agency ostensibly designed to make our journeys more secure.
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Should Teachers Carry Guns? The N.R.A. After Newtown
The N.R.A.’s Wayne LaPierre said that the only way to stop massacres like the one at Sandy Hook was with more guns. This is where gun advocacy ends: not with a right to bear arms, but with an insistence that the rest of us have an obligation to do so.
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Anonymous declares 'cyberwar' on Israel
In the digital age, war isn't contained to the ground. The Israeli government on Sunday said it has been hit with more than 44 million cyber attacks since it began aerial strikes on Gaza last week.
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Why Was It Poland That Led The European Revolt Against ACTA?
In retrospect, it is now clear that the pivotal moment in the campaign against ACTA was last January, when thousands of people took to the streets in Poland despite the sub-zero temperatures there.
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Israel-Hamas ceasefire comes into effect in Gaza
A ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement which governs Gaza has come into effect.
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Marijuana legalization or decriminalization backed by most Canadians
A new poll shows a majority of Canadians support loosening the country’s marijuana laws, a stance that’s starkly out of sync with the federal government’s pot policy.
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A Year in Jail for Not Believing in God? How Kentucky is Persecuting Atheists
In Kentucky, a homeland security law requires the state’s citizens to acknowledge the security provided by the Almighty God--or risk 12 months in prison.
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Google attacks UN's internet treaty conference
Google has warned that a forthcoming UN-organised conference threatens the "free and open internet".
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Facebook Rejects German Demand To Allow Fake Names
Facebook will fight a German privacy watchdog's demand to allow users to register with fake names, insisting Tuesday that its current practice fully complies with the law.
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