By GENE JOHNSON — Associated Press
TACOMA, WASH. — John Connelly leaned forward on his barstool, set his lips against a clear glass pipe and inhaled a white cloud of marijuana vapor.
A handful of people milled around him. Three young women stood behind the bar, ready to assist with the preparation of the bongs, as the strains of a blues band playing downstairs sounded faintly off the exposed brick walls.
"It feels so comfortable in here," said Connelly, 33.…
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TORONTO - People who think the new coronavirus couldn't take off and cause a SARS-like crisis may have forgotten a phenomenon that was a game-changer during SARS — patients called superspreaders.
At present, this new coronavirus doesn't seem to spread easily from person to person, a fact which some people use to argue it will not become the next SARS. Some limited human transmission has occurred, but confirmed cases are few and sporadically seen.
However, several experts…
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Investigators have yet to pinpoint the culprit behind a synchronized cyberattack in South Korea last week. But in Seoul, the focus is fixed on North Korea, which South Korean security experts say has been training a team of computer-savvy "cyber warriors" as cyberspace becomes a fertile battleground in the nations' rivalry.
By YOUKYUNG LEE AP Technology Writer
SEOUL, South Korea —Investigators have yet to pinpoint the culprit behind a synchronized cyberattack in South…
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NEW YORK — The Securities and Exchange Commission said Monday that it has approved a plan by the Nasdaq stock exchange to pay $62 million in reimbursements to investment firms that lost money because of technical problems during Facebook's initial public offering last year.
The Nasdaq had said in June that it would pay $40 million but later increased the amount to $62 million.
Facebook went public May 18 amid great fanfare, but computer…
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By ROBERT H. REID — Associated Press
WIESBADEN, GERMANY — The end of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will give America's ground forces in Europe a chance to review and refocus training at a time of financial cutbacks throughout the military, the top U.S. soldier in Europe said Monday.
Nearly one-third of the U.S. Army units based in Europe fought in the Iraq and Afghan conflicts, and an armored cavalry squadron is due to rotate to Afghanistan this year for what is likely…
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By Bryan Denson, The Oregonian
on March 20, 2013 at 8:00 PM, updated March 20, 2013 at 10:34 PM
A Portland family staged the robberies of two armored cars and a security vault, stashed away nearly $4 million and lived under the radar for years -- indulging in small, guilty pleasures such as a cigar club, cookbooks and a used Hummer SUV -- before federal agents brought them to justice.
All the while, prosecutors say, the money provided no happiness as they lived in a…
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By Tim Johnson — McClatchy Newspapers
MEXICO CITY — Some 2.2 percent of all U.S. gun sales are made to smuggling rings that take firearms to Mexico, a scale of illegal trafficking that’s “much higher than widely assumed,” an academic study released Monday found.
An average of 253,000 weapons purchased in the United States head south of the border each year, according to the study by four scholars at the University of San Diego’s Trans-Border Institute and the Igarape…
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Bill regulating drones dies in Wash. Legislatureespite having support from Democrats, Republicans, civil liberties advocates and those concerned over government intrusion, a measure regulating the use and purchases of drones by state agencies and local municipalities died in Olympia without getting a vote from any chamber.
Lawmakers said there wasn't enough time: At the House, the grappling over gun background checks ate up the clock before a voting deadline. In the Senate, a chair…
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SEATTLE — Washington high school students who participated in a statewide health survey say they are twice as likely to smoke marijuana as cigarettes.
High school smoking has decreased significantly across the state, with cigarette smoking down in grades 6, 8, 10 and 12, but the number of high school students who believe using marijuana is risky is also at a low point, health officials said Thursday after releasing the 2012 survey results.
"As the perception of harm…
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A Senate committee approved an assault weapons ban Thursday on a party-line vote that signaled how difficult it will be for the proposal to survive in the full Senate.
By ALAN FRAM Associated Press
WASHINGTON —A Senate committee approved an assault weapons ban Thursday on a party-line vote that signaled how difficult it will be for the proposal to survive in the full Senate.
The Democratic-led Senate Judiciary Committee approved the bill on a 10-8 vote after…
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RIO DE JANEIRO — The Brazilian newspaper O Globo is reporting that a doctor in Sao Paulo was arrested after being caught in the act of using fake fingers made of silicone and imprinted with real finger prints to defraud a hospital's biometric punch-in clock.
Ferraz Vasconcelos Hospital paid the director $2,400 per month to participate.
Ferreira will face charges of falsifying a public document and could get two to six years in…
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So I've come across a video that claims AJ has a lil sis and she is warning any1 who will listen that AJ is a CIA agent. Her youtube videos are listed under HistoryIsNOW. If you care to watch those keep in mind information that can be found at a site listing the following with neurolinguistic programming showing whether or not the eyes are telling the truth or making things up. Here is that addresss....…
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This month we should be seeing a lot of mayhem. According to the Illuminati Calendar and an article from before its news something should happen. We have from the 20th to the 24th events to unfold. Its 322 in 2013, Obama going to Israel, Dark Knight Rises symbolism, movie release of China attacking DC Obamacare with mandatory rfid chipping. Check out this page for more info...…
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Published: February 9, 2013
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SEATTLE — A 15-year veteran Army doctor has been suspended for alleged problems with patient care, but the Dr. Russel Hicks says the suspension is for providing information on Madigan Army Medical Center's troubled PTSD diagnosis program to investigators.
The Seattle Times (…
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Originally published February 5, 2013 at 9:41 PM | Page modified February 6, 2013 at 6:33 AM
At least a dozen people were packing at the Oak Harbor City Council meeting on Tuesday night. The topic: whether to repeal an ordinance banning guns from city parks and the marina.
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By Derrik J. Lang, The Associated Press February 4, 2013
This undated publicity photo provided by Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment America shows a scene from the video game, "The Last of Us." (AP Photo/Naughty Dog/Sony Computer…
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By Lee Berthiaume, Postmedia News February 6, 2013 9:51 AM
Immigration Minister Jason Kenney.
Photograph by: Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press/Files , Postmedia News…
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By ZOE FRALEY — THE BELLINGHAM HERALD
A house under construction on Hawthorn Road across from Fairhaven Middle School displays a no trespassing sign warning that there are guns on the site Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013.
PHILIP A. DWYER — THE BELLINGHAM HERALD…
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By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS — Associated Press
In this photo taken Jan. 15, 2013, a statue of a logger stands outside an elementary school in St. Maries, Idaho near where a survivalist group plans to build a compound. The proposal is called the Citadel and has created a buzz among folks in this remote logging town 70 miles…
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As more and more U.S. states move toward marijuana legalization, the Obama Administration needs to take a stand
By Ian Mulgrew, Vancouver Sun columnist
U.S. President Barack Obama’s administration has been silent on the issue of drug-policy reform since the states of Colorado and Washington voted to legalize and regulate cannabis.
Photograph by: LARRY DOWNING , REUTERS
Call it the Marijuana domino effect.
Less than two weeks after…
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