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‘No explanation’ for federal raid on Denver-area pot dealers
Federal officials raided more than a dozen marijuana dispensaries in Colorado, with some of the targeted outlets saying they were left in the dark as to the reasons why. The Denver Post reported that...
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Jon Stewart mocks Mitch McConnell’s warning to Democrats: Someday you will...
Daily Show host Jon Stewart poked fun at Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) warning to Democrats that ending the long-standing abuse of the filibuster by invoking what pundits insist on...
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Aldous Huxley: Prophet of our brave new digital dystopia
CS Lewis may be getting a plaque. But Huxley, for his foretelling of a society that loves servitude, is the true visionary On 22 November 1963 the world was too preoccupied with the Kennedy...
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China tests first stealth combat drone, state media reports
China has tested its first stealth combat drone, state media said Friday, citing online photos of an aircraft resembling a shrunken U.S. B2 bomber and hailing the advance toward Western-level...
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Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel released on $1.2 million bond after murder...
A judge on Thursday released Michael Skakel, a member of the famed Kennedy clan, on $1.2 million bail after his conviction in the murder of his teenaged neighbor was set aside. Skakel, 53, a nephew of...
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Vancouver bans doorknobs in future construction
The city of Vancouver has banned doorknobs in new construction, a city official said Thursday. Wrist-twisting doorknobs will be replaced with levers to make it easier on seniors and those with...
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LG admits collecting data on viewer habits but promises to correct ‘bug’
South Korea’s LG Electronics said Friday it would correct a “bug” on some of its smart TVs after admitting they send information about viewers back to the company without their permission. The world’s...
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Who was the best Doctor Who?
As Doctor Who celebrates its 50th, it’s time to study the numbers and settle this once and for all. Well, maybe For the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who, I thought I’d take a look at which doctors were...
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Brazilian who auctioned off virginity wants to sell it again
A 21-year-old Brazilian woman who auctioned off her virginity online for $780,000 last year now says she wants to sell it again as the deal was never consummated. In October last year, Catarina...
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Animated documentary film brings Chomsky’s ideas to life and reveals his...
French filmmaker Michel Gondry is releasing an animated documentary feature Friday in select theaters on the linguist and political philosopher Noam Chomsky. The independent project, Is the Man Who Is...
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White supremacist flyers posted around Eastern Kentucky University campus
White supremacists at Eastern Kentucky University have circulated flyers in campus buildings frequented by police and firefighting trainees. The flyers claim that the “war declared against whites” in...
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Maddow: Why is a quack ‘ex-gay therapist’ on staff at the U.S. Air Force...
On Thursday night’s edition of her show, Rachel Maddow talked about the long history of undue influence by evangelical Christians over the U.S. Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, CO. That influence...
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Ohio sheriff to drug users: Please make sure you’re buying heroin, not krokodil
An Ohio sheriff said he’s so alarmed by the apparent arrival of the synthetic opiate krokodil that he’s promised not to charge anyone who hands over the drug to his office. Sheriff Pat Kelly said he...
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Poetry breaks through fog of Alzheimer’s sufferers
A teenager’s voice breaks the silence that hangs over the dozing, grey-haired figures. “If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you,” she recites — “you’ll be a...
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‘Monstrosity! Ludicrous! Insane!’ Huge ‘Youabian Puma’ car raises eyebrows at...
One car among the hundreds on display at the LA Auto Show this week has generated a flurry of headlines — not all of them complimentary. Despite its whopping $1.1 million price tag, the bright blue...
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Antarctic ice lab sees sub-atomic particles in space
Ghostly sub-atomic particles called neutrinos in outer space have been glimpsed from an icy observatory in Antarctica, offering a rare new view of the universe, scientists said Thursday. These...
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Siats meekerorum: Meet the dinosaur that terrorized Tyrannosaurus rex
Palaeontologists on Friday announced they had uncovered the remains of one of the greatest land predators ever — a nine-metre (30-foot) four-tonne dinosaur that stalked the planet 100 million years...
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Rhino poaching nearly outpaces births, group warns
Deaths of rhinos by poaching are fast approaching a tipping point, with the number of endangered creatures killed annually nearly outnumbering births for the first time, international experts warned...
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Alabama grants three posthumous pardons in notorious ‘Scottsboro Boys’ case
Three black American men wrongly accused and convicted of raping two white women in Alabama more than 80 years ago have received posthumous pardons. The gesture to the last three of the nine so-called...
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Philippine typhoon death toll passes 5,200
The number of people confirmed killed when a super typhoon devastated the Philippines surpassed 5,200 on Friday, the government said, making it one of the country’s deadliest natural disasters. The...
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