Motorist killed in crash that levels three utility poles

East St. Louis (KMOV) – One person is dead following an early morning accident in which the victim’s car plowed through three power poles before coming to a stop.
The crash happened around 5:30 a.m. on State Street, just west of Highway 111 in East St. Louis.
The name of the victim has not [...]

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Man Breaks World Record for Largest Neck Tumor

A man from China is to finally have a huge tumour removed today after discovering it 17 years ago.
Huang Liqian, 58, first discovered a bizarre growth on the back of his neck in 1990, but chose to ignore it.
However, as the years rolled on, it continued to increase in size at a rapid pace, with [...]

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Dead whale explodes

Taiwanese street, shops showered after gases built up inside

Blood and guts litter this street in Tainan, Taiwan, after decomposing organs in the sperm whale in background caused it to explode.
TAIPEI - Residents of Tainan learned a lesson in whale biology after the decomposing remains of a 60-ton sperm whale exploded on a busy street, showering [...]

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IMF to urge depreciation in dollar

BERLIN: The International Monetary Fund will say further depreciation by the U.S. dollar is needed to help correct global imbalances in its latest World Economic Outlook (WEO), Germany’s Sueddeutsche Zeitung said on Saturday.
Quoting from a draft of the WEO, the paper said the Washington-based fund argued “extraordinarily aggressively” for a correction in [...]

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Marijuana is safer than aspirin

When Bayer introduced aspirin in 1899, cannabis was America’s number one painkiller. Until marijuana prohibition began in 1937, the US Pharmacopoeia listed cannabis as the primary medicine for over 100 diseases. Cannabis was such an effective analgesic that the American Medical Association (AMA) argued against prohibition on behalf of medical progress. Since the herb is [...]

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California Selling Social Security Numbers

Local Lawmaker Wants To Stop The State’s Four-Year-Long Practice
(CBS13) SACRAMENTO When Alexis Jones tried buying house and found several accounts she didn’t recognize on her credit report, she knew she had become an identity theft victim. Every year 45,000 other Californians become victims of identity theft.
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“I do a lot of [...]

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New Gulf Of Tonkin? Britain: Iran seizes 15

Associated Press | March 23, 2007
JIM KRANE
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Iranian naval vessels on Friday seized 15 British sailors and marines who had boarded a merchant ship in Iraqi waters of the Persian Gulf, British and U.S. officials said. Britain immediately protested the detentions, which come at a time of [...]

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City to Seize Homes Over a $5 Parking Ticket

The city council in Brooksville, Florida voted this week to advance a proposal granting city officials the authority to place liens and foreclose on the homes of motorists accused of failing to pay a single $5 parking ticket. Non-homeowners face having their vehicles seized if accused of not paying three parking [...]

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Richardson to legalize medical marijuana

SANTA FE, N.M. - Democratic Gov. Bill Richardson, poised to sign a bill making New Mexico the 12th state to legalize medical marijuana, said Thursday he realizes his action could become an issue in the presidential race.
“So what if it’s risky? It’s the right thing to do,” said Richardson, one of [...]

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It’s Been an ‘All Out War’ on Pot Smokers for 35 Years

Since 1972, U.S. taxpayers have spent well over $20 billion enforcing criminal marijuana laws and 16.5 million people have been arrested. It’s time to put an end to this waste. Thirty-five years ago this month, a congressionally mandated commission on U.S. drug policy did something extraordinary: They told the truth about marijuana.
On March 22, 1972, [...]

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