Drug Czar's Pot-Potency Claims Go Up In Smoke

http://www.huffingtonpost.comBuzz up! A newly released report about marijuana potency undermines previous claims by the Office of National Drug...

Fire storms over Antarctica

Bushfire aftermath: smoke trapped over Antarctica~According to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BoM), smoke from the February Black Saturday bushfires, across the north east of Melbourne, in the state of Victoria, Australia, have been floating over Antarctica since early...

Brain Damage Recovery Made Difficult by Smoking

" .fullpost{display:inline;} Some of the damage would have otherwise been reversedThe frontal and parietal cortices of the human brain are especially prone to being damaged by excessive alcohol consumption, researches show, but most of that damage can be reversed by...

Smoke Still Billowing in Halifax: 100 EVACUATIONS, Homes Burned

Coverage continues here.Update 3  Windy this morning. Rain started at 11:30 am, though just lightly. " Some 1,200 Halifax residents were forced to evacuate after a massive brush fire raged outside the port...

Mayoral Candidate Rossbach asks Maplewood Police to Remove Public

"   3-26-09 [Councilman]Will Rossbach asked Maplewood police to remove the public from the last Smoke Task Force.  Council Member Rossbach didn't get the group to vote his way tonight, so he then tried to...

Britney Spears halts Vancouver concert due to smoking

Britney Spears halted her Vancouver concert Wednesday night and walked off stage after only four songs. She said it was too smokey in the arena for her to continue. She finally returned after about 30 minutes. An...

Kicking Butts

This title alone conjures up images of a fight, and I suppose in actuality it is referring to one. However, I'm not speaking of a physical fight, but what I'm referring to is the fight against tobacco. The conflict...

Alaska volcano Mount Redoubt erupts five times

Alaska volcano Mount Redoubt has erupted five times since Sunday night, sending clouds of smoke and ash into the air. The ash fallout has not happened yet. As a safety precaution, Alaska Airlines had to cancel 19...

Undersea volcano erupts in Tonga, South Pacific

An undersea volcano has erupted near Tonga in the South Pacific, shooting smoke, steam and ash straight up into the sky. Scientists are on their way to inspect the volcano, and no islanders have been affected at this...

Second-hand smokers risk dementia

Second-hand smokers have a 44% higher risk of developing cognitive problems including dementia according to research undertaken at Cambridge University. A link between dementia and smoking had been established in...

India Government drives for cleaner environment! Noble

cause, undoubtedly! However, it must have somehow escaped those responsible (and let me tell you, they are excruciatingly difficult to track down) at Rajaji Bhavan, 5th Avenue, Besant Nagar, Chennai.  Their smoking...

One Fifth U.S. Voters Believe Smoking Should Be Illegal

Recent Rasmussen Report survey on smoking show more than 20 percent of voters believe smoking should be illegal, while 70 percent disagree. " Over one-out-of-five U.S. voters (22%) say the federal government should...

Hamas, Israel weigh 10-day cease-fire proposal

Fighting needs to stop nowbut while a 10 day cease firewould help Hamas it would be bad for Israel.  Israel needs a long term cease fire. " Egypt and Hamas were negotiating a proposal for a 10-day cease-fire...

Gaza City under attack by Israel

"- Israeli troops and tanks thrust into the Gaza Strip's densely populated capital from three directions today, drawing Hamas fighters into fierce combat in an offensive expanded by a fresh deployment of army...

San Diego Jet Crash Witness Video

I am a San Diego photojournalist, and was in the area on December 8 when I my husband called to tell me about the F-18 jet that crashed into two homes, killing four. I dashed to the crash site with my still and video cameras.Read the story and check out the video

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