Feds use fear and intimidation to Close Santa Barbara Medical Cannabis Coops

" DEA Targets City-Regulated Facitilites: Dep't of Republican Justice? Cal. NORML Release - Sept 18, 2008 In response to federal threats...

Chinese president promises divergent voices be heard online

"BEIJING, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao talked to Internet users Friday morning via a major news portal, the first time that the nation's leader has gone online to chat with the public.      Hu, also general secretary of the Communist...

Burma's General visits survivors "Kisses Babies"

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorHere is a companion piece to Now Public's Cythnia Yoo coverage on Burma and her link at the end of this story.Perhaps I am wrong in my assessment of  Burma's Ruling...

Fatal Amtrak crash in Rhode Island

CNN is reporting that the passengers are still stuck on the train. If you have any information about this incident, please let us know. "PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - An Amtrak express train has struck and killed a worker who was inspecting tracks just outside a train station in...

"Settling" Causes Closing of Miss. River Bridge in Memphis

More than 30,000 people use the bridge between Memphis and Arkansas daily. "The Mississippi River bridge between Arkansas and Memphis, Tenn., was closed Monday after a bridge pier in a construction zone settled overnight. Engineers were inspecting the span. "We want to be...

London Tornado Damage Under Partial Demolition

A Tornado sweeping through London, Kensal Rise, is a pretty amazing story. Storms, swirling wind tunnels and city landscape just do not mix well in the minds of most people. If it is in the states, the midwest...

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