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California split on marijuana legalization, most support medical use: poll
A new poll in the heart of the nationwide pro-marijuana movement finds that attitudes have not changed appreciably since California voters defeated a citizen’s initiative to legalize pot in 2010. The University of Southern……
Is John Edwards verdict the last straw for campaign finance?
John Edwards may have committed many sins, as his defense attorney noted, but a North Carolina jury on Thursday did not convict him of any crimes. The jury returned a not guilty verdict on the key charge in the federal campaign corruption……
Romney wins endorsement of Nancy Reagan
WASHINGTON — Nancy Reagan, the 90-year-old widow of president Ronald Reagan — an icon among Republican Party faithful — announced that she was endorsing Mitt Romney in this year’s contest. Romney and his wife Ann “joined me at my home for some lemonade and cookies and I offered my firm…
Congress leaders spar, Boehner rejects tax vote
WASHINGTON — US congressional leaders foreshadowed an election-year tax battle Thursday as House Speaker John Boehner nixed a Democrat proposal to vote on extending tax cuts for Americans earning under $1 million per year. Under a proposal laid out last week in a letter to Boehner, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi…
Brazil lawmakers red-faced over mystery underwear
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Mystery underwear found during a parliamentary session earlier this month is causing a lot of red faces in the Brazilian Congress, a report said Thursday. The red and white panties, described by O Globo daily as “rather large” and “not a G-string,” were inadvertently dropped…
Pelosi: Constitutionality of health care reform ‘ironclad’
WASHINGTON — Top congressional Democrat Nancy Pelosi said Thursday she was confident that US President Barack Obama’s health care reform would be upheld by the Supreme Court, saying the law’s constitutionality was “ironclad.” A decision from the high court is due in June, and legal experts have been scrupulously studying…
JPMorgan boss to testify to Congress twice in June
WASHINGTON — JPMorgan Chase’s embattled chief executive Jamie Dimon will be hauled before US lawmakers twice in June to explain the bank’s recent huge trading losses, congressional officials said Thursday. The US Senate Banking Committee said it postponed an appearance by Dimon from June 7 to June 13 to accommodate…
Families caught in foreclosure crisis unite in national campaign
A national campaign representing more than 50,000 families caught up in America’s foreclosure crisis has been launched, with the aim of making mortgage relief a key issue in battleground states during the 2012 election. The Home Defenders League, launched on Thursday, plans to be active in 17 states across the…
Public sector cuts dragging down U.S.’s already fragile economic recovery
For the last 24 years James Estep has worked in public education. He has never seen anything like this. The superintendent of Pennsylvania’s Mifflin county school district is wrestling with a multimillion deficit that last year led to him cutting 83 jobs – a fifth of his workforce – and…
In offices, men have more cooties than women, study says
A new study shows that men’s offices are more contaminated with oral, nasal, skin and intestinal bacteria than women’s offices. And it’s likely their larger size and unhygienic ways are the reason. Studies… [Work colleagues arguing, via Shutterstock.com.]…
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