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‘Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol’ claims enough signatures for Colo. ballot

A man and a woman use alcohol and marijuana at a July 4 celebration in Washington, D.C. Photo: Flickr user ElvertBarnes.

The Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol said Friday morning that it had turned in more than enough valid petition signatures to get their initiative on the ballot later this year. The activists said they had submitted 12,000 additional signatures, on top of the 163,000 submitted earlier this year. The additional…

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Michigan activists claim enough signatures for ‘emergency managers’ recall

A statue called "The Spirit of Detroit," wearing a Pistons NBA jersey in 2005. Photo: Flickr user femaletrumpet02.

Groups collecting petition signatures to force a vote on state appointed “emergency managers” that have been running several cities and school districts say they have done it: out of 161,300 needed, they’ve collected more than 200,000, according to The Associated Press. Activists in the state have taken to calling the…

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Failed banker-turned Senate candidate funds ‘End the Occupation’ website

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In what appears to be an effort to garner email addresses for his U.S. Senate campaign, a Texas Republican who formerly served on Washington Mutual’s board of directors has launched a website called “End Occupy,” which blames young Americans and their “false sense of entitlement” for the country’s current economic…

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Ex-con Traficant DQ’d from Congress comeback bid

Ex-con Traficant disqualified by Ohio elections officials in bid for congressional combeack Former Ohio Rep. James Traficant has been disqualified in his bid to return to Congress after seven years in prison. Political adviser Linda Kovachik says elections officials in Trumbull County ruled Tuesday that Traficant was short of the…

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