Peter Moskos and Stanford “Neill” Franklin — one a college professor, the other a former police officer, both members of the group Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) — saw their advocacy of ending drug prohibition published Monday morning by The Washington Post. Their argument is compelling
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As more people get turned on to sustainability and try to make more environmentally responsible choices, the usual starting point from which they begin is in their own homes. This home addition in Venice, CA takes green home renovation to the next level by making a majority of its exterior cladding literally green with vegetation. added by: theauthor 2 responses
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A green home addition that Is literally green
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An alien with a lemon-shaped head and a jazz-themed encounter with a UFO at the Glastonbury Festival are among hundreds of UFO sightings detailed in the latest batch of documents released Monday by the UK's Ministry of Defence. Fourteen files, containing over 4,000 pages of UFO sightings from 1981 to 1996, have now been placed on Britain's National Archives database and are publicly available online. The sightings range from lights in the sky to close contact with aliens, and the files contain detailed analysis on some of the UK's most popular cases — a number of which remain officially unexplained.
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Newly released files contain over 4,000 pages of UFO sightings
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Former President Kim Dae-jung, a giant in South Korea's shift to democracy who won the 2000 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to forge a reconciliation with the prickly communist North, died on Tuesday at the age of 85.
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Apparently ready to abandon the idea, President Barack Obama's health secretary said Sunday a government alternative to private health insurance is “not the essential element” of the administration's health care overhaul.
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Is the White House ready to drop ‘Public Option’?
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Traces of cocaine taint up to 90 percent of paper money in the United States, a new study finds. A group of scientists tested banknotes from more than 30 cities in five countries, including the United States, Canada, Brazil, China, and Japan, and found “alarming” evidence of cocaine use in many areas. U.S
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Most U.S. Money Laced With Cocaine
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Obama Administration: DOMA, Anti-Gay Marriage Law, Unfair
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Email from American Petroleum Institute outlines plan to create appearance of public opposition to Obama's climate and energy reform. The US oil and gas lobby are planning to stage public events to give the appearance of a groundswell of public opinion against legislation that is key to Barack Obama's climate change strategy, according to campaigners. A key lobbying group will bankroll and organise 20 ''energy citizen'' rallies in 20 states
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Oil lobby to fund campaign against Obama’s climate change strategy
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Japan's economy grew 3.7 percent at an annual pace in the second quarter, signaling exports were gradually picking up after the nation's worst recession since the end of World War II, the government said. The rebound in April-June came after the world's second-largest economy contracted for four consecutive quarters, as consumer spending inched up and exports surged in cars, video recorders and other electronics goods, Kingo Toyoda of the Cabinet Office said
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The popular “cash-for-clunkers” program is boosting U.S.
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"Clunkers" program slows car gifts to U.S. charities
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