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First U.S. marijuana cafe opens in Portland

Moody — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:07:56 GMT

First U.S. marijuana cafe opens in Portland http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091114/ts_nm/us_oregon_potcafe By Dan Cook � Fri Nov 13, 8:51 pm ET PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) � The United States' first marijuana cafe opened on Friday, posing an early test of the Obama administration's move to relax policing of medical use of the drug. The Cannabis Cafe in Portland, Oregon, is the first to give certified medical marijuana users a place to get hold of the drug and smoke it -- as long as they ...

Now Here is an Incentive to Lose Weight!!

flowerpower — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:03:19 GMT

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2009/11/twitterequipped-bathroom-scale-tells-the-world-how-much-you-weigh.html The most embarrassing new tech product of the year just got more embarrassing. Last month, we let you know about the Wi-Fi Body Scale, the first bathroom scale equipped with a wireless connection to send your weight and body fat information directly to your Web page and iPhone. But weight, there's more. Today the French company behind the scale, Withings, ...

LCROSS Impact Data Indicates Water on Moon

flowerpower — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:23:01 GMT

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS/main/prelim_water_results.html

It's not our Father's Moon!!

Shrine to Squirrel ( you've got to love those Brits!)

NancyB (admin) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:43:06 GMT

A shrine to a squirrel: Town's 'Diana style' show of grief for dead albino rodent Link to story Beside the grave lie gifts, flowers and heartfelt messages, some in verse. A tribute page on the social networking site Facebook has attracted more than 250 members. And the cause of this remarkable outpouring of grief? Albi the albino squirrel is no more. Albi, also known as Snowy or Percy, fell foul of a hit-and-run driver outside the churchyard where he used to live and ...

Brave Teenager Rescues One, then Another (Australia)

NancyB (admin) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:20:53 GMT

LACHLAN Edwards, 15, had already rescued one man when he swam straight back into the rip at Point Impossible on the weekend to save a drowning woman. Struggling behind the break of the waves, she had taken in a lot of water and was too exhausted to keep fighting the current. ''She was a bit panicky, she was like 'someone please help me', and I said, 'I'm here now. You can hold on to me if you want','' Lachlan said. He grabbed her arm and tried to swim her through the pounding ...

November 5th and 6th

Tiger — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:30:04 GMT

From the gut wrenching news coming out of Fort Hood yesterday to the horrendous news coming out of Orlando today, I am in disbelief at the audacity of people, especially Americans, to turn on each other. As if we haven't been hit hard enough by the down turned economy. With the unemployment rate at a 26 year high, I pray for a renewed sense of compassion and understanding. For some reason, yesterday reminded me of the beginning of the First Gulf War when I was in college. I will never forget ...

Teanne Harris, bride jilted at altar, turns Halloween-themed

NancyB (admin) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:47:58 GMT

Here is a nice story to lighten things up! A jilted bride turned her heartache into a Happy Halloween for hundreds of senior citizens. Teanne Harris, who lives outside of Chicago, was supposed to walk down the aisle Saturday when her fiance suddenly got cold feet. And when Harris and her mom went to retrieve their deposit from the suburban catering hall where the reception was to be held, they were told it was too late. Sitting in the parking lot sad and depressed, Harris ...

Where are your online pictures stored?

flowerpower — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:51:11 GMT

With some talk on the board just recently about having personal pictures online I found this article on CNN interesting.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/11/04/cloud.computing.hunt/index.html

Poisoned Halloween candy a myth, research shows

NancyB (admin) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:12:25 GMT

We've all heard it: "Be careful with the Halloween candy your kids get." This is usually followed by an anecdote of poisoned candy, razor blades hidden in chocolate bars or ecstasy disguised as sweets. Is it all true? According to Indiana pediatricians Aaron E. Carroll and Rachel C. Vreeman, the poisoned candy story is a myth. Despite the widespread fear of tampered candy, they couldn't identify one single instance in half-a-century in which trick-or-treaters were poisoned. The ...

Trojans - Facebook

Mappy — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:08:28 GMT

Bank Trojan botnet targets Facebook users On the heels of one fake Facebook e-mail scam, a researcher warned on Wednesday of another such campaign in which users of the popular social network are being tricked into revealing their passwords and downloading a Trojan that steals financial data. In the latest scam being blasted to e-mail in-boxes, a legitimate-looking Facebook notice asks people to provide information to help the social network update its log-in system, said Fred Touchette, ...

Morgan Dana Harrington Missing since October 17th

HAPPY4LIFE — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:03:49 GMT

Metallica Joins in Hunt for Missing Fan In a case that is gathering national attention, Metallica has added $50,000 to a $100,000 reward being offered by the parents of a missing woman last seen at one of the heavy metal band's concerts. Dressed in black boots, a black skirt and a black Pantera T-shirt, Morgan Harrington, 20, a student at Virginia Tech University, was with friends, waiting for the band to take to the stage of the John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, Va., ...

OMG - 6 year old in a balloon

NancyB (admin) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:50:34 GMT

I don't know if it is on other channels but I'm watching MSNBC.

Anne Frank

snow — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 02:38:26 GMT

July 22 1941. The girl next door is getting married. Anne Frank is leaning out of the window of her house in Amsterdam to get a good look at the bride and groom. It is the only time Anne Frank has ever been captured on film. At the time of her wedding, the bride lived on the second floor at Merwedeplein 39. The Frank family lived at number 37, also on the second floor. The Anne Frank House can offer you this film footage thanks to the cooperation of the couple.

Does Your Social Class Determine Your Online Social Network?

flowerpower — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:53:11 GMT

Does Your Social Class Determine Your Online Social Network This is a a really interesting article posted on CNN. Here is a table and follow the link for the whole story. Makes you think. Social networking by the numbers Users with household income above $75,000 Facebook -- 41.74 percent MySpace -- 32.38 percent LinkedIn -- 58.35 percent Twitter -- 43.34 percent Users with household income under $50,000 Facebook -- 28.42 percent MySpace -- 37.13 percent LinkedIn ...

(ADHD,ADD+ )Autism Affects 1 In 91 Children, Government Says

MyScott95 — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:24:29 GMT

On the news today...this is something that affects me personally. Statistics were 1 in 150 5 years ago when it affected my grandson who regressed into a world of his own, then 1-144 .... he's now mainstreamed and in recovery. Autism Affects 1 In 91 Children, Government Says By Michelle Diament October 4, 2009 Autism affects 1 in 91 children in the United States, government data published Monday shows, marking a dramatic increase over the previous estimate of 1 in 150. The research ...

No Olympics for chicago

Kimmie — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:40:29 GMT

It was just eliminated in the first round.

Elizabeth Smart

jfan — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:22:48 GMT

Elizabeth Smart testified today in the competency hearing for her abductor. I was very impressed with her pose and courage. Given the horrors she experienced at 14, she has emerged as quite an impressive young lady.

Earthquake, Tsunami Samoa

Mappy — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:31:36 GMT

Earthquake hits near Samoa, causes 5-foot tsunami Posted: 02:24 PM ET (CNN) � An earthquake with a magnitude of 8.0 struck in the Samoan Islands region Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The temblor generated three separate tsunami waves that are spreading, the largest which measures 5.1 feet from sea level height, Vindell Hsu, a geophysicist with the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Ewa Beach, Hawaii, told CNN. Preliminary data had originally reported a larger tsunami. A ...

Disney Formally Announces Fantasyland Makeover

inkydinkydoo — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 09:53:19 GMT

I know we're all about Big Brother , but Disney recently made an exciting announcement, too: Click here {<--} to watch the live announcement, with all the exciting details . . . From the Orlando Sentinel: Quote:Walt Disney World is about to embark on a sweeping facelift for the Fantasyland section of the Magic Kingdom, in what the resort calls the biggest overhaul in the theme park's 38-year history. Plans revealed Saturday call for adding a lavish ride based on The Little ...

Senator Ted Kennedy died

jfan — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:12:42 GMT

I will not say much here as I know this is not the forum to discuss politics. But it is hard to totally ignore the death of this man while being able to discuss the deaths of Micheal Jackson or even Eunice Kennedy Shriver. One thing that I think can be said here is that he did set an example of how to perserve through immense tragedy and personal imperfections. On a personal note, my brother-in-laws sister was diagnosed with the same kind of tumor Senator Kennedy had about a month before ...

Swine flu may be less potent than first feared

NancyB (admin) — Sat, 02 May 2009 09:36:47 GMT

The swine flu outbreak that has alarmed the world for a week now appears less ominous, with the virus showing little staying power in the hardest-hit cities and scientists suggesting it lacks the genetic fortitude of past killer bugs. President Barack Obama even voiced hope Friday that it may turn out to be no more harmful than the average seasonal flu. In New York City, which has the most confirmed swine flu cases in the U.S. with 49, swine flu has not spread far beyond cases linked ...

PETA can bite my ass

Frances — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:53:21 GMT

This new ploy for attention has me deeply offended, for myself and many others. Most of us have struggled with those nagging extra 10 to 40 pounds but this new add goes way too far...These women are obese. I have a friend who is over 300 pounds and I see how she struggles day by day and what PETA is doing will NOT help the situation. I want PETA to die a quick death because of their latest ad campaign. JMO. http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/08/17/petas-whale-billboard-has-the-intertwitter-fraternal-council/?icid=main

Eunice Kennedy Shriver dies

MyScott95 — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:29:58 GMT

By MARK PRATT, Associated Press Writer Mark Pratt, Associated Press Writer � 1 hr 27 mins ago BOSTON � President John F. Kennedy's sister Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who carried on the family's public service tradition by founding the Special Olympics and championing the rights of the mentally disabled, died early Tuesday surrounded by relatives at a Hyannis hospital. She was 88. Shriver had suffered a series of strokes in recent years and died at Cape Cod Hospital, her family said in ...

dog grabs baby from crib

rallen — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:35:18 GMT

this story made me cry, thought I would share

http://www.kpvi.com/Global/story.asp?S=10761705&nav=menu546_2_12

man accused of burning own house down

icecoffee — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:24:01 GMT

man accused of burning own house down A 47-year-old man was charged Tuesday night with setting fire to his own home. Martin faces second degree arson charges after officers were called to his home around 7 p.m. According to police, Martin called them, saying he had burned his house down. Martin told investigators he was upset when he found that his wife was not home and lit the mattress on fire in the bedroom. Martin is currently in custody.

Walter Cronkite, Iconic Anchorman, Dies

NancyB (admin) — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:16:16 GMT

Story link Walter Cronkite, an iconic CBS News journalist who defined the role of anchorman for a generation of television viewers, died Friday at the age of 92, his family said. �My father, Walter Cronkite, died,� his son Chip said just before 8 p.m. Eastern. CBS interrupted prime time programming to show an obituary for the man who defined the network�s news division for decades. Read an obituary by Douglas Martin here. Mr. Cronkite�s family said last month that he was seriously ...

Walter Cronkite

lovin — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:29:43 GMT

passes away today at the age of 92

100 New Words Added to Dictionary Today

Tiger — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:18:54 GMT

I thought this was particularly interesting since I just recently found out the definition of sock puppet. Now, everyone and their frenemies will know.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,530990,00.html

"This little turd was on the floor in my room"

NancyB (admin) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:26:04 GMT

Ok everyone.. this will keep you busy talking for a while. District reprimands teacher over bag of poo YAKIMA, Wash. -- A teacher who sent a 5-year-old student home with a bag of feces in his backpack was issued a formal reprimand, according to a document released Thursday. The West Valley School District warned kindergarten teacher Sue Graham in a letter that she could face further discipline or termination for any similar behavior in the future. The district had ...

US Airways flight diverted after male passenger undresses

NancyB (admin) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:30:57 GMT

US Airways flight diverted after male passenger undresses in seat ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico - A cross-country US Airways flight was diverted to Albuquerque after a male passenger removed his clothing mid-flight. Dan Jiron, a spokesman for the Albuquerque airport, says 50-year-old Keith Wright of New York disrobed Tuesday while sitting in his seat in the back of the aircraft. He says Wright was unresponsive when a flight attendant asked him repeatedly to get dressed and refused to be covered ...

Teens mistake woman�s sex screams for assault, beat partner

NancyB (admin) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:40:29 GMT

A Connecticut teen misunderstood her mother�s screams while she was having sex and thought she was being assaulted, so she rounded up a group of friends to attack the woman�s partner. Police said a 16-year-old Torrington girl, called on four friends June 6 to help her mother when she thought she was being attacked. The teens went into Melanie Arnold�s bedroom and punched and beat her 25-year-old companion, Roger Swanson, with a baseball bat. He was treated at a hospital for a black eye ...

Karl Malden Dies

Jack'd — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:23:56 GMT

God Bless him, 97! Wow Oscar Winner Karl Malden Dies at 97 Karl Malden, the Academy Award-winning actor who appeared in some of the most iconic films of the mid-20th century and later found heightened fame on television and in commercials, died on Wednesday in Los Angeles. He was 97. The actor's family told the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences that he died of natural causes at his home in Brentwood. Malden served as president of the academy from 1989-92. Malden made his ...

Another one bites the dust

NancyB (admin) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:48:36 GMT

Not liking this.... I do remember this guy.. really funny fellow. LOS ANGELES � Impressionist Fred Travalena, a headliner in Vegas showrooms and a regular on late-night talk shows with his takes on presidents, crooners and screen stars, has died in Los Angeles. He was 66. Publicist Roger Neal says Travalena died Sunday at his home in the Encino area after a recurrence of the non-Hodgkin's lymphoma that first surfaced in 2002. Travalena was known for the sheer volume of celebrities ...

Man Arrested for Making 911 call over hamburger order

flowerpower — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:13:33 GMT

http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/06/man_arrested_for_calling_911_o.html Man arrested for calling 9-1-1 over hamburger order by Lynne Terry, The OregonianSunday June 28, 2009, 9:08 AM Calling 9-1-1 from McDonald's to complain about your hamburger order, will get you a warning. Call repeatedly, and you'll be eating in a cop car. Listen to an edited version of the call here: Download MP3 here. That's what happened to 23-year-old Jeremy Lloyd Martin ...

Pitch-man Billy Mays dead at 50

NancyB (admin) — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:58:14 GMT

Tampa Bay dot com article TAMPA � Billy Mays, the TV pitchman whose trademark voice helped sell everything from cleaning supplies to baking soda, was found dead this morning by his wife at his Tampa home. No cause of death has been reported and no foul play is suspected, according to Tampa police. Mays, 50, was pronounced dead at 7:45 a.m. at 2853 Bowen Daniel Dr., #1201. His wife, Deborah Mays, found him unresponsive this morning. The Medical Examiner's Office will complete Mays' autopsy ...

Gale Storm dies

NancyB (admin) — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:05:17 GMT

Now, only Boomers and older will know who this is, but I loved her show when I was a kid. Gale Storm, perky star of 1950s TV, dies at 87 LOS ANGELES�Gale Storm, whose wholesome appearance and perky personality made her one of early television's biggest stars on "My Little Margie" and "The Gale Storm Show," has died at age 87. Storm, who had been in failing health in recent years, died Saturday at a convalescent hospital in Danville, said her son, Peter Bonnell. Before ...

Farrah Fawcett has died.

catty — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:53:10 GMT

I never post this kind of stuff, but I am HUGE fan of Charlie's Angels. It was my favorite show when I was younger.
RIP Farrah. You will always be Jill to me.

Ed McMahon Dead at 86

snow — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:46:48 GMT

Ed McMahon Dies At 86 Ed McMahon passed away early this morning, his publicist confirmed to Entertainment Tonight. McMahon was 86 years old. McMahon was best known as Johnny Carson's loyal, laughing sidekick for 30 years on "The Tonight Show." Later in life, McMahon became a celebrity pitchman for various products. Near the end of his life, he was beset by a variety of difficulties: a broken neck, a well-publicized foreclosure threat. Real estate mogul Donald ...

Four killed in Washington-area Metro train collision

flowerpower — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:39:49 GMT

Personal note on this story. My daughter rides the DC Metro the same time of day this happened. I got a CNN breaking news email (I am taking those OFF my email) about this and immediately tried to call her. No answer, heart in throat, I was so scared. She finally called back. She was about to get on a different Metro, luckily this is not the one she takes. All you luckies with kids at home give them a big HUG! http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/06/22/washington.subway.crash/index.html WASHINGTON ...

F.D.A. Warns Against Use of Popular Cold Remedy

NancyB (admin) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:02:55 GMT

Federal drug regulators warned consumers to stop using Zicam, a popular homeopathic cold remedy, because it could damage or destroy their sense of smell. A Zicam nasal gel. The action is an early indication that the Obama administration is likely to take far more aggressive enforcement actions against drug companies than the Bush administration did. The Food and Drug Administration received 130 reports from consumers and doctors of people losing their sense of smell after using ...

"Pregnant man" pregnant again

Kimmie — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:43:48 GMT

LOS ANGELES (Reuters Life!) - Thomas Beatie, who was born a woman but lives as a man in Oregon after surgery and hormone treatment, is expecting a second child, Beatie has told Barbara Walters in an interview set to air on television on Friday. Beatie, 34, who is legally a man but kept female reproductive organs when he had a sex-change operation 10 years ago, is in his first trimester of pregnancy, he told celebrity interviewer Walters for the ABC news program "20/20" ...

Octuplets Born

Kimmie — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:08:23 GMT

ouch!

Parents guilty of manslaughter ( used homeopathic medicine)

NancyB (admin) — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:10:09 GMT

A couple whose baby daughter died after they treated her with homeopathic remedies instead of conventional medicine have been found guilty of manslaughter. Gloria Thomas died aged nine months after spending more than half her life with eczema. The skin condition wore down her natural defences and left her completely vulnerable when she developed an eye infection that killed her within days of developing. Thomas Sam, 42, a homeopath, and Manju Sam, 37, of Earlwood, Sydney, were ...

66 year old woman to give Birth

Moody — Wed, 20 May 2009 12:36:36 GMT

http://www.nypost.com/seven/05172009/news/worldnews/pregnant_at_______66__169648.htm PREGNANT AT . . . 66! BRITISH MOTHER-TO-BE SPARKS UPROAR A wealthy, 66-year-old divorc�e has defied her age -- and Mother Nature -- by becoming the oldest woman in Britain ever to get pregnant, setting off a storm of controversy in the medical world. Elizabeth Adeney expects to give birth in June through a C-section, according to reports, after conceiving in vitro at a fertility clinic in the ...

Blogger jailed for contempt in Smith case

flowerpower — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:51:33 GMT

This makes you think... http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6442644.html A Houstonian who�s being sued by the mother of the late Anna Nicole Smith spent the holiday weekend in jail, making her the latest gossip blogger to pay a steep price for her hobby. Lyndal Harrington, a 53-year-old real estate agent, was jailed for contempt of court Friday by state District Judge Tony Lindsay. The judge said Harrington lied about what happened to a computer she says was stolen ...

Mike Tyson's daughter dies after accident

flowerpower — Wed, 27 May 2009 00:04:52 GMT

Extremely sad. http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/05/26/arizona.tyson.daughter/index.html CNN) -- The 4-year-old daughter of boxing legend Mike Tyson died Tuesday, a day after she was injured in a treadmill accident at her home, police in Phoenix, Arizona, said. Former world boxing champion Mike Tyson traveled from Las Vegas to Phoenix to be at his daughter's bedside. Exodus Tyson was prounounced dead at 11:45 a.m. local time Tuesday, said Sgt. Andy Hill, a Phoenix police spokesman. ...

Arrest made in death of boy buried in playground sand

Wildebeest — Thu, 21 May 2009 16:12:02 GMT

I hate this fecken scumbag!!!

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/21/nm.buried.boy/

Husband Charged in Wife & Sons Murders

Mrs C — Wed, 20 May 2009 21:12:53 GMT

Anyone else following this one? I was shocked that he worked for Joyce Meyer Ministries. I watch her almost everyday and have been to a few of her conferences. http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/19/illinois.slaying.arrests/index.html Man pleads not guilty in slayings of wife, sons (CNN) -- A southwest Illinois man accused of strangling his wife and two young sons appeared in court Wednesday and pleaded not guilty to murder charges, officials said. Christopher ...

Popular cereal is a drug, US food watchdog says Module body

Mappy — Fri, 15 May 2009 15:37:36 GMT

Popular cereal is a drug, US food watchdog says Module body Tue May 12, 6:28 PM WASHINGTON (AFP) - Popular US breakfast cereal Cheerios is a drug, at least if the claims made on the label by its manufacturer General Mills are anything to go by, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has said. "Based on claims made on your product's label, we have determined that your Cheerios Toasted Whole Grain Oat Cereal is promoted for conditions that cause it to be a drug," the ...

Brooke Shields Outraged at Tabloid's Antics

Mappy — Sat, 16 May 2009 16:34:21 GMT

Brooke Shields Outraged at Tabloid's Antics Ever wonder how tabloids get such juicy stories? A reporter with the National Enquirer allegedly checked Brooke Shields' mother out of her nursing room on Thursday by posing as a friend, according to People. Teri Shields, 75, suffers from dementia. "I intend to take every lawful action against all who were involved or who authorized this despicable act," said Brooke, who hasn't pressed any charges yet. Police were called ...