April 20, 2017
Mohenjo
Arts, Breaking News, Human Interest
amazon, Billie Holiday, Bob Marley and 6 of the most famous stoners, business, Business News, current-events, Future, Hotels, human-rights, medicine, mental-health, Mic.com, research, Rihanna, Science, Science News, technology, Technology News, travel, vacation
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“I’d rather be smoking weed whenever we breathe.” When Rihanna sang those words on “James Joint,” the second track on her Anti album, it felt like a slight sea change in pop history.
Marijuana smoke has likely long swirled through the recording studios of major label artists, but rarely has it been so specifically name dropped and praised on record by an pop icon of this caliber. It came at a crucial time, no less, when 2016 was just starting to gear up for recreational or medical marijuana legalization votes in nine states, eight of which eventually passed.
When all is said and done, Rihanna may go down as one of the most important stoners in modern music, joining a long lineage of cannabis-loving musicians who found have inspiration in the herb — from Bob Marley and Willie Nelson, back to Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong — and have returned the favor with advocacy.
Had marijuana never gained the cultural fascination it did in America, music history would likely be unrecognizable. The subtle but profound psychoactive effects of the herb have shaped genres and altered the lyrical content and artistic identities of the musicians that used it. What follows are portraits of a few of those key weed smokers in music history that have championed the plant’s therapeutic properties and thereby changed the way Americans view it forever.
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April 20, 2017
Mohenjo
Breaking News, Human Interest, Medical
amazon, business, Business News, current-events, Diet Sodas Raise Risk of Dementia and Stroke, Future, Hotels, human-rights, medicine, mental-health, nbc news, research, Science, Science News, technology, Technology News, travel, vacation, Video
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People who drink diet sodas daily have three times the risk of stroke and dementia compared to people who drink one less than once a week, researchers reported Thursday.
It’s yet another piece of evidence that diet drinks are not a healthy alternative to sugary drinks, and suggests that people need to limit both, doctors said.
While the findings do not prove that diet drinks damage brains, they support other studies that show people who drink them frequently tend to have poorer health.
The researchers, led by Matthew Pase of the Boston University School of Medicine and colleagues, studied more than 4,000 people for their report, published in the journal Stroke.
“We found that those people who were consuming diet soda on a daily basis were three times as likely to develop both stroke and dementia within the next 10 years as compared to those who did not consume diet soda,” Pase told NBC News.
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Diet Sodas Raise Risk of Dementia and Stroke, Study Finds
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http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-care/diet-sodas-raise-risk-dementia-stroke-study-finds-n749051
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April 20, 2017
Mohenjo
Breaking News, Crime, Political
amazon, business, Business News, CNN, current-events, Future, Hotels, human-rights, medicine, mental-health, research, Science, Science News, seek arrest of WikiLeaks' Julian Assange, technology, Technology News, travel, vacation, Video, Washington
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The Justice Department investigation of Assange and WikiLeaks dates to at least 2010, when the site first gained wide attention for posting thousands of files stolen by the former US Army intelligence analyst now known as Chelsea Manning.
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Prosecutors have struggled with whether the First Amendment precluded the prosecution of Assange, but now believe they have found a way to move forward.
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During President Barack Obama’s administration, Attorney General Eric Holder and officials at the Justice Department determined it would be difficult to bring charges against Assange because WikiLeaks wasn’t alone in publishing documents stolen by Manning. Several newspapers, including The New York Times, did as well. The investigation continued, but any possible charges were put on hold, according to US officials involved in the process then.
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http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/20/politics/julian-assange-wikileaks-us-charges/index.html
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April 20, 2017
Mohenjo
Breaking News, Crime, Political
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The suspect, who was shot dead by French police, was the subject of a “Fiche S” surveillance file and was on the radar of the French domestic security service DGSI, the source said.
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The man was a French national who shot two officers in 2001 after being stopped by a police car, the source said. He was taken into custody but while being questioned grabbed another officer’s gun and shot him three times, the source said. He was convicted in that attack and had a criminal record because of involvement in violent robberies, the source said.
The source said French investigators now believe this was in all likelihood a terrorist attack. They believe there was just one attacker, and the danger is likely over, the source said.
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Paris gunman killed police officer
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http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/20/europe/champs-elyses-in-paris-closed/index.html
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April 19, 2017
Mohenjo
Breaking News, Crime, Human Interest
000 Convictions Dropped, amazon, business, Business News, current-events, Future, Hotels, human-rights, medicine, mental-health, More Than 20, nbc news, research, Science, Science News, technology, Technology News, travel, vacation, Video
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A mass dismissal of wrongful convictions ─ perhaps the biggest ever ─ unfolded in a Boston courthouse on Tuesday, as prosecutors in seven Massachusetts counties dropped more than 21,000 low-level drug cases tainted by the work of a rogue lab chemist.
The number of corrupted convictions was so unwieldy that the district attorneys used compact discs to deliver lists of cases they were dropping and those they believed they could successfully re-prosecute.
By day’s end, just a few hundred cases involving the disgraced chemist, Annie Dookhan, remained. The exact number may not be clear until Wednesday, when the court finishes processing the lists. The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, which fought for the dismissals, did its own tally and came up with 320 cases dropped from a total 21,907.
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Annie Dookhan is escorted to a cruiser outside her home in Franklin, Massachusetts, in 2012. Bizuayehu Tesfaye / AP, file
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http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/epic-drug-lab-scandal-results-more-20-000-convictions-dropped-n747891
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April 19, 2017
Mohenjo
Breaking News, Human Interest, sports
Aaron Hernandez Hanged Himself, amazon, business, Business News, Hotels, human-rights, medicine, mental-health, research, Science, Science News, technology, Technology News, The New York Times, travel, vacation
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Aaron Hernandez, the former star tight end with the New England Patriots who was convicted of first-degree murder in 2015, hanged himself in prison on Wednesday, the authorities said.
He was discovered in his cell by corrections officers at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley, Mass., around 3 a.m., the Massachusetts Department of Correction said in a statement.
Lifesaving techniques were attempted, and he was transported to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 4:07 a.m., the department said.
“Mr. Hernandez hanged himself using a bedsheet that he attached to his cell window,” the statement said. “Mr. Hernandez also attempted to block his door from the inside by jamming the door with various items.”
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Aaron Hernandez, a former New England Patriots player who was convicted of first-degree murder in 2015, was found dead in his prison cell. Credit Elise Amendola/Associated Press
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April 19, 2017
Mohenjo
Breaking News, Human Interest
amazon, Bill O’Reilly Officially Out at Fox News, business, Business News, current-events, Future, Hotels, human-rights, medicine, mental-health, nbc news, research, Science, Science News, technology, Technology News, travel, vacation, Video
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In a stunning and sudden downfall, Bill O’Reilly is out at Fox News.
21st Century Fox, parent company of Fox News, released a statement Wednesday afternoon that read, “After a thorough and careful review of the allegations, the Company and Bill O’Reilly have agreed that Bill O’Reilly will not be returning to the Fox News Channel.”
The future of Fox’s reigning ratings superstar had grown uncertain as reports swirled that the network was preparing to sever its relationship with him over multiple claims of sexual harassment. It appears that Rupert Murdoch, executive chairman of Fox News’ parent company, 21st Century Fox, greenlighted the ousting of the network’s biggest on-air asset.
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http://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/bill-o-reilly-reportedly-out-fox-news-n748236
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April 18, 2017
Mohenjo
Arts, Breaking News, Human Interest
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April 18, 2017
Mohenjo
Breaking News, Political
amazon, business, Business News, CNN, current-events, Future, Hotels, human-rights, medicine, mental-health, research, Science, Science News, technology, Technology News, travel, Trump supporters protesters clash in Berkeley California, vacation, Video
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Eleven people were injured, with seven transported to the hospital in unknown condition, Berkeley Police spokesman Byron White told CNN.
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“A large number of fights have occurred and numerous fireworks have been thrown in the crowds,” Berkeley police said in a statement. “There have also been numerous reports of pepper spray being used in the crowd.”
CNN affiliate KPIX reported that Trump supporters planned a “Patriot Day” rally at noon and counter-protesters showed up a few hours earlier.
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Fights broke out Saturday during pro- and anti-Trump protests in Berkeley, California.
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http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/15/us/berkeley-protests-trump/index.html
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April 18, 2017
Mohenjo
Breaking News, Political
126 killed as bomb hits buses with evacuees, amazon, business, Business News, CNN, current-events, Future, Hotels, human-rights, medicine, mental-health, research, Science, Science News, technology, Technology News, travel, vacation, Video
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The blast hit a convoy of buses Saturday, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which reported the higher death toll.
The blast struck buses of people leaving their towns as part of a rebel-regime swap.
At least 109 of those killed were evacuees from the pro-regime Shia villages of Al-Fu’ah and Kafraya while the rest were aid workers and rebels guarding the convoy, according to the Syrian Observatory.
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At least 68 children were among those killed in the attack on Saturday.
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In addition to the deaths, it also injured 55 others in Rashidin, a suburb of Aleppo, according to Syria Civil Defense, also known as the White Helmets.
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http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/15/middleeast/syria-evacuations-bombing/index.html
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