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Medical marijuana shops abound in California
A surge in medical marijuana in California has left communities trying to regulate or ban the drug.
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- Dalai Lama visits town near Tibet, angering China
- Police: Suicide bomb in northwest Pakistan kills 9
- Japanese FM says no base deal during Obama visit
- Indian television says Dalai Lama has begun contentious visit to town near Tibetan frontier
- Police say suicide attack in goat market in northwest Pakistan kills 8
Suspect said goodbyes before rampage
As if going off to war, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan cleaned out his apartment, gave leftover frozen broccoli to one neighbor and called another to thank him for his friendship — common courtesies and routines of the departing soldier.
Pakistani army enters final militant stronghold
The Pakistani army entered the last of three militant strongholds targeted by a major offensive in the northwest on Friday, as gunmen wounded a senior army officer and a soldier in the capital.
Q&A on the news »
- Q: Why is there such a long delay of the closed captioning during live TV broadcasts? Surely voice recognition software or someone typing could keep up better than what we see. During the Falcons game, the delay was an average of 10 seconds.
- Q: The mayor of Boston has been the mayor for 16 years and won another term Tuesday. In Atlanta and other cities, a person can only serve two terms. Why the huge differences in the states?
- Q: With all the rain we’ve had recently, why have North Georgia lakes Nottely and Blue Ridge remained so far below normal?
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