Arizona voters have approved the medical marijuana law, CNN reported Monday. The vote made Arizona the 15th state to pass a medical marijuana law since 1996.† The law allows patients with debilitating medical conditions to use cannabis if they have a recommendation from their physician.† …
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Whales suffer from sunburn in Mexico
According to CNN, whales in Mexico’s Gulf of California are showing† signs of sunburns.† Scientists from UK’s Zoological Society of London (ZSL) and Mexico’s Interdisciplinary Marine Science Center collected skin samples from multiple blue whales, fin whales and sperm whales.† The samples revealed blisters and …
Political crisis worsens in Italy
Four members of Italy’s Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s cabinet have resigned. The New York Times reported that losing these four members will deepen Italy’s political crisis and is expected to bring down the government in a matter of weeks as well as lead to early …
Wired Scot to receive six new computers
Campus Council reported this past week that six new computers have been approved for the Wired Scot and are expected to be installed to the 24-hour lab by the end of the semester. All of the computers will be equipped with Windows 7. This improvement …
Man sentenced for hitting teen with a car
According to The Cleveland Plain Dealer, a Richmond Heights man was ordered to spend the next three years in prison for driving into a teen he believed stole his son’s bicycle. The man, Julius Lyles III, pleaded guilty last month to felonious assault.† The day …
69 child prostitutes freed in sweep
In a national sweep to crackdown on child prostitution, more than five dozen child prostitutes have been found in the last three days.† As reported by the Associated Press, FBI spokesman Jason Pack said that 69 children were removed from prostitution and that 99 suspected …