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Thursday, January 20, 2011

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WA Supreme Court Hears Case: Woman Fired For Medical Marijuana Use

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Can medical marijuana patients be fired from their jobs for legally using cannabis with a doctor's authorization? That's the question before the Washington Supreme Court, which heard arguments Tuesday from attorneys in the case of a medical marijuana patient fired by a telemarketing firm for failing a drug test in 2006.

Woolly Mammoth May Be Resurrected by Scientists

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Japanese scientists believe they have found a way to bring woolly mammoths back to life.

When Will Women Beat on Women in the UFC Octagon? Dana White Says 'Never'

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While leaving a club, bar or late-night workout, when posed the question, White told one of the many paparazzi trailing him out the door that women would "never" fight in the UFC. White followed the response with a chuckle, so that may not be an iron-trap rejection, but it doesn't bode well for the future of female MMA.

Why The ChildFund Doesn't Deserve Your Money

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You know those starving children Sally Struthers was talking about? They might get some assistance if ChildFund wasn't pocketing 25% of your donation.

Solar Firms Frustrated by Permits

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If someone is looking to cut government regulations this is good place to start: The solar permit process varies widely from municipality to municipality, which the industry says adds to its costs and delays its expansion.

Paul 'The World Cup Predicting Octopus' Gets A Memorial

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Fans of Paul the Octopus can admire a memorial to the mollusk at the aquarium where he became the World Cup prognosticator.

Nebraska Bill Allows K - 12 Teachers to Carry Guns to School

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A state senator in Nebraska has introduced a bill to allow certain staff and faculty to carry concealed handguns in their K-12 schools.

The Good Old Days (PIC)

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I miss the 80s.

And They’re Off! (GIF)

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A bunch of guys face-planting on bikes, or what it feels like to wake up being Charlie Sheen...

Time for the Apocalypse Already?

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Bioshock Infinite - The Sky's the Limit

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Like Atlas, "Bioshock Infinite" carries a heavy burden upon its shoulders as the successor to the "Shock" series of games. We take a look at the impact that "Bioshock Infinite" may have on the FPS genre and the titles that lead up to it.

The 30,000-Year-Old Cave That Descends Into Hell [VIDEO]

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There's a cave in France where no humans have been in 26,000 years. The walls are full of fantastic, perfectly-preserved paintings of animals, ending in a chamber full of monsters 1312-feet underground, where CO2 and radon gas concentrations provoke hallucinations.

Real Witches Don't Curse the President

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Vice's Jonathan Smith spoke to Rodica Gheorghe, a Romanian witch, about the country's new tax law, which recognizes the practice of witchcraft and magic as a legal profession – and levies a tax on it. Not surprisingly, she doesn't love her president, Traian Băsescu, and she doesn't sound particularly impressed by the new recognition. But you don't see her throwing potions made of cat feces into the Danube.

A restaurant in Arizona will serve tacos filled with lion meat

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The same place has offered kangaroo and python in the past, but lion just seems like another level of WTF. Where's PETA on this one?

Pepsi Reduces Landfill Waste by 88% in Two Years, While Growing 15%

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Business Green reports that since 2008, PepsiCo has grown by more than 15%, but has reduced overall carbon footprint by 3.7%, reduced total energy use by 7.3%, reduced water use by 14.6%, and cut landfill waste by 88%.

How Apple is "screwing" with the iPhone & MacBook so that you can't

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Apple is switching to an unusual and rare type of exterior screw for its iPhone and other mobile products, making it much harder for users to take them apart and fool around with the internals, according to a Website that specializes in dissecting popular electronic devices.

Why China Does Capitalism Better than the U.S.

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U.S. historian Francis Fukuyama, who proclaimed two decades ago that liberal democracy was now the only game in town, sees China as having proved the opposite - and doing better for it

9,400 Years Ago, Man's Best Friend Was Also His Dinner

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Archaeologists say they've discovered evidence of what's believed to be the oldest domesticated dog in the Americas, and that more than 9,000 years ago, man's best friend may also have been his dinner.

Learning to Play ‘Angry Birds’ Before You Can Tie Your Shoes

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These kids today. They're playing with apps and computer games and learning to use a mouse. Whatever happened to tying their shoes and learning to ride a bike?

Larry Page to Take Over as CEO of Google on April 4th

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Eric Schmidt will be moving up as Executive Chairman

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