Pot advocates: Looser guidelines leave questions
SAN FRANCISCO - A new Obama administration policy loosening guidelines on federal prosecution of medical marijuana on Monday signaled to users that they had less to fear from federal agents but still left their suppliers to contend with a tangled mesh of state laws and regulations.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-10-19
Montana town offers to take Guantanamo prisoners
HARDIN, Mont. - On Capitol Hill, politicians are dead-set against transferring some of the world's most feared terrorists from Guantanamo to prisons on U.S. soil. But at City Hall in this impoverished town on the Northern Plains, the attitude is: Bring 'em on.
Nations:U.S. People:Jon Tester Activities:CIA Prison Scandal Source:(AP)
2009-05-29
States face competing priorities for stimulus cash
NEW YORK - It may sound like a nice problem for states -- figuring out how to spend the billions in infrastructure funding they'll receive as part of President Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan.
Nations:U.S. People:Deval Patrick Barack Obama Arnold Schwarzenegger Activities:Obama Stimulus Package Source:(AP)
2009-02-16
Cash-strapped states mull seat belt law changes
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Drivers better buckle up or pay the price: More cash-strapped states want to give law enforcement officers the authority to pull over motorists just for not wearing their seat belts.
Nations:U.S. Activities:2008 U.S. Recession Source:(AP)
2009-02-04
Bitter cold hits hard because of economic meltdown
ST. LOUIS - William Davis has lived on the streets since the recession cost him his job as a commercial painter. Over the last eight months, he's made it through heat waves, wind storms, rain, snow and ice.
Nations:U.S. Canada Source:(AP)
2009-01-15
Bone-chilling temperatures settle over East
MONTPELIER, Vt. - Northeasterners got socked Thursday with the same subzero temperatures -- more than 30 below zero in some spots -- that brought teeth-chattering misery to the nation's midsection for much of the week.
Nations:U.S. Canada Source:(AP)
2009-01-15
Blowing snow and frigid temperatures pound nation
MINNEAPOLIS - Arctic air extended its grip Wednesday with below-zero temperatures stretching from Montana to northern New England and frost nipping the Gulf Coast.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-01-14
ND gets blizzard on top of December's record snow
BISMARCK, N.D. - A fast-moving blizzard brought snow and high winds to North Dakota on Monday, closing schools and causing more headaches for residents still trying to dig out from a record snowfall last month. And, forecasters said a blast of cold air was on the way that could send the thermometer as low as 30 below zero.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-01-12
Northern Plains face frigid storm; en route east
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Blizzard warnings were posted across the Northern Plains early Monday as a bitterly cold wallop of snow threatens the region, while residents of the Midwest and Northeast dug out after their own tussles with weekend storms.
Nations:U.S. Canada Source:(AP)
2009-01-12
Toxic coal ash piling up in ponds in 32 states
WASHINGTON - Millions of tons of toxic coal ash is piling up in power plant ponds in 32 states, a practice the federal government has long recognized as a risk to human health and the environment but has left unregulated.
Nations:U.S. People:Barbara Boxer Source:(AP)
2009-01-09
New laws in 5 states call for fire-safe cigarettes
FORT WORTH, Texas - Laws mandating stores only sell cigarettes that are slow-burning and fire-safe went into effect in five states on New Year's Day.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-01-02
Oldest man in the US dies in Sacramento at 112
SAN FRANCISCO - George Francis, the nation's oldest man, who lived through both world wars, man's first walk on the moon and the election of the first black president, has died. He was 112.
Nations:U.S. Portugal People:Barack Obama Source:(AP)
2008-12-29
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