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California could soon become the fifth state to legalize recreational marijuana use, as a proposal to put the issue on the November ballot received the required number of signatures on Tuesday.
According to a report by Reuters:
The proposed so-called 'Adult Use of Marijuana Act,' which is supported by Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom among others, would allow people aged 21 and older to…
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Employees of the Environmental Protection Agency are being buried in mountains of paperwork this year, according to a report released by the American Action Forum Tuesday, which claims the EPA's annual paperwork burden currently sits at 188 million hours.
The report argues the Obama administration's increasing regulations on the agency has caused a severe uptick in documentation:
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Pat Summitt, the winningest basketball coach in NCAA history, passed away Tuesday morning at the age of 64, succumbing in her long battle with early onset dementia.
Summitt won eight championships while at the helm of the Tennessee Lady Volunteers, finishing her career with 1,098 wins and 18 Final Four appearances, both NCAA records. From the beginning of her tenure in 1974 to her retirement…
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A contingent of representatives from the National Basketball Association and the WNBA, including NBA commissioner Adam Silver, participated in the New York City LGBT Pride Parade on Sunday, marking the first time a professional sports league has officially taken part in Pride.
Other attendees representing the NBA or WNBA included NBA Deputy Commissioner Mark Tatum, WNBA President Lisa Borders…
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Golfer and Navy veteran Billy Hurley III clinched a storybook victory Sunday, winning his first career PGA Tour tournament at the Quicken Loans National in Bethesda, Md., less than 50 miles west of the Naval Academy in Annapolis.
Less than a year after his father tragically committed suicide, Hurley triumphantly raised the trophy at the Tiger Woods-hosted event, finishing on top by three…
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Academy Award winner Matthew McConaughey, whose latest movie "Free State of Jones" opened in theaters Friday, made some provocative statements in an interview with the Daily Beast Thursday, including a claim that "mankind has bastardized religion."
The 46-year old actor discussed his upcoming role in "Free State of Jones" as Newton Knight, a Confederate deserter who led a revolt in Mississippi…
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Chad Dukes of 106.7 The Fan, a local sports radio station in Washington, D.C., took on the proposed federal tax on soda Thursday on his show "Chad Dukes Vs the World," and actually raised some interesting points.
"Is there anyone in America, from any background, that doesn't know that sodas are not good for you?" Dukes began. "Is there any doubt [...] that you shouldn't drink soda, that you…
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Comic book enthusiasts are in for a surprise this September with the release of AfterShock Comics' new series Alters, which stars one of the world's first transgender superheroes.
The series will feature Charlie Young, a.k.a. Chalice, a young man with the ability to fly who is transitioning into a woman. The official synopsis for "Alters" says:
From a diverse team of creators composed of…
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A masked man armed with a gun attacked a cinema in southwestern Germany on Thursday. The man who carried out the attack has been by killed by police, according to multiple reports.
The man reportedly entered the Kinopolis movie theater in the town of Viernheim, Germany, firing several shots before barricading himself in the theater with a group hostages. All the hostages eventually escaped…
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Having just portrayed a CIA agent in his new film Central Intelligence, actor and former profession wrestler Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson took to Instagram on Wednesday, saying he might be interested in running for president someday.
Responding to an opinion piece in The Washington Post that argued the "Fast and Furious" star could actually win the White House, Johnson confirmed he could see…