By Russ Belville (Examiner) Apparently the National Cancer Institute got a talking to from someone, because now that page has been scrubbed of any reference to the direct antitumoral effects of cannabis. via National Cancer Institute scrubs “anti-tumoral effect” of cannabinoids from webs – Portland medical marijuana dispensaries | Examiner.com.

Lacie Lowry, News On 6 MAIMI, Oklahoma — A sting targeting underage drinking reveals a shocking surprise. Agents investigating a strip club in Ottawa County say they saw illegal sex acts, numerous liquor violations — and a 14-year-old boy working at the club. “It was kind of shocking,” said Erik Smoot, an agent with the [...]

By Benjamin Weiser (NY Times) Since 2009, Julian P.  Heicklen has stood at courthouse entrances and handed out pamphlets encouraging jurors to ignore the law if they disagree with it, and to render verdicts based on conscience. That concept, called jury nullification, is highly controversial, and courts are hostile to it. But federal prosecutors have [...]

By Ryan Witt (Examiner.com) Yesterday approximately 70,000 to 100,000 people attended a protest at Wisconsin’s Capitol Square in opposition to Governor Scott Walker’s (R) Budget Repair Bill despite. The crowd woud be impressive on any day, but was even more so yesterday given the weather conditions which included snow and temperatures well below freezing. Despite [...]

By Jen Wieczner (The Atlantic) Noel Biderman, the man behind the wildly successful AshleyMadison.com, is helping to facilitate extra-marital affairs. Microsoft, Google, and Facebook want no part of it. Crying censorship, Biderman is fighting back. Noel Biderman is infamous for owning the site that helps married people have affairs, AshleyMadison.com. But he doesn’t publicize the [...]