Jan 01 Consumers enjoy first puffs of recreational marijuana from licensed retailers in Colo. By News Desk Sean Azzariti of Denver made the first purchase of recreational marijuana under the new law at 3D Cannabis Center in Denver. Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post via Getty Images It's a new day in Colorado; 2014 kicked off with… Continue reading
Jan 01 Palestinian ambassador dies from blast in Prague residence The Palestinian ambassador to the Czech Republic died Wednesday from an explosion at his apartment that officials said occurred when the diplomat opened an old safe that had remained untouched for more than 20 years. Ambassador Jamel al-Jamal, 56,… Continue reading
Jan 01 U.S. lags behind arctic nations in race to stake claims to untapped resources By Deb Riechmann, Associated Press Countries are scrambling to stake claim to untapped resources, previously frozen in the Arctic. But with a lack of basic infrastructure and funding commitments, critics say the U.S. trails other countries in preparations for the increased activity in… Continue reading
Jan 01 How to rate the risks of peer-to-peer lending, the newest bubble The careless lending practices in peer-to-peer lending may be a harbinger of greater problems to come in our financial system. Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images. The stock market had an incredibly good run in 2013: The Standard and Poor's… Continue reading
Jan 01 Pope Francis calls on the world to 'stop ourselves in this path of violence' Pope Francis greets the crowd from the window of the apostolic palace overlooking St. Peter's Square during his Angelus prayer on Jan. 1, 2014 in Vatican City. Photo by Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images With a new year comes Pope Francis'… Continue reading
Jan 01 Quiz: Test your knowledge of the new laws of 2014 By Joshua Barajas, Frank Bi In which state can you now go on a bar crawl using a "pedal pub"? Photo by Flickr user Sonja Stark More than 40,000 new laws were enacted in 2013, thousands of which took effect at the stroke of midnight,… Continue reading
Jan 01 Sotomayor delays birth control mandate for some religion-affiliated groups Hours before the start of 2014, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor granted an emergency stay, which blocks a birth control mandate for some groups under the Affordable Care Act. Video still by PBS NewsHour Only hours before it was… Continue reading
Dec 31 Study: Vitamin E may be key to slowing Alzheimer's Vitamin E may slow the progression of Alzheimer's. Photo by Flickr user Bradley Stemke. A recent study revealed a ray of hope in the effort to battle Alzheimer's disease. Researchers found that high doses of vitamin E may… Continue reading
Dec 31 An estimated 3,520 killed by U.S. drones Photo by John Moore/Getty Images. An estimated 3,520 people have been killed by American drones since 2002. 457 of those killed were civilians. Continue reading
Dec 31 Children beheaded in Central African Republic More than half of the residents of CAR's capital have sought housing at emergency shelters because of continued violence between rebel militias. Children have also been caught in the crossfires. Photo by Pascal Mounier/EU Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection… Continue reading