Voters in Washington state are set to decide on a proposal that would legalize marijuana possession for non-medical use and authorize its sale in state-run stores. Initiative 502, which supporters call “a new approach to marijuana,” qualified for November’s statewide ballot Friday after a months-long petition drive, Reuters reports.

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In response to last year’s SAT cheating scandal, state Senator Kenneth LaValle has proposed a bill that would make cheating on the SAT a felony in New York. If passed, the SAT cheating bill would formally criminalize the “facilitation of education testing fraud” and “scheming to defraud educational testing.” Such……

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If you’ve been making anti-American jokes on Twitter, it’s time to stop. The Department of Homeland Security may be after you.

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Montana’s medical marijuana law doesn’t protect pot-smoking patients from federal prosecution, and even a Justice Department memo can’t change that, a federal judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge Donald Malloy dismissed a civil lawsuit brought by 14 Montana medical marijuana patients and providers whose homes and businesses were raided by……

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The FDA is being sued by several current and former employees for monitoring their private emails. Receiving and sending private emails on a work computer are things many employees may do.Yet many may not realize — or understand — what level of privacy their actions are afforded

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Lest there be any question, the U.S. Constitution’s supremacy clause still applies to medical marijuana. A federal judge has ruled that federal laws trump Montana’s state laws about medical pot, and patient advocates aren’t pleased.

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He may play a lawyer on TV, but the WWE’s A-List is a real attorney with a real degree from Harvard Law. And he just won a case

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Pottstown Middle School has started a unique clothing ban for an even more unique reason. The Philadelphia-area school recently instituted an Ugg ban over cell phones. The ban actually encompasses all “open top boots.” Students may still don the fur-lined footwear but must change into different shoes before class.

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School Bans Ugg Boots Over Cell Phone Smuggling

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Would you like to be forgotten in jail? How about stuffed in a solitary cell without promise of release? Stephen Slevin was — and his confinement lasted for almost two years

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