California Attorney General Issues Medical Marijuana Guidelines

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:28:36 -0400

By Eric Bailey, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
August 26, 2008
Los Angeles Times

Jerry Brown outlines steps to help patients and dispensaries stay within the law, help police know when to step in and, it's hoped, keep the federal government at bay.

DNC Protest Organizers to Hold Press Conference at Denver Police Department

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:18:26 -0400

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 26, 2008
2:55 PM

CONTACT: Recreate 68 Alliance
Glenn Spagnuolo 720-771-4669
Larry Hales 720-979-9491
Dustin Langley 646-354-8056

These Revolutionary Times

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:41:58 -0400

Revolutionary Times

by Bill Vitek

I am not prone to tirades or radical behavior. I have never participated in a public protest and refuse to sign most petitions. In the classroom I offer both sides of an issue. I have a stable job and hope to someday spend the money collecting in my retirement account. In British America in 1775 I would have been a loyalist.

US May Ease Local Police Spy Rules

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:02:15 -0400

US May Ease Police Spy Rules
by Spencer S. Hsu and Carrie Johnson

WASHINGTON - The Justice Department has proposed a new domestic spying measure that would make it easier for state and local police to collect intelligence about Americans, share the sensitive data with federal agencies and retain it for at least 10 years.

Aug. 18: Presentation and Discussion on the Nursing Home Crisis

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 13:51:01 -0400

The Nursing Home Crisis: Problems and Solutions
Presentation and Discussion with Tara McCauley

The Champaign County Nursing Home faces a fiscal crisis due to the County Board's
neglect of their oversight responsibilities. The home recently moved into a newly-built
$24 million facility and has an outstanding reputation for care, yet preservation of the

Downtowns Across the U.S. See Streetcars in Their Future

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:34:46 -0400

Downtowns Across the U.S. See Streetcars in Their Future
By Bob Driehaus

CINCINNATI — From his months-old French bistro, Jean-Robert de Cavel sees restored Italianate row houses against a backdrop of rundown tenements in this city’s long-struggling Over-the-Rhine neighborhood.

“Get in the Streets to Stop Police Terror” Contingent in the Bud Billiken Parade

Gregory Koger — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:33:40 -0400

Recently, the Chicago police have killed 6 people and shot 12 within a period of four weeks. The corporate media in the city remains silent on this outrageous rampage unleashed on the people, instead focusing on the propaganda of the police in relation to youth violence.

Copy Massachusetts’ Health Reform? Not So Fast, Researchers Say

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:53:21 -0400

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 11, 2008
11:44 AM

California: Marijuana Law Goes Up In Smoke As Federal Agents Raid Dispensaries

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:29:38 -0400

California: Marijuana Law Goes Up In Smoke As Federal Agents Raid Dispensaries
by Dan Glaister

LOS ANGELES - The young woman in the bikini top and bottle tan was having a good time in the bright afternoon sun. Gyrating opposite the Muscle Beach Gym on the boardwalk at Venice beach, she chanted her mantra in an eastern European accent. “The doctor is here! The doctor is here!”

Nagasaki Commemorates Anniversary of Nuclear Attack

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 13:50:48 -0400

Nagasaki Commemorates Anniversary of Nuclear Attack

TOKYO - Nagasaki on Saturday demanded North Korea fully abandon nuclear weapons, while urging India to sign nuclear treaties, as the Japanese city marked 63 years since it was flattened by an atomic bomb.

Government -- Local

California Attorney General Issues Medical Marijuana Guidelines

DNC Protest Organizers to Hold Press Conference at Denver Police Department

These Revolutionary Times

US May Ease Local Police Spy Rules

Aug. 18: Presentation and Discussion on the Nursing Home Crisis

Downtowns Across the U.S. See Streetcars in Their Future

“Get in the Streets to Stop Police Terror” Contingent in the Bud Billiken Parade

Copy Massachusetts’ Health Reform? Not So Fast, Researchers Say

California: Marijuana Law Goes Up In Smoke As Federal Agents Raid Dispensaries

Nagasaki Commemorates Anniversary of Nuclear Attack