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Image: S?bastien Thibault In the classic 1936 cult film Reefer Madness, well-adjusted high school students who try marijuana suddenly sink into a life of addiction, promiscuity, aggression, academic failure, homicide and mental illness. The movie concludes with the ominous warning that ?The dread marijuana may be reaching forth next for [...]
PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) ? Hasbro Inc.’s fourth-quarter net income dipped 1 percent, pinched by softer-than-expected demand in the U.S. and Canada. The toy company, whose brands include Nerf and My Little Pony, reported net income of $139.1 million, or $1.06 per share, for the period ended Dec. 25. That compares with $140 million, or 99 [...]
As invasive snakes expand territory, some mammal populations drop by more than 90 percent Web edition : 5:19 pm Giant snakes are eating their way through the Everglades, leaving a drastically changed ecosystem in their wake, a new study shows. The snakes, many of which measure 10 to 16 feet, are called Burmese pythons. But [...]
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) ? EBay Inc gave a conservative quarterly sales forecast despite unveiling better-than-expected results, warning that a weak European economy may take the gloss off rip-roaring growth in online commerce. But CEO John Donahoe — who is overseeing a turnaround in its core “marketplaces” division and pitting a company once synonymous with auctions [...]
WASHINGTON ? The number of people seeking unemployment benefits plummeted last week to 352,000, the fewest since April 2008. The decline added to evidence that the job market is strengthening. Applications fell 50,000, the biggest drop in the seasonally adjusted figure in more than six years, the Labor Department said Thursday. The four-week average, which [...]
Italian Premier Mario Monti attends a debate at the lower chamber in Rome, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012. Monti says he would support a new tax on financial transactions so long as it applies to the European Union as a whole. Speaking after meeting Wednesday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Monti indicated his preference for such [...]
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney campaigns in Miami, Florida in this September 21, 2011 file photo (Credit: (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)) It is not just Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary where Mitt Romney appears to be headed to victory. Voters in Florida appear to be coalescing around Mitt Romney as their choice to take on [...]
Stocks are shooting higher after the market opened on comforting news from Europe and an optimistic outlook from corporate bellwether Alcoa. European markets rose sharply Tuesday after Fitch Ratings said it will not downgrade France this year. A downgrade for France could scuttle the region’s bailout efforts. The bailout fund relies on the sterling credit [...]
Congress is closing out a year of dismal approval ratings by sinking to a new low of 11 percent in a new Gallup poll. The barely double digits job approval rating for Congress breaks the record low since Gallup first began asking the question, ?Do you approve or disapprove of the way Congress is handling [...]