“Uruguay’s drug tsar says the country plans to sell legal marijuana for $1 a gram to combat drug-trafficking, according to a local newspaper. The plan to create a government-run legal marijuana industry has passed the lower house of Congress, and Uruguay’s president, José Mujica, expects to push it through the Senate soon as part of his effort to explore alternatives …
Tinder Can Be Depressing | Online Dating On The Rise
“Online dating and its newer relative — mobile dating apps — are increasingly a go-to option to meet a romantic partner, according to a Pew Research Center report that finds 11% of American adults have used either. Among those who have, 66% have gone on a date with someone they met through a dating site or app, and 23% met …
Popular Sitcom Actor’s Dark, Troubling Instagram Messages
“In a series of somewhat sullen handwritten notes posted Monday on Instagram, Donald Glover revealed that his decision to scale back his role on “Community” had little to do with his new focus on a burgeoning rap career. The actor, who raps under the name Childish Gambino and has an album “Because The Internet” set for release in December, wrote …
Chris Christie Ends Fight To Ban Gay Marriage In New Jersey
“As couples across New Jersey began marrying on Monday after the stroke of midnight, Gov. Chris Christie abandoned his long fight against same-sex marriage, concluding that signals from the court and the march of history were against him. His decision not to appeal a judge’s ruling that allowed the weddings removed the last hurdle to legalized same-sex marriage in New …
Teen Cyber Bully’s Mother Arrested For Child Abuse [GRAPHIC VIDEO]
“The mother of a teen accused of bullying a girl until she committed suicide was arrested today on suspicion of child abuse. Vivian Vosburg, 30, of Lakeland, Fla., is charged with two counts of child abuse with bodily harm, and four counts of child neglect with great harm, according to the office of Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd. Vosburg is …
Ted Cruz Blames Senate Republicans For ‘Lousy’ Shutdown Deal
“The Texas Republican, who many Republicans and Democrats alike blame for triggering the confrontation that led to the shutdown, told “Politics Confidential” that the agreement that allowed the government to reopen late last week is “lousy.” “The deal we got … was a lousy deal,” Cruz said. “The Washington establishment sold the American people down the river. It provided no …
Obamacare Would’ve Killed Republican Senator Inhofe?
“A Republican senator said over the weekend that he believed President Barack Obama’s health care reform law would have left him dead instead of providing the recent emergency quadruple bypass heart surgery that saved his life. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) told WABC radio’s Aaron Klein that he went in to see his doctor for a routine colonoscopy and discovered that …