SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea launched a satellite into space from its own soil for the first time Wednesday amid increased tensions after archrival North Korea accomplished a similar feat and was condemned by the United Nations. Read more...
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A Phoenix-based private investment firm is putting up about $200 million to help launch what it says is the first full-service talent agency in 20 years that will represent artists in film, music, literary and theatrical industries. Read more... http://www.azcentral.com//business/arizonaeconomy/articles/20130129najafi-cos-investing-m-launch-talent-agency.html?source=nletter-
DAVOS, Switzerland -- The crisis mood is gone, but that doesn't mean you can slip back into your old ways – that's the message from top international finance officials wrapping up the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Read more... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/2013/01/26/davos-2013-economists-war_n_2559186.html
"Footlong" is more than just a name to one Chicago man—it's a promise. Now, Nguyen Buren is joining the ranks of dissatisfied Subway restaurant customers and suing the sandwich giant for failing to measure up. Read more... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/2013/01/24/subway-footlong-lawsuit-c_n_2544973.html?ir=chicago&utm_campaign=012413&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Alert-chicago&utm_content=Title
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea's top governing body warned Thursday that the regime will conduct its third nuclear test in defiance of U.N. punishment, and made clear that its long-range rockets are designed to carry not only satellites but also warheads aimed at striking the United States. Read more... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/2013/01/24/north-korea-nuclear-test-aimed-us-un-sanctions_n_2541248.html?ir=world&utm_campaign=012413&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Alert-world&utm_content=Title
DAVOS, Switzerland — Costa Rica, Mexico and Colombia have opened talks with U.S. officials to prepare for the legalization of marijuana in some U.S. states, Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla said Wednesday.
Chinchilla, one of the world leaders attending the World Economic Forum in the Swiss Alpine resort, said concern over the easing of drug laws stems from the growing number of U.S. states with medical marijuana laws, and some states that have gone beyond that. Read more... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/2013/01/23/laura-chinchilla-marijuana-legalization-costa-rica-us_n_2535252.html
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton faces tough questions in her long-awaited congressional testimony concerning the assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. Read more... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/2013/01/23/hillary-clinton-benghazi-testimony_n_2532653.html?utm_hp_ref=daily-brief?utm_source=DailyBrief&utm_campaign=012313&utm_medium=email&utm_content=NewsEntry&utm_term=Daily%20Brief
WASHINGTON – After Barack Obama publicly took the oath of office for his second term on Monday, he strongly defended the ideology of his party as he urged Americans to accept compromise as a path toward solving the nation’s problems.
“Progress does not compel us to settle centuries-long debates about the role of government for all time – but it does require us to act in our time,” Obama said shortly after taking the oath from Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. “Decisions are upon us, and we cannot afford delay. We cannot mistake absolutism for principle, or substitute spectacle for politics, or treat name-calling as reasoned debate.”
Just over 18 minutes -- relatively short by historical standards -- the address hit several major policy priorities that Obama hopes to pursue.
Read more: Inauguration 2013: Obama addresses gays, compromise, climate change - latimes.com
Major props to Los Angeles Times reporter Joe Mozingo for going deep into the California backcountry in this report on illegal pot farming in our National Forests. Cops in need of funding have long dubbed these farms ‘cartel grows’ and have worked to trace them back to the Sinaloa Cartel or the Zetas. Astonishingly, U.S. Drug Czar employee Tommy Lanier admits cartels don’t control pot growing in the national forests. Read more: Smell the Truth » National Forest Pot Farms Not Connected To Drug Cartels: L.A. Times Finds
Yesterday, we told you about The White Horse Inn’s plans to open up their “Coffee Shop” on New Year’s Day. We, along with other websites referred to it as Colorado’s first Coffee Shop. It turns out, another set of eager entrepreneurs (led by the notorious, Robert Corry) have announced that they will be opening Colorado’s first cannabis club TONIGHT (new year’s eve), right here in Denver! Read more: CLUB 64: Colorado's First Cannabis Club Opens Today | Colorado Cannabis Blog
