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The Role Non-Monogamy Will Play in the Future of Marriage - Rachel R. White - Life
Contrary to its "sanctity," marriage has changed over time in both perception and practice.
lombian president calls for global rethink on drugs | World news | The Observer
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Forgiveness: Letting go of grudges and bitterness
A single copy of this article may be reprinted for personal, noncommercial use only. When someone you care about hurts you, you can hold on to anger, resentment and thoughts of revenge — or embrace forgiveness and move forward. By Mayo Clinic staff
Permissive parents: Curb your brats
LZ Granderson does not think this kind of airplane behavior is cute, and asks parents to rein in their kids. LZ Granderson: Undisciplined children can ruin other people's dinner, plane ride, or grocery trip If parents have "the look," it means they have taught their kids discipline at home, he says He says making a child's wishes top priority does not show love: It is harmful Granderson believes these kids often grow up to be disruptive forces in the classroom Editor's note: LZ Granderson writes a weekly column for CNN.com.
The strength to survive Auschwitz - latimes.com
On Jan. 24, 1943, 230 French women who had been arrested for resistance activities were put on a train at Compiegne, outside Paris, and sent to Auschwitz.
New DNA test results prove that nine Chicago-area men were convicted in the 1990s of crimes they didn’t commit. After months of ignoring our calls for justice, Chicago prosecutors finally agreed on November 3, 2011, to clear the five men wrongfully convicted of a rape and murder in 1991 in Dixmoor. Four more men, however, are still fighting for justice.
Justice for the Englewood Four
This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
A Texas DA gets greedy, and so do a California narc, a California prison worker, a Washington state evidence clerk, and a Washington, DC, police officer. Let's get to it: In Center, Texas, the Shelby County District Attorney's office is one focus of a federal criminal investigation into allowing arrested drug traffickers to buy their way out of trouble by letting the county seize their cash.
Clearing the Smoke: The Science of Cannabis - Watch Free Documentary Online - PBS
Description Montana PBS's new documentary, "Clearing the Smoke: The Science of Cannabis", looks beyond the controversies surrounding Medical Marijuana programs and instead, investigates the science. The hour-long program reveals how the plant's chemical compounds act on the brain and the body to potentially treat a myriad of difficult conditions and diseases.Get Army Out of Crime Fighting, Icon of Mexican Left Says
MEXICO CITY – The founder of Mexico’s principal leftist party took the opportunity of a speech here Thursday accepting the Senate’s highest honor to call for an end to the use of the military against drug cartels. President Felipe Calderon, who threw the military into the struggle with the cartels within days of taking office in December 2006, was on hand to see Cuauhtemoc Cardenas receive the Belisario Dominguez Medal and hear him blast the administration’s security policy.m.ahha.asn
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Gang violence fuelled by pot prohibition, report says
On Wednesday, my friend Alderman Danny Solis will introduce an ordinance that decriminalizes marijuana possession... Anyone caught with 10 grams or less will be issued a $200 fine, instead of being arrested, and given a record for life, as is currently the case. I'm incredibly proud to be a co-sponsor of this ordinance.