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Edibles available at LoDo Wellness Center, a retail marijuana and medical marijuana dispensary and grow facility in downtown Denver.

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Colorado's Pot Brownies Now Come With Instructions

4:09pm August 29, 2014

by Luke Runyon

Colorado is rolling out regulations for the edible-marijuana sector, including "emergency rules," which spell out serving sizes. But for now, most of the dosage education is falling to pot shops.

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Police arrest a woman in Ferguson, Mo., protesting the shooting death of Michael Brown. Most officers in Ferguson and nearby Jennings are white, but the neighborhoods they police are predominantly African-American.

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Zero-Tolerance Policing Is Not Racism, Say St. Louis-Area Cops

11:57pm August 28, 2014

by Martin Kaste

The protests following Michael Brown's death have rekindled long-standing complaints about racist policing in the St. Louis area. Cops there are now becoming more outspoken in their own defense.

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Journalist James Foley in 2011. He was killed by Islamic State militants in Syria earlier this month.

Foley's Mother: We Didn't Want Him To Go Back To Syria

7:28pm August 28, 2014

Diane Foley tells NPR that her son, slain journalist James Foley, "could have done so many other things. But he, I think, was drawn to some of the drama, some of the rawness of the conflict zones."

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At Africa Summit, South Sudanese President Resents Pressure From U.S.

6:43pm August 28, 2014

by Michele Kelemen

The world's newest country has been roiled by ethnic and political clashes, as well as famine. The U.S. and other African heads of state are pressing the country's president to make peace with rebels.

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Liberia And Sierra Leone Seal Off Ebola Epicenters With Troops

6:43pm August 28, 2014

by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

As the deadly Ebola virus outbreak continues to spread, affected nations are imposing drastic new measures to try to contain the infection.

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Amid Ebola's Spread, One Rule Reigns: 'Don't Touch'

6:43pm August 28, 2014

Numbers from the World Health Organization put Sierra Leone at the top of the list for cases of Ebola. Yusuf Mackery explains what's being done to prevent infection and raise public awareness.

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In this June 2013 photo provided by National Geographic, diver Susan Bird, working at the bottom of Hoyo Negro, a large dome-shaped underwater cave in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, brushes the Naia skull found at the site.

Science

Ancient Skeleton In Mexico Sheds Light On Americas Settlement

2:40pm August 28, 2014

by Scott Neuman

DNA from a 12,000-year-old skeleton of a teenage girl found in a cave in the Yucatan Peninsula shows the same markers found in modern Native Americans.

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Unifi makes Repreve, a thread that comes from plastic waste bottles and leftover polyester scraps, at its Yadkinville, N.C., facility.

Driven By Climate Change, Cotton Buyers Look For Alternatives

1:43pm August 28, 2014

by Yuki Noguchi

One clothing company whose bottom line was hurt in the wake of bad weather events decided to look to polyester fibers made from recycled plastic bottles.

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In Settlement, Homeland Security Agrees To Reform 'Voluntary Departures'

12:53pm August 28, 2014

by John Burnett

The Department of Homeland Security is settling a lawsuit with the ACLU, which deals with immigrants who were improperly pushed to leave the country.

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Danny Done, 26, worshipful master of the Queen Anne Masonic Lodge in Seattle. The fraternity is "a really interesting social network that's not online," he says.

National

Freemasonry Still Alive And Well, And (Mostly) Men-Only

11:17am August 28, 2014

by Martin Kaste

The Freemasons are arguably one of the world's most famous men's organizations. Membership has been falling in the U.S. since the 1960s, but millennials are now showing an interest in the fraternity.

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