Word: arizona
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...Other News: Sixty-five people are believed dead in a fiery plane crash in Cambodia (Reuters) ... Arizona Governor Fyfe Simington has been found guilty on seven counts of bank fraud (All Politics) ... Vice-President Al Gore has denied knowledge of campaign finance wrongdoing (TIME Daily)... Big Tobacco increases wholesale cigarette prices nearly 8 percent (TIME Daily) ... Volatile Southeast Asian markets could cause a banking collapse (TIME Daily) ... and your GP may not know his stethascope from his elbow (TIME Daily...
...called war on drugs and advocates sweeping drug-policy reforms. Soros has committed at least $15 million to Lindesmith and other groups. Last fall he became a target of the zero-tolerance lobby after contributing $1 million to help pass state referendums in California and Arizona to legalize the medical use of such drugs as marijuana. Critics of the new marijuana laws argued they were stalking horses for legalization. Califano blamed Soros for underwriting crucial television advertising that swayed the voters, claiming, "A moneyed, out-of-state elite mounted a cynical and deceptive campaign to push its hidden agenda...
...fake charities. Two subspecialty operations are the "recovery room" and the "badge room." The latter is staffed by callers who pretend to be raising money for families of slain police officers, firefighters or other related (and fake) charities. American Eagle Advertising, which employed 60 solicitors in boiler rooms in Arizona and Georgia, raked in more than $9 million in two years of operation, according to a 67-count federal indictment unsealed in June. Reload men and "recovery room" specialists individually can make in excess of $300,000 a year...
PHOENIX: For six years Fife Symington has managed to battle on ? and even win reelection as Arizona's governor ? in the face of 21 counts of fraud relating to his real estate empire. For the last two months, he's even managed to balance the dual responsibilities of governor and defendent in a federal trial. Now, with the luck of the devil, he will survive in the statehouse for at least a few more days. U.S. District Judge Roger Strand added an alternate juror today, forcing the Republican Governor's trial to start all over again. The new juror replaces...
WASHINGTON: Good news for seriously ill patients who use pot to ease their pain. After Arizona and California started letting doctors prescribe marijuana to help patients deal with specific symptoms, the National Institutes of Health put together a panel of experts to catch up on the controversial issue. Its findings, out today, show strong evidence that pot has medical value...