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Read "A Wind Shift Coming in the Global-Warming Debate...
...speakers at the forum, titled The Future of News, agreed that in order for newspapers to survive the economic downturn, there will be an inevitable shift from printed news to more online mediums...
While the panelists agreed that the focus on online news is not a negative shift, they stressed that the quality of journalism needs to stay the same...
...like the Bush administration did in 2006 when a similar bill was being considered. The Obama administration seems to be moving toward a more liberal policy regarding marijuana, but it is moving at a much slower pace than Mexico. Attorney General Eric Holder recently directed federal prosecutors to shift their focus away from cases involving medical marijuana infractions and to focus on higher-level drug traffickers...
There are signs that a shift may be on the way: In January, the city council of El Paso, which borders Mexico’s Ciudad Juarez—arguably the most dangerous city in Mexico—passed a resolution to open up dialogue on an end to drug prohibition in the United States. The resolution was vetoed by the mayor, partly because he was afraid of losing federal funds for the city, but nevertheless achieved the intended effect of raising awareness of the issue...