Puff, puff, ponder: Marijuana advocates celebrate unofficial 4/20 holiday, reflect on movementOAKLAND, Calif. — Cannabis advocates weren’t just using their high holiday of April 20 to light up — they were throwing fundraisers for medical marijuana clubs and planning their next steps to legalize the herb for medicinal use. Supreme Court to hear arguments over school strip search of 13-year-old girlWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court seemed worried Tuesday about tying the hands of school officials looking for drugs and weapons on campus as they wrestled with the appropriateness of a strip-search of a 13-year-old girl accused of having prescription-strength ibuprofen. Police: Boston med student held in masseuse’s death targeted women he met on CraigslistBOSTON — Philip Markoff seemed to have a good life: The handsome, clean-cut, 23-year-old medical student was planning a lavish beachfront wedding this summer to a beautiful woman. But authorities say his computer and surveillance video paint a picture of a suspected serial criminal who targeted women offering erotic services through Craigslist. Now he’s accused of killing one and suspected of robbing and tying up another. Mystery donor keeps handing checks to colleges; only common denominator is a woman presidentThe mystery college donor has struck again — this time at Binghamton University in New York, whose financial aid office phone started ringing off the hook as word of an anonymous $6 million contribution spread across campus. Boston medical student ordered held without bail in masseuse’s Craigslist deathBOSTON — A Boston medical student has been ordered held without bail on charges that he fatally shot a masseuse he had lured to his hotel through Craigslist. Group of colleges urges Congress to offer tuition aid, citizenship to many illegal immigrantsWASHINGTON — Wading into the politically charged immigration debate, a group of colleges and universities is urging Congress to give illegal immigrants tuition aid and a path to citizenship in light of efforts in several states to block them. Survivor of Oklahoma City bombing: If time heals all wounds, why does it still hurt?OKALAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum brought together those who survived the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, family members of the victims and rescue workers for a program called “First Person: Stories of Hope.” |
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