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Holder's Baby Step On Medical Marijuana

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: 2835, Necessity, Medical Necessity, President Obama, Glaucoma, Marijuana, Barney Frank, Dea, Doj, Raid, Oakland Cannabis Buyers Cooperative, Medical, Medical Marijuana, Obama, War on Drugs, Injustice, Drug, Eric Holder, California, Drug Enforcement Agency, Gonzales v Raich, Federal Prosecutor, Schedule I, Schedule, Ed Rosenthal, Marinol, Schedule II, Medical Use, US v Rosenthal, Drug War, Department of Justice, Justice, Federal Attorney, Oakland, Gag Rule, Federal, Attorney General, Necessity Defense, US v OCBC, Justice Department, Barack Obama, Holder, Controlled Substances Act, Ag, Cannabis, Chris Weigant, Ashcroft v Raich, hr2835, Drug Policy, Medical Necessity Defense, Raich, Ocbc, Rosenthal, Politics News

Obama's plan is good news for medical marijuana advocates, but although this is a historic shift in the War on Drugs, it does not go far enough because it does not resolve the illogic of the underlying legal issue.

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PSC considers Western Md. wind power proposal

AP | ALEX DOMINGUEZ | Posted 10.14.2009 | Home

Read More: Oakland, Home News

BALTIMORE — Homeowners who live near the site of proposed Western Maryland wind farm brought their case before utility regulators Wednesday, saying the impact on their safety has not been adequately considered.

"This commission is our last and only hope our government will protect us," said homeowner Victor Fickes.

Synergics Wind Energy wants to build a 50-megawatt wind energy farm atop Backbone Mountain near Oakland in Garrett County.

Fickes said he was not entirely opposed to the project, but wanted turbines at least 2,600 feet from any homes, which would mean three fewer turbines for the proposal that calls for up to 20 turbines. Fickes said turbine failures on other wind farms have thrown debris far enough to reach nearby homes under the Garrett County project.

A company attorney told the commissioners the closest any turbine would be to a home was 1,175 feet.

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Education of an Urban Farmer: Novella Carpenter

FORA.tv | FORA.tv | Posted 10.12.2009 | Home

Read More: Oakland, Corte Madera-California, Home News

Education of an Urban Farmer: Novella Carpenter Novella Carpenter talks about Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer. Urban and rural collide in...

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Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jerry Brown, Bill Clinton and That Crazy California Governorship

William Bradley | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Emerson, Bill Clinton, Steve Westly, John McCain, Ronald Reagan, Tom Campbell, Antonio Villaraigosa, Pat Brown, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barack Obama, California, Meg Whitman, 1992 Presidential Race, Gavin Newsom, Warren Beatty, Jerry Brown, Steve Poizner, 2010 Gubernatorial Race, Hillary Clinton, Tom McClintock, Bill Lockyer, Tonight Show, Biltmore Hotel, Century Plaza Hotel, Don Sipple, 2003 California Recall, Dot-Com Boom, Field Poll, John Garamendi, Enron, Pete Wilson, Oakland, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento, Politics News

California's next governor is likely someone who's already won a landslide election as governor, albeit 30 years ago. That's Jerry Brown, who won his latest landslide for Attorney General in 2006.

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Sahar Shafqat: Achieving Peace in Pakistan

FORA.tv | FORA.tv | Posted 09.23.2009 | Home

Read More: Oakland, San Francisco-California, Baghdad-Iraq, Iraq, Pakistan, Home News

CONFLICT: Sahar Shafqat on Peace in Pakistan Sahar Shafqat is presenting at Momentum 2009 on the Conflict Plenary: On the battlefield and the playing...

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CONFLICT: Harry Edwards on Race, Sport and Society

FORA.tv | FORA.tv | Posted 11.14.2009 | Home

Read More: Oakland, San Francisco-California, Baghdad-Iraq, Iraq, Home News

CONFLICT: Harry Edwards on Race, Sport, and Society Harry Edwards is presenting at Momentum 2009 on the Conflict plenary: On the battlefield and the ...

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Fatalistic Teens Increase Risk of HIV Infection

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 09.05.2009 | Living

A study this summer reports 1 in 7 teenagers in the U.S. thinks he or she only has a 50-50 shot of making it past 35. What stands out are the consequences of low life-expectancy.

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Oakland Voters Pass Landmark Pot Tax To Boost City Coffers

AP | LISA LEFF | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Oakland, Oakland Pot Tax, Pot, Pot Tax, Marijuana, Marijuana Tax, Politics News

OAKLAND, Calif. — Oakland residents overwhelmingly voted Tuesday to approve a first-of-its kind tax on medical marijuana sold at the city's four...

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Being "Deeply Saddened" at Gun Violence Is Not Enough

Paul Helmke | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, Abortion, Supreme Court, Rahm Emanuel, Nancy Pelosi, Gun Control, Hillary Clinton, Guns, Barack Obama, Eric Holder, Cairo-Egypt, Egypt, Little Rock-Arkansas, Binghamton-New York, Afghanistan, Iraq, Oakland, Politics News

Candidate Obama addressed gun violence prevention. President Obama ha not done much more than express his deep sadness to victims and their families in response to shooting after shooting.

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Michigan GOP Official Gets Probation For Public Sex Act

The Oakland Press | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Indecent Exposurem, Kim Capello, Michigan, Oakland County Commissioner, Oakland, Politics News

The married Oakland County commissioner accused of indecent exposure in what police reports indicate was a public sex act was given two years to compl...

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A Different Kind Of Tea Party!

Paul Armentano | Posted 05.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Oakland, Cannabis, Norml, Marijuana, Mexico Drug Cartels, Mexico, Tax Day, Massachusetts, Tea Party, Barack Obama, California, Politics News

This Tax Day it's not just NORML that is calling on lawmakers to tax and regulate marijuana. In today's economic climate, the question is: who isn't?

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What's Going On?

Byron Williams | Posted 05.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Oakland Shootings, Binghamton Shooting, Binghamton Shootings, Oakland, Richard Poplawski Pittsburgh, Violence, Binghamton, Pittsburgh, Politics News

In the midst of the recent tragedies in Pittsburgh, Oakland, Binghamton and Silicon Valley, questions abound. Is this the result of a bad economy?

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Oakland: Tragedy in Our Town

Rick Ayers | Posted 04.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Violence, Black Community, Education, Oakland Police Shooting, Prison, Oakland, Politics News

The media, the politicians, and the police have not taken a stance of uniting with the community. They have fed the notion of the African American community as a site of depravity, a place to be dominated.

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Thousands Attend Funeral For Slain Oakland Officers

AP | JULIANA BARBASSA and TERRY COLLINS | Posted 04.27.2009 | Home

Read More: Oakland Funeral, Oakland-California, Oakland Officers, San Francisco-California, Oakland, Home News

OAKLAND, Calif. — The city virtually halted Friday for the funeral of four slain police officers, with a populace still in shock jamming a large spo...

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How to Fight Police Brutality

Casey Gane-McCalla | Posted 04.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Police Killings, Oakland, Black Community, Oscar Grant, Police Brutality, Politics News

When unarmed peaceful civilians are killed by the police, they are being killed by agents of the government that is supposed to represent them. It is a failure of government that must be addressed.

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Oakland Police Massacre Casts Ugly Glare on Ex-Felon Desperation

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 04.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Law Enforcement, Congress, Lovelle Mixon, Barack Obama, Oakland Police Killings, Crime, Police, Second Chance Act, Violence, Ex-Felons, Prisons, California, Oakland, Oakland-California, Politics News

Though Lovelle Mixon's killing spree is a horrible aberration, his plight as an unemployed, ex-felon isn't. There are tens of thousands like him on America's streets.

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Bay Area Hopes To Be Electric Vehicle Capital Of The United States

gas2.org | Written by Gavin Newsom | Posted 03.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Oakland, Gavin Newsom, San Jose, Cars, San Francisco, Green Politics, Green Cars, California, Green News

Last November, I joined Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums and San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed to announce a nine-step policy plan for transforming the Bay Area into...

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The Oakland Protestors and the Arc of the Moral Universe

Byron Williams | Posted 02.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Oakland, BART Police Shooting, BART Shooting, Bart, Politics News

How does throwing something through a window or burning an automobile serve the memory of Oscar Grant, especially when his family is calling for calm?

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Youth React to Oscar Grant Shooting

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 02.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Oakland, Oscar Grant Shooting, Youth, Oscar Grant, Bart, Police Brutality, Civil Rights, Ca, Media News

Oakland residents and others have been protesting the handling of Grant's case and police brutality as a larger issue. Youth Radio is covering the story as it unfolds.

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Oscar Grant Death: BART Officer Mehserle Arrested (VIDEO)

AP | TERRY COLLINS | Posted 02.14.2009 | Home

Read More: Oscar Grant, Johannes Mehserle, California, Bart, Oakland, Video, Mehserle, Oscar Grant Video, Mehserle Video, Oscar Grant Shooting Video, Oscar Grants, Oscar Grant Iii, Home News

Scroll down for video SAN FRANCISCO — A white former transit police officer accused of killing an unarmed black man on an Oakland train platfor...

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The McCain/Palin Debate Spin: We Won Because She Wasn't a Dithering Idiot

Michael Russnow | Posted 11.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Oakland, Alaska, Cnn, John McCain, Vice Presidential Debate, Gwen Ifill, Russnow, Washington, Michael Russnow, Gertrude Stein, Joe Biden, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, Politics News

What Gertrude Stein said about her hometown Oakland could also be said of Sarah Palin. "There is no there, there." Sarah Palin is simply without substance.

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