An Atlanta city councilman wants the city to tack on a $10 to $15 charge for speeders — a fuel charge he says is needed because of record-high gasoline prices. The nearby town of Holly Springs, Ga., already has enacted a $12 fuel surcharge. Atlanta Councilman C.T. Martin tells MyFoxAtlanta.com …
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Stopping marijuana use can produce withdrawal symptoms that rival those of nicotine withdrawal, according to a small study published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence. The study, which looked at 12 adults who were heavy users of marijuana and cigarettes, found that, similar to nicotine withdrawal, quitting marijuana caused …
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A lawyer representing her husband in a drug case wound up in a prison cell herself after allegedly “taking the law into her own hands” and injuring an assistant U.S. attorney with a violent handshake in Florida, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported Friday. After a hearing involving her husband Anthony, …
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CANBERRA, Australia – Australia released grisly surveillance pictures of the slain carcasses of two whales being hauled aboard a ship, stepping up its campaign Thursday against Japanese whaling in Antarctic waters. Environment Minister Peter Garrett said the “distressing” pictures would help build global opposition to whaling. “It is explicitly clear …
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Two men were stabbed Sunday while watching a horror movie at a California movie theater. The men were injured around 7:30 p.m. at the AMC Fullerton Town 20 theater in Fullerton, Calif., while watching the thriller “The Signal,” MyFOXLA.com reports. Police said the individuals were sitting in different parts of …
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – A leading Internet provider in the Emirates said an undersea cable had been cut early Friday in the Persian Gulf, causing severe phone line disruptions here and compounding an already existing Internet outage across large parts of the Middle East and Asia after two other …
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HAZLETON, Pa. – Windy, bitterly cold weather spread from the northern Plains to the Northeast on Sunday, with blinding snow canceling church services in parts of Michigan and causing a 68-vehicle pileup in Pennsylvania. A woman died in the Pennsylvania pileup when her car became wedged underneath a tractor-trailer, said …
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WASHINGTON – Federal officials last year certified as complete the new $736 million U.S. embassy in Iraq, even though the mammoth complex was still plagued by construction defects, a senior House Democrat charged Friday. Rep. Henry Waxman, who heads the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, called on the State …
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PORTLAND, Maine – A powerful winter storm spread more than a half-foot of snow across parts of the Northeast on Wednesday, closing businesses and hundreds of schools and creating headaches for morning commuters. The Maine Legislature called off its session for the day and postponed public hearings. The National Weather …
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Some of Baxter International’s recalled blood thinner heparin contained large amounts of a contaminant that might explain hundreds of serious side effects. And the government said Wednesday it’s investigating whether what appears to be a fake ingredient got there by accident or by fraud. The Food and Drug Administration said …
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