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Friday, October 31, 2014

Marijuana Vote in US Capital Embraced By Campaigners

The initiative to legalize the personal possession and home cultivation of marijuana will be embraced by campaigners as residents of the US capital is all set to vote next week. If adopted on Tuesday, Initiative 71 would mark another milestone on the road towards wider acceptance of pot in the United States, where under federal law it is still considered as potent as heroin or LSD. "I'm very confident it's going to pass," said Adam Eidinger, chairman ...

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Garmin nuvi 52LM 5" GPS w/ lifetime maps for $85 + free shipping

Garmin nuvi 52LM 5" GPS w/ maps for $85

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How to use the new skim feature in Google Play Books

The latest update for Google's Book reading app brings a skim feature that helps you find what you're looking for, faster.

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The Volkswagen GTE is a true hot-hatch hybrid

The 2015 Volkswagen Golf GTE remixes the GTI's 200-hp output with a plug-in hybrid power-train, blending performance with 130-mpg efficiency.

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Ebola Diagnostics to be Tested in Guinea by French Researchers

The head of France's Ebola task force has said that French researchers will conduct trials with prototype Ebola diagnostic tests in Guinea in November, with results expected within weeks for speedy deployment. They will include a prototype device unveiled last week, similar to a home pregnancy test, that may make diagnosis possible in under 15 minutes, a potential game-changer, Jean-Francois Delfraissy, who spearheads France's Ebola campaign, told journalists in ...

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Link Seen Between Seizures and Migraines in the Brain

A team of engineers and neuroscientists have discovered a link between seizures and migraines in the brain. Scientists believed these two brain events were separate phenomena because they outwardly affect people very differently. Seizures are marked by electrical hyperactivity, but migraine auras -- based on an underlying process called spreading depression -- are marked by a silencing of electrical activity in part of the brain. Also, seizures spread rapidly, while ...