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Hadiya Pendleton, Chicago Honor Student, (In Memorial) R.I.P.

"She was an amazing person -- always positive," - classmate Bria Carter

(CLEVELAND) - She participated in the inaugural festivities in Washington, D.C., 15 years old, King College Prep Marching Band, she would see, President Barrack Obama & history in the making for a 2nd time, Back home in Chicago, dismissed from school early, all was fine.

Finished with her exams, huddled under a canopy, avoiding rain, A local park, 2:30 P.M. with a dozen others, then the shots came, As a lone gunman jumped a fence then opened fire in the crowd, And like the aftermath at Sandy Hook, parents weeping out loud.

President Obama Says He`s Praying for Hadiya Pendleton, but Is that All He`s Going to Do?

The area in which the girl was shot is a place where violence doesn’t usually take place.

(WASHINGTON DC ) - President Obama and the first lady are praying for the family of Hadiya Pendleton, a 15-year old girl who was killed just a few days after performing at President Obama”s inauguration.

Even sadder was that the young girl died less than a mile from the president’s house.

Chicago Mom Loses All Four of Her Children to Street Violence

The increasing homicide rate in Chicago has been a source of concern for many in the black community.

(CHICAGO) - The city of Chicago continues to be wrapped in a cloak of senseless violence.

Chicago Man Arrested for Bomb Threat, Says He was on `Jihad Against the White Devil`

The man reportedly yelled racial slurs at the police and proclaimed that he was on a “jihad against the white devil.”

(CHICAGO) - A Chicago man was arrested after he allegedly made a bomb threat while aboard a CTA bus on Monday.

Chicago Police Forcibly Detain and Humiliate 75-Year Old Oregon Great-Grandmother at NATO Protest

Treasured Oregon activist seized by police in Chicago during NATO Occupy Demonstration.

(PORTLAND, OR) - 75-year old Portland resistance activist Nan Wigmore is undaunted after a harrowing experience in Chicago earlier this month.

She even feels like she learned a few things and I'm sure that's true; after all what doesn't kill us often does make us wiser.

Forced Human Experimentation Arranged by Bush`s Pandemic Laws

The laws remove the most fundamental of rights to life and liberty.

(CHICAGO) - The Bill of Rights Defense Committee is circulating a petition to attorney general today to demand accountability for human experimentation programs based on revelations by Physicians for Human Rights.

Since the dawn of medical practice, no maxim has attained greater consensus than the commitment to “do no harm.”

Medical Marijuana Patient`s Worst Enemy: Gil Kerlikozoske (G.K.), the Drug Czar

His stepson has been arrested and jailed for Cannabis use and sales; oh the irony!

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - I wrote a weird story about this dude a couple of weeks ago. I was so intrigued by his ignorant arrogance regarding the benefits of Marijuana as medicine that I “hit the computer” to see what he was about.

I was astonished at how bigoted he was about the whole subject. My reference is a copy of his speech to the California Police Chiefs Association on March 4, 2010. The title of the article in celebstoner.com is Gil Kerlikowske’s Reefer Madness which seems singularly appropriate. I will pass on some of his words of “wisdom” transmitted to the Chiefs of Police...

Searchers and Law Enforcement Still Working Hard to Find Mark Bosworth

There is a $10,000 reward for information that leads us to Mark.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Volunteer search and rescue members continued spot checks in Douglas County today, in the search for Mark Bosworth.

A team checked out a couple of areas on Cow Creek Road following a hunch Mark could have wandered that direction. Cow Creek Road stretches to the southwest awa from Riddle and runs along its namesake creek. No sign of Mark was found.

The Cannabis Papers a Citizen`s Guide to Cannabinoids

Any student of history can tell you we are not the first Americans to confront untruths.

(CHICAGO) - This is a book project called The Cannabis Papers: a citizen's guide to cannabinoids. It is written by "Publius" - a pen name once used by the founders and redrafted by the folks at Illinois NORML.

The book's essays will be released first online and then published together later this year. The latest
release is essay #15 The Birth of the ECS.

Exposed: Tracking Phones Implanted in Your Brain Coming Soon

Maybe someday the timeworn saying, A chip off the old block will become A chip in the old blockhead.

(CHICAGO) - While there are organizations out there that want to get under your skin--by implanting RFID devices the size of a grain of rice in the back of your hand--others plan on getting into your head. Literally.

If computer chip giant Intel has its way, in the future most people who hear voices chattering away in their heads won't need to seek a psychiatrist, they'll just need to talk back.