Of interest (Wed, Jan 19th, 9am)

Medical Marijuana Ads Help Sagging Media Profits – The Bay Citizen
Ads for pot are growing so fast in part because they face fewer regulations and restrictions than marketing materials for cigarettes and alcohol. The only real regulation is one requiring the ads to warn customers that they need a doctor’s recommendation.

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Californians Optimistic on Economy, but Spending Lags – The Bay Citizen

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FBI: Bomb Planted Along MLK Day Parade Route In Spokane | TPMMuckraker

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CPAC To Host Panel Called ‘Ground Zero Mosque: Second Wave Of The 9/11 Attacks’ | TPMMuckraker
The event is a movie premiere, hosted by mosque opposition leader Pamela Geller and her partner Robert Spencer. It will be followed by "a question and action and strategy session on how to stop the Islamic supremacist mega-mosque at Ground Zero."

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New Alabama Governor: Only Christians Are My Brothers And Sisters | TPMMuckraker
Speaking on Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the very church where Dr. King once pastored, new Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley gave a speech in which he said that those who have not accepted Jesus Christ as their savior are not his "brothers."

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