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US won't sue to stop marijuana use in 2 states
The U.S. government said Thursday it won't sue to stop the first two states that allowed recreational marijuana use from letting the practice go forward.
Bookmaker pays early on Abbott victory
Betting agency sportsbet.com.au has declared the election over, paying out A$1.5 million in bets on the Coalition.
Toronto mayor admits he has smoked a lot of pot
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford admitted Wednesday that he has smoked a lot of marijuana.
Obama speaks at 50th anniversary of King's speech
President Barack Obama was set to lead civil rights pioneers Wednesday in a ceremony for the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, where Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech roused the 250,000 people who rallied there decades ago for ra
Indigenous backlash could cost Labor seat
Last month, in the vast, remote Culgoa River region of New South Wales, the People's Council of the Murrawarri Republic assembled for the first meeting.
11,000 fake cops on payroll
A probe into policing in the troubled new country of South Sudan has uncovered 11,000 fake names on the payroll.
Dan Costa: Mood swings and happy voters
The link between ideology and happiness is dubious, writes Dan Costa, and demographics could play a greater part.
Parties try to outbid each other on infrastructure plans
Tony Abbott said he hopes to be an infrastructure prime minister who puts bulldozers on the ground and cranes into our skies.
Rudd keen to play the statesman
The Syrian crisis and plans to boost defence spending and shift elements of the navy to Queensland have driven national security to the centre of Rudd's election campaign.
Saudis offered Russia deal
Saudi Arabia secretly offered Russia a sweeping deal to control the global oil market and safeguard Russia's gas contracts.