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California analysts urge marijuana tax based on potency

California analysts are recommending the state change its often-criticized system for taxing legal marijuana By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press December 18, 2019, 1:12 AM 3 min read LOS ANGELES — California analysts Tuesday recommended scrapping the state’s often-criticized system for taxing legal marijuana and replacing it with one hitched to the potency of products. […]

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Navajo Nation to create its own managed healthcare entity

Lifestyle / En Sound Media

The Navajo Nation says it is seeking to become one of the first Native American tribes to create it’s own managed healthcare entity December 18, 2019, 5:49 AM 2 min read WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — The Navajo Nation is seeking become one of the first Native American tribes to create it’s own managed healthcare entity,

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Stephen Colbert Delivers Dramatic Reading From Trump’s ‘Very Angry’ Letter

Entertainment / En Sound Media

The “Late Show” host read dramatically from the president’s six-page letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, which the comedian characterized as a “disorienting mishmash of dry legal language, mixed in with Trump’s signature angry-word smoothies.” The letter, sent to the House leader ahead of Wednesday’s vote on two articles of impeachment, accuses Democrats of pursuing

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‘Mortgage prisoners’ sue over ‘unfair’ rates

Business / En Sound Media

Image caption Neville Herron estimates he has paid an extra £32,000 Mortgage borrowers “unfairly trapped” on high interest rates when their lenders were nationalised are launching legal action against the companies they say are responsible. Some 150,000 homeowners are said to have been overcharged for years, unable to switch to a cheaper deal after their

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Europe’s Cheops Satellite Will Try to Launch Again

Technology / En Sound Media

The European Space Agency is continuing the search for new Earths this week with the launch of Cheops, a new telescope whose name stands for CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite. When will Cheops launch, and how can I watch it? Cheops is scheduled to launch on a Soyuz-Fregat rocket from the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana,

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Koprivica, Olejniczak power Florida State past North Florida

Sports / En Sound Media

Balsa Koprivica scored 15 points and fellow big man Dominik Olejniczak added 11 as No. 19 Florida State defeated North Florida 98-81 By BOB FERRANTE Associated Press December 18, 2019, 3:49 AM 2 min read TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Balsa Koprivica scored 15 points and fellow big man Dominik Olejniczak added 11 as No. 19 Florida

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Doctors Win Again, in Cautionary Tale for Democrats

Politics / En Sound Media

Although most lawmakers who have written legislation on the issue endorsed the proposal, a few did not. The bipartisan leaders of the House Ways and Means Committee said last week that they hoped to introduce a competing bill in the future, and released a one-page paper last week describing a framework that is more aligned

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Motor neurone disease ‘linked to cholesterol’

Lifestyle / En Sound Media

Image copyright Getty Images Scientists say they have discovered a possible underlying cause of the neurological disorder, motor neurone disease (MND). The University of Exeter team says it has found evidence that MND is linked to an imbalance of cholesterol and other fats in cells. It says the research could lead to more accurate diagnosis

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Kim Kardashian Admits To Photoshopping 1 Of Her Kids Into Christmas Card

Entertainment / En Sound Media

For the Kardashians, FaceTuning is essentially a family pastime, so of course their Christmas card had a little help from the Photoshopping gods. The KarJenners famously gather for an annual holiday photo shoot, but this year Kim, husband Kanye West and the kids of the Kardashian-West brood broke off on their own for an uncharacteristically

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‘We swapped the Christmas do for a conference’

Business / En Sound Media

Image copyright Upgrade Pack Image caption Craig Unsworth and business partner Urchana Moudgil found it is tax efficient to swap the Christmas do for a conference. Is the traditional office Christmas party still fit for purpose? Company boss, Craig Unsworth, doesn’t think so. “We’ve got people who don’t celebrate Christmas culturally, we’ve got people who

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