Medical marijuana finds social outlet in Ore. cafe

At the newly opened Cannabis Cafe, people sit around taking tokes from a "vaporizer" — a contraption with a big plastic bag that captures the potent vapors of heated marijuana. Glass jars hold donations of dried, milky-green weed, and the cafe serves up meals and snacks for the hungry. Complete Story...

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Kurdish cafe owner loses round to stay in US

A Kurdish immigrant from Turkey who the U.S. government claims failed to disclose ties to a group labeled a terrorist organization lost another round Monday in his fight to remain in the United States.

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Calif. cops seek gunmen in fatal cafe shooting

Police on Friday searched for two gunmen who killed one man and wounded six others when they opened fire on a table full of people at a crowded coffee shop in an attack believed to be gang-related.

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Indian Eatery Boasts Graveyard Seating

In India, death is a part of life — and, at one restaurant in western India, a part of lunch.

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Vehicle Crashes Into Cafe, Killing 2

A driver ran off the road and crashed into a cafe, killing two people and injuring five others, police said.

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Internet Cafe Opens for Disabled Users

The Good Bytes Cafe has stained concrete floors, jars of scones and a small bank of computers in the corner, making it much like any Internet cafe.

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PORTLAND - THE United States' first marijuana cafe opened on Friday, posing an early test of the Obama administration's move to relax policing of medical use of the drug.

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By STEVEN ERLANGER Published: June 30, 2009 New York Times, "Paris Journal"

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Yay, beer bottle dominoes :)

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How long before the midnight drag races return on dark and dusty roads? When Barack Obama announced that the government will use its fist to wave onto the highways of America cars that get 39 miles to a gallon of liquefied switch grass or something, he said, "Everybody wins."

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The Obama administration's proposed mileage standards that will be announced today may kill more Americans at a faster rate than the Iraq War — his signature issue in the 2008 presidential campaign. Obama's standards will require automakers to meet a 35 miles-per-gallon …

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Obama CAFE Standard: Nail in Coffin for American Auto

The Obama CAFE standard will be the final nail in the coffin for the American Automobile Industry and Obama will go down in History as the President who destroyed capitalism, brought socialism to the United States and kept this country in the throws of a second great depression f …

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A Dutch man has opened fire at a crowded cafe in Rotterdam, killing one person and injuring three others. Dutch police said bystanders wrestled the gunman to the ground and held him until officers arrived. A police spokesman said the man was a 46-year-old Rotterdam resident, bu …

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Fuel efficiency rules, ethanol mandates and other government programs depend on a rapid rise in new car sales

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Thursday's explosion that destroyed a downtown eatery is the largest explosion in Bozeman in 24 years, according to Assistant City Manager Chuck Winn who spoke at a press conference at 10 a.m.

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Seattle area entrepreneurs are making the bet that even in hard times, Seattlites will always need their coffee.

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We understand sensitivities about adding to individual Americans' tax burden while jobs are disappearing and household budgets are shrinking.

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Excerpt: A 24-year-old Australian woman, armed with a YouTube account, is in search of her Prince Charming. Instead of a glass slipper, this woman's sole lead is a left-behind tuxedo jacket.

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Two israeli sisters had the shock of their life when a cafe owner in New Zealand refused to serve them and their children food, though they do not support their country's policy in Gaza.

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The plight of Ms. Guérin is being replicated all over France, as traditional cafes and bars suffer and even close, hit by changing attitudes, habits and now a poor economic climate.

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While some dogs may be content with a walk, one mutt in Long Island is more inclined to go for a drive.

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The Scott Butki You Don't Know

I met Scott in person at the DC Vinemeet earlier this year. He lives only about a half-hour away from me, so today, we met at the Blue Moon Cafe in Shepherdstown, WV, for lunch.

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Could there be more to life than work and substance abuse? If you are reading this after walking the dog or competing in a netball match or knitting a jaunty beanie, stop rolling your eyes and stop reading. This column is not for you. It is for the rest of us.

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The opening of the new £8.35m cafe on the summit of Snowdon has been further delayed because of bad weather. The building, to be called Hafod Eryri, was supposed to be completed this summer, but contractors now say they do not know when it will be finished.

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The two most wanted men in the Balkans may not be too well hidden to be captured, but too well protected, writes the BBC's Nick Thorpe. "Look, isn't that your friend?"

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In July, the Dutch government will introduce a nationwide smoking ban in bars, cafes and restaurants, aimed at protecting workers. But it will also make life a lot harder for the country's infamous coffee shops, where customers will only be allowed to smoke pure cannabis.

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From Cairo to Carol Stream, from Collinsville to Charleston, Illinois residents are saying loud and clear that they want cleaner, more fuel-efficient cars.

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I've been in the coffee business for awhile now. I worked for three years while I was in high school, and now that I'm 400 miles away and a junior in college, I work at another coffee shop.

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At Japan's first schoolboy café, Edelstein Boarding School, girlish looking waiters dressed as school boys, giggle and flirt with older female patrons, who pretend to be visitors to the school.

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A 37-year-old American businesswoman and married mother of three is seeking justice after she was thrown in jail by Saudi Arabia's religious police for sitting with a male colleague at a Starbucks coffee shop in Riyadh.

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The Seattle coffee giant is experimenting with selling the $1 "short" brew in its hometown area, spokeswoman Valerie O'Neil confirmed.

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