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Medical marijuana plants are pictured as they dry in the Los Angeles area June 1, 2010.

Wal-Mart of Weed: Marijuana market to flourish in US as legal control weakens

It is good times ahead for medical marijuana business in the US. Authorities are loosening the legal noose around marijuana growing in Arizona, Detroit, and Los Angeles which will see super stores selling weed for relieving illnesses. As it turns out the ‘Wal-Mart of Weed’ or ‘Home DePot’ opened in Arizona on Wednesday in a 21,000-square-foot store. The store promoted by weGrow will sell around 2,000 products, including soil, grow lights and irrigation trays, designed for easy growing of mariju...

Shaq to Retire with Fewer Rings than Kobe

Shaq to Retire with Fewer Rings than Kobe
Shaquille O'Neal, 39, and arguably the most dominant center to ever play the game of basketball has announced that he will be retiring from the NBA via his Twitter page ending his 19 year career.
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NASA Space Shuttle Endeavour Final Landing

NASA Space Shuttle Endeavour's Final Landing Photos

NASA space shuttle Endeavour has landed for the final time at Kennedy Space Center after 248 orbits around Earth and a journey of 6,510,221 miles on STS-134 mission. Endeavour's next 'mission' will be attracting guests to the California Science Center museum in Los Angeles.

William and Kate's American tour dates revealed

Prince William and his new wife, Duchess Catherine, are set to travel thousands of miles from the north of Canada to the south of California in what is their first royal tour together, royal officials said.

Endeavour Space Mission: Beautiful photos of earth and space (PHOTOS)

The 6-member crew of space shuttle Endeavour began its two-day journey back to the Earth from the orbiting International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday 11:55 pm (EDT) after delivering a $2 billion payload - Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer particle detector or a cosmic ray detector - and a pallet of spare parts intended to tide over the orbital outpost after the shuttle program ends.

NASA Shuttle Endeavour Bids Farewell to Space Station (PHOTOS)

NASA space shuttle Endeavour has left the International Space Station for the last time late Sunday and is headed home ending nearly two weeks of joint flight. Endeavour's next mission will be attracting guests to the California Science Center museum in Los Angeles.

Chef Wolfgang Puck to oversee all dining operations at Hotel Bel-Air

Dorchester Collection's Hotel Bel-Air, scheduled to re-open in the fall after 24 months of extensive refurbishment and redesign, has inked an agreement with Master Chef Wolfgang Puck and his restaurant group, the Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group (WPFDG), to oversee all of the property's food and beverage operations.
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Is Sony's NGP 'PlayStation Vita'? Focus on next week's E3

As the much-awaited video-game conference, known as E3, kicks off in Los Angeles next week, the focus is on gaming majors and the new offerings up their sleeves. There have been rumors that Sony will use the E3 platform to name its Next Generation Portable, or PSP2, as ‘Vita’.

Memorial Day Weekend Travel, Weather

Some 2.2 million SoCal residents are heading for a Memorial weekend getaway on a road trip, up from last year, according to Automobile Club of Southern California.

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