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...Strike at Bridgestone/Firestone. The plant in Decatur, Ill. - later known as the war zone - is especially hard...
...recall has so far replaced only close to 2 million of the 6.5 million defective tires that it believes are out there. There may be more. Just as Americans started their Labor Day weekend getaways, NHTSA warned that an additional 1.4 million Firestone tires - manufactured primarily at the Decatur, Ill., plant, where most of the recalled tires were made - may be even more susceptible to the same kind of deadly tread separation. Most of the tires were sold as replacements for some Ford, Chevy and Nissan SUVs, though many were probably scrapped a long time...
...Supreme Court does decide to take up the marijuana issue, it could be the first of many judicial forays into the subject; judging from the small but growing number of states that permit seriously ill patients to grow and use marijuana under medical supervision (California voters took the lead in 1996) the issue isn' going away anytime soon. And this particular case could prompt the Justices to take an unfamiliar position: While this Court consistently demonstrates a penchant for decentralizing power from the federal government in favor of the individual states, federal drug laws remain sacred cows...
...That's despite a growing contingent of doctors, frustrated by the lack of nuance in federal drug laws pertaining to marijuana, who have begun to prescribe it to seriously or terminally ill patients - whose pain and loss of appetite often respond favorably to the drug, even after other controlled substances have failed. Many cancer and AIDS patients have found relief in marijuana, and painful symptoms of other diseases, like arthritis and multiple sclerosis, can be eased by a well-timed joint...
Marianne's financial situation makes her more secure than many single mothers. Brennetta Simpson, 44, an assistant dean of music at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., wasn't thrilled about going through childbirth, so she decided to adopt. But she had serious concerns about whether she could afford to do so on her university administrator's salary. Another problem: Who would take care of her child if she were to die unexpectedly? She got her best friends in California to agree to step in as surrogate parents in that event...