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Monday, January, 9, 2012 - 3A
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DETROIT
Ex-Michigan AG
Cox to speak at
marijuana event
Wayne State University says
ex-Michigan Attorney General
Mike Cox will speak at a Jan. 27
symposium on the implications of
changes in state and federal mari-
juana laws.
The Wayne Law Review is
sponsoring the event. The title
of the symposium is "National
and State Marijuana Reform: The
Social, Economic, Health and
Legal Implications."
It runs from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at
the Wayne State University Law
School's Partrich Auditorium.
The university says the sympo-
sium "addresses some of the major
social, economic, health and legal
issues presented by current mari-
juana laws and proposed marijua-
na policies."
DEARBORN
Ford plans to open
Silicon Valley lab
Ford Motor Co. is the latest
automaker to open a research lab
in Silicon Valley, where it hopes
to scout out new technology and
keep ahead of trends.
The company said Friday that
it plans to open the lab near Stan-
ford University in Palo Alto, Calif.,
inthe firstfewmonths of this year.
It will employ around 15 people,
including some recruited locally
and others who will rotate in from
Ford's headquarters in Dearborn.
Ford's Chief Technical Officer
Paul Mascarenas said the com-
pany decided about a year ago that
it needed a bigger presence in Sili-
con Valley.
"This is a very natural exten-
sion into one of the most innova-
tive communities in the world," he
said.
FRESNO, Calif.
Asian duck draws
bird enthusiasts to
California
A rare duck normally only seen
in Asia has somehow turned up in
California, drawing excited bird
watchers from all over the U.S.
and Canada to a wildlife refuge in
the state's Central Valley.
Wildlife officials say a male
falcated duck, a bird common in
China, was first spotted at the ref-
uge on Dec. 8.
Since then, thousands of bird-
ers have observed it paddling
among mallards, pintails and
geese, said Lora Haller, who
works at the Colusa Wildlife Ref-
uge's visitor center. More than
2,000 cars packed with visitors
have streamed into the refuge
over the last month - double the
usual visitor numbers.
"It's very exciting," she said.
"It's extremely rare to see this
kind of duck in California."
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career. The Gingrich-leaning
a two weekend Winning Our Future PAC said
Sunday that a 28-minute online
debates video - which assails Romney
for "reaping massive awards"
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Romney's Republican may show up on TV in the com-
dential rivals piled on the ing weeks.
ism yesterday, two days Romney, the former Mas-
e New Hampshire's pri- sachusetts governor, won the
, with a combative Newt Iowa caucuses last Tuesday by
rich leading the aggres- a scant eight votes over Santo-
by accusingthe GOP front- rum but is so far ahead in New
er of "pious baloney" Hampshire polls that his rivals
harging him with hiding have virtually conceded he will
id inaccurate attack ads win.
by allies. Huntsman, the former Utah
ntorum made a beeline governor, skipped Iowa in
e conservative upstate of hopes of a breakout showing in
Carolina to trumpet the New Hampshire.
rsement of former Repub- He was mobbed at a cof-
presidential candidate fee shop in Hampstead, where
Bauer. he stood on the counter to
ve still got a little blood on defend his past service in the
leeve from Mitt Romney Obama administration and
that debate," the former assail Romney, saying: "I put
sylvania senator told 400 my country first. Apparently
le crammed into Chief's Mitt Romney doesn't believe in
s bar in Greenville, S.C. putting country first. He's got
re not going to shy away this bumper sticker that says
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ion switches on a series of you're not willing to serve
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ck in New Hampshire, hours, following their debate
rich assailed Romney as Saturday night in nearby Man-
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nemies shot down its long-
rocket, footage aired on
levision showed yesterday
first official word of his
military operations before
her's death.
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a week seeking to high-
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at showing that he was in
of the armed forces long
his father, former lead-
n Jong I1, died of a heart
last month.
son, who is in his late
as moved swiftly into the
Un threatening war
role of "supreme leader" of the on opposite sides of the 1950-53
people, the ruling Workers' Party Korean War and do not have for-
and the military despite ques- mal diplomatic relations.
tions abroad about how easily he Yesterday's footage - shown
could assume power with only on a day believed to be Kim Jong
a few years of grooming behind Un's birthday - confirmed that
him. Kim Jong tI, in contrast, he was being groomed as early as
had 20 years oftraining when his 2009 to succeed Kim Jong Il. The
father, North Korea founder Kim choice of Kim Jong Un as succes-
Il Sung, died of a heart attack in sor among the elder Kim's three
1994. known sons was not revealed
Where a North Korea under publicly until state media report-
Kim Jong Un is headed is deemed ed in September 2010 that he had
crucial because the country is been made a four-star general
locked in a long-running stand- and a vice chairman of the Cen-
off over its nuclear ambitions tral Military Commission of the
and is grappling with chronic Workers' Party.
food shortages. North Korea has The video showed Kim Jong
tested two atomic devices and is Un shaking hands with officials
believed to be working toward at a satellite control center after
mounting a bomb on a missile scientists launched a rocket in
capable of reaching the U.S. April 2009 that stoked regional
After years of acrimony, tensions and earned North Korea
Pyongyang and Washington had international sanctions and con-
begun discussions about food aid demnation.
and how to restart nuclear disar- "I had decided to wage a real
mament talks that were suspend- war if the enemies shot down"
ed when Kim died last month. the rocket, Kim Jong Un was
The U.S. and North Korea fought quoted as saying.
Giffords plans her
return to Congress
One year after
shooting, Giffords
to decide future
WASHINGTON (AP) - The
signals are strong. One year
after being shot in the head,
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is on a
mission to return to the job she
so clearly loved.
Her husband and people
near the three-term congress-
woman say she is highly moti-
vated to recover from her
injuries and get back to work in
Washington, potentially using
her inspirational story as away
to mend political differences in
the nation's capital. She faces
a May deadline to get on the
November ballot, meaning she
has a few months to decide her
next step.
Her future will depend on a
recovery that has progressed
in remarkable fashion over the
past year as she is now able to
walk and talk. Her only inter-
view occurred with ABC's
Diane Sawyer nearly10 months
after the shooting and showed
how far she has come, but also
how far she has to go. At the
time, she did not speak in com-
plete sentences and repeated
her words to make her point.
"No, better. Um, better, bet-
ter," she said when asked about
returning to Washington.
The day after the interview
ran, her congressional office
released an audio recording
that showed she had made
progress in her communica-
tion skills in the two weeks
that had elapsed between
the interview and its airing.
She read from a script and an
aide said it took multiple tries
before she was comfortable
with the result.
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One of Israel's most popular
television personalities quit the
news business yesterday to start
his own political party, a move
that could shake up the Israeli
political system by energizing
opposition to Prime Minister Ben-
jamin Netanyahu.
Yair Lapid is a best-selling
author and columnist who has
anchored Channel 2's top-rated
weekend news edition for the past
four years. Polls show the 48-year-
old Lapid would do well, particu-
larly with secular voters.
A poll conducted late last week
a by Israel Radio said a Lapid-led
party could win as many as 15
seats in the 120-seat parliament
if elections were held now. That
could make it the second-largest
party after Prime Minister Benja-
min Netanyahu's Likud.
Elections in Israel are set for
late 2013, but in Israel's parlia-
mentary system, governments
rarely serve their full terms, and
analysts believe elections could
take place as early as this year.
-Compiled from
Daily wire reports
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