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Jamaica just planted its first legal Marijuana (Cannabis) plant By Balford Henry Jamaica Observer The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, planted its first legal ganja (marijuana) plant yesterday, symbolizing its position as the pioneer in legally cultivating and researching the benefits of the drug in Jamaica. Emotive adjectives colored the presentations from government […]

April 19, 1775- The American experiment to create a more perfect union began with war The Battles of Lexington and Concord, fought on April 19, 1775, kicked off the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). On April 19, 1775, British and American soldiers exchanged fire in the Massachusetts towns of Lexington and Concord. On the night of […]

NASA Mars rover’s weather data bolster case for puddles of salty water NASA Martian weather and soil conditions that NASA’s Curiosity rover has measured, together with a type of salt found in Martian soil, could put liquid brine in the soil at night. Perchlorate identified in Martian soil by the Curiosity mission, and previously by […]

2014 World Airport Traffic and Rankings Release Date March 26, 2015 See update: Release Date: April 04, 2016 2015 World’s Busiest Airports- Release Date: April 04, 2016 Airports Council International (ACI) MONTREAL – Based on reports from 1,095 airports worldwide, ACI’s preliminary passenger traffic results for 2014 show that the top four ranked positions with […]

Fashback: The relocation of Egypt’s Abu Simbel temples The the Pharaonic monuments in Aswan, known as Abu Simbel temples, were originally carved out of the mountainside during the reign of Pharaoh Ramesses II in the 13th century BCE (Before the Current Era). Not only are the two temples at Abu Simbel among the most magnificent […]

Reflecting a racial shift, 78 counties turned majority-non-white since 2000 By Jens Manuel Krostad Pew Research Center From 2000 to 2013, 78 counties in 19 states, from California to Kansas to North Carolina, flipped from majority white to counties where no single racial or ethnic group is a majority, according to a new Pew Research […]

A rising share of the U.S. Black population is foreign born 9 Percent are immigrants; and while most are from the Caribbean, Africans drive recent growth By Monica Anderson Pew Research Center A record 3.8 million black immigrants live in the United States today, more than four times the number in 1980, according to a […]

NASA scientist believes we will discover extraterrestrial life coming in 20 to 30 years Water in the Universe Speaking on a panel discussion on Tuesday about water in the universe, NASA’s chief scientist Ellen Stofan said she believes the first indications of alien life could come by 2025 — with more concrete evidence of extraterrestrial […]

Remember Yesteryear: Black Panther Party and Dr. Huey P. Newton Dr. Huey Percy Newton was born Feb. 17, 1942, Monroe, Louisiana. Newton was an American political activist. Newton and Bobby Seale co-founded of the Black Panther Party (originally called Black Panther Party for Self-Defense) in 1966. Huey P. Newton was murdered on August 22, 1989 […]

Australia: Construction to being on Brisbane’s tallest skyscraper Kristian Silva Brisbane Times It is set to tower over Brisbane’s CBD, but only a third of the investors who have bought a slice of the Skytower are actually from the Sunshine State (Queensland). Construction is only weeks away from beginning on the city’s tallest skyscraper, a […]