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BOSTON (CBS) — Remember all that talk of the NFL losing viewership? Not only was CBS’ broadcast of Sunday’s AFC Championship Game between the Patriots and Jaguars the most-watched game of the season, it was the highest-rated program on television since New England’s epic comeback against the Atlanta Falcons in last year’s Super Bowl

The Trump administration is readying for a crackdown on marijuana users under Attorney General Jeff Sessions. President Trump’s Task Force on Crime Reduction and Public Safety, led by Sessions, is expected to release a report next week that criminal justice reform advocates fear will link marijuana to violent crime and recommend tougher sentences for those caught growing, selling and smoking the plant. Sessions sent a memo in April updating the U.S. Attorney’s Offices and Department of Justice Department (DOJ) component heads on the work of the task force, which he said would be accomplished through various subcommittees. In the memo,...

As canna-business strategist Elise McRoberts walked across an animal skin rug and into the living room of a Pacific Heights home for the recent San Francisco launch of Beboe, an upscale cannabis brand from Los Angeles, she assumed she would see the usual faces on the marijuana circuit — growers, dispensary owners and cannabis chefs. Instead, the party was a cross-pollination of the worlds of high society, Silicon Valley, politics, fashion and design: industrial designer Yves Béhar, former Mayor Willie Brown, who carried decriminalization bills in the state assembly in the 1970s, philanthropists Katie and Todd Traina, boutique owner Emily...

Previous FR Natalee Holloway Threads...Natalee Holloway - Case Discussion Extended Thread 3Posted on 06/23/2005 12:44:51 PM CDT by brigettehttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1429067/postsNatalee Holloway - Extended Thread 2Posted on 06/20/2005 12:14:36 AM CDT by brigettehttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1426433/postsNatalee Holloway - Extended Thread 1Posted on 06/16/2005 11:43:44 AM CDT by brigettehttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1424188/postsAnother Twist in Holloway DisappearancePosted on 06/14/2005 11:24:41 AM CDT by PBRSTREETGANGhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1422593/postsAla. Teen's Mom: Men 'Know What Happened' (Natalee Holloway)Posted on 06/13/2005 4:01:55 AM CDT by bd476http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1421756/posts Natalee's body found... (false report)Posted on 06/11/2005 1:05:50 PM CDT by kcvl http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1420967/postsHolloway Not Only American Missing In ArubaPosted on 06/08/2005 1:25:36 AM CDT by MassRepublicanFlyersFanhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1418606/postsNatalee Holloway (Aruba) 5 Men Now...

Looking back, Denise Watkins is convinced a sore throat disabled her son one year ago. His bizarre obsessions emerged not long after, first the constant nightmares about snakes and alligators, then the relentless hand washing that left his skin raw and chapped. Mrs. Watkins, who lives in Lakeland, Fla., was told that her son, Will, had obsessive-compulsive disorder. But it seemed odd, Ms. Watkins thought. Will was only 5 years old, and his illness seemed to burst out of nowhere. "In a matter of weeks," she said, "this was a totally different child." Then one day, buried on a Web...

The liberal media see their favored candidate heading towards the dumpsters. Instead of reporting why this is the case, the liberals in the media conspire to ramp up their attack on Bush and any real or perceived Republicans that happen to be handy. Last month they were writing hit-pieces on the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. That is, the media coordinated an attack on the 254 Swifties and supported the two or three who still back Kerry. Even liberals get an opinion. The problem is, they should not publish that opinion as hard news, which they do. Because, the true...

Source: Stanford University Medical Center Date: 2003-07-17 Antidepressant Helps Alleviate Compulsive Shopping Disorder, Stanford Researchers Find STANFORD, Calif. - While a trip to the mall may mean a cute sweater or new CD for most of us, it has ominous implications for the thousands of Americans who suffer from compulsive shopping disorder, a condition marked by binge shopping and subsequent financial hardship. Now Stanford University Medical Center researchers have found that a drug commonly prescribed as an antidepressant may be able to curb the uncontrollable shopping urges. In a study appearing in the July issue of the Journal of Clinical...

GAMBLING'S allure has always been the prospect of fast action and easy money. And with the explosion of legalized gaming in Kentucky and Indiana during the past decade and a half, more and more people are being consumed by it. People like Caleb Cooley, a Pikeville, Ky., accountant who stole from clients and served time for theft. And like Phyllis Kruer, a Georgetown, Ind., real-estate agent who committed suicide. A golf club for which she served as board secretary alleged she embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars. While both states have received billions of dollars in gambling revenue that has...

Devout Catholics show symptoms of compulsive disorder A new study claims devout Catholics are more likely to show symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder. It compared nuns and priests with committed lay Catholics and others with virtually no religious involvement. Volunteers were asked to list symptoms like intrusive mental images and worries. Researchers from the University of Parma in Italy found the more devout Catholics reported the more severe symptoms. But they admit the study doesn't prove religious devotion in early life causes symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Claudio Sica and his team say it's equally likely people with those character traits feel...