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Actually The Entertainment Industry Had An Amazing Decade

News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch frequently tweets about how web pirates are destroying... more

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Baseline Intelligence Releases Newly Updated Q3 2011 Entertainment, Film, TV, and Digital Deals Reports - Baseline Intelligence

Baseline Intelligence's Q3 2011 Film, Television, and Digital Deals Reports are... more

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Man Goes Diving To Find Bin Ladens Body.. WTF

Un satisfied with the reports of Bid Landen's Death.. This man has undertaken a... more

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June 13, 1979 - SALT And Somoza | Newstalgia

Another day in history the world ran just slightly amok - Ah, the 70's . . . .

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Nintendo 3DS 'not dangerous', says Nintendo head

Going by the article there is still some debate over if the 3D technology used in the... more

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Parts of Britain set for heavy snow

Time to buy up supplies of salt, snacks and carrots for snowmen as the reports of snow... more

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Dare County NC evacuated ahead of Earl

Dare County NC residents are ordered to evacuate the place ahead of Hurricane Earl.... more

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Dennis Hopper Rides Again: Double Standard at MOCA Los Angeles

This retrospective of the actor's art, curated by Julian Schnabel, runs from July... more

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Lindsay Lohan rehab facility at Costa Mesa

If you are a Lindsay Lohan fan then you must know that as soon as she completes her... more

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One of the World's Best Kept Secrets: Cuban Medical Aid to Haiti - Main Stream Media Doesn't See It

Consumers of U.S. corporate media were given the impression that the American... more

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Vanguard Blog #1 -- home to Current's original journalism team

Hello! And welcome to our shiny new blog.
We decided to kick this thing off while we're in the thick of it, which is a good thing because there's nothing worse than having nothing to blog about. From now on, this is where you'll be able to keep track of all things Vanguard, like what we have hitting the airwaves and internets, what we have in production, where we are in the world, what the hell we're doing there, etc. We really don't have to tell you what a blog is for, so let's get straight to it.
Last Wednesday, we launched "Vanguard's Economic Stimulus Package". It's our take on the sad (and no so sad) state of our economy. We started it off with "Lost Vegas", Laura Ling's tour of the wreckage of Sin City, which did really well when times were good, but is getting clobbered now that the economy has hit the skids. Tonight we're premiering Adam Yamaguchi's "Outsourcing Unemployment", a look at what happens when instead of jobs the US starts outsourcing unemployment to China. And because good things come in threes, the last of our economy trilogy will premiere next week with "Thank You Recession", where Vanguard travels 5,000 miles from Wall Street to Argentina looking for inspiration in these troubled times.

Adam Yamaguchi's "Outsourcing Unemployment" on Current.com

While our awesome editors have been chugging red bulls and coffee (yes, sometimes mixed together) to meet deadlines, our producers and correspondents are deep into production for our next run. (Like all good blockbusters, we're scheduled for Summer '09).

Here's a quick look at what we got cooking up:

Mariana van Zeller and Darren Foster just returned from Sri Lanka, where they were reporting on what may be the most brutal chapter in the island nation's 25-year conflict.

Adam Yamaguchi and Joanne Shen are off to the rainforests of Cambodia this week and will hopefully be checking in here from time to time.

Christof Putzel will be heading to Europe, where btw Vanguard is HUGE. (We're like the Baywatch of documentary programs). Christof will be on the European Coke Trail.

Kaj Larsen and Lauren Cerre are looking into next generation warfare, which is as fascinating as it is scary.

There's much, much more and to keep track of it all, you can check in here. Or become a fan of us on facebook. Or both.
Thanks! The Vanguard Team, over and out...Hello! And welcome to our shiny new blog. We decided to kick this thing off while... more

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Reported child abuse on the rise in Jamaica

In 2007, Jamaican officials received 425 child abuse reports. For 2008, that number... more

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Consumers Union Buys Consumerist

We are thrilled to announced Consumers Union has purchased The Consumerist, effective... more

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Palin: 'I don't know' if abortion clinic bombers are terrorists | Election 2008 | AlterNet

Palin gives a wink and a nod to right-wing extremists, with whom she shares radical... more

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Link TV | Video Player | Bush's Shi'ites vs. Ahmadinejad's Shi'ites

And is Iran meddling in Iraq's affairs?

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Death penalty: Iran bars executions of minors for drug offenses, continues to execute adults

The Islamic Republic of Iran will not execute minors for drug offenses, but will keep... more

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DrugReporter | AlterNet

For the past 15 years, lawmakers have pursued tough-on-drugs policies in an effort to create a "drug free America," plowing billions of dollars into prosecuting and imprisoning drug offenders. Is it working? Not according to many drug policy observers.
"If something is not legal, you can't regulate it very effectively." - Prof. Robin Room, School of Population Health, University of Melbourne

On October 2, the Global Cannabis Commission, a group of top scientists commissioned by the Beckley Foundation, issued its groundbreaking report, "Cannabis Policy: Moving Beyond Stalemate." Your faithful correspondent was able to attend the daylong seminar in which the report was discussed, held in the distinctly imposing Moses Room of the House of Lords in the Palace of Westminster.

This is a highly condensed summary of the 175-page report. I wrote a lengthier summary here, and the full document can be downloaded here.

The report was written by five leading marijuana and drug policy researchers: Benedikt Fischer of Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Peter Reuter of the University of Maryland, and three Australians: Wayne Hall of the University of Queensland, Simon Lenton of the National Drug Research Institute at the Curtin University of Technology, and Robin Room of the University of Melbourne. A number of other important researchers joined the discussion (and contributed advice and research to the report).

Some highlights:

RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH MARIJUANA USE:

Marijuana is not harmless. Intoxication "increases the risk of motor vehicle crashes 2-3 times" -- not trivial, but "far more modest than that of alcohol." There is clearly an increased risk of bronchitis among heavy marijuana smokers, but no evidence of increased rates of emphysema, while the evidence regarding lung cancer is mixed, the report states.

Marijuana almost certainly exacerbates symptoms of schizophrenia in vulnerable individuals, but epidemiologic evidence argues against it causing psychosis in healthy people. As for worries about increased potency, more research is needed. If users adjust their intake in relation to potency, dangers are minimal. Perhaps most important, "All of these trends [toward increased potency] have been encouraged by prohibition, which favors the production of more concentrated forms."

Overall, the report finds the risks of marijuana use are "modest" compared with those of legal drugs like alcohol and tobacco.

POLICY AND REFORM:

While causing obvious harm to those arrested and convicted, criminalization of marijuana possession has not succeeded in preventing marijuana from being widely available. Contrary to wild claims being made in Massachusetts right now, decriminalization measures have not increased use rates. "If a nation chooses to use the criminal law for controlling cannabis use, there is no justification for incarcerating an individual for a cannabis possession or use offense, nor for creating a criminal conviction," the report concludes.

While not firmly advocating one policy alternative, the report lays out many advantages to a system of legal regulation like that used for alcohol. As report co-author Prof. Robin Room noted succinctly, "If something is not legal, you can't regulate it very effectively."For the past 15 years, lawmakers have pursued tough-on-drugs policies in an effort to... more

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McCain Campaign Restricts Press Access

By Michael D. ShearPITTSBURGH -- Welcome to the new John McCain press strategy.Avoid them.McCain today held a 10-minute press conference, complete with podium, microphones for the questioners, network-quality audio and a camera for a local television station, which allowed CNN to carry it live.And where was the national press corps?Sitting on the runway 27 miles away, having been ferried to McCain's charter plane, totally unaware that a press availability was about to take place until one of the handful of "pool reporters" sent an e-mail alert.The reporters frantically fired up their cellular modems and logged on to CNN.com to catch the end of the press conference, unable to ask any questions. The handful of reporters there asked about the FISA terrorism bill, Iran and about McCain's pledge to balance the budget.McCain's schedule for Wednesday included a note about a "gaggle" with the pool reporters, but nothing indicated a live press conference. The tactic was a first for the McCain campaign, which basically shrugged when asked about it."He took a couple of questions at the end of the tour from the pool. This will happen occasionally," responded Jill Hazelbaker, the communications director for the campaign.The Republican presidential nominee has built a reputation for his access to the press, famously inviting the national press corps to gab sessions on the back of his "Straight Talk" bus during the 2000 and 2008 primary campaigns.National reporters still get some access; in fact, the campaign promises some time with the candidate later today as the campaign bus rambles from West Virginia to Portsmouth, Ohio.McCain gathered several reporters at the front of the plane while traveling in South America last week.But that access has been whittled away as McCain became the nominee. The Straight Talk is reserved now as a carrot for local reporters, leaving the national press corps on a charter bus trailing behind.The new approach may reflect the growing influence of the newly-powerful Steve Schmidt, a top adviser and protege of Bush political guru Karl Rove, who was famous for his desire to control the press's access to his candidate.Schmidt now has operational control of the day-to-day activities of the campaign and is no doubt responding to criticism about a lack of message discipline by the McCain campaign.By Michael D. ShearPITTSBURGH -- Welcome to the new John McCain press strategy.Avoid... more

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Live Free Or Die

Penn Jillette tackles the tough topics of Guns and Freedom. These are his views,... more

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ATM Thefts Are On The Rise

Police report an alarming rise in ATM thefts. Not thefts at ATMs —thefts of the... more

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