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The 69-year-old who grew marijuana to help his cancer-stricken wife was sentenced to jail on Friday morning

Gary Burton must serve 60-days behind bars for growing two pot plants in Chippewa Lake. He will also serve 30 days house arrest and will undergo drug testing for two years.

Burton says he was growing the plants for medicinal purposes, to help ease his wife's pain due to her breast cancer treatments.

A social activist is charged with attempted suicide.

Cops steal Bangor man's pot plants and charge him for possession of $38,000 of marijuana. When the man turns out to have a Maine issued medical marijuana card the charges are dropped. When the man sues for $38,000 in damages over the destroyed plants the District Attorney is appalled.

After nearly three weeks, more than 300 California inmates are still refusing to eat in what’s become a long-running protest against conditions in prison isolation units.

Oakland turns to 1st general strike in 65 years

A 10,000-strong rally has blocked the entrances to the Port of Oakland, which has had to shut down its operations for the day. The port will lose roughly $8 million per day if the "blockade" continues.

Today’s events have culminated in a massive march in the Bay Area, which has been one of the goals of the Occupy Oakland General Strike, the first such strike in the city for 65 years. The Port of Oakland is one of the largest shipping hubs of its kind in the country.

LONDON: Stepping up its preparations for a possible strike on Iran's nuclear facilities, the United States is transporting hundreds of 387 'bunker-buster' bombs to its air base on the British island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, a media report claimed on Wednesday.

I have been covering a pending grocery workers' strike at my newspaper. Today, I broke news suggesting the strike could be near thanks to an offer I received to interview for a scab job. The leftist commenters are now threatening me with beatings for saying I would cross a picket line. So much for a free market of consent-based contracts between workers and employers.

Time to call in the libertarian cavalry!

Earlier this week, the state attorney dismissed a case against David Cole, 60, who was arrested for growing marijuana inside his shed. He said he was smoking the marijuana for medicinal purposes.

Willing participants in mock "Hunger Games" These people may have missed the point.