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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A high-level international commission declared the global "war on drugs" a failure and urged nations to consider legalizing cannabis and other drugs to undermine organized crime and protect their citizens' health. The Global Commission on Drug Policy called for a new approach... Sign in to see full entry.

May 29th, 2011 | By Bill Heid: The Hidden Things Originally, the word occult simply meant “hidden.” And as a verb, I guess it’s still used in astronomy to describe the process of one astronomical body eclipsing another, or something like that. But today the occult usually refers to a dimension of... Sign in to see full entry.

By GARANCE BURKE, Associated Press Garance Burke, Associated Press – Tue May 24, 3:56 am ET: OAKLAND, Calif. – A California preacher who foretold of the world's end only to see the appointed day pass with no extraordinarily cataclysmic event has revised his apocalyptic prophecy, saying he was off by... Sign in to see full entry.

Benjamin Radford, LiveScience Contributor Date: 10 May 2011 Time: 05:31 PM ET: Close associates of Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have been accused of using witchcraft and summoning genies by influential clerics in that country. According to news reports, about two dozen of Ahmadinejad's close... Sign in to see full entry.

By PETER ORSI, Associated Press: HAVANA – The forbidden fruit of American travel is once again within reach. New rules issued by the Obama administration will allow Americans wide access to communist-led Cuba, already a mecca for tourists from other nations. Within months or even weeks, thousands of... Sign in to see full entry.

– Wed May 18, 1:00 am ET: NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former boxing champion Sugar Ray Leonard has said that he was sexually abused as a teenager by a "prominent" Olympic coach, according to a report in the New York Times on Tuesday. The newspaper said Leonard made the claim in his upcoming autobiography,... Sign in to see full entry.

By Wikinews: Facebook hired a public relations firm to systematically discredit Google by paying two journalists to plant negative pieces in U.S. newspapers, leaked correspondence discloses. The new revelations are likely to increase tension between the two companies, which are already fierce... Sign in to see full entry.

By MICHAEL FELBERBAUM, AP Tobacco Writer: RICHMOND, Va. – The head of cigarette maker Philip Morris International Inc. told a cancer nurse Wednesday that while cigarettes are harmful and addictive, it is not that hard to quit. CEO Louis C. Camilleri's statement was in response to comments at its... Sign in to see full entry.

LONDON (Reuters) - Apple has overtaken Google as the world's most valuable brand, ending a four-year reign by the Internet search leader, according to a new study by global brands agency Millward Brown. The iPhone and iPad maker's brand is now worth $153 billion, almost half Apple's market... Sign in to see full entry.

By MAGGIE MICHAEL, Associated Press: CAIRO – Al-Qaida on Friday confirmed the killing of Osama bin Laden and warned of retaliation, saying Americans' "happiness will turn to sadness." The confirmation came in an Internet statement posted on militant websites, signed by "the general leadership" of... Sign in to see full entry.