Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas have found years of marijuana use alters the brain's reward system according to CBSNews. Users of the drug over an average of 12 years had greater activity in the brain when they were shown pictures of objects used for smoking marijuana versus when they looked at pictures of a natural reward such as their favorite fruits ... study author Dr. Francesca Filbey said ... Dr ... - WN.com, Maureen Foody....
A Minnesota federal appeals court has reversed an earlier ruling that awarded $1.35 million to former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura from the estate of ChrisKyle, the deceased former NavySEAL, over a defamation lawsuit, CNN reports.Ventura had filed the suit after Kyle, the author of "AmericanSniper," claimed in his best-selling autobiography that the two were involved in a physical altercation at a bar in 2006... Tables flew....
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has fans all over the world – whether for his political views or his fame as a New York real estate mogul, his brand or his reputation for getting things done.Because of his worldwide prominence, a small group of Trump fans in India celebrated his birthday with a cake and balloons in a New Delhi park Tuesday, The Himalayan Times reported....
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Fast Facts. Wife of Orlando shooting gunman Omar Mateen could be charged in connection with the attack Reports say NoorSalman had some knowledge of husband's plans to carry out massacre Salman, Mateen's second wife, is a "person of interest", says a Senator Investigators believe Mateen was "self-radicalised" ... 'Angry, disturbed, unstable'. Mateen, 29, was a US citizen, born in New York ... 'I'm next, I'm dead,'" he said ... READ MORE ... OPINION ... ....
"We need to listen to our people in Myanmar... Listening is the first task of communication ... said the Archbishop of Yangon, CardinalCharles Maung Bo, during the Mass celebrated on June 12 on the occasion of the Day for communication, which was attended by the Catholic Bishops, religious superiors and all persons engaged in the various Burmese dioceses in the communications field ... ....
Three airmen were killed when a BurmeseAir Force helicopter crashed in the Pegu Division town of Daik-U on Tuesday, the military has confirmed. The MI-2 helicopter crashed under heavy weather after it took off from the Meikhtila Air Base in Mandalay in the morning ... ....
(Source. BWI - Building and WoodWorker's International). On Thursday 19 May, 51 Burmese workers from a wood processing factory were arrested on charges of unlawful assembly and causing public disorder after police prevented them from marching in the Takton township, outside Myanmar's capital Naypyitaw... Workers were dismayed at the refusal of their employer to bargain with them ... (noodl. 34102129) ....
NEW YORK — Gregory Rabassa, a translator of worldwide influence and esteem who helped introduce Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Julio Cortazar and other Latin American authors to millions of English-language readers, has died ... Fitting for the future translator, he served as a cryptographer during World War II, later joking that in deciphering secret messages it was his job to change English into English....
A leading Brexit minister has claimed that immigration could “overwhelm” Britain, arguing that her constituents complain about not hearing English spoken when they walk down the high street ... “If you come here and you don’t speak English, and you don’t know the customs and you don’t know where to live and you don’t have a job – It’s really difficult for everybody....
Each page tells the story in English with the Spanish translation below it ...It's a counting book with bright colors and counting phrases in English and Spanish. The number 1 is "One blue house" in English and "Una casa azul" in Spanish ... (Whether you read it to your small child in English or Spanish, he or she will enjoy the artwork and the colors. (Lil' Libros, 2014) ... ....
“The lads defended the honour of their country and did not let the English fans desecrate our motherland ... In his city they left calling cards boasting “RIPEnglish hooligans” ... Yesterday, trying to return the debate to football and pointing out the Euros weren't a “street-fighting championship”, Russian striker Artem Dzyuba challenged what he saw as the English media's one-sided view of the violence....
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French authorities were on high alert for fresh violence Wednesday when Russian and English supporters come up against each other again ahead of high-risk Euro 2016 games. Some 65,000English, Welsh and Russian supporters are expected to flood into the northern city of Lille and neighbouring Lens, creating a security headache ... "If the English are brave enough to come, we'll crush them. We hate the English."....
French authorities were on high alert for fresh violence Wednesday when Russian and English supporters come up against each other again ahead of high-risk Euro 2016 games. Some 65,000English, Welsh and Russian supporters are expected to flood into the northern city of Lille and neighbouring Lens, creating a security headache ... "If the English are brave enough to come, we'll crush them. We hate the English."....
Aston Villa bought by Chinese businessman Xia Jiantong. Aston Villa have been sold to ReconGroup, owned by Chinese businessman Xia Jiantong, the English Championship (second tier) club announced on Tuesday. Xia, the first mainland Chinese to fully own an English team has taken over the Midlands outfit from AmericanRandy Lerner in a deal approved by the Football League... ....
A small group of Russian and English fans briefly scuffled in Lille in the early hours of Wednesday (June 15) ... The brief skirmish between the Russian and English fans was broken up by police....