http://www.mail.com/subjects/7984-plants.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/7984-plants.html http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2089482-wash-releases-draft-rules-legal-pot.html SEATTLE (AP) — Officials in Washington state took their first stab at setting rules for the state's new marijuana industry Thursday, nearly eight months after voters here legalized pot for adults. Among the preliminary regulations: They want to track marijuana from "seed to store." They'd put a cap on the number of retail outlets in each county, but not o... Fri, 17 May 2013 00:33:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2089482-wash-releases-draft-rules-legal-pot.html 2013-05-17T00:33:51Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2089494-ap-photos-path-to-legal-pot-long-wild-trip.html SEATTLE (AP) — It's one thing to legalize marijuana. It's another to figure out how to sell it, grow it, regulate it, test it and tax it. Voters in Washington state and Colorado made pot use for adults over 21 legal last fall, but that was just the first step. On Thursday, Washington officials are expected to release the first draft of rules governing the... Thu, 16 May 2013 21:12:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2089494-ap-photos-path-to-legal-pot-long-wild-trip.html 2013-05-16T21:12:57Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2088394-chong-legalized-marijuana-save-country.html NEW YORK (AP) — The Grammy Award-winning comedy duo Cheech and Chong based their 42-year career on counterculture humor with a particular emphasis on marijuana use. But these days Tommy Chong sees the recreational drug as something more than fodder for jokes about stoned hippies. The 74-year-old comedian thinks legalizing marijuana on a federal level woul... Wed, 15 May 2013 20:35:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2088394-chong-legalized-marijuana-save-country.html 2013-05-15T20:35:52Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2085930-stinky-corpse-flower-blooms-ohio.html COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A large rainforest plant known as a corpse flower because of its awful smell has bloomed again at an Ohio State University greenhouse, and there's more excitement because another corpse flower there is expected to open soon, a spokeswoman said. A 6-foot titan arum, nicknamed Woody after Buckeyes football coach Woody Hayes, opened Tue... Wed, 15 May 2013 04:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2085930-stinky-corpse-flower-blooms-ohio.html 2013-05-15T04:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2085932-report-card-great-lakes-big-problems.html TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A decades-old effort to nurse the battered Great Lakes to health has made progress toward reducing toxic pollution and slamming the door on invasive species, but the freshwater seas continue to face serious threats, a U.S.-Canadian agency said Tuesday. The International Joint Commission, which advises both nations on issues aff... Tue, 14 May 2013 22:36:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2085932-report-card-great-lakes-big-problems.html 2013-05-14T22:36:07Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2083262-ohio-awaits-bloom-stinky-corpse-flower.html COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Researchers at an Ohio State University greenhouse are awaiting a rare second bloom by a rainforest plant known as a corpse flower because of its unpleasant odor. The university says the nearly 6-foot titan arum is expected to open this week, releasing another round of its rotting-flesh smell a little more than two years after it fir... Tue, 14 May 2013 02:08:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2083262-ohio-awaits-bloom-stinky-corpse-flower.html 2013-05-14T02:08:38Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2075480-ore-smokejumpers-skydive-illegal-pot-garden.html MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — A team of smokejumpers parachuting into a fire in the mountains of Southern Oregon landed in an illegal marijuana garden being prepared for growing season. The six smokejumpers from a base in Redmond found the site Monday evening, when there was a rash of lightning strikes. Jackson County sheriff's spokeswoman Andrea Carlson says the ... Thu, 09 May 2013 23:20:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2075480-ore-smokejumpers-skydive-illegal-pot-garden.html 2013-05-09T23:20:28Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2069034-encroaching-sea-threat-caribbean.html TELESCOPE, Grenada (AP) — The old coastal road in this fishing village at the eastern edge of Grenada sits under a couple of feet of murky saltwater, which regularly surges past a hastily-erected breakwater of truck tires and bundles of driftwood intended to hold back the Atlantic Ocean. For Desmond Augustin and other fishermen living along the shorelines... Tue, 07 May 2013 18:23:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2069034-encroaching-sea-threat-caribbean.html 2013-05-07T18:23:53Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2066408-court-calif-cities-ban-medical-pot-shops.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The California Supreme Court ruled Monday that cities and counties can ban medical marijuana dispensaries, a decision likely to further diminish the network of storefront pot shops and fuel efforts to have the state regulate the industry. In a unanimous opinion, the court held that California's medical marijuana laws — the nation's fi... Mon, 06 May 2013 21:25:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2066408-court-calif-cities-ban-medical-pot-shops.html 2013-05-06T21:25:05Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2064708-fever-hits-thousands-parched-west-farm-region.html FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — California and federal public health officials say valley fever, a potentially lethal but often misdiagnosed disease infecting more and more people around the nation, has been on the rise as warming climates and drought have kicked up the dust that spreads it. The fever has hit California's agricultural heartland particularly hard in... Mon, 06 May 2013 05:20:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2064708-fever-hits-thousands-parched-west-farm-region.html 2013-05-06T05:20:58Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2044296-court-pot-smokers-fired-colo.html DENVER (AP) — Medical and recreational marijuana may be legal in Colorado, but employers in the state can lawfully fire workers who test positive for the drug, even if it was used off duty, according to a court ruling Thursday. The Colorado Court of Appeals found there is no employment protection for medical marijuana users in the state since the drug rem... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:26:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2044296-court-pot-smokers-fired-colo.html 2013-04-26T00:26:35Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2043900-barbara-bush-jeb-run-weve-bushes.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid the celebration surrounding the opening of son George W. Bush's presidential library Thursday, former first lady Barbara Bush brushed aside talk of a Jeb Bush run for the White House in 2016. Appearing in an interview from Dallas on NBC's "Today" show, Mrs. Bush was asked if she thought that Jeb, the former governor of Florida, shou... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:22:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2043900-barbara-bush-jeb-run-weve-bushes.html 2013-04-25T13:22:01Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2041166-drug-czar-pot-legalization-wont-change-mission.html BALTIMORE (AP) — The nation's drug czar said Wednesday the legalization of marijuana in Washington state and Colorado won't change his office's mission of fighting the country's drug problem by focusing on addiction treatment that will be available under the federal health overhaul. Gil Kerlikowske, director of the National Drug Control Policy, released P... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:23:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2041166-drug-czar-pot-legalization-wont-change-mission.html 2013-04-24T21:23:44Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2035984-group-kicks-planting-ancient-tree-clones.html COPEMISH, Mich. (AP) — A team led by a nurseryman from northern Michigan and his sons has raced against time for two decades, snipping branches from some of the world's biggest and most durable trees with plans to produce clones that could restore ancient forests and help fight climate change. Now comes the most ambitious phase of the quest: getting the n... Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:07:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2035984-group-kicks-planting-ancient-tree-clones.html 2013-04-22T14:07:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2034422-gunfire-erupts-colo-pot-event-2-wounded.html DENVER (AP) — Authorities are hunting for suspects after shooting broke out during a massive marijuana celebration in Denver, leaving two people with gunshot wounds. The gunfire scattered thousands attending Saturday's 4/20 counterculture holiday, the first since Colorado legalized marijuana. A man and a woman each suffered non-life threatening gunshot wo... Sun, 21 Apr 2013 09:38:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2034422-gunfire-erupts-colo-pot-event-2-wounded.html 2013-04-21T09:38:39Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2034096-shooting-colo-pot-holiday-gathering-injures-2.html DENVER (AP) — Gunfire erupted at a Denver pot celebration Saturday, injuring two people and scattering a crowd of thousands who had gathered for the first 4/20 counterculture holiday since the state legalized marijuana. The man and woman who were shot were expected to survive, and police were looking for one or two suspects, said Denver Police spokesman S... Sun, 21 Apr 2013 02:04:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2034096-shooting-colo-pot-holiday-gathering-injures-2.html 2013-04-21T02:04:15Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2032142-wash-bar-owner-allowing-pot-use-faces-crackdown.html SEATTLE (AP) — Jeff Call knew he was pushing the envelope when he started letting people use marijuana at his rum-and-pizza joint in Tacoma. But he didn't quite know the extent of what he was in for: the governor's office demanding state regulators do something about it, local authorities revoking his business license, and his insurance company dropping h... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 21:45:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2032142-wash-bar-owner-allowing-pot-use-faces-crackdown.html 2013-04-19T21:45:44Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2029212-holder-marijuanas-children-factor.html WASHINGTON (AP) — How it affects children will be one factor the Justice Department weighs as it determines how to respond to the legalization of marijuana in Washington state and Colorado, Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress Thursday. "When it comes to these marijuana initiatives, I think among the kinds of things we will have to consider is the i... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 21:49:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2029212-holder-marijuanas-children-factor.html 2013-04-18T21:49:19Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2027550-wash-government-bean-counter-pot-education.html SEATTLE (AP) — Mike Steenhout knows spreadsheets, statistics and bean-counting. He has worked as a budget assistant to the governor, managed local operations for the U.S. Census Bureau and analyzed juvenile crime databases. Now, the married, minivan-driving father of a small child is a weed guy — one of the dozens of Washington state workers involved in t... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:15:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2027550-wash-government-bean-counter-pot-education.html 2013-04-18T10:15:50Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2019948-correction-afghanistan-opium-story.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — In an April 15 story about a U.N. report on opium production in Afghanistan, The Associated Press miscalculated the price per pound for opium. The correct version is that prices went from about $60 to $85 a kilogram ($27 to $38 a pound) to $300 ($136) in 2011. Although prices this year range from $160 per kilogram ($72 per pound) to $200 per kilogra... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:52:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2019948-correction-afghanistan-opium-story.html 2013-04-16T14:52:27Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2020026-legal-pot-draws-tourists-to-colo-wash-420.html DENVER (AP) — Thousands of people are expected to join an unofficial counterculture holiday celebrating marijuana in Colorado and Washington this coming weekend, including out-of staters and even packaged tours. The events and crowds will test the limits of new laws permitting pot use by adults. More than 50,000 are expected to light up outdoors in Denver... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 09:24:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2020026-legal-pot-draws-tourists-to-colo-wash-420.html 2013-04-15T09:24:11Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2009192-despite-tensions-nkorea-readies-festivities.html PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — As the world watches to see what North Korea's next move will be in a high-stakes game of brinksmanship with the United States, residents of its capital aren't hunkering down in bunkers and preparing for the worst. Instead, they are out on the streets en masse getting ready for the birthday of national founder Kim Il Sung — the biggest holiday o... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:54:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2009192-despite-tensions-nkorea-readies-festivities.html 2013-04-12T13:54:31Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2014110-ex-nfl-player-hurd-pleads-guilty-to-drug-charge.html DALLAS (AP) — Former NFL wide receiver Sam Hurd pleaded guilty Thursday to trying to buy cocaine and marijuana to set up a drug-distribution network, leaving a once-promising career in tatters as he faces a prison sentence of at least 10 years. Hurd, 27, pleaded guilty in federal court in Dallas to one count of possession of cocaine and marijuana with int... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 22:32:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2014110-ex-nfl-player-hurd-pleads-guilty-to-drug-charge.html 2013-04-11T22:32:08Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2011242-alarm-vanishing-frogs-caribbean.html PATILLAS, Puerto Rico (AP) — A curtain of sound envelops the two researchers as they make their way along the side of a mountain in darkness, occasionally hacking their way with a machete to reach the mouth of a small cave. Peeps, tweets and staccato whistles fill the air, a pulsing undercurrent in the tropical night. To the untrained ear, it's just a mis... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:12:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2011242-alarm-vanishing-frogs-caribbean.html 2013-04-10T21:12:16Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2007078-maryland-lawmakers-pass-medical-marijuana-bill.html ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Maryland General Assembly on Monday approved a measure allowing medical marijuana programs at research centers that choose to participate. The state Senate approved the measure, 42-4. Ten of the Senate's 12 Republicans joined 32 Democrats, while two Democrats and two Republicans voted against it. The action sends the bill to Gov.... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 10:10:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2007078-maryland-lawmakers-pass-medical-marijuana-bill.html 2013-04-09T10:10:54Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/2001738-auburn-self-defense-mode-scathing-reports.html AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Auburn is once again on the defensive amid allegations of wrongdoing going back to the 2010 national championship season. Two reports surfaced this week accusing the athletic department of wide-ranging misdeeds ranging from covering up widespread use of synthetic marijuana among football players to grade-changing and illicit payments, ... Sat, 06 Apr 2013 00:57:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/2001738-auburn-self-defense-mode-scathing-reports.html 2013-04-06T00:57:14Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1997214-sticky-fingered-thieves-target-sap-maine.html PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Sticky-fingered thieves are stealing the sap right out of Maine's maple trees. With little more than a spout-like tap and a bucket, people are looting the liquid out of trees on private property and hauling it away to turn into sweet maple syrup. There's been an increase in reported sap thefts the past couple of years, but Maine For... Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:50:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1997214-sticky-fingered-thieves-target-sap-maine.html 2013-04-04T14:50:50Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1991334-report-predicts-ever-bigger-lake-erie-algae-blooms.html TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — It was the largest algae bloom in Lake Erie's recorded history — a scummy, toxic blob that oozed across nearly one-fifth of the lake's surface during the summer and fall of 2011. It sucked oxygen from the water, clogged boat motors and washed ashore in rotting masses that turned beachgoers' stomachs. It was also likely an omen ... Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:06:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1991334-report-predicts-ever-bigger-lake-erie-algae-blooms.html 2013-04-01T20:06:32Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1989142-pope-easter-pleas-world-peace.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis marked Christianity's most joyous day with a passionate plea for world peace, celebrating his first Easter Sunday as pontiff in the enthusiastic company of more than 250,000 people who overflowed from St. Peter's Square. With eloquent words in his Easter message, Francis lamented enduring conflicts in the Middle East, on t... Sun, 31 Mar 2013 20:29:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1989142-pope-easter-pleas-world-peace.html 2013-03-31T20:29:10Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1987088-kansas-couple-indoor-gardening-prompted-pot-raid.html LEAWOOD, Kan. (AP) — Two former CIA employees whose Kansas home was fruitlessly searched for marijuana during a two-state drug sweep claim they were illegally targeted, possibly because they had bought indoor growing supplies to raise vegetables. Adlynn and Robert Harte sued this week to get more information about why sheriff's deputies searched their hom... Sat, 30 Mar 2013 01:32:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1987088-kansas-couple-indoor-gardening-prompted-pot-raid.html 2013-03-30T01:32:10Z