LEGAL RECREATIONAL POT INDUSTRY OPENS IN COLORADO
By KRISTEN WYATT Partygoers smoke marijuana, left, and cigarettes during a Prohibition-era themed New Year’s Eve party celebrating the start of retail pot sales, at a bar in Denver, late…
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DE BLASIO VOWS SWEEPING CHANGE AS NYC’S NEXT MAYOR
By JONATHAN LEMIRE Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio stands with his wife, Chirlane McCray as they talk with school children at MS 51 after he announced Carmen Farina as the next…
ONLINE SHOPPING GROWS, WITH SOME GROWING PAINS
By MAE ANDERSON and SCOTT MAYEROWITZ FILE – In this Monday, Dec. 2, 2013, file photo, an Amazon.com employee stocks a shelf at an Amazon.com Fulfillment Center on “Cyber Monday”.…
POPE’S CHRISTMAS WISH: HOPE FOR A BETTER WORLD
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Pope Francis delivers his “Urbi et Orbi” (to the City and to the World) message from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday,…
AMERICANS CLICK FOR DEALS ON CYBER MONDAY
By MAE ANDERSON FILE – In this Monday, Nov. 26, 2012, file photo. packages are ready to ship move along a conveyor belt at the Amazon.com 1.2 million square foot…
BLACK FRIDAY LIVE: PHONES, TABLETS POPULAR
By The Associated PressBest Buy bargain hunters swarm manager Ramon Estevez, right, as he hands out scarves and hats that will identify those eligible for specially priced door-buster sale items…
OBAMAS SPEND QUIET THANKSGIVING AT WHITE HO– USE
President Barack Obama closes a folder after signing the last of three bills in the Oval Office of the White House on Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013 in Washington. According to…
BALLOONS, SPIRITS SOAR AT NYC THANKSGIVING PARADE
By LARRY NEUMEISTER The Macy’s Parade Snoopy balloon is partially inflated on Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013 in New York. The characters that glide between Manhattan’s skyscrapers can’t lift off if…