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Source: Volcano Discovery - 2/11/13

CNews.canoe.ca By QMI Agency

Robert Erb. (B.C. Lottery Corporation/HO

Cannabis crusader Robert Erb is doing his part to legalize herb.

The marijuana advocate from Terrace, B.C., became $25 million richer after winning the Lotto Max jackpot on Nov. 2.

Now, the 60-year-old seasonal construction worker is pledging $500,000 towards the fight to decriminalize marijuana.

"The biggest social injustice I've seen in all my entire lifetime is the criminalization and prohibition of marijuana," Erb told CTV British Columbia on Friday.

Erb told the station he is pledging up to $500,000 to match donations made to Sensible B.C. over the coming months.

Source: The Watchers - 2/09/13, By The Watcher

Source: The Extinction Protocol - 2/09/23

An artist’s conception of DA 14, the asteroid expected to whizz past Earth February 15 on the closest approach in history.

February 9, 2013 – SPACE – Talk about too close for comfort. In a rare cosmic encounter, an asteroid will buzz Earth next week, missing our planet by a mere 17,200 miles (27,700 kilometers). Designated 2012 DA14, the space rock is approximately 150 feet (45 meters) across, and astronomers are certain it will zip harmlessly past our planet on February 15—but not before making history. It will pass within the orbits of many communications satellites, making it the closest flyby on record.

RT.com - 2/06/13

AFP Photo / Joe Raedle

An investigation into Miami police officers’ on-duty conduct found six officers were ignoring 911 calls while instead kissing their girlfriends, shopping, and drinking coffee.

One 911 call involved an unconscious five-month-old baby. Video footage shows Miami police officer Dario Socarras ignoring dispatch orders to save the child, while drinking coffee for nine minutes and lying to the dispatcher about being “en route”. Paramedics eventually reached the unconscious child, while Socarras never went – but still, the officer wrote in his daily report that he attended the scene.

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