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March 16, 2010 | NPR· Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd introduced a bill to overhaul financial industry regulations Monday. The move follows months of bipartisan negotiations that failed to produce agreement on such controversial issues as consumer protection and reining in practices that led to the financial collapse in 2008. The way forward looks murky, but Dodd plans to move the bill through his committee next week.
 
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March 16, 2010 | NPR· Toyota has responded to the latest developments in last week's runaway Prius investigation in San Diego. Federal inspectors say they can't duplicate the acceleration problem the driver reported after his car raced down the freeway at more than 90 miles an hour. Toyota stopped short of calling it a hoax.
 
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March 15, 2010 | NPR· Michael Lewis, who wrote the best-seller Liar's Poker, is back with a new book examining those who profited from shorting subprime mortgages. In The Big Short, Lewis profiles extreme characters — outsiders — who are the sane people in an insane world.
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Will The National Broadband Plan Come Up Short?
March 15, 2010 | NPR· The Federal Communications Commission says the plan, set to be unveiled Tuesday, will help make Internet access faster, cheaper and more pervasive. But some critics are already calling it a missed opportunity.
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November 27, 2009

Medical Marijuana and Media Advertising

Colorado’s booming medical marijuana industry is doing more than just benefiting dispensaries that sell the drug for a profit. Some media outlets hit hard by the recession are cashing in on the so-called gold rush, finding a new source of advertising. Others are taking a wait and see approach to the somewhat controversial revenue stream. Bente Birkeland reports from the state capitol.

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Filed under: Bente Birkeland, Capitol Coverage, Health, Media — Andrea Chalfin, News Dir. @ 7:22 am
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  1. Its about time the newspapers find a way to make some money. They have been going out of business and cutting back on distribution. If the Medical Marijuana Dispensaries can help out other industries then more power to them.

    Politicians need to stay out of patients medicine cabinets.

    Its only a matter of time before other media picks up on the gravy train.

    Comment by Pierre Werner — November 28, 2009 @ 4:55 pm

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