- California becomes the largest state in the nation to raise the smoking age from 18 to 21 as Dem Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a raft of new smoking and e-cigarette health bills into law.
- Chicago's largest teachers' union is proposing a half billion dollars in new revenue to stabilize the school district as the price for Mayor Rahm Emanuel to prevent a massive teachers' strike.
- Planned Parenthood is suing the state of Kansas over GOP Gov. Sam Brownback's plan eliminating all taxpayer funding for clinics in the state.
- Economists are predicting South Africa's sovereign credit rating may be cut to junk bond status by the end of the year as the county's economy falters under President Jacob Zuma.
- After reporting three straight years' worth of quarterly losses, automaker Tesla is vowing to put a half million electric cars on the road a year by 2018.
If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed. -- Benjamin Franklin
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