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Business Canada's legal weed stock-bubble is a re-run of the dotcom bubble Cory Doctorow

gifts Moist mug Rob Beschizza

drugs Smoke some shoes? The DEA's list of slang terms for cannabis David Pescovitz

Jacky Tsai Big losses for Superman at Macau roulette wheel and other East meets West art Adam Gelbart

afghanistan Trump Afghanistan plan? More air strikes likely, and training Afghan air force Xeni Jardin

Business To attract customers, Toronto hotel removes the TRUMP name Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Berlin SWAT raids yield arrests in theft of manhole-sized gold coin Cory Doctorow

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obits Mandy Johnson, 1953-2015 Rob Beschizza

books Penguin Galaxy: a boxed set of six science fiction greats, introduced by Neil Gaiman Cory Doctorow

video Slow TV: spend an hour on this Swiss mountain rail line Andrea James

Technology Temporary tattoos act as "on-skin user interfaces" David Pescovitz

sports Where Muhammad Ali's public persona came from Kembrew McLeod

politics Boston Globe previews a front page from the Trump presidency Cory Doctorow

family Wink 2015 Holiday Gift Guide: What Kids Want Carla Sinclair

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