The Rocky Mountain High just got a whole lot higher. On Tuesday night, Amendment 64 — the measure which sought the legalization of marijuana for recreational use by adults — was passed by Colorado voters, making Colorado the first state to end marijuana prohibition in the United States.

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Pertaining to iPhone 5, 5th gen iPod, 4th gen iPad, iPod mini, and all computers with the mountain lion iOS. Edit: And it’s for WILLFUL infringement! (3x damages)

h/t: Dirk B

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Rumored damages awarded is $368 million.

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in West Kendall, Florida, a suburb of Miami

Sandy Gas Woes Continue: People Trading Gas For Sex On Craigslist

via CBS NEWS LOCAL

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – How far would go to get gas?

Long gas station lines and empty gas pumps have plagued drivers across New York and New Jersey since Superstorm Sandy slammed into the East Coast last Monday, leaving a gas shortage across the region.

Stories of price gouging and fights at gas stations have also been commonplace. But now it seems people — men in particular — are finding new ways to take advantage of gas-seeking Tri-State residents: Sex.

Via Zero Hedge, this looks to be the bible of Election Night Drinking Games:

While some believe tonight is critical to the future of our nation – and well could be – we believe some will need placating as the results roll across the bottom of their screens and are manipulated in an ever-increasing multitude of 10-dimensional holographic charts that we fully expect to work incorrectly at some point. To fulfil that ‘need for numbing’, we have found three drinking games of varying suspected quantity that we hope will prove useful. From simple and stand-alone, to team-based and punish-your-friends focused, we believe there is a fair-and-balanced approach here for everyone.

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Another one with poor sourcing…

Breitbart News has just received reports from citizen journalists in Ohio that two precinct election judges were removed by Hamilton County Director of Elections for allowing unregistered voters to cast ballots.

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Charming!

WASHINGTON (AP) — Preliminary results of an exit poll conducted for The Associated Press show that the presidential election hinges once again on the economy.

The survey of voters as they leave polling places Tuesday shows 6 in 10 voters say the economy is the top issue facing the nation, with unemployment and rising prices hitting voters hard.

About 4 in 10 say they think the nation’s economy is on the mend, but more say that things are getting worse or are bad and stagnating.

About half of voters say the previous president, George W. Bush, shoulders more of the blame for economic challenges than President Barack Obama.

Just a quarter of those surveyed in the exit poll say they are better off than four years ago.

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I don’t see any sourcing in the article, but its worth a read so that you know what the Wednesday morning talking points will be…

Republican Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted has asked voting machine giant ES&S to install last-minute, unverified, custom firmware updates on the state’s voting machines. This is highly irregular, and the details of it are shrouded in secrecy and silence — the few, terse statements from Husted’s office on the matter have been self-contradictory and unhelpful. On Salon, Brad Friedman tries to untangle the mess, and concludes that it’s impossible to say what the new software in Ohio’s voting machines actually does, nor why unaudited, unapproved software should be added to voting machines in a critical swing-state at the last minute, but that it’s highly suspicious and possibly illegal.

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“U.S. stocks and commodities rallied for a second day, while the dollar and Treasuries fell, as investors awaited results of the presidential election. Australia’s dollar rose as the central bank left interest rates unchanged.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index increased 0.9 percent to 1,429.92 and the Stoxx Europe 600 Index (SXXP) advanced 0.6 percent at 12:57 p.m. in New York. Treasury 10-year notes snapped a two-day advance, sending yields up two basis points at 1.71 percent, and the dollar weakened against 14 of 16 major peers. Oil and gasoline surged amid forecasts that fuel supplies dropped when Hurricane Sandy forced the shutdown of East Coast refineries.”

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Another storm is on its way. East coasters stranded by Sandy have more problems on the way.

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“The 2012 presidential election could be effectively settled shortly after 8 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, when all polls will have closed in three of the biggest battleground states: Florida, Virginiaand Ohio.

Quick projections of a sweep of these competitive states by either President Barack Obama or Republican Mitt Romneyprobably would mean that candidate will win the White House. If there’s a split decision or if some of these races remain unsettled for hours, the election’s outcome could stretch into tomorrow. Challenges to ballot tallies — like in Florida in 2000 — could delay the call for days or weeks.”

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A little fun in predicting the next president:

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A not-so-surprising thing happened this morning: My Instagram feed morphed from photos of dogs, kids, fancy coffees and food porn into a stream of people’s voting ballots.

And it’s not just my feed: A search for “#vote” in Instagram’s Explore tab currently brings up more than 460,000 photo results. Not all of these hip pics are ballots, necessarily, but most are related to campaign and voting issues.

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“Leading U.S. retailers expect a 3.7% increase in holiday same-store sales, according to a new survey by BDO USA.

“While we haven’t returned to pre-recession levels of optimism, retailers are gearing up for what looks to be a promising holiday season,” said Doug Hart, partner in the retail and consumer product practice at BDO. “Still, consumers have more choices than ever, and retailers are looking to avoid showrooming by curating a mix of exclusive and top-selling products to get consumers in their door or on their site.”

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“* Big banks get more time to write “living wills”

* G20 sets deadline to reduce reliance on credit ratings

* New “shadow banks” rules ready by Sept. 2013

MEXICO CITY/LONDON, Nov 5 (Reuters) – International watchdogs, working to tighten-up global regulation after the financial crisis, are moving ahead with plans to extend their reach to “shadow banks” such as money-market funds that handle trillions of dollars in short-term investments.

Policymakers have already tightened regulation for mainstream banks but are keen to stop higher-risk activities shifting to less supervised areas such as off-balance sheet units, hedge funds and money-market funds, which contributed to the crisis.

This is a clear signal there will be no let up for the financial sector despite warnings that introducing too many rules could hinder global economic recovery.”

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