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As California legalizes pot, laws collide at US checkpoints

ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated PressJanuary 2, 2018

California has legalized marijuana for recreational use, but that won’t stop federal agents from seizing the drug — even in tiny amounts — on busy freeways and back country highways.

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Obama administration punches new holes in embargo on Cuba

Michael Weissenstien, Associated PressMarch 17, 2016

The Obama administration punched a new series of holes in the U.S. trade embargo on Cuba on Tuesday, turning a ban on U.S. tourism to Cuba into an unenforceable honor system and paving the way for Cuban athletes to one day play Major League Baseball and other U.S. professional sports.