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Dad Arrested for Giving Cannabis Oil to Dying Girl, 2 (Newser Happy Hour 6-pack)

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Dad Arrested for Giving Cannabis Oil to Dying Girl, 2

(Newser) - A 2-year-old girl was recently given a 50/50 chance of surviving stage 4 neuroblastoma cancer, and dad Adam Koessler wants to do everything in his power to boost those chances. The Australian man started putting cannabis oil in Rumer's food and noticed "extremely beneficial" and even "miraculous"... More »

Frilled Shark With 300 Teeth Caught Off Australia

(Newser) - Fishermen off the coast of Australia were startled to haul in something none of them had ever seen before: a rare species of "living fossil" shark virtually unchanged since before dinosaurs went extinct. The frilled shark they caught was around 5 feet long, almost as big as they get,... More »

London Mayor Hit With Huge US Tax Bill

(Newser) - Many Londoners might not know their mayor has an American passport as well as a British one—but Uncle Sam is certainly aware of it. Boris Johnson was born in New York, and as an American citizen, he's liable to pay American taxes, which he has reluctantly agreed to... More »

Newtown Votes to Destroy Lanza Home

(Newser) - The Newtown, Conn., home that one neighbor describes as "a constant reminder of the evil that resided there" is going to be destroyed. Officials in the town have voted to tear down the home where Adam Lanza lived and leave the land as open space, reports the Hartford Courant... More »

Turning Up Voltage on E-Cigs Is a Very Bad Idea

(Newser) - It's still too early to say whether e-cigarettes cause cancer the way regular cigarettes do, researchers say, but what they can tell at this stage is that at high voltage, the vapor they produce is a lot higher in at least one carcinogen than traditional smokes. A new study... More »

Anger Over NJ Cops Who Killed Man With Arms Raised

(Newser) - A police video of officers confronting and fatally shooting a black man in southern New Jersey has raised questions and anger over another death at the hands of police. The video of the Dec. 30 killing of Jerame Reid in Bridgeton after a nearly two-minute standoff was released this week.... More »