Topic: Eighteenth Amendment
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Backchannels
Does legal marijuana in the US really mean trouble for Mexican drug cartels?A look at the numbers.
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Gift ideas: 'Harry Potter,' Adele, 'Law & Order,' and 'Super Mario 3D'
Your gift list can get long with nieces and nephews, grandparents and friends all needing a present this holiday season. Try a few of these items that are sure to please like 'Winnie the Pooh,' 'Ken Burns: Prohibition,' and the video game 'Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception.'
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Top Picks: New Tony Bennett CD, social media scorecard, PBS' Prohibition documentary and more
Tony Bennett releases a CD of star-studded duets, new online tool measures your social media influence, Ken Burns produces a three-part PBS series on Prohibition, and more top picks.
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Culture Cafe
'Prohibition' – so much more than gangsters and flappersThis Sunday (8 to 10 p.m. EDT) Ken Burns turns his prodigious research efforts and illuminating camerawork loose on America's failed attempt to sober up.
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Last Call
How dry was Prohibition? Some say the law did much to spike sales of alcohol.
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New province name: Pakistan taps ethnic pride as defense against Taliban
Pakistan renamed the North West Frontier Province to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in a nod to Pashtuns, but the minority Hazars launched deadly protests. The Taliban has sought to supplant ethnic identity with pan-Islamist philosophy.
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Letters to the Editor
Readers write about a return to a gold standard, suppressing piracy through rule of law, how a tax on gas would help the Big Three automakers, and why California's Prop 8 should be reconsidered.
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