Headlines Du Jour ► Saturday, February 1, 2014

It’s the start of a new month here at Not Now Silly, the shortest month of the year. Today is the 10th anniversary of Janet Jackson’s wardrobe malfunction, which made headlines all around the world. Today’s Headlines Du Jour isn’t nearly as exciting as Janet Jackson’s nipple, but we do try harder.

THE “O” IN GOP STANDS FOR OLD:

FREE THE WEED!!!

Pool was swimming in pot, police say

First medical marijuana dispensary licenses awarded in Massachusetts

Pot shops face obstacles to serve
young medical marijuana patients

Obama on the problem of
criminalizing marijuana use

THE ART OF DYING:

Ohio biker, 82, is buried on his Harley

TAKING THE FACE OUT OF FACEBOOK:

Facebook Is About to Let You Go
Anonymous for the First Time

LOOFAH LAD IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

Bill O’Reilly and psychological warfare

SEAN HANNITY IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

Hannity Selectively Edits Daily Show Video To Make Himself Look Better

WHEN GIRL SCOUT COOKIES ARE OUTLAWED, ONLY OUTLAWS WILL BUY GIRL SCOUT COOKIES:

Anti-Choice Groups
Launch National Boycott
Of Girl Scout Cookies For ‘Endorsing’ Wendy Davis

GET YOUR ROCKS OFF:

Dave Hall and Glenn Taylor charged in Goblin Valley rock topple

IN RUSSIA, LIFE HAS YOU!

Twenty-five percent of Russian men die before the age of 55

IN OUTER SPACE:

How circumbinary
planets form revealed

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