Reason Morning Links: Alabama Lawmaker to Introduce Medical Marijuana Bill, Tea Party Groups Ditch Scott Brown, Fullerton Police Union Denies it Helped Manuel Ramos Make Bail
- Representative K.L. Brown, a Republican in the Alabama legislature, will propose a medical marijuana bill in the 2012 session in honor of his sister, who used pot to "ease her suffering" as she was dying from cancer.
- Fullerton's police union denies that it coordinated a nationwide effort to help officer Manuel Ramos, who has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of Kelly Thomas, make his $1 million bail.
- Unemployment claims rose by 6,000 last week to 401,000 claims total. According to the AP, they need to fall under 375,000 to signal job growth.
- Massachusetts coordinator for the Tea Party Patriots to The Daily Caller: "Scott Brown has disappointed us a few times. So are we going to go out there and hold signs for him everyday? I don't think so."
- College professors are totally behind their Wall Street-occupying, class-skipping students.
- The U.S. seized 15,000 boxes of documents during the ouster of Gen. Manuel Noriega from Panama. Now that he's returning home, will those documents be returned to Panama?
- For the Common Defense, a Washington estuary for permahawks, is asking Tea Partiers in Congress to stand with them against sensible cuts to the defense budget.
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