|
(Continued from page 37)
the electricity to come back on. At least 25 deaths were blamed on the treacherous weather, including that of a pregnant woman struck by a mini-snowplow in a New York City parking lot as she loaded groceries into her car.
• . CURLS AND DIMPLES: SHIRLEY TEMPLE DIES AT 85
• Shirley Temple, the dimpled, curly-topped little girl who tap-danced and sang her way to a height of Hollywood super-stardom and worldwide fame in the 1930s that no other child has reached, died Monday. The former child star and diplomat, known as Shirley Temple Black in her later years, was 85.
• . WIRE FOX TERRIER WINS BEST IN SHOW AT WESTMINSTER DOG SHOW
• The bloodhound drew the loudest cheers, the Portuguese water dog came with presidential connections and the Irish water spaniel tried to earn another win for Seattle in the Super Bowl -- of dogs, that is. A little wire fox terrier called Sky stood in their way. The 5-year-old terrier with the ginger-and-white coat won best in show at the Westminster Kennel Club on Tuesday night, finishing off a season in which she was ranked the nation's No. 1 dog.
•
AP News in Brief
Marijuana industry celebrates federal guidance on banking, but institutions remain wary
• SEATTLE (AP) -- For marijuana dispensaries around the country, the days of doing business in cash -- driving around with bill-stuffed envelopes to pay the rent, or showing up at a state revenue office with $20,000 in paper bags for the tax man -- can't end soon enough.
• It's not clear that the Obama administration's new guidance on pot-related banking is going to end them.
• The Justice and Treasury Departments on Friday issued banks a road map for doing business with marijuana firms. The security-wary pot industry, including recreational shops in Colorado and medical marijuana operators elsewhere, welcomed the long-awaited news, but banking industry groups made clear that the administration's tone didn't make them feel much easier about taking pot money.
• The banks were hoping the announcement would relieve them of the threat of prosecution should they open accounts for marijuana businesses, Don Childears, president of the Colorado Bankers Association, said in a written statement. It doesn't.
• "After a series of red lights, we expected this guidance to be a yellow one," (Continued on page 39)
|
|
