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Melania Trump’s Convention Speech Stole Phrases From Michelle Obama’s 2008 Address

Melania Trump’s much-anticipated speech to close out Day 1 of the Republican National Convention is making waves for all the wrong reasons.

The address was an opportunity—as Fortune‘s Tory Newmyer points out—to humanize her husband, whose boisterous public persona sheds little light on the man he is away from cameras and microphones. His wife, a former supermodel from Slovenia who’s been largely absent on the campaign trail, missed that chance and then some.

Shortly after she delivered her boilerplate remarks Monday night, the Internet erupted with allegations that she had plagiarized the current one.

Read the entire article on Fortune.com

Rappers Snoop Dogg & The Game Meet With L.A. Gangs In Effort To Stop Violence

Hip-hop artist the Game urged gang members from across Southern California on Sunday morning to converge on a South Los Angeles community center for a town-hall style meeting about curbing violence.

The Game, whose real name is Jayceon Taylor, told the hundreds gathered for a town-hall style meeting at a South Los Angeles community center that he was pushing a positive message because one day, he hopes his daughter will be able to walk the streets “a little safer.”

He told the crowd:

“Your life should mean more to you. Your life should mean more to you than what you’re showing.”

Nation of Islam Minister Tony Muhammad, who helped organize the event, said it’s time for the black community to come together.

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Read more of this story on LA Times.com

California Bans Spice

The City Council unanimously approved a ban on a synthetic drug known as “spice,” which San Diego authorities say is responsible for a rash of hundreds of medical distress cases in recent months.

The law prohibits the manufacture, sale, distribution and possession of federal Schedule I drugs, “novel synthetic drugs” and “novel psychoactive drugs,” categories that include spice, according to the City Attorney’s Office.

The San Diego Police Department recommended the ban — which does not apply to medical marijuana — because of holes in state and federal regulations that are exploited by makers and sellers of so-called designer drugs. Only a handful of the 100 or so chemical formulas used to make the drug are prohibited.

If you have never seen what a person “on spice” looks like, check out this video. What in the world could possibly be in that stuff?
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