It's not true. We aren't going to have big, white blocks downtown.

It's not true. We aren't going to have big, white blocks downtown.

We realize that this is a major area where we need to focus attention.

We realize that this is a major area where we need to focus attention.

One of the big hurdles to overcome is kids attitude toward science. Some kids think science is boring or they read more

One of the big hurdles to overcome is kids attitude toward science. Some kids think science is boring or they say I just don't understand it. You work around that by making it interesting and fun and relevant for kids.

The challenge will be to get the big corporate customers giving them their business, but it might be difficult in read more

The challenge will be to get the big corporate customers giving them their business, but it might be difficult in reality.

This bombastic announcement is open defiance of what the international community is asking from Iran.

This bombastic announcement is open defiance of what the international community is asking from Iran.

He's been a big help to me so far. I just want to make sure to take what he tells read more

He's been a big help to me so far. I just want to make sure to take what he tells me and bring it out on the court.

I was simply amazed; in my 20-plus years as a funeral home director, I have never seen workers come out read more

I was simply amazed; in my 20-plus years as a funeral home director, I have never seen workers come out in force in a display of respect as I had here today. There were state highway department workers at every intersection on the way to the cemetery and about 40 to 50 state trucks on hand. The Illinois Department of Transportation takes care of its own. It was very impressive.

We see high growth with very low inflation. These aren't mutually exclusive. You have to remember the high growth that read more

We see high growth with very low inflation. These aren't mutually exclusive. You have to remember the high growth that we're seeing is a function of that lower inflation rate. If we had inflation at 3 or 4 percent, growth would be a lot slower.

[Donald Abrams, MD, also commented on the biased federal approach to research. In the late '90s Abrams conducted a federally read more

[Donald Abrams, MD, also commented on the biased federal approach to research. In the late '90s Abrams conducted a federally funded study to determine the safety of smoked marijuana in AIDS patients taking protease inhibitors.] At that time we could not use the federal government's marijuana to show that it might be beneficial because NIDA has a mandate from Congress that they could only supply marijuana for research to show that it might be dangerous, ... Subsequently NIDA has changed their mechanism so we can look for benefit.