Marijuana is not shown in the advertisement, and the word “marijuana” is never used. Instead, patients and the ad itself refer to pot as “cannabis.” KTXL’s Acting General Manager Mike Armstrong says the CannaCare advertisement is likely the first such ad promoting medicinal use of marijuana to run on a mainstream television outlet ever. “It is a matter of record within the medical community that medical marijuana can have positive results in helping relieve nausea and vomiting among cancer patients receiving chemotherapy and increasing appetites among AIDS patients,” Armstrong said in a statement e-mailed to FOX40.com, alluding that the ad is no different from that of any medicine advertised by pharmaceutical companies on local television channels and cable networks for decades. “Like so many other products advertised legally in media, it is a drug,” Armstrong added. “When viewers watch the [advertisement] on air, they can see it’s simply identifying this as an avenue to take if your doctor thinks it will help you feel better.” KTXL will air the advertisement during the station’s morning and evening newscasts, and throughout the day. (morrisonworldnews)

While the first family was on vacation in Martha’s Vineyard, the Obamas had the Oval Office in the White House remodeled. The chairs used by Obama and other world leaders are now leather. The walls have striped wallpaper. And the new wheat, cream and blue oval rug is ringed with five inspiring quotes. All of it was made in Michigan, New York and Pennsylvania — states that Obama won in 2008. It’s customary for presidents to remodel the office and add their favorite photos and knickknacks. George W. Bush did it. Bill Clinton did it. So did Ronald Reagan. In recent years, the funds have come from each president’s inaugural committee. Obama’s raised $53 million, much of it from nearly 500 wealthy donors who chipped in $50,000 each. The White House wouldn’t say what was spent from the inaugural kitty but said it was “in line with” the Bush and Clinton redesigns. The first president to redecorate was Theodore Roosevelt in 1902, who established the West Wing. Seven years later, the walls were covered in green burlap to welcome Willian Howard Taft. Warren Harding had them painted cream-white in 1923. In 1934, when the office took on its present size and shape, Franklin Roosevelt added drapes with a patriotic star-and-eagle motif. The border of Obama’s new rug has these five quotes: “Government of the People, By the People, For the People” —Abraham Lincoln “The Welfare of Each of Us is Dependent Fundamentally Upon the Welfare of All of Us” — Theodore Roosevelt “The Only Thing We Have to Fear is Fear Itself” — Franklin Roosevelt  “No Problem of Human Destiny is Beyond Human Beings”—John Kennedy “The Arc of the Moral Universe is Long, But it Bends Towards Justice” -MLK.(USAToday)

A sick Justin Bieber canceled his concert in Syracuse Sunday night – but hoped to be rested and ready for Tuesday’s show at Madison Square Garden. The scratched performance at the New York State Fair had fans worried about the Garden concert, which was to be filmed for a 3-D movie of Bieber’s “My World Tour.” His spokeswoman, Kristen Foster, vowed that the MSG show will go on.The teen heartthrob was well enough to tweet to his fans from his sickbed. “really dont know what to twitter…im getting rest right now and trying to recover from the not so good news from the doctor…” he wrote. “im gonna be ok just need 2 rest but i wanted all of u 2 know i never want to let any of u down. ever. i really appreciate all the kind words.” Bieber was the picture of health at a New Jersey concert on Saturday, according to David Yi, a Daily News reporter covering the event. “He was energetic, dancing, running around the stage, flirting with his fans,” Yi said. Ticket holders for the canceled State Fair concert will have a second chance to see their idol on Wednesday – or get a refund. (NYDN)

NEW YORK (AP)— Lindsay Lohan wants your respect. In the upcoming issue of Vanity Fair, the 24-year-old actress admits making mistakes in the past and “dabbling in certain things.” But in a July interview with the magazine before she served 14 days in jail followed by 23 days of inpatient rehab, she defended her actions, saying she was young and curious and was associating with the wrong people. “So many people around me would say they cared for the wrong reasons,” Lohan said. “A lot of people were pulling from me, taking from me and not giving. I had a lot of people that were there for me for, you know, the party.” Lohan says she used to get her news from tabloids, which she now calls “scary and sad.” “I would look up to those girls … the Britneys and whatever,” she said. “And I would be like, I want to be like that.” Despite everything, Lohan is confident in her acting abilities and future: “I don’t care what anyone says. I know that I’m a damn good actress.” She says she’ll do whatever it takes to fix her party-girl image.”I want my career back,” she said. “I want the respect that I had when I was doing great movies. And if that takes not going out to a club at night, then so be it. It’s not fun anyway.”

Minneapolis Star-Tribune columnist C.J. caught former NBA star Dennis Rodman while he was eating lunch and interviewed him. The columnist asked a series of outrageous questions about his personal life, including a question about who was better in bed, Carmen Electra or Madonna. Later in the interview, Rodman claimed he has had sex with 2,000 women, saying “probably 500″ were not whores. C.J and Rodman also discuss gold-diggers, STDs and his marriage. You can watch the video of the interview here.

NEW YORK (AP)— Actress Sandra Bullock says her baby son is the “crown prince” in the family because everyone else is female – even the pets. Bullock called her adopted son from New Orleans, Louis Bardo Bullock, her “little Cajun cookie.” She started the adoption process four years ago, and Louis’ adoption was finalized earlier this year. In an interview airing Tuesday on NBC’s “Today” show, Bullock says she didn’t want to use her celebrity status to speed up the adoption process. She says: “I wanted to do everything exactly the same way everyone else did.” Bullock was in New Orleans this week for the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina to celebrate the opening of a school-based health clinic that she contributed to. Bullock finalized her divorce from biker businessman Jesse James earlier this year.

LAS VEGAS — Paris Hilton had an explanation for police: The rolling papers, $1,300 in cash and several credit cards were hers, but not the purse they were in. And definitely not the bag of white powder that fell out of it. Believing it to be cocaine, an officer asked her who it belonged to. “She said she had not seen it but now thought it was gum,” Las Vegas police Lt. Dennis Flynn wrote in a report made public on Monday. Hilton told police the purse belonged to a friend. But the friend was never identified. The 29-year-old celebrity socialite was charged with cocaine possession. She was freed without bail before dawn Saturday after spending less than three hours handcuffed on a jailhouse booking room bench. Hilton’s lawyer, David Chesnoff, said he would not comment on the police report, and added, “the facts of the situation will be tested in a courtroom.” Flynn said Hilton acknowledged also owning a broken tablet of the prescription asthma medication Albuterol found in the purse she took with her into a security room at the Wynn Las Vegas resort. Flynn said Hilton had asked to be allowed to go into the hotel after her boyfriend, Las Vegas nightclub mogul Cy Waits, 34, failed field sobriety tests given by a motorcycle officer. Hilton is scheduled for arraignment before a Las Vegas judge Oct. 27 on a felony cocaine possession charge that could get her probation if convicted. A violation of that probation could be punishable by up to one to four years in Nevada state prison. Waits, 34, was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. He spent the night in jail before he was released on $2,000 bail with a Nov. 29 court date.

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