Un porcentaje mayor de adolescentes en Estados Unidos están fumando marihuana y cada vez más la ven como menos riesgosa, mientras han reducido tanto su consumo de alcohol que ha caído a mínimos históricos, según una encuesta anual publicada el miércoles. Los hallazgos se basaron en una investigación a 47.000 estudiantes de 10 y 12 grados realizado por la Universidad de Michigan para el Instituto Nacional sobre Abuso de Drogas. Uno de cada 15 estudiantes de último año de secundaria reportaron que fuman marihuana a diario o casi diario, la tasa más alta desde 1981. De entre los estudiantes del mismo nivel, uno de cada nueve reportaron haber consumido marihuana sintética, también llamada Spice o K2, en los últimos 12 meses. El consumo de marihuana aumentó entre los estudiantes de 10 y 12 grados, según el estudio. Ninguno de los cambios fue lo suficientemente grande como para ser estadísticamente significativo, “pero todos siguen el patrón de un aumento gradual”, dijo el estudio. Hubo un “descenso no significativo” en la tasa de alumnos de octavo grado que reportaron haber consumido marihuana en el último año.Vocero

Air Force commanders are investigating the origins of a photo of airmen posing around an open casket with another airman inside pretending to be dead. In the photo, which has elicited disbelief and outrage from military commanders, military wives and widows, and others, 15 airmen are seen kneeling or standing around a metallic casket, similar to those used to carry war dead home. In the open casket is another airman, looking lifeless, with what appears to be a noose around his neck and chains across his body.“Da Dumpt, Da Dumpt … Sucks 2 Be U” is scribbled at the bottom of the photo, which apparently was taken in August but didn’t come to light publicly until it was emailed to Air Force Times on Monday. On Tuesday, Air Force Times published an article on the photo and the controversy it is generating. MSNBC

Hace dos años, William Levy pidió prestados 416 mil pesos a un banco para comprarse un automóvil BMW, pero como ahora se niega a pagar ya lo demandaron ¡y le van a quitar su coche! En julio de 2009, el cubano se comprometió a hacer 24 pagos mensuales de 20 mil pesos, sin embargo un año después dejó de entregar las cantidades acordadas y sólo hizo 14 pagos.  Entérate de todos los detalles en TVNotas

A homeless man said he thought the credit card he found on the ground was a “blessing from god” and tried to use it to pay for a pedicure, authorities said. Jonah Troutman, 27, remains at the Volusia County jail on $1,500 on Tuesday. He was arrested on Saturday and faces charges of illegal use of credit cards and petit theft. Troutman told authorities that he thought the Mastercard was a gift card and that finding it was a blessing, the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office police report said. He said he knew the card didn’t belong to him, the report said. The card belonged to a Deltona woman, who authorities have not yet been able to reach. On Saturday, Troutman went to “Nancy’s Nails” for a pedicure, and after he got the service, the owner tried to swipe the card twice, but it was declined, police said. The nail spa owner said he wants to press charges against Troutman. It wasn’t immediately known if Troutman had an attorney. NBC

A fast food chicken chain was being roasted today over racial stereotyping at one of its California restaurants. A cashier was fired after using offensive names mocking Asian customers at the Chick-fil-A in Irvine.Rather than take the real names of two students, she typed ‘Ching’ and ‘Chong’ on their food receipts. Restaurant bosses moved quickly to try and quell the controversy after a friend of the customers posted photos of the receipts on his Tumblr account. The post quickly went viral drawing widespread criticism of the company that has drawn complaints in the past because of its openly Christian roots and conservative stance. Mail Online

Facebook users who post suicidal thoughts will now be instantly connected to a counsellor by email.  A service launched today now allows a friend who spots a suicidal thought on someone’s page report it to Facebook by clicking a link next to the comment. Facebook then sends an email to the person who posted the suicidal comment encouraging them to call the hotline or click on a link to begin a confidential chat. The service is the latest tool from Facebook aimed at improving safety on its site, which has more than 800 million users. Earlier this year, Facebook announced changes to how users report bullying, offensive content and fake profiles. ‘One of the big goals here is to get the person in distress into the right help as soon as possible,’ Fred Wolens, public policy manager at Facebook, told The Associated Press.

He refused to shoot scenes with his estranged wife after the pair had an argument over her new toyboy lover. And now it has been revealed that Marc Anthony has banned Jennifer Lopez’s 24-year-old lover from driving their children twins Max and Emme around, because he has a history of motoring offences.A source close to the singer said the Marc: ‘went ballistic when he found out about Casper’s criminal record. He explicitly told Jen that Casper wasn’t allowed to drive their children anywhere. Marc hates the fact that Casper is spending time with Max and Emme,’ Radaronline.com reports. Jennifer visited South America solo to search for new Latin talent for Q’Viva! The Chosen. Anthony is said to have refused to work with her after the pair had a blow-up while she was in Morocco with the dancer. A source told America’s Star magazine: ‘Marc and J.Lo had a tense conference call while she was in Morocco. ‘Inevitably, the discussion boiled down to her new boyfriend (Smart) and Marc made the decision not to work with Jennifer  as a result.’