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Pot Brownies Featured in 'The Boss' Movie Trailer

Melissa McCarthy is "The Boss" in Ben Falcone's raunchy comedy, which opens Friday. Just out of jail, Michelle (McCarthy) decides to start a "brownie empire," employing a Girl Scout troop to sell chocolate edibles outside a Chicago medical marijuana dispensary.

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Stoner Movie Review: 'Everybody Wants Some!!'

Hyped as the "spiritual sequel" to "Dazed and Confused," Richard Linklater's semi-autobiographical "Everybody Wants Some!!" features a cast of relatively unknown actors who bond the weekend before college baseball practice begins.

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Chicago Rapper Twista Busted for Weed in Indiana

A routine traffic violation turned into a marijuana arrest when rapper Twista's Rolls Royce was pulled over en route to a concert in South Haven. Police in Portage charged Twista (Carl Mitchell) and three others with possession and took them to jail.

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Feeling the Bern: Celebrities for Sanders

What do Susan Sarandon, Bill Maher, Sarah Silverman, Tommy Chong, Spike Lee, Joan Baez, Mark Ruffalo, Killer Mike, Margaret Cho, Jon Fishman, Nas, Jesse Ventura, Dick Van Dyke and Harry Belafonte have in common? They're all urging voters to support Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders for the presidency of the United States.

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NFL Suspends Steelers Star Receiver for One Year

Martavis Bryant has been banned for a year by the NFL due to another violation of the league's substance abuse policy. The Pittsburgh wideout sat out the first four games of the 2015 season after he failed several drug tests for marijuana.

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