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With the legalization of recreational marijuana use in Colorado and Washington, entrepreneurs are now testing the limits of these laws by opening up "pot bars" and private clubs.

Last fall, voters in the two states legalized marijuana use for adults over the age of 21. However, the use of pot must be in private. You can't just walk around a public park or other public area smoking a joint.

To provide a place for pot smokers to hang out, a variety of businesses have cropped up in these two states, including pot bars, cafes, and clubs, reports The Associated Press.

A grieving mom is furious after finding out about her son's death via a cop's Facebook message -- which she didn't notice for three weeks.

Anna Lamb-Creasey's 30-year-old son, Rickie Lamb, was hit by a car and died on January 24. But Lamb-Creasey had no idea what had happened to her son; she spent weeks looking for him, even posting on his Facebook page to ask where he was.

Then on Valentine's Day, the Atlanta-area mom noticed a Facebook message from someone she didn't know. Turns out, it was a Clayton County police officer, who had bad news to share about her son.

Authorities publicly offered more than $1 million in reward money during the manhunt for ex-LAPD officer Christopher Dorner. But thanks to "loopholes" in how those rewards were announced, it's likely no one will be able to collect.

As you may know, Dorner dominated the headlines in Southern California for a week after gunning down police officers and those related to them. He died in a cabin that went up in flames after being cornered by law-enforcement officers.

Several private citizens were instrumental in leading authorities to Dorner. But thanks to legal loopholes in how the rewards were worded, there may be nobody collecting the prize, reports TMZ.

College student Aubrey Ireland has won a restraining order against her parents.

The 21-year-old music theater major at the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati was basically being stalked by her own parents and described herself as a dog with a collar on, reports The Huffington Post.

Her parents were clearly not comfortable that their daughter was not in Kansas anymore (literally, as they would drive 600 miles from Kansas to Cincinnati to check up on her). David and June Ireland remained suspicious of their daughter, despite her making the dean's list and being an exemplary student.

Who would have thought that the police would one day post a guide on "legal" pot use. But that's what the Seattle Police Department has done in an online guide that's gone viral, entitled "Marijwhatnow? A Guide to Legal Marijuana Use In Seattle."

The guide looks ahead to Dec. 6, when Washington's voter-approved Initiative 502 will take effect, making recreational marijuana use legal for adults over the age of 21.

With decriminalization on the horizon, here's a summary of some key points from "Marijwhatnow?":

When a cop visits for Career Day, you'd think your child would spend the day learning how to be an officer, not learning what it's like to be stunned by a Taser.

During career day at Tularosa Elementary School in New Mexico, a police officer allegedly asked a group of students if they wanted to clean his patrol car. One 10-year-old boy, identified by The Smoking Gun as R.D., jokingly said he didn't want to do it, which is a pretty reasonable response. He probably read his "Tom Sawyer."

But Officer Christopher Webb apparently didn't like that answer. He told the boy, "Let me show you what happens to people who do not listen to the police," reports The Inquisitr. And then he showed that kid.

A Canadian couple will now have to list their dog on a dangerous pet list after the dog bit a mail carrier. The "dangerous" dog in question is a three-pound teacup Chihuahua.

Not surprisingly, the dog's owners called the designation of Molly the Chihuahua as a danger to the community a "joke," reports The Windsor Star.

Back in August, Molly reportedly escaped from an open gate and bit the ankle of a postal carrier in Ontario, Canada. At the time of the incident, the dog owners offered to bandage the mail carrier.

But when taking a look at the wound, the owners could not spot any blood nor identify where the carrier was bit. The mail carrier was able to continue on her rounds.

The Canadian government says it's protecting foreign workers from sexual exploitation.

Strip bars and their patrons say the government is just being prudish.

Our neighbors to the north announced that they will be cutting off the Canadian stripper visa. With a shortage of homegrown strippers, Canadian bar owners say their entire industry is threatened. The bars will now either have to pay more to attract Canuck strippers or seek out strippers from a different source -- foreign students.

There's that old saying, "Don't do the crime if you can't do the time." In Lori Teel's case, that saying should be modified to: "Don't steal the Twilight movie from your local library, if you're not prepared to be arrested in front of your kids."

In a case about ridiculous things and ridiculous reactions, Teel had a long overdue Twilight book. When she ignored demands to return it, she was arrested. And now she's suing over the arrest.

A New Jersey dad received two traffic tickets after he let his vehicle fall down an embankment and into a river. Frank Roder leapt from his 2006 Jeep Commander to save his son, Aidan.

Roder, 38, brought his 5-year-old son to Rahway River to feed ducks. However, the excited boy bolted from the Jeep before Roder could park. Aidan ran straight toward a ledge 35 feet above the river. So Roder did what any good father would do. He caught his son before he could fall. 

Though Aidan was safe, police weren't too sympathetic to the father's scare and gave Roder a pair of traffic citations.

So what were his tickets for?