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* A measure to investigate how accurate the chorus to “Killing in the Name” is narrowly passed in the house. [The Hill]

* $700 for weeds?! The only grass that should cost that much should be very potent. [Oregonlive]

* Pharmacies could be in trouble with the Feds for refusing to sell abortive medicine. [The Week]

* Concerned that OCI won’t be enough to land you that sweet gig? There’s some good advice here — especially throwaway6308’s. [Reddit]

* The NYPD and NYFD won’t be running drug tests on their employees for weed anymore. Guess that gives the latter permission to blaze up at home. [PIX 11]

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* What Dewey know about this failed firm’s bankruptcy case? According to Judge Glenn’s latest order, it seems like D&L’s Chapter 11 plan is on track for confirmation in late February, unless there are objections, of course. [Am Law Daily (sub. req.)]

* The Law School Admission Council is suing California because the state’s legislature banned the practice of alerting schools when applicants had extra time to complete the LSAT. How lovely that LSAC values the ability to discriminate. [National Law Journal]

* “It’s not like we let anybody in the door. We don’t.” Apparently Cooley Law’s new Florida campus has very stringent admissions standards. Oh really? What else is required, aside from a pulse? [Tampa Tribune]

* It’s now too constitutionally risky for cops to get all frisky: a federal judge ordered that the NYPD cease its stock-and-frisk trespass stops without reasonable suspicion of actual trespass. [New York Law Journal]

* Tamara Brady, the lawyer for the accused shooter in the Aurora movie theater massacre, is setting the stage for her client’s diminished capacity defense — because even the mentally ill can buy guns. [Bloomberg]

* Pfc. Bradley Manning of WikiLeaks infamy will receive a reduced sentence if he’s convicted due to his illegal pretrial punishment, like being forced to sleep in the nude. A true hero! [Nation Now / Los Angeles Times]