The tiny town of Moffat, Colorado is considering changing its name to “Kush”, to celebrate its growing cannabis industry. The idea came from Mike Biggio, the owner and founder of Area 420, which licenses land for cannabis cultivation in Moffat. Cassandra Foxx, the mayor of Moffat, said Biggio’s business “kind of gave us life, like a rebirth”. “Kush” is a popular slang term for cannabis, which is legal in Colorado.
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Petition aims to block Corden’s UK return
An online petition saying that James Corden “should not return to UK” has gone viral. As the actor-comedian prepares to return back to the United Kingdom after he ends his run presenting The Late Late Show next spring, the uncompromising petition describes him as a “gargantuan t**t” and says his absence from these shores has been a “slight beacon of hope”.
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