Michael Phelps

Marijuana's The Next Big Wall Street Investment?

Real estate has been a dismal bust, Facebook is a disappointment, and Apple costs too much. What's an investment mogul to do? Boy, do we have a "green" opportunity for you. Marijuana is now fully legal in two states, Colorado and Washington, following last week's elections. There are opportunities ... More >>

Five Artsy Things to Do This Week, Including Vindictive Office Supplies

This week, a bathroom in Tokyo becomes an artist's laboratory, a manmade geyser spews in a new video and hosiery makes paintings as awkward and ambivalent as human bodies. 5. Nailing it Chicago artist Dzine grew up in an underground nail salon. His mother, a first-generation Puerto Rican immigrant ... More >>

Human Sperm Can Swim in Perfect 3-D Spirals, UCLA Reveals

One more reason for dudes to walk around like they're hoarding the Eighth World Wonder in their boxer-briefs: UCLA has revealed that human sperm can swim in a gorgeous, nature-perfect, three-dimensional spiral -- not unlike the helix formed by human DNA, aesthetically -- instead of just squiggling ... More >>

VIDEO: Obama Calls Mars Rover Team at JPL, Talks Martians and Mohawk Guy

As is tradition after big American achievements or tragedies (such as, earlier this month, Michael Phelps' 19th Olympic medal and the Sikh community's tragic loss), President Obama reached out to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory this morning over telephone. You'd think the big White House phone cal ... More >>

Ryan Lochte Is Moving to Los Angeles

America's douche capital is about to get a whole lot douchier: Olympic swimmer and gold-medal douche Ryan Lochte went on the Today Show this morning to tell Matt Lauer, "I definitely want to move to L.A." Why Los Angeles, and not his Florida hometown? "That's been a big goal of mine, getting into ... More >>

Ask the Audience: What Do You Want to Read About?

Have you ever turned on the television or the radio or spent the morning trolling the web and wondered who the hell is deciding the programming? Of the political scene maybe, or the Olympics. Why are you watching an interview with Michael Phelps and not something else? Why are you listening to Glenn ... More >>

Marijuana's Top 5 Uses, From Real University Research

Here in California, marijuana is legal for just about any ailment you can dream up. And while medical cannabis supporters have argued that the drug is a harmless tool for grandmothers with cancer who want to forget their pain and spark their appetites, there has been plenty of academic research on ... More >>

Top 5 Athlete Diets: Wade Boggs's Chicken-a-Day, Kenyan Ugali Steve Nash's Nuts

Wheaties may be the breakfast of champions, but plenty of athletes don't swear by dry flakes for their daily sustenance. Lakers forward Ron Artest used to drink Hennessey at half-time. His teamate Lamar Odom likes jelly beans and gummy bears. Former Yankees slugger Babe Ruth once inhaled 24 hot d ... More >>

Obama OG Kush: President Gets New Marijuana Strain, Available in Southern California, Named in His Honor

San Diego CityBeatA dose of Obama.​President Obama is, like Bill Clinton and his saxophone-playing ways, a pop phenomenon who transcends the pomp and circumstance of the highest office in the Western World. After he put Osama Bin Laden at the bottom of the ocean, he also became somewhat of a ... More >>

Osama's Marijuana Garden Found at Pakistani Compound? Bin Laden Been Blazin'?

Osama Bin Blazin.'​This could maybe explain Osama Bin Laden's pipe dreams of taking down the might United States: Turns out there was a marijuana garden growing next to his compound in Pakistan. CNN's Nic Robertson (via Huffington Post) came across it while touring the residential grounds wi ... More >>

Marijuana App Coming to an iPhone Near You Promises to Tell You What Kind of Bud You're Smoking (Trip Out, Right?)

StrainBrain.com​It always amazed us that, in a world where marijuana is supposed to be medicine, so little is known about what, exactly, different strains and types do to your membrane. Sure, there are buds named for Chuck Norris and Michael Phelps, and your friendly, neighborhood dispenser wi ... More >>

Top 5 Ways to Give Japanese Nuclear Radiation a Proper Welcome to Southern California

FoxWelcome.​So by now you've probably heard. Some of that radiation released by Japan's ailing Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station is likely headed to Los Angeles. Don't be afraid. Don't ask if you should drop a potassium iodide pill. You shouldn't. Don't ask if you should stay indoors. G ... More >>

Charlie Sheen-Branded Marijuana Comes to L.A. Pot Shops (Maybe)

UStreamSheen smokes ... a cigarette.​We told ya about Michael Phelps-brand weed. Then there was Chuck Norris -- apparently it's a kick in the pants. But can you really get any higher than ... Charlie Sheen? TMZ reports that "several" pot shops in our humble medical marijuana capital of the n ... More >>

Malibu Marijuana Dispensary Approved; Spicoli Would be Proud

Michael ClesleMali-bud.​Malibu might be known for its $10-million-plus estates and A-list residents. But rich people gots to get their bud too. (Don't tell that to Beverly Hills, BTW). On that note, the tony city by the sea is poised to get its second medical marijuana dispensary after the Ma ... More >>

'Chuck Norris'-Brand Marijuana Sold In L.A: The Actor Probably Not Happy About It

A spitting image of Flanders.​He isn't the first celebrity to have a strain of weed named for him, but Chuck Norris, a noted conservative, isn't taking the honor in stride. We noted in the past that Michael Phelps has had a line of bud sold in his honor at some L.A. medical marijuana dispensa ... More >>

Top 10 Celebrity Marijuana Brands: In Honor Of Chuck Norris And Michael Phelps, Here's Our Wish List Of Superstar Strains

current.comMichael Phelps goes for gold.​In reaction to such recent honorees as Chuck Norris and Michael Phelps, the Weekly would like to forward to you, our humble and useful cannabis retailers, a list of other celebrities who also deserve their own strains of weed. We know your suppliers ar ... More >>

California Authorities Make Pot Bust At Hollywood Bar Called 'Prime Time' (Yeah, Prime Time)

Google MapsIt's Prime Time for weed, allegedly.​The woman called back again to wish us the worst of luck, after the jump. The ABC, meanwhile, confirmed the arrests to the Weekly. First posted at 7:01 a.m. on Dec. 16. We've been to many a legit nightlife venue lately where the fragrant aroma ... More >>

DEA Moves To Ban Synthetic Pot Known As 'K2' And 'Spice'

DEA says no to Spice.​Gee, Spice , we hardly knew ya. Maybe that's because with $100 and some fake back pain you can get a doctor's card and some decent weed in California -- legally. Still, would have been nice to check you out, see what kind of smoke you produce, roll you in some thin, white ... More >>

Lakers Are The Sports Franchise Of The Decade

Da Lakers.​Yes, another year-end, top-of-the-decade list, this time from Sports Illustrated. The magazine says the Los Angeles Lakers are the sports franchise of the decade. The Staples Center-based ballers beat out the NFL's New England Patriots (number two), the University of Connecticut's w ... More >>

Pets Who Want to Kill Themselves: Duncan Birmingham Discusses the Suicidality of Cats and Dogs

"When I die of embarrassment, please don't bury me in this."​Duncan Birmingham is the author of the blog turned book Pets Who Want to Kill Themselves. He lives in Los Angeles, where it's happy and sunshiny every single day and yet cats and dogs and guinea pigs live in silent agony. What is th ... More >>

Woody Allen's Ticking Bomb Scenario

Just when you thought the war of legal words between filmmaker Woody Allen and American Apparel's Dov Charney couldn't get any more bitter, it appears that AA plans to add even more vitriolic verbiage to the mix. Specifically, from Mia Farrow, whom the company's attorneys plan to call to the witness ... More >>

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Visions of Obamaland

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Those Olympic Swimsuits, a.k.a. Drugs on a Hanger?

Now that Michael Phelps finally crushed the 400-meter this past weekend, how about those Olympic swimsuits? You know, those controversial Speedo LZR Racer bodysuits that look like a pair of Spanx pantyhose mated with a scuba suit. The ones that caused tons of world records to be broken? People ... More >>

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