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According to recently released figures, Colorado marijuana dispensaries sold 17 tons of the devil’s lettuce for recreational purposes during the first year of state legality. Since the practice remains illegal on the federal level, businesses involved in the pot business are having trouble storing the mountains of cash they’re raking in. (Reuters, CNBC)

Law enforcement is itself in the hot-seat in Chicago, where several former detainees have spoken out about “black site”-style conditions at a CPD holding facility known as Homan Square. Police at the facility (which is housed inside an old warehouse, because why not) are accused of moving detainees around to keep them isolated from visitors and of refusing to allow lawyers to see their clients. (Guardian)

Customs officials in Newark have recovered a $2.5 million Picasso while it was en route from Belgium to Long Island City. The painting had been missing since sometime between 1998 and 2001, because why would you expect anyone to notice when a multimillion dollar piece of art is whisked from a secure storage facility? (NY Times)

Former students of the embattled Corinthian Colleges for-profit network are refusing to pay back student loans issued by the federal government, arguing that the Department of Education failed to appropriately scrutinize Corinthian’s business dealings and pedagogical practices. (Business Insider)

Getting tired of that cramped dorm room? Paranoid beyond belief? Look no further: the Upper West Side triplex (evidently this is a word) apartment of Prince Nawaf bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia is for sale for a paltry $48.5 million. The apartment features a well-equipped fitness center and not one, not two, but three bulletproof panic rooms. At $4,600/sq. ft., the apartment is well above the norm for others residences around 71st street, but can you really put a price on peace of mind? (WSJ)

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