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In today’s top news,  the nation’s ERs are standing at the ready for New Year’s mayhem, some warn that shopping while intoxicated may cause damage to your wallet this season and Colorado is the latest state to ask for marijuana to be considered medicine.

U.S. emergency rooms getting ready for the busiest weekend of the year. [AP]

FAMU may lose accreditation. [Washington Post]

Eddie Long’s New Birth Academy closes. [Atlanta Journal-Constitution]

New York City Muslims snub Mayor’s annual dinner over police surveillance gripes. [AP]

Online retailers profit from consumers who shop “under the influence.” [New York Times]

More than one million have visited the 9/11 memorial since its opening. [FOX News]

New island rises in the Red Sea. [MSNBC]

Arizona Mexican-American studies program ruled unlawful. [CNN]

Chinese language instruction on the rise in nation’s classrooms. [CNN]

Jamaicans to vote in a close election. [BBC]

Colorado asks Feds to make way for medical marijuana in the state. [AP]

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