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Washington state made history on Thursday as the first in the nation to legalize marijuana possession for adult recreational use, an occasion celebrated by dozens of users near Seattle's famed Space Needle tower amid blaring reggae music and a haze of pot smoke.

TNT announced today that Diana Ross, Smash star Megan Hilty, chart-topping recording star Demi Lovato, The Voice favorite Chris Mann and American Idol winner Scotty McCreery and "Gangnam Style" sensation PSY will ring in the holiday season with TNT's annual Christmas in Washington special.

Now, according to a Washington Post report, Mexico's government is "scrambling to reformulate their anti-drug strategies in light of what one senior aide said was a referendum that 'changes the rules of the game'."

While the country was electing a commander-in-chief for the next four years, Colorado and Washington had something extra on their ballots - legalization of marijuana.

Just 11 days to go until Election Day and a new ABC News/Washington Post daily tracking poll shows that GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney is keeping the momentum gained during the presidential debates.

Washington has refused to extradite a former Bolivian president to the South American country to stand trial over political violence that forced him from office nine years ago, President Evo Morales said on Friday.