Radio Pangaea: Fortune Favors the Bold

A federal appeals court judge on police use of secret cellphone tracking technology has convinced a Milwaukee man to take his case a step further.  California Attorney General Kamala Harris  filed new criminal charges of pimping and money laundering against the chief executive and controlling shareholders of the website Backpage.com.  Winter storm and blizzard warnings and watches were in effect from Nevada and Colorado up through the Dakotas and into northern Minnesota as 2 inches (5 cm) to 15 inches (38 cm) of snow along with strong gusts were in the forecast.  Maine voters have made the state the eighth in the United States to legalize the recreational use of marijuana.  Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, will visit Pearl Harbor with President Barack Obama.  A powerful typhoon spoiled Christmas Day in parts of the Philippines.   PHILIPPINES TO PUT BOTH U.S. AND CHINA ON NOTICE OVER GLIDER INCIDENT.  DUETSCHE BANK MUST PAY 7.2B IN FINES.  Singer George Michael is