Topic: DOPE HEAD - on January 29, 2003 at 11:45:28 AM CET
Dutchman Sold Pieces of the Moon
For years, Rene Veenema says he made a small fortune selling real estate plots on the moon. Now he's in jail, on Earth.
Veenema, 33, has been accused of fraud and forgery by prosecutors investigating complaints from clients who said they paid for, but never received, ownership certificates for their parcels of land in space, the daily Telegraaf newspaper reported Tuesday.
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Topic: - on January 29, 2003 at 11:36:34 AM CET
Scratch play
One Hand Player is a hip-hop sound DJ device that allows you to manipulate scratch-play by hand. Shake it up and down with your rhythm tracks and insert the scratch pattern of your choice. The One Hand Player has got 4 rhythm tracks, 3 pitch changes, 3 sample stocks to save, 12 scratch patterns, as well as input and output functions.
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Topic: - on January 29, 2003 at 11:33:13 AM CET
STOWBOARD
Introducing the next step in board evolution. We call it the STOWBOARD, you will call it the best board you have ever been on. Not only is the STOWBOARD a high-performance mode of transportation, but also a board that allows you easy and quick storage for when you have to break from boardn'.
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Topic: - on January 29, 2003 at 11:23:09 AM CET
Nicked Jagger
HERE is MICK JAGGER as you have never seen him before – as a prisoner in Brixton jail in 1967.
THE ROLLING STONES frontman was sentenced to three months in clink after being found guilty of possessing illegal pills.
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Topic: - on January 29, 2003 at 11:06:24 AM CET
Dont break windows in Jamaica
A Jamaican man who spent 29 years in jail without trial for allegedly breaking a window has reached an out-of-court settlement with the government, a human rights lawyer said.
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Topic: - on January 29, 2003 at 10:52:27 AM CET
Teen, Tossed 25 Feet in Air During Car Accident, Grabs Overhead Wires Until Rescued
A teenager was catapulted at least 25 feet in the air during an auto accident but grabbed onto overhead utility wires like an action hero and dangled for about 20 minutes before a rescue crew brought him down by ladder. Joe R. Thompson III, 18, was treated for bruises and scratches at a hospital and was released.
"God was definitely in control," he said.
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Topic: - on January 29, 2003 at 10:41:55 AM CET
Russians To Sue Potter Over Alleged Putin Resemblance
It's Potter versus Putin in the latest identity crisis to rock the Muggle world. Some Russians are charging that a character from the latest Harry Potter movie was created in the likeness of Russian president Vladimir Putin.
The character in question is "Dobby the House Elf."
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Topic: - on January 29, 2003 at 10:38:28 AM CET
Colombian TV Crew Kidnapped While Covering Rebel Kidnapping of U.S. Reporters
A Colombian television news crew was released Tuesday after being held since the weekend by leftist rebels in Arauca state, where they had gone to report on the rebel capture last week of U.S. newspaper reporters.
The RCN Television crew had not been heard from since 5 p.m. Sunday in the town of Tame, station director Alvaro Garcia said. He said the rebels freed the team near Tame.
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