Topic: ART - on January 27, 2007 at 1:41:00 PM CET
Graffiti thieves remove wall with angle grinder
Thieves removed a graffiti masterpiece from a wall with an angle grinder - and tried to sell it for £20,000.
The stolen piece is the work of Bristol's famous graffiti bandit, Banksy.
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Topic: weiss nicht - on January 27, 2007 at 1:40:00 PM CET
Man to chuck £50,000 out of window
A German lorry driver won £60,000 - after he agreed to throw most of it out of the window.
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Topic: Phone - on January 27, 2007 at 1:38:00 PM CET
Sex photo on cell phone rings up 3-year sentence
A 22-year-old Joliet man was sentenced today to 3 years in prison for using a cell phone belonging to his underage girlfriend's father to snap a picture of himself inappropriately touching her.
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Topic: NEWS english - on January 27, 2007 at 1:37:00 PM CET
China arrests men for murdering "ghost" brides
Chinese police have arrested three men for killing two young women to sell their corpses as "ghost brides" for dead single men, a Chinese newspaper reported, warning the dark custom might have claimed many other victims.
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Topic: NEWS english - on January 27, 2007 at 1:35:00 PM CET
Stolen Bigfoot statue found in Washington state
An anonymous tip led police to the 180-kilogram sculpture beneath a pile of debris in a backyard about a block from where it was snatched Monday. Two people confessed and could face theft charges. The likeness of the legendary ape-like creature of the Northwest used to stand 2.4 metres high, but its 40-centimetre-long feet had been sawed off at the ankles, leaving it 46 cm shorter.
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Topic: WEB - on January 27, 2007 at 12:16:00 PM CET
Top 10 Hacks on Flickr
One of the nice things about Flickr is that because of their open API a whole host of developers have built more and more interesting things to do with the site. It's interesting to me today that so many of the ways that I use Flickr are not even through the site as designed by Yahoo, but instead through the work of outside developers who are constantly creating new and interesting ways to experience the site. Today I thought I'd share what I think are the top 10 Hacks on Flickr.
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Topic: DRUGS - on January 27, 2007 at 12:13:00 PM CET
Garden of Weedin'
Oregon's medical marijuana growers want to win respect, help the sick...and grow the kindest bud on the planet.
Visitors wouldn't notice the danger. Everything in this small, white-walled room looks fantastic. The 1,000-watt metal-halide lights and two-headed sets of 100-watt fluorescent bulbs shower 18 marijuana plants with a downpour of artificial light. The blaze makes every shade of green glow with radioactive intensity.
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Topic: DRUGS - on January 27, 2007 at 12:10:00 PM CET
Let them have their pot
IN THE FICTIONAL world of the hit show "24," federal law enforcement agencies are pouring every last resource into the search for a nuclear terrorist in Los Angeles.
In the real world, federal agents apparently have so much free time that they can dress up in bulletproof vests and masks in order to raid clinics that serve patients battling cancer, AIDS and other diseases. That's what happened last week as Drug Enforcement Administration agents stormed 11 medical marijuana dispensaries throughout L.A. and West Hollywood. We can all rest easier knowing that lollipops, cookies, candies and candy bars laced with marijuana are in no danger of reaching seriously ill patients.
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Topic: DRUGS - on January 27, 2007 at 12:07:00 PM CET
2500 Year old Marijuana Unearthed in Turpan Cemetery
Chinese archeologists recently announced that what is thought to be a shaman’s grave unearthed in Turpan, Xinjiang has been found to contain the world's oldest and most well-preserved specimens of marijuana.
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Topic: born rich - on January 27, 2007 at 11:53:00 AM CET
Home to set world price record at $155 mln
If you're looking for a new home and have $155 million to spare, you could be the proud owner of the world's most expensive abodes.
Forbes.com, the online site of Forbes magazine, on Thursday said timber and real estate baron Tim Blixseth has just upped the ante in the price of the world's most expensive home, planning to build and sell a home for $155 million.
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Topic: CARS - on January 27, 2007 at 11:46:00 AM CET
Motorbike equipped with a monster truck engine
And to think that there’re some people out there who believe that the Dodge Viper is absurd… Ha! Tipping the scale at 454 kg or 1.000 lb, the Rapom is equipped with a 8,2-litre supercharged Mopar V8 engine (tuned by ICE Racing) that runs on alcohol producing 1000 - 1200hp.
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Topic: NATURE - on January 27, 2007 at 11:36:00 AM CET
Huge python makes a meal of 11 guard dogs
Guard dogs protecting a fruit orchard in Malaysia have met their match -- a 7.1-metre-long (23-ft-long) python that swallowed at least 11 hounds before it was finally discovered by villagers.
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