Topic: DRUGS - on October 10, 2007 at 2:29:00 PM CEST
Spared jail, the teaching assistant who gave children cannabis so they wouldn't go to dealers
A teaching assistant who gave her children cannabis was spared jail yesterday after a judge heard she did it to stop them visiting street dealers.
Nicola Cooper, 43, intervened when she learned her teenage son and daughter had experimented with the drug.
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Topic: DRUGS - on October 10, 2007 at 2:26:00 PM CEST
Cashing in on endless cocaine
VILLAGERS living on Nicaragua's remote Mosquito Coast are living like the rich thanks to tonnes of free cocaine washing up on their shores. The bags of cocaine, worth millions of dollars, are coming from Colombian speedboats on "narco-routes" which drop the booty overboard if intercepted by US and Nicaraguan patrols, guardian.co.uk reported.
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Topic: DRUGS - on October 10, 2007 at 11:49:00 AM CEST
'End This War on Drugs'
Last week San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom called for an end to the war on drugs yet insisted he was not talking about legalization. Yeah, I'm not sure what that means either, but his remarks were refreshing both for their candor and for their challenge to his fellow Democrats:
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Topic: DRUGS - on October 10, 2007 at 11:13:00 AM CEST
The Prince of Pot with Barry Cooper Droppin’ Knowledge
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Topic: DRUGS - on October 10, 2007 at 10:47:00 AM CEST
Smugglers arrested and cannabis seized in Cabopino port, Marbella
More than a ton of cannabis resin was recovered in a Civil Guard operation in Cabopino port in Marbella early on Tuesday.
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Topic: DRUGS - on October 10, 2007 at 10:44:00 AM CEST
SLOPPY TRADECRAFT EXPOSES CIA DRUG PLANE
Seventeen months after an American-registered DC9 airliner was busted with 5.5 tons of cocaine, a major international scandal is brewing over a second drug trafficking incident in Mexico's Yucatan involving an American-registered jet owned by a dummy front company of the kind usually associated with the CIA.
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Topic: DRUGS - on October 10, 2007 at 10:38:00 AM CEST
What does 40,000 lbs of cocaine look like?
Coast Guard Video: The Coast Guard offloaded more than 40,000 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated $500 million from cutter Sherman here April 23, 2007, seized by the crew in three busts near Central America in February and March.
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Topic: Apple - on October 10, 2007 at 10:34:00 AM CEST
Wow, this should be an Apple commercial.
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Topic: Phone - on October 10, 2007 at 10:32:00 AM CEST
Apple sued over i-Bricks
Apple's breaking of iPhones that had been hacked is now the subject of a lawsuit, which claims the controversial tactic violates California laws governing antitrust and fair business practices.
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Topic: MUSIK - on October 10, 2007 at 10:24:00 AM CEST
The Complete Beatles in One Hour
All The Beatles UK LP releases compressed at 800% into a one-hour MP3.
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Topic: MUSIK - on October 10, 2007 at 10:20:00 AM CEST
Radiohead's new downloadable album
An update on the new album from Radiohead, "In Rainbows," which will be available via download starting at midnight tonight: it's absolutely DRM-free, according to an announcement today on the band's website. Now, I know I wasn't the only one who had problems actually ordering and paying for the tracks, and there's been much griping around the web about problems with their online store...
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Topic: MUSIK - on October 10, 2007 at 10:17:00 AM CEST
Oasis, Jamiroquai to follow Radiohead
Some of the music industry’s biggest names are considering offering their music free online following the success of the experiment by the band Radiohead to let fans download their new album without charge.
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