Topic: COMPUTER - on December 6, 2007 at 11:14:00 AM CET
Video of Hans Reiser's Kids Moves Jurors at Linux Programmer's Murder Trial
A 21-minute videotape showing Hans Reiser's missing wife playing and cuddling with their children at her son's birthday party captivated jurors at the Linux programmer's murder trial here Wednesday.
The glowing facial expressions of the 12 jurors and four alternates as they watched a sixth-year birthday party for one of the Reiser's children was one of the lighter yet more powerful moments in the murder trial of Hans Reiser, who is accused of killing his wife to end a bitter divorce and acrimonious custody battle.
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Topic: DRUGS - on December 6, 2007 at 11:05:00 AM CET
Smartest Drug Story of the Year
Wallace-Wells captures the complete costs of the drug war better than any journalist I've read in a long time. He documents how the federal government has dropped about $500 billion combating illicit drugs over the past 35 years. Nearly 500,000 people sit in jail or prison for drug crimes, "a twelvefold increase since 1980," Wallace-Wells writes. For all the money the government has spent and all the people it's jailed, it's still failed to make a long-term impact on the availability of drugs. The militarized drug-control techniques favored by the Bush administration, he reports, have increased violence and political corruption abroad, violated human rights, and destabilized several Latin American nations.
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Topic: DRUGS - on December 6, 2007 at 10:58:00 AM CET
More smoke toad venom to get high
"Toad smoking," which is a substitute for "toad licking," is done by extracting venom from the Sonoran Desert toad of the Colorado River. The toad's venom — which is secreted when the toad gets angry or scared — contains a hallucinogen called bufotenine that can be dried and smoked to produce a buzz.
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Topic: DRUGS - on December 6, 2007 at 10:56:00 AM CET
Romario blames hair loss meds for failing dope test
Brazilian soccer star Romario attributed his failed drug test to a substance found in anti-balding medication.
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Topic: DRUGS - on December 6, 2007 at 10:46:00 AM CET
Holy smoke! Police find cannabis in nunnery
There are probably several things you can do to guarantee yourself a place in hell when you die.
Hoodwinking a bunch of nuns and growing cannabis in their garden without their knowledge is bound to be one of them.
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