Topic: Online-Fahndung - on December 18, 2007 at 5:48:00 PM CET
Onlinedemo gegen Überwachung jetzt auch für Österreich
Das in Deutschland bereits weit verbreitete Page-Peel zum Protest gegen die Vorratsdatenspeicherung liegt jetzt auch in einer österreichischen Variante vor. Anlass ist die Aktion “SOS Überwachungsstaat” mit einer parlamentarischen Petition gegen das neue, in einer Nacht- und Nebelaktion beschlossene Sicherheitspolizeigesetz.
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Topic: MUSIK - on December 18, 2007 at 5:24:00 PM CET
Was Britney 'slimmed down' in new video?
Britney Spears' video for her new single Piece of Me has received a mixed response from critics, amid reports the singer was digitally-slimmed down for the promo.
The troubled singer hits out at the paparazzi and tabloids in her second release from her latest album Blackout.
The 26-year-old appears much slimmer in the official video than a previous un-edited version, which was leaked onto the internet earlier this month.
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Topic: NEWS english - on December 18, 2007 at 5:21:00 PM CET
SF Considers Tax on Sugared Drinks
I hope this doesn't get the "crazy" label applied to San Francisco again. What am I thinking, of course it will.
SF is considering taxing sellers of sugary drinks, such as soda. This would be part of mayor Gavin Newsom's new "Shape up San Francisco" program, which started this past summer with a walking program.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on December 18, 2007 at 5:18:00 PM CET
The Top Ten Stupid Criminals of 2007
A policeman’s job is never easy, but dumb criminals make it somewhat easier. This list was whittled down from a much longer list of stories of the stupid things lawbreakers did this past year. These are in chronological order instead of rank. The dates are from the news stories; in some cases the crime itself happened earlier. Most of the links have accompanying video.
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Topic: POLITIK - on December 18, 2007 at 5:15:00 PM CET
The Cost Of Bush: $32 Trillion
The federal government’s fiscal exposures totaled approximately $53 trillion as of September 30, 2007, up more than $2 trillion from September 30, 2006, and an increase of more than $32 trillion from about $20 trillion as of September 30, 2000," Walker said. "This translates into a current burden of about $175,000 per American or approximately $455,000 per American household.
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Topic: DRUGS - on December 18, 2007 at 3:58:00 PM CET
The War on Drugs and scopolamine, the perfect drug
How America Lost the War on Drugs, a history of the United States government's efforts to stop its citizens from using illegal substances, primarily crack, heroin, and methamphetamines. Quite long but worth the read.
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Topic: DRUGS - on December 18, 2007 at 3:46:00 PM CET
Republican businessman funds pro-marijuana film
Wealthy LA businessman and Republican bigwig David Fleming financed a docudrama that promotes medical marijuana. His wife Jean, who uses marijuana daily to ease symptoms manuscript post-poloio syndrome, co-wrote the script and produced the film, called "Smoke Screen."
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Topic: DRUGS - on December 18, 2007 at 3:39:00 PM CET
Dad sells son's 90-dollar video game online for more than 9000
After catching his 15-year-old smoking pot, a father sold the hard-to-get "Guitar Hero III" video game he bought his son for 90 dollars for Christmas at an online auction, fetching 9,000 dollars.
The sale took place after the father spent two weeks searching for the video game for the Nintendo Wii gameboard.
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