Topic: DRUGS - on May 6, 2009 at 4:03:00 PM CEST
Schwarzenegger says 'time for debate' on legal marijuana
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Tuesday it's time for California to study whether to legalize and tax marijuana for recreational use, though he's not yet advocating for such a change.
The governor was asked about a recent Field Poll showing that 56 percent of registered voters support legalizing and taxing marijuana to raise revenues for cash-strapped California. Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco, has proposed legislation that would legalize the drug for recreational use, rather than just medical purposes.
"Well, I think it's not time for that, but I think it's time for a debate," Schwarzenegger said. "I think all of those ideas of creating extra revenues, I'm always for an open debate on it. And I think we ought to study very carefully what other countries are doing that have legalized marijuana and other drugs, what effect did it have on those countries?"
sacbee.com Arnold, the Governator and Tommy Chong nbclosangeles.com reuters.com
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on May 6, 2009 at 4:01:00 PM CEST
Grandma Arrested for Child Porn
Back in 2005, a WalMart worker in Pennsylvania reported 59-year-old Donna Dull to local authorities after Dull dropped off some film that included shots of her three-year-old granddaughter in and just out of the bath. Dull was arrested—roughly, she says—and charged with producing and distributing child pornography. The charges were dropped 15 months later when a Pennsylvania special prosecutor overruled the local DA. Only Dull, her attorney, and police and prosecutors have apparently seen the photos, which are now under seal. She's now suing.
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on May 6, 2009 at 3:56:00 PM CEST
EU-Parlament gegen Netzsperren ohne Richter
Das EU-Parlament hat dafür gestimmt, dass nur ein ordentliches Gericht, kein "Tribunal" darüber entscheiden kann, ob ein Bürger Einschränkungen seiner Verbindung zu elektronischen Netzwerken hinnehmen muss. Es hat damit die Rechte der Bürger gestärkt. Das Telekompaket selbst muss nun ins Vermittlungsverfahren und kann nicht mehr in der laufenden Legislaturperiode verabschiedet werden.
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Topic: STRANGE - on May 6, 2009 at 3:43:00 PM CEST
Nuclear bomb tests help to identify fake whisky
Bottles of vintage whisky can sell for thousands of pounds each, but industry experts claim the market has been flooded with fakes that purport to be several hundred years old but instead contain worthless spirit that was made just a few years ago.
Scientists have found, however, that minute levels of radioactive carbon absorbed by the barley as it grew before it was harvested to make the whisky can betray how old it is.
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Topic: TESLA - on May 6, 2009 at 3:36:00 PM CEST
Tesla's New York Laboratory Up For Sale
In 1901, Nikola Tesla began work on a global system of giant towers meant to relay through the air not only news, stock reports and even pictures but also, unbeknown to investors such as J. Pierpont Morgan, free electricity for one and all.
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on May 6, 2009 at 3:33:00 PM CEST
Indie Record Label Sponsors isoHunt BitTorrent Tracker Site
While the major record labels keep insisting that BitTorrent and tracker sites are somehow evil and need to be shut down, more and more indie artists and labels are recognizing that they actually are quite useful promotion and distribution platforms. We've pointed to some in the past, but the latest is a label called Honor Roll Music, which is promoting one of its popular acts by buying ads on isoHunt, the popular BitTorrent site
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Topic: WEB - on May 6, 2009 at 3:32:00 PM CEST
US needs 'digital warfare force'
he head of America's National Security Agency says that America needs to build a digital warfare force for the future, according to reports.
Lt Gen Keith Alexander, who also heads the Pentagon's new Cyber Command, outlined his views in a report for the House Armed Services subcommittee.
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Topic: SECURITY - on May 6, 2009 at 3:10:00 PM CEST
Hackers demand $10m ransom for Virginia medical data
Almost 8.3 million patient records have been stolen from a Virginia government website that tracks prescription drug abuse, according to hackers who are demanding a $10 million ransom for their return.
"I have your shit!" the note, which was posted to Wikileaks read. "In my possession, right now, are 8,257,378 patient records and a total of 35,548,087 prescriptions. Also, I made an encrypted backup and deleted the original. Unfortunately for Virginia, their backups seem to have gone missing, too."
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