Topic: DRUGS - on November 12, 2013 at 4:20:00 PM CET
Czechs raid 100 stores in crackdown on pot growing
Czech police say they have opened investigations against 45 people amid nationwide raids on dozens of stores suspected of selling materials that help people illegally grow marijuana.
The Czech Republic doesn't allow the recreational use of marijuana.
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Topic: DRUGS - on November 12, 2013 at 3:41:00 PM CET
Head of Silk Road 2.0 Says It Will Be Back In Minutes If Shut Down
It only took a month for the Silk Road 2.0 to go live after the now infamous Silk Road marketplace shuttered. One month. Should the budding deep-web bazaar experience the same fate as its predecessor, and be knocked out by authorities still whack-a-moling their way through the online front of the war on drugs, the Silk Road 3.0 would be up and running in 15 minutes, tops.
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Topic: DRUGS - on November 12, 2013 at 3:40:00 PM CET
Paar darf Cannabis für Shiva anbauen
Ein englisches Gericht spricht ein Paar vom Vorwurf des Cannabis-Handels frei. Die beiden züchteten die Droge als Opfergabe für eine Hindu-Gottheit.
Ein britisches Ehepaar ist vom Vorwurf des Cannabis-Handels freigesprochen worden – weil es die Pflanzen nach eigenen Angaben als Opfer für den Gott Shiva anbaute.
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Topic: health - on November 12, 2013 at 3:38:00 PM CET
Mers: Kamele könnten gefährliches Virus übertragen haben
64 Menschen sind bereits an dem neuartigen Mers-Virus gestorben - Forscher fahnden nach dem Ursprung der Krankheit. Eine heiße Spur liefert ein Kamel in Saudi-Arabien.
Erstmals ist in Saudi-Arabien das gefährliche Coronavirus Mers bei einem Kamel diagnostiziert worden. Das Tier gehöre einem Mann, der zuvor ebenfalls positiv auf den Erreger getestet worden sei, teilte das Gesundheitsministerium des Landes am Montag mit. Derzeit werde untersucht, inwiefern sich die Viren des Manns und des Kamels glichen. Sollten sie identisch sein, könnten möglicherweise Rückschlüsse auf die Übertragungswege des Erregers geschlossen werden: Kamele könnten der Ursprung der Krankheit sein.
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Topic: health - on November 12, 2013 at 3:37:00 PM CET
Camel tests positive for Mers virus
A camel has tested positive for the Sars-like virus that emerged in the Middle East last year and has killed 64 people worldwide.
The animal had been owned by a person diagnosed with Mers (Middle East respiratory syndrome) coronavirus, the Saudi health ministry said.
It remains unclear, however, if camels are responsible for passing the disease to humans.
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Topic: SEX - on November 12, 2013 at 3:34:00 PM CET
Draft of California bill would mandate porn stars wear protective eyewear like goggles during filming
First it was mandatory condoms. Now lawmakers want to make porn stars don more gear to keep them safe from infection from bodily fluids. If an updated draft of Bill AB 640 goes into effect eye protection would be required during filming sex scenes, according to the proposed legislation.
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Topic: History - on November 12, 2013 at 3:33:00 PM CET
Laughing Squid Celebrates 18th Anniversary
This week Laughing Squid celebrates its 18th Anniversary.
It’s been a really amazing journey that started back in 1995 when I setup a little film and video production company in San Francisco while working on my documentary about the social surrealist artist Alonso Smith. The rest is history…
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Topic: History - on November 12, 2013 at 3:31:00 PM CET
Moving a house in San Francisco in 1908 using draught horses
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Topic: SPORT - on November 11, 2013 at 4:57:00 PM CET
Fastest bow in the west
Archer Lars Andersen can shoot 10 arrows in less than 5 seconds, without sacrificing power or accuracy. Andersen learned his technique by studying ancient archery practices...the key is holding the extra arrows in the hand and instinctive shooting.
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Topic: SCIENCE - on November 11, 2013 at 4:48:00 PM CET
After the Higgs hype, Cern still has as much purpose and passion as ever
As the tram trundles through the suburbs of Geneva, a huge lit-up globe by the side of the road lets me know I have arrived at Cern (the European Organisation for Nuclear Research). This is the mecca of particle physics. Most of it looks like a fairly undistinguished campus. "The money has not been spent on the buildings," I am repeatedly told. "The money is all underground." Underground, of course, are the tunnels where beams of light are smashed into each other. Under my feet are the colliders and detectors that are helping us understand what the universe is actually made of.
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Topic: DRUGS - on November 11, 2013 at 4:46:00 PM CET
Maine Police: We’ll Still Bust You for Weed
Even though possession of marijuana is now officially legal in the city of Portland, local police say they still plan to bust people for weed.
Portland Police Chief Michael Sauschuck said earlier in the week that even though his department had no issues with the city’s marijuana supporters getting out of hand while celebrating their legislative victory on Tuesday, his officers will remain steadfast about issuing citations for marijuana possession when necessary in accordance with the state law.
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Topic: DRUGS - on November 11, 2013 at 3:13:00 PM CET
Man Dies After Drinking $50K Of Crystal Meth By Mistake
A man in Britain has died from mistakenly drinking over $50,000 worth of liquid crystal meth, having mistaken it for a health drink.
Romano Dias, aged 55, was given the deadly bottle of meth by his daughter Katee, who found it in a package which had been delivered to her home.
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