Tuesday, 8. October 2013

Silk Road: four suspected sellers of illegal drugs arrested in Britain


The new National Crime Agency (NCA) is investigating UK suspects over the online illegal drugs marketplace Silk Road.

Four men were arrested last week over their alleged role in the online marketplace, hours after the suspected creator of the site was arrested in the US, the NCA said, and other UK suspects were likely to be held in the coming weeks.

theguardian.com

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Monday, 7. October 2013

Das besten astronomischen Fotos 2013


Das besten astronomischen Fotos 2013

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Cannabis gegen Arthritis - tagesschau


Rifka litt an massiver Arthritis. Die Schmerzen waren so stark, dass sie nicht mehr leben wollte. Doch dann begann die 85-Jährige, Cannabis zu nehmen - und seitdem ist das Leiden weg. Ein Einzelfall? Nein, in Israel gilt Cannabis als neue Wundermedizin.

tagesschau.de [Video]

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TSA Might Allow You to Board Plane with Your Marijuana


The mile high club may soon take on a new meaning as states continue to liberalize their marijuana laws.

Although it’s a try-it-at-your-own-risk scenario, airplane passengers in certain situations are being permitted to carry marijuana on board, even if TSA agents sniff out the drugs.

lawyers.com

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Shoplifting bear eats apples and leaves


A small black bear recently went on a late night shopping trip for apples at the Vons supermarket in Mammoth Lakes, California.

As employees stocked shelves in the early hours of Friday morning, a nearly two-year old bear, familiar to Wildlife Officer Steve Searles walked through the electronic doors and helped himself to some apples.

sierrawave.net

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Police constable 1337 stunned by Lego lookalike


It's not every day that the Venn diagram covering law enforcement, tiny figurines and internet jargon crosses over, but today is such a day.

Reports have it that a police constable whose official number is 1337 has been gobsmacked to find that Lego have brought out a tiny plastic plod who not only has the same number - he is also as near to being a dead ringer for the real copper as any miniature figurine can realistically be expected to be.

theregister.co.uk

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Sunday, 6. October 2013

Berlusconi will Sozialstunden leisten


Auf Hausarrest hat der "Cavaliere" offenbar keine Lust: Stattdessen wird Silvio Berlusconi seine Strafe wegen Steuervergehen laut seinem Anwalt in Sozialstunden ableisten. Zur Wahl stehen etwa ein Engagement in Umweltprojekten - oder die Arbeit im Altersheim.

Rom - Multimilliardär Silvio Berlusconi muss sich wohl schon bald auf gänzlich neue Aufgabenfelder einstellen. Der wegen Steuerbetrugs rechtskräftig verurteilte Politiker will seine Strafe mit Sozialstunden ableisten. Laut Medienberichten vom Sonntag kann der dreimalige italienische Ministerpräsident dann mit einer Verkürzung der Strafe und weniger strengen Regeln rechnen.

spiegel.de

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26 Years to Release Snowden Docs by The Guardian


Out of reported 15,000 pages, The Guardian has published 192 pages in fourteen releases over four months, an average of 48 pages per month, or 1.28% of the total. At this rate it will take 26 years for full release.

cryptome.org

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Banksy makes a splash in New York – but what will become of the murals?


He is the anonymous street art vigilante who uses the nondescript walls of cities to stage million-dollar exhibitions. In many places around the world, Banksy's graffiti art, with its strong political motifs, has become a cultural symbol and a community treasure. This month he is in New York, for what is expected to be a month-long residency featuring several new projects.

However, with great artistic acclaim and value comes a surge in commercialization. Many of Banksy's murals – prized greatly by art fans but even more so by private property owners – have been displaced and auctioned. In Los Angeles in August, a Banksy Flower Girl piece was removed from a gas station and put up for auction. The starting bid was $300,000. In February, a piece entitled Slave Labour disappeared under mysterious circumstances from a North London Poundland store, only to turn up in a Miami auction later that month, with an asking price of $700,000.

A piece in Manhattan's Lower East Side on Allen Street was painted over less than 24 hours after it was put up.

theguardian.com

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Rebel rocket attack - Banksy


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GoPro Hero3 And GoPro Hero3+ Compared Head To Head


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Saturday, 5. October 2013

Boy in 'lotus position' gets stuck in washing machine in West Croydon


Firefighters have freed a five-year-old boy who became trapped in a washing machine.

The child climbed into the machine and got stuck "in a lotus position" while playing in his home in Oakfield Road, West Croydon, on Wednesday afternoon.

Fire officers from Croydon station rushed to the rescue after receiving a call from the boy's distressed mother at around 2pm

croydonguardian.co.uk

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