Topic: DRUGS - on March 24, 2009 at 3:33:00 PM CET
NORML Breaking News: Marijuana Legalization Bills Introduced In Massachusetts!
California’s highly publicized effort to legalize the commercial cultivation and sale of cannabis is getting some well-deserved company!
A pair of bills — House Bill 2929 and Senate Bill 1801 — seeking to “tax and regulate the cannabis industry” have just been introduced in the Massachusetts legislature.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on March 24, 2009 at 3:30:00 PM CET
Don't Throw A Giant Penis At A Police Officer's Horse
Wichita police arrested three people in Old Town on Sunday in an incident that began when a man threw an inflatable penis at an officer's horse.
Officers were patrolling Old Town on horseback at about 1:20 a.m. when they came across a large group of women in their early- to mid-20s who had been celebrating at a bachelorette party, police said.
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on March 24, 2009 at 3:28:00 PM CET
Obama Sides With RIAA, Supports $150,000 Fine per Music Track
The Obama administration for the first time is weighing in on a Recording Industry Association of America file sharing lawsuit and is supporting hefty awards of as much as $150,000 per purloined music track.
The government said the damages range of $750 to $150,000 per violation of the Copyright Act was warranted.
wired.com RIAA Takes Over DOJThe Death of Music Ownership and Illegal Downloading
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Topic: NEWS - on March 24, 2009 at 2:08:00 PM CET
Goa - Polizei verhaftet Deutschen nach exzessiver Party
Landfriedensbruch und Angriff auf die Polizei: Ein Deutscher wurde nach einer ausschweifenden Strandparty im indischen Goa verhaftet. Er soll mit zwei anderen Tätern Flaschen auf Beamte geworfen haben.
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Topic: DRUGS - on March 24, 2009 at 2:07:00 PM CET
Polizei verhaftet 114-Jährigen wegen Drogenbesitzes
In seinem Hinterhof fanden Beamte mehr als hundert Beutel Cannabis: Ein 114-jähriger Mann muss sich in Nigeria für den Besitz illegaler Drogen verantworten. Der Greis weist sämtliche Vorwürfe von sich.
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Topic: MUSIK - on March 23, 2009 at 11:43:00 AM CET
The dark side of Pink Floyd
It’s rock music’s most complicated saga, involving ego wars, madness and death. Robert Sandall explains why nothing — not even $250m — can put the pieces of Pink Floyd together again
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Topic: VIDEO - on March 23, 2009 at 11:40:00 AM CET
Top 10 Time-Lapse Videos of Nature at Work
The world is filled with sluggish spectacles. Watching them would be painful were it not for time lapse photography, which can make those long stories short and remarkably entertaining.
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Topic: PHOTO - on March 23, 2009 at 11:38:00 AM CET
50 Stunning Examples Of Architecture Photography
Architectural photography can be broadly considered to encompass views of the exteriors and interiors of domestic, commercial, religious, institutional, and engineering structures, as well as records of the evolution of towns and cities. Today, we are showing you 50 Stunning Examples Of Architecture Photography.
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Topic: POLITIK - on March 23, 2009 at 11:35:00 AM CET
Dubai bans nudity, dancing and holding hands
Playing loud music, dancing, nudity, kissing and even holding hands in public is considered inapproppriate behaviour under new guidelines laid down by the authorities of Dubai.
The Dubai Executive Council had urged residents of Dubai, where foreigners make up more than 80 per cent of the population, to respect the customs of the Muslim majority country and avoid inappropriate behaviour.
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Topic: NEWS english - on March 23, 2009 at 11:34:00 AM CET
Ich bin ein friendly person
Berlin has launched a new "friendliness" campaign to keep tourists flocking to the German capital during a time of economic crisis.
With the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall looming in November and the World Championships in athletics due in August, police, street cleaners, airport staff and taxi drivers have begun wearing special red pins to signal to visitors that they are ready to lend a helping hand.
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Topic: Terror - on March 22, 2009 at 2:21:00 PM CET
Massenprotest gegen die Mafia
Mehr als 100.000 Menschen haben in Neapel gegen die Mafia demonstriert - sie forderten ein Ende des organisierten Verbrechens. Großen Applaus bekam "Gomorrah"-Autor Roberto Saviano, der eine Liste mit Namen von Mafia-Opfern verlas.
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Topic: DRUGS - on March 22, 2009 at 12:55:00 PM CET
Dispensers of Marijuana Find Relief in Policy Shift
The air inside the Los Angeles Patients and Caregivers Group was pungent with the aroma of premium hydroponic marijuana, but the proprietor, Don Duncan, said on Thursday that he was breathing a bit easier.
A day before, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. had said that the federal authorities would no longer take action against medical marijuana dispensaries if they were in compliance with state and local laws.
While 13 states, including California, have laws allowing medical use of marijuana, they had not been recognized by the federal government. One of Mr. Duncan’s two marijuana dispensaries was a target, in 2007, of one of the scores of raids involving medical marijuana that the Drug Enforcement Administration conducted in Los Angeles during the Bush administration.
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