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UN drug report unintentionally argues against prohibition

The 2006 World Drug Report of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime will, no doubt, convince many people that we haven’t been diligent enough in prosecuting the war on drugs, that we have to step up our efforts to eradicate illicit drugs, particularly marijuana.
But the report actually [...]

Digg v3 is up!
(5:00AM PST): Digg temporarily down while we switch over to Digg v3.0.
(6:10AM PST): Digg v3 is live.
(6:20AM PST): Demand is so high we’re adding more machines.
(7:50AM PST): We are making a run to bestbuy to pick up some more servers (kidding). Seriously though: We are seeing much higher activity than we normally [...]

Newsvine - Chadian Rebels Claim Town’s Seizure

N’DJAMENA, CHAD — Rebels in Chad claimed Monday to have seized a southern town after a brief clash with government forces.
Government officials said they were still collecting information on the claim, which was posted on a rebel Web site.
The
statement, attributed to Col. Hassane Saleh Aldjinedi of the Chadian
National Accord, [...]

Newsvine - Clerk Gets 6 Months for Soda Urination
Anthony Mesa, 22, has already served half his sentence since pleading no contest to tampering with a consumer product, and will remain on a form of house arrest for two years after release. He had faced up to 30 years in jail.
Mesa was working at a Pix [...]

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | IT expert: I worked with 7/7 bombers and warned police
A computer expert who worked alongside two of the July 7 bombers claims today that he tried to warn the police about their activities almost two years before the suicide attacks.
By October 2003, he says he was so alarmed by [...]

29 of your friends have joined? Sorry, I’m not going to be one of them. I must get one of these shit emails at least once a week. Maybe I need to get something less memorable than what I use, or maybe I need to get my spam protection to start picking these up and [...]

World Cup stunner: Ghana beats Czechs 2-0 - Yahoo! News

AP - Ghana pulled off the biggest upset of this World Cup and might have helped the United States along the way. The first win for Africa in this tournament was a stunner, 2-0 over the same Czech Republic team that routed [...]

FIFA Official Sent Home in Ticket Scandal

A high-ranking FIFA official was sent home from the World Cup in disgrace Saturday after admitting he sold World Cup tickets for three times face value.

Must’ve been pretty good seats!

Newsvine - American Indian Remains Donated
Dozens of centuries-old American Indian remains found in a home in this central Illinois town will be donated to the state for further study.
The home’s new owner, Kathleen Hollonbeck, said Thursday it was easy to decide to donate the remains after experts told her of their significance.

My God, can you [...]

Newsvine - World Cup Team Turns to Deep Purple
BAD BRUECKENAU, GERMANY — Croatia has an unorthodox way of motivating its players for their crucial World Cup match against Japan. Rock band Deep Purple will be holding a concert under the windows of the team’s hotel on Friday and officials say players are welcome to attend. [...]