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Saturday, January 27, 2007
Assorted Odd News
Should Illegal Drugs Be Taxed?
In April of 2005, Jeremy Robbins was arrested attempting to traffic two tons of marijuana from Arizona to East Tennessee. Indicted on federal drug conspiracy charges, Robbins was soon assessed a $1.1 million fine from Tennessee's Department of Revenue. The reason: failure to comply with the state's Unauthorized Substances Tax, which requires anyone in possession of a certain quantity of contraband — in the case of marijuana, more than 42.5 grams — to buy a tax stamp from the state government and affix it on the drug.
Nappy art work gets Vietnam ban
Court orders Saudi drug user to memorise Koran
Top 5 Political Brawls
Web chucks '.um' domain
Stat mistake doubles China's divorce rate
Yesterday's technology today, and other dumb business mistakes
Spain resizes clothes for women
Vietnam jails footballers for fix
Cognac and iPod ban for N Korea
Most Horrible Sound in the World
Of Gay Sheep, Modern Science and Bad Publicity
'There is no war on terror'
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