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North Korea Develops Anti-Aging "Super Drink" 296

Posted by samzenpus on Monday June 07, 2010 @11:44AM from the can-full-of-wonder dept.

__roo writes "According to North Korea's official news agency, a drink produced by North Korea's Moranbong Carbonated Fruit Juice Joint Venture Company can cure aging and all disease. 'It, with effects of both preventive and curative treatment, helps improve mental and retentive faculties by multiplying brain cells. It also protects skin from wrinkles and black spots and prevents such geriatric diseases as cerebral hemorrhage, myocardium and brain infarction by removing acid effete matters in time.' It also has no side-effects." Last month North Korea announced its fusion breakthrough, and now it has a super drink. One can only imagine what wonders may come in July — perhaps self-buttering toast.

Writer Peter Watts Sentenced; No Jail Time 299

Posted by timothy on Friday April 30, 2010 @10:30PM from the new-spirit-of-openness dept.

shadowbearer writes "SF writer Peter Watts, a Canadian citizen, whose story we have read about before in these pages, was sentenced three days ago in a Port Huron, MI court. There's not a lot of detail in the story, and although he is still being treated like a terrorist (cannot enter or pass through the US, DNA samples) he was not ordered to do any time in jail, was freed, and has returned home to his family. The judge in the case was, I believe, as sympathetic as the legal system would allow him to be."

California's Santa Clara County Bans Happy Meal Toys 756

Posted by timothy on Wednesday April 28, 2010 @02:54PM from the when-self-righteousness-attacks dept.

WrongSizeGlass writes "The L.A. Times is reporting that Santa Clara County officials have voted to ban toys and other promotions that restaurants offer with high-calorie children's meals. 'This ordinance prevents restaurants from preying on children's love of toys' to sell high-calorie, unhealthful food, said Supervisor Ken Yeager, who sponsored the measure. 'This ordinance breaks the link between unhealthy food and prizes.' Supervisor Donald Gage, who voted against the measure, said, 'If you can't control a 3-year-old child for a toy, God save you when they get to be teenagers.' The vote was 3 - 2 in favor of the ban."

Comment Re:The real thieves... (Score 1) 1014

by waveman007 on Sunday December 04, 2005 @11:22PM (#14182061) Attached to: Barcode Scam Redux - Target's $4.99 iPod

The solution is one-time use barcodes.

one-time barcodes may help a little, but halfway smart scammers can make sure that they are the first ones to use the barcode. Sure, it would catch some people and also provide a better read on how many items are stolen using this kind of scam. Not sure if it's worth the investment.

Oh, and one can only hope they'll not arrest the poor honest customers who try to buy the item the barcode was copied from...

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