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crime & drugs

Investigators Used a Simple Google Search to Link Ross Ulbricht to Silk Road
IRS special agent Gary Alford testified Monday that some basic googling was all that it took to identify Ulbricht as the creator of the dark web marketplace.
Samuel Oakford
1.27.15
Words

Why Did Sam Smith Agree To Split 'Stay With Me' Royalties with Tom Petty?
Time to get your musicology cap on.
David Garber
1.27.15
we saw this

A Day Out at Sugar Mountain in Australia
A look at the 2015 Sugar Mountain festival that included performances by Nas, Swans, Body/Head, Iceage, Ariel Pink, Bo Ningen and Twerps.
Steven Viney
1.27.15
Tchami

Tchami Does Not Fear the Rinsing of Future House
As his
Jemayel Khawaja
1.27.15
Stuff

Could This Cocaine Antidote Help Addicts Get Better by Ruining Drugs?
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have stumbled upon a compound that essentially negates the effects of cocaine.
Wendy Syfret
1.27.15
Stuff

How Is New Zealand Doing in the Terror Stakes?
Last year, New Zealand's terror alert was upgraded from very low, all the way up to low. We spoke to an security expert from Massey University about what that means.
Tim Jesudason
1.27.15
Art

This Museum Displays Stolen Artworks in Augmented Reality
This Museum of Stolen Art is augmented reality-enabled.
Becky Chung
1.26.15
Space

This Exoplanet's Rings Are 200 Times Larger Than Saturn’s
If you like it then you should’ve put (a couple thousand) rings on it.
Becky Ferreira
1.26.15
europe or die

Storming Spain's Razor-Wire Fence: Europe Or Die (Episode 1)
In episode one of our series, VICE News correspondent Milène Larsson travels to the border between Morocco and Spain, where West Africans in their thousands storm the razor-wire-clad fences, only to be beaten back by border police.
VICE News
1.26.15
Culture

If You're Running an Illicit Drug Site, Maybe Don't Use Your Real Email
Ross Ulbricht, who is accused of creating and running Silk Road, posted in forums about the internet black market.
Kari Paul
1.26.15
Ukraine

Pressure on Tatars Continues In Crimea with TV Station Raid
The move is the latest in a string of detentions, deportations, and searches targeting the peninsula’s indigenous Crimean Tatars since Russia annexed the region in March.
Alec Luhn
1.26.15
Stuff

Some Assholes in Honduras Blew Up a Dog and Put the Video Online
The video is high on the list of Worst Things in the World, and far, far crueler than your usual internet shock vid.
Mike Pearl
1.26.15
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