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 Europe's Sleaziest 
 Tourist Destinations 

From Paris to Athens, avoid (or enjoy) these sex-and-drugs zones

Sep 5, 09 6:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ah, Europe, home of landmark cafés, glorious historic churches—and stinking, dangerous red-light districts rife with hookers, drug dealers, and pickpockets. Correspondents for the Times of London highlight the continent's most tawdry areas.
  • Reeperbahn, Hamburg: Germany's decorous port town turns as seedy as it gets here. Pimps fight
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travel • prostitution • pornography • Amsterdam • Paris • drug dealing • Prague • Athens • pimp • Hamburg

(Newser) - California gets most of the attention when it comes to marijuana headlines, but Florida leads the nation in indoor pot cultivation, reports Time. Last year, police raided more than 1,000 so-called grow houses, more than double the number in 2006. The trend has the attention of authorities because pot... More »

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Florida • marijuana • drug dealing • pot

 Ex-Olympic Skater 
 Bobek Busted 
 in Meth Ring 

1998 Olympian pleads not guilty

Jul 7, 09 11:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Former US Olympic figure skater Nicole Bobek has a new career, allegedly: drug dealer. Bobek, 31, pleaded not guilty yesterday to a charge of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, the AP reports. A New Jersey prosecutor tells Fox affiliate WNYW-TV that the 1995 US champion “was actively involved in the... More »

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crime • drug dealing • methamphetamine • figure skating • Nicole Bobek

(Newser) - The Mexican Navy seized more than a ton of cocaine packed inside the bodies of frozen sharks on a freighter off the Yucatan coast headed for America, reports the BBC. The booty was pinpointed using dogs and x-ray machines, officials said. Drug fighters warned that powerful cartels are using increasingly... More »

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crime • Mexico • cocaine • shark • drug dealing • drug smuggling • drug cartels • Mexican Navy

(Newser) - University of Illinois police arrested 21 students on drug charges this week and are looking for more, the Chicago Tribune reports. In seizing 180 grams of marijuana, some cocaine, anti-anxiety medication, and $3,100 in cash, campus cops aimed primarily to cut down on pot distribution. "We decided to... More »

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University of Illinois • marijuana • drug dealing • arrest


 Wrestler's 
 Steroid Dealer 
 Busted—for Steroids 

Actor had bit part in film

Feb 20, 09 9:30 AM CST
(Newser) - In a case of life imitating art, the actor who plays a steroid dealer in The Wrestler was busted for dealing steroids, the New York Daily News reports. Investigators had Scott Siegel under surveillance for steroid trafficking, and arrested him Wednesday night after a car chase that ended with Siegel... More »

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steroids • anabolic steroids • celebrity • drug dealing • arrest • actor • The Wrestler

 Heady Times for 
 DC Hookers, 
 Coke Dealers 

Both are booming as tourists flock to inauguration

Jan 19, 09 10:28 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama has already done his part to boost the economy—for Washington’s prostitutes and drug dealers, who tell New York they’re experiencing quite the boom in business thanks to inauguration travelers. Some prostitutes came into town specifically for the event and are already “pretty booked up;... More »

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Barack Obama • prostitution • drugs • tourism • Washington DC • cocaine • sex • drug dealing • prostitute • inauguration • sex trade • President Obama • Inauguration Day

Palin's Run
Hurt Wasilla
Drug Deals

Media circus cramped operations for mom of Bristol's beau: affidavit

Dec 25, 08 11:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Bristol Palin’s future mother-in-law complained to clients that Sarah Palin’s campaign was hampering her drug-dealing business, a police affidavit alleges. Sherry Johnston, mother of pregnant Bristol’s fiancé Levi, faces six charges of drug sale and possession after Alaska state troopers caught her using text messages to arrange... More »

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Alaska • drugs • OxyContin • drug dealing • Sarah Palin • Bristol Palin • Levi Johnston • Sherry Johnston

 Preppie Killer 
 Gets 19 Years for Drugs 

Robert Chambers avoids life sentence with plea, returns to jail for dealing coke to cops

Sep 3, 08 9:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - "Preppie killer" Robert Chambers, one of New York’s most infamous murderers, was sent back to prison for another 19 years after pleading guilty to drug-dealing, the Daily News reports. Chambers, who spent 15 years behind bars for strangling 18-year-old Jennifer Levin in Central Park in 1986, had been... More »

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New York City • killer • drug dealing • Robert Chambers • drug sentence • preppie killer

 Stop Snitching
 Cameraman
 Gets 30 Years

Drug and gun charges send man involved with Baltimore DVD sensation to jail

Aug 21, 08 1:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - The heroin dealer-turned-cameraman behind the now-infamous Stop Snitching DVD was given 30 years in federal prison on drug and gun charges yesterday in Baltimore, the Sun reports. During his sentencing, Akiba Matthews-Bey said he was targeted by police because he made the video, which brought national attention to witness intimidation... More »

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DVD • Carmelo Anthony • drug dealing • Baltimore • witness intimidation • Stop Snitching

Let's Legalize Drug Use: Argentine Prez

In US, Rep. Barney Frank leads lawmakers on marijuana crusade

Aug 3, 08 6:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Argentina's president is seeking to legalize drug use and a crack down on dealing and trafficking, CNN reports. President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's plan follows similar moves by European and Latin American nations, where decriminalization has not increased drug use, one expert said. Mexico proposed such a law several years... More »

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drug addiction • medical marijuana • Argentina • Cristina Fernandez • marijuana • drug possession • drug dealing • marijuana legalization • drug abuse • Barney Frank • Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner • Bill Maher • Cristina Kirchner

 Mexican Troops
 Accused in Drug War Deaths 

Military responsible for deaths of 13 unarmed citizens

Jun 29, 08 9:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mexicans increasingly accuse state troops of beating and murdering innocents on their mission to curb violent drug cartels, Time reports. Since the state assigned 25,000 soldiers to fight drug-runners 2 years ago, troops have killed at least 13 unarmed people—while traffickers have added 1,800 more to the... More »

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Congress • Mexico • Felipe Calderon • civilian casualties • drug trafficking • drug dealing • Mexican drug war • drug cartel • drug dealer • civilians

Not Guilty-Plea From Ex-CEO in Drug, Fraud Rap

Broadcom honcho said to spike drinks with ecstasy, commit bribery

Jun 17, 08 10:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Broadcom co-founder Henry Nicholas pleaded not guilty yesterday to securities fraud and drug charges, the AP reports. The former microchip king was accused of false accounting as well as dropping ecstasy into associates’ drinks, running a drug warehouse, and using bribery and death threats to keep it all quiet. The... More »

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crime • drug dealing • Broadcom • securities fraud

Calif. County
Cracks Down
on Lax Pot Law

'Emerald Triangle' residents have their 25-plant limit cut to 6

Jun 5, 08 10:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Voters in a northern California county have backed a measure tightening one of America's loosest pot laws, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. State law allows Californians to grow six marijuana plants each for medicinal use, but Mendocino County allowed its residents 25 plants each for any use. The county's residents... More »

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California • medical marijuana • marijuana • drug dealing • marijuana legalization

Indoor Pot Farms Sow
Calif. Discord

Boom in grow houses eating up affordable housing stock

May 31, 08 12:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Indoor pot farms are sprouting up around California and causing some bad vibes in the Golden State, the Los Angeles Times reports. In one northwest community, authorities estimate that 1,000 of 7,500 homes are devoted to cultivating marijuana, cutting into the housing supply and raising safety concerns. Many... More »

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California • medical marijuana • marijuana • drug dealing • marijuana legalization

Olympian Indicted for Dealing Heroin

Accusation is latest of many legal troubles for track star Montgomery

May 2, 08 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Olympic gold-medalist Tim Montgomery has been indicted for dealing heroin, the Virginian-Pilot reports. “They said I sold 100 grams of heroin to an informant,” Montgomery told the paper in a jailhouse interview, noting that he has “no idea” why he’s been charged. The sprinter, now 33,... More »

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drugs • heroin • drug dealing • track and field • Marion Jones • Olympians • Tim Montgomery

Call Girl's Bro Pleads Guilty on Heroin Charges

'Kristen' kin already on probation for dealing near school

Mar 15, 08 8:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - The brother of gubernatorial call girl Ashley “Kristen” Dupre has legal problems too: He pled guilty in New Jersey this week to possessing heroin with intent to distribute. Already on probation for other drug charges, Kyle Youmans will likely get more probation when he is sentenced next month, the... More »

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New Jersey • sex scandal • heroin • drug possession • probation • drug dealing • Eliot Spitzer • prostitution ring • Kyle Youmans • Ashley Dupre

Churchill's Granddaughter Dies

She led unconventional life in one of Britain's most esteemed families

Dec 22, 07 9:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Arabella Churchill, the bohemian granddaughter of Winston who founded both a rock concert and a charity, has died of pancreatic cancer at age 58, the Telegraph reports. Arabella was said to have been Winston's favorite grandchild, but she found the famous name to be a mixed blessing. "I'm immensely... More »

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drug dealing • Britain • Arabella Churchill • Glastonbury Festival

Thompson Co-Chair Quits Over Crooked Past

Cocaine, bookmaking and other charges fell Thompson's longtime friend

Nov 5, 07 5:41 PM CST
(Newser) - Old drug and bookmaking charges felled a co-chair of Fred Thompson’s presidential bid today, the AP reports. Philip Martin stepped down as head of Thompson’s fundraising group after his criminal record surfaced, including charges of conspiracy and cocaine trafficking in the 1970s and '80s. “I deeply regret... More »

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Fred Thompson • taxes • drug dealing • jet • Philip Martin

Thompson Adviser Busted for Drug Dealing

GOP candidate uses jet of pal once nabbed for cocaine trafficking

Nov 4, 07 6:40 AM CST
(Newser) - GOP White House contender Sen. Fred Thompson has been traveling to campaign stops around the nation on the private jet of his close adviser, fundraiser and pal Philip Martin, a former drug dealer with a criminal record. Campaign officials insist Thompson was unaware of convictions for marijuana and cocaine trafficking... More »

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Fred Thompson • drug trafficking • drug dealing • Philip Martin • Republican presidential primaries • Election 2008

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