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A schoolyard black market in login IDs seems inevitable. The law is designed to target commercial porn providers. But plenty of porn is available through search engines and social media, even though it is not their main business. Ironically, the new law could prove a boon for a Luxembourg-based firm ...

The Black Market pop-up store in Roxbury. Racist graffiti reading “White Lives Matter” was recently written on to the side of the store. PHOTO BY VIOLET GIDDINGS/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF. Kaidi Grant was outraged to find the words “White Lives Matter” sprayed onto the side of Black Market, her ...

A ban on synthetic drugs has pushed the product underground and led to a black market operating, says a health researcher. detail of pills of mdma distributed by drug dealer seized by legal authority. Photo: 123RF. Marta Rychert has looked at the implementation of the Psychoactive Substances Act five ...

The owners of Black Market Dudley, a pop-up market that caters mostly to entrepreneurs of color, expressed frustration Friday after Facebook temporarily shut down their business's page. The incident followed controversy over “White Lives Matter” graffiti found scrawled on their business's outside wall.

While consistency has been the key to this Mass Ave standard's success, creativity and change are what keep customers coming back. You may head here dreaming of the pork chop or the fish fry-up you had the last time, but then a lamb flatbread or crispy duck leg cassoulet with kraut pierogi will win your ...

Everything has a price, even the top Twitter handles, and if somebody does not want to sell then they may be forced to relinquish their account. “We have a marketplace which allows the sale of Twitter handles,” says Philly, a subversive marketer who founded ForumKorner, an online gaming forum. “Unlike ...

A recent nationwide law enforcement operation has targeted the illegal online market in opioids and cocaine on what's become known as the “dark web,” resulting in eight arrests as well as a treasure trove of information about how the opioid black market operates. It's a key step toward helping address the ...

How governments levy taxes on the marijuana industry is not only affecting how businesses structure themselves, but also may have an impact on the cannabis black market, a new report has found. While a boon for private enterprise, marijuana also has been a significant revenue opportunity for ...

In 2010, fitfluencer Jenelle Salazar Butler paid cash to get silicone injections in a hotel room. Now a 36-year-old mother of three, she's had them removed in a surgery that left her fighting for her life. As told to Elizabeth Narins. Mar 30, 2018. When I woke up, there was a row of stitches along each side of my butt crack and ...

Stubhub's Aimee Campbell believes it will drive punters to black markets. She told the Irish Sun: “The Government passing a law doesn't change market dynamics so what you might see is people going back onto the streets for their transactions or taking them to other platforms where regulations wouldn't ...

Hails. This is…gonna be long. Sorry. If you want to skip to the tunes, do a find for “10.” In 2014, Steve Albini gave the keynote address at Melbourne, Australia's Face The Music. The speech, which you can read as an edited version here that I'll be using as a source for subsequent quotes, is still interesting nearly four years ...

BERKELEY (CBS SF) — Cannabis buyers in Berkeley are getting a tax break as the city has dropped its taxes on marijuana from 10 percent to five percent. The main reason for the drop is to fight a booming black market. Berkeley is one of the only cities in the state to make the move. The buzz surrounding ...

PHILADELPHIA -- As opposing factions in Philadelphia and the beverage industry continue to wage a legal battle over the city's sweetened-beverage tax, a soda black market is slowly gathering steam, according to reports. Unmarked white vans and other vehicles are cruising Philly streets, the drivers selling pallets and ...

The chief beneficiaries of the city keeping marijuana businesses illegal will be the black market and other cities which will get tax revenues from Riverside residents buying marijuana in their cities. Rather than deal realistically with marijuana, it appears a majority of the council just wants to be over and ...

California marijuana sellers contend with online black market. Marijuana ... Why it matters: "The dispute over the online ads goes to basic economics for an emerging market sprung from what was mostly an illegal one: Lawful operators will struggle if they're competing with a robust black market that can undersell them.".

Federal prosecutors announced Monday that they've charged two members of the Gardena Police Department with illegally purchasing guns and selling about 100 firearms on the black market. Carlos Miguel Fernandez, 42, and Edward Yasushiro Arao, 47, were arrested Friday for allegedly selling the ...

It's just after 2 a.m. March 17 at J. Wakefield Brewing in Wynwood. Though the place has been closed for over an hour, five guys are seated in folding chairs just steps from the front bay door. They're huddled around a cooler filled with bottles of barrel-aged beers, fruit-tinged wild ales, and dessert-inspired ...

A loaf of Kingsmill 50-50 will set you back £8 on the black market - or should that be white market? - while two litres of milk is going for £100 in Bellshill. A Warburton's Toastie, advertised as being "from a smoke free home" and "kept in a bread bin", is going for £45, though its best before date is tomorrow.

PASADENA, Calif. — A lieutenant in the Pasadena Police Department was arrested this morning on suspicion that he illegally sold more than 100 'off-roster' guns to the public. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, 48-year-old Vasken Kenneth Gourdikian is accused of using his official status as a police ...

HAUL: The Eastern rock lobsters seized by NSW Fisheries officers in Mayfield last week as part of an undercover surveillance operation in the Hunter. Picture: NSW Department of Primary Industries. A SPECIAL flying squad of fisheries officers have seized the vehicle of a commercial fisherman after he was ...

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A hypodermic needle is not what you would expect to find if you reached for a worn copy of Harry Potter from a library's bookshelf. And the last thing you would expect is to find a 25-year-old man dead in the bathroom. But for some guests at the Denver Public Library in Colorado, this was the reality. People ...

A group of vendors gathered at city hall in New York City in 2017 to urge city council to pass a measure to increase the number of food vendor permits. - Beenish Ahmed/ for Marketplace. Listen To The Story. Marketplace. Download download; Embed embed. Embed Code.

A Boston business that helps nurture black entrepreneurs has been struck by racist graffiti just days before its spring opening. The phrase "White Lives Matter" was spray-painted on the side of the Black Market space in the city's Roxbury neighborhood. Co-owner Kai Grant says the graffiti "takes the wind out ...

Ministers have decided to set the minimum price of alcohol in Scotland at 50p a unit despite warnings that the policy will encourage black market sales and cross-border smuggling. The announcement followed a consultation that found strong support for the move from health campaigners. However, the ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35) - A Central Florida veterinarian is warning pet owners about buying flea, tic and heart worm prevention drugs on the black market. "The safety issues and risks posed are very real," said Dr. Sarika Patel of Shaffer Animal Hospital who added it could have fatal consequences.

Moose and caribou antlers sit in a corner of the Alaska Fur Exchange in Anchorage. These large, high-quality antlers are unlikely to be cut down into pet chews and are mostly purchased by collectors. Zachariah Hughes/Alaska Public Media hide caption. toggle caption. Zachariah Hughes/Alaska Public ...