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Google Searches Tie Bettina Wulff to Prostitution

Now the former German first lady is suing

(Newser) - Is it a political dirty trick, or did the "search algorithms" do it? The wife of Germany's former president is suing Google because Internet searches link her name to prostitution, reports the BBC . Google executives are blaming the company's automatic search algorithms for words like "prostitute,...

Soros to Germany: Put Up or Get Out of Eurozone

Billionaire investor says euro poor could be stronger without Germany

(Newser) - If Germany isn't going to take the lead—meaning take on weaker countries' debts and relax austerity demands—George Soros thinks it should just get out of the eurozone altogether, reports Reuters . Without Germany, Soros says the rest of Europe could service their debts more cheaply and be more...

Elderly Farmer Accidentally Grows Field of Pot


 Elderly Farmer 
 Accidentally 
 Grows Field 
 of Pot 
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Sep 9, 2012 9:01 AM CDT

Elderly Farmer Accidentally Grows Field of Pot

The culprit: Bird food with hemp seeds, he says

(Newser) - Want to keep the drug police off your property? Don't sow your land with birdseed. That's what a 74-year-old German farmer says he did—and the bird food contained hemp seeds, resulting in an accidental 10-foot-high cannabis crop, Der Spiegel reports. He explained that he wanted to grow...

'Jackass' Stunt Kills German

'Bavarian Dumbasses' may be charged with manslaughter

(Newser) - A crazy stunt styled after MTV's Jackass reality TV series cost a young man his life Sunday. The 20-year-old German, identified in a local newspaper only as Tobias, was part of a group of six who called themselves the “Bavarian Dumbasses.” They modeled their stunts on those...

50 Years Later, Thalidomide Maker Apologizes

Morning sickness drug caused birth defects in the 1950s

(Newser) - The German pharmaceutical company that created the drug thalidomide apologized for the first time—after more than 50 years—for the thousands of children worldwide born with deformities because their mothers took the popular morning sickness medication. The CEO of Gruenenthal read the apology at a dedication of a statue...

Germany Met With Terrorists After 1972 Olympic Strike

Black September group negotiated terms with German officials

(Newser) - Der Spiegel is reporting that Germany met with perpetrators of the 1972 Olympics massacre after the attack and made a deal with them to "rebuild trust," reports Ynet News . Fearing further strikes, German officials initiated the meetings with members of the Palestinian terrorist group Black September and insisted...

Ikea Building Its Own City District in Germany

Shops, apartments, and offices for thousands of people

(Newser) - Swedish furniture superpower Ikea will be assembling and delivering its very own city district, complete with shops, apartments, and office space for thousands of residents, in Hamburg, Germany. "We want to build a new city district for the benefit of Hamburg," says the head of Ikea's property...

4 in Germany Accused of Sending Iran Nuclear Parts

Men accused of breaking embargo

(Newser) - Iran may have been getting some help with its nuclear reactor plans from four guys in Germany. The men have been arrested and are accused of breaking the embargo prohibiting Germans from trading nuclear-related items with Iran. They allegedly supplied Iran with millions of euros worth of specialty valves for...

German Economy Up Despite Europe Woes

Flatlining France also beats predictions

(Newser) - Europe's largest economy is weathering the eurozone storm better than forecasters had expected. The German economy grew 0.3% in the second quarter, slightly more than predicted, thanks to strong consumer spending and a rise in exports beyond the eurozone, BusinessWeek reports. The French economy recorded zero growth for...

Interpol Hunts Whale Wars Star
Interpol Hunts
Whale Wars Star
Aug 10, 2012 1:29 AM CDT

Interpol Hunts Whale Wars Star

Paul Watson skips bail as Costa Rica seeks to press protest charges

(Newser) - Interpol has issued an arrest warrant for Whale Wars reality star Paul Watson after the conservationist skipped bail in Germany. He vanished as Costa Rica was attempting to extradite him on charges of endangering a fishing vessel off Guatemala in 2002, CNN reports. Watson, known for boat maneuvers interfering with...

Elaborate Soviet-Era Hoax Duped Czech Refugees

Officials set up fake border posts to trick people who were fleeing

(Newser) - They called it Operation Stone, and the elaborate ruse cost the lives or at least the freedom of scores of Soviet-era Czech refugees. As the Telegraph explains, Czech officials set up fake border posts near the border with Germany from 1948 to 1951. Those trying to flee the communist regime...

Greece Caves, Agrees to Full Austerity

Under creditor threats, Athens to find $1.8B more in cuts

(Newser) - Greece blinked today: In a showdown with creditors, the crisis-wracked country agreed to find the final $1.85 billion needed to reach the $14.2 billion in cuts required to get desperately needed aid money in September, reports Reuters . Greece had been asking for more time, but fed-up German and...

German WWII Sub Found Off Nantucket

Divers finally locate it on the ocean floor

(Newser) - The ocean floor off Massachusetts' Nantucket Island has finally yielded a 70-year-old secret: the location of a sunken German sub from World War II. The U-550, which had wreaked havoc along the East Coast, went down in April 1944 in a battle with US ships, but researchers had been unable...

German Credit Rating Downgraded to Negative

Move may indicate threat to Germany's AAA rating

(Newser) - Germany, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg may have strong credit ratings, but that didn't stop Moody's from downgrading all three to "negative" yesterday, as the never-ending euro crisis continues to deepen, reports Reuters . The rating agency specifically warned about yesterday's threat by Germany to kick Greece out...

Town Assigns &#39;Easy&#39; Parking Spots to Women
Town Assigns 'Easy'
Parking Spots to Women
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Jul 15, 2012 7:00 PM CDT

Town Assigns 'Easy' Parking Spots to Women

German mayor says he's sure there are some good female drivers

(Newser) - Pull into the new parking garage in Triberg, Germany, and you'll see something strange: wide, well-lit spaces with female symbols on them, and cramped spaces near concrete pillars with male symbols on them. The logic is simple, according to Mayor Gallus Strobel: Men are better at parking. He insists...

World's Narrowest Street Has a Big Problem

It may disappear thanks to bulging wall in Germany

(Newser) - Spreuerhofstrasse Street in Germany is all of 12 inches wide and 12 feet long, but it is officially a street and thus owns the Guinness distinction of being the world's narrowest. For now. As Der Spiegel points out, the street in the city of Reutlingen has a problem: One...

German Gunman Kills Self, 4 Others
German Gunman Kills Self, 4 Others
Jul 4, 2012 2:14 PM CDT

German Gunman Kills Self, 4 Others

Took hostages as girlfriend was being evicted

(Newser) - A heavily armed man whose girlfriend was being evicted from her apartment today killed four people, including the new owner and a court bailiff who were shot execution style, before turning a shotgun on himself, German authorities said. A commando team stormed the apartment in the southern German city of...

Manufacturing Orders Slump in Asia, Plunge in Europe

Leading indicator reveals Western economies may be worse than thought

(Newser) - Purchasing Managers' Index reports from Asia and Europe—a critical economic indicator—showed big drops in June, in a strong sign that the economies of Europe and the US could be weaker than thought, the Guardian . Despite European leaders agreeing on a bank bailout scheme last week, Europe's PMI...

German Lawmakers OK Eurozone Rescue Fund

New fiscal compact still needs Constitutional Court approval

(Newser) - Fresh off of making some big concessions at the European Union summit in Brussels, Angela Merkel rushed back to Germany yesterday to ensure the EU fiscal pact and the permanent eurozone bailout fund were passed by parliament, reports Reuters . But with Germany's opposition parties agreeing to the "fiscal...

German Court Bans Circumcision

Religious groups cry foul

(Newser) - A court banned the circumcision of young boys in Cologne, Germany, ruling yesterday that the child's "fundamental right to bodily integrity" trumped their parents' right to religious freedom. The case centered around a 4-year-old Muslim boy who developed medical complications after he was circumcised, the New York Times...

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