Retarded News... Drug addicted elephants and speeding skateboarders?

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Wow, its just amazing....

Quote »62 mph! Cops hunt highway skateboarderClips of downhill stunt prompt German police to issue 'all-points bulletin'

BERLIN - Police are trying to track down a man filmed riding a skateboard down a steep stretch of highway at 62 mph, far above the speed limit.

The man who raced down southern Germany's Ulm-Stuttgart highway for two miles before he stopped and fled is believed to be a professional stuntman, Goeppingen police spokesman Uli Stoeckle said.

A video of the skateboarder, broadcast on German television networks on Wednesday, showed a helmeted figure wearing a red and white protective suit building up speed by holding onto the back of a motorcycle before letting go and freewheeling.

"We put out an all-points bulletin and have received information that gives us useful clues to who the man may be," Stoeckle said. "We are particularly concerned about copycats who may imitate the stunt, putting their lives at risk."

The film clips show several cars escorting the skateboarder, enabling his collaborators to record the event. The clips have since surfaced on Internet websites.

'Substantial fine'The German magazine Stern said the mystery man is known in skateboarding circles as a professional stuntman and takes part in international downhill skateboarding competitions.

Stoeckle said the man faces charges for interfering with traffic safety and endangering motorists, and would lose his driver's license and face a "substantial fine." He denied media reports the skateboarder would face a one-year jail sentence.

There are no speed limits on German highways but there are restrictions on many sections, especially steep and dangerous stretches. The section the skateboarder was using has an 50 mph speed limit.[/quote]http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26523365/

Would they really have bothered to go to this length if a car broke the speed limit by that little? Its more or less the same issues that can be caused with a car.

Quote » Drug-addicted elephant kicks heroin habit'Big Brother' completes detox in China after being fed spiked bananas

BEIJING - A once drug-addled elephant fed heroin-laced bananas by illegal traders will return home after emerging clean from a three-year detox program on China's tropical island province of Hainan.

The four-year-old bull elephant, referred to alternately as "Big Brother" or "Xiguang" in state media reports, was captured in 2005 in southwest China by traders who used spiked bananas to control him.

After police arrested the traders and freed Xiguang a few months later, the elephant was confirmed to be suffering from withdrawal symptoms and sent to a wild animal protection center in Hainan for rehab, Xinhua news agency said on Thursday.

A year of methadone injections at five times the human dosage had helped wean Xiguang off his addiction.

Now clean, Xiguang was expected to arrive on Saturday at a wildlife park in Kunming, capital of the elephant's home province of Yunnan on the mainland.

Xiguang's return would cap a 1,500-km journey home, Xinhua said, and mark another step in the elephant's triumph over addiction.[/quote]http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26540351

Wow, just....wow.

[krazydriver]

First story:I would be EXTREMELY scared to go that speed on a skateboard, the cops shouldn't pay any mind because he wasn't that far over anyways, plus he's not a motor vehicle, so i don't think they could even do anything to the skateboarder, just the guy who towed him. Also, if someone is dumb enough to try it..... natural selection is still doing it's job.

Second story. I don't have anything else to say about that.

[ADDirishboy]

Wow....they actually wasted money detoxing an elephant? teh eff bomb!!!1!!!eleven!!, we take better care of wildlife than we do humans

[DevilMB3017]

Wow....they actually wasted money detoxing an elephant? teh eff bomb!!!1!!!eleven!!, we take better care of wildlife than we do humans

I kind of agree, however in this case it isn't the elephants fault. It didn't choose to do drugs like people do.

And as for the first one, if I was Germany, I'd be more concerned about copy-cats. Which is why they have to make an example unfortunatly.