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Judge orders YouTube to hand over video view Van Halen singer impersonated in Canadian medi-
records cal scare
A United States federal judge ordered the popular Canadian police officers who thought they were
video sharing website YouTube to hand over a record saving Van Halen singer David Lee Roth’s life in May
of every video that users have watched, including reg- have now learned that they were assisting an impos-
istered accounts and IPs. tor.
Viacom, which owns several U.S. television net- On May 23, Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) of-
works such as MTV and Nickelodeon, launched a $1 ficers near Brantford, Ontario stopped a vehicle that
billion lawsuit last year alleging that YouTube wasn’t was travelling abnormally. They discovered a driver
doing enough to stop its copyrighted material from ap- who identified himself as “David Lee Roth” who was
pearing in over 160,000 unauthorized clips that have having medical trouble. The driver was taken to Brant-
been viewed over 1.5 billion times. ford General Hospital for treatment of anaphylaxis,
UK court rules Pringles are potato-light Google argued that this would cause privacy is- reportedly caused by a peanut allergy.
sues, but the federal judge said it was just speculation. Following his treatment and release from hospital,
A British High Court judge has ruled that Prin-
The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a San Francisco- the man accompanied two nurses to a local bar, Liquid
gles are not a potato snack and therefore not sub-
based privacy advocate group, said the ruling was “a Lounge, where he sang the Van Halen song “Ice Cream
ject to a 17.5% tax.
setback to privacy rights, and will allow Viacom to see Man” with a local band.
Pringles’ owner Procter & Gamble had claimed
what you are watching on YouTube”. But it was since determined that Roth was perform-
at a ruling in May that Pringles do not feel, look,
or taste like a crisp. Justice Warren ruled that since ing with Van Halen in New York City on the evening that
Pringles are only 42% potato, it is exempt from the incident occurred. A statement was issued through
VAT. Roth’s publicist denying that he was in Ontario and that
the singer is not allergic to peanuts. The OPP officers
at the time of the incident did not seek identification
of the impostor due to concern over the man’s medical
condition, but are now aware of his real identity.

DID YOU KNOW?

Nelson Mandela had been classified as a terrorist since the
time of Apartheid in South Africa.
The ruling, which also applied to all members of the African
National Congress meant that Mandela could travel to the United
States without being approved by the Secretary of State. This was
only overturned in July 2008.

American surgeon Michael E. DeBakey dies at age 99

Íngrid Betancourt rescued from
Michael E. DeBakey, world renowned heart surgeon has kidnappers
died in Houston, Texas at the age of 99.
DeBakey pioneered the use of Dacron grafts to replace
or repair blood vessels. In 1958, to counteract narrowing of French Colombian politician, Íngrid Betancourt, was rescued from her kid-
an artery caused by an endarterectomy, DeBakey performed nappers after being held as a hostage for years. After her rescue, former Co-
the first successful patch-graft angioplasty. This procedure in- lombian presidential candidate Íngrid Betancourt, three American contractors
volved patching the slit in the artery from an endarterectomy for the United States military and 11 military men. were all reportedly safe.
with a Dacron or vein graft. The patch widened the artery The operation that resulted in the rescue was called ‘Jaque’ by the Co-
so that when it closed the channel of the artery returned to lombian Army. Troops involved in the operation were disguised as non-gov-
normal size. The DeBakey artificial graft is now used around ernmental figures from a non-existent organization. FARC members were led
the world to replace or repair blood vessels. to believe that they would get on a plane to meet Alfonso Cano, the leader
of FARC. No shots were fired and there were no injuries. Betancourt called
the operation, “perfect.”

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