Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe Stores shut down over cannabis leaf logos BOGORODITSK, Russia, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- A Russian court announced two stores are being shut down for selling pipes and other merchandise bearing the image of a cannabis leaf. Advertisement The Tula Region court said the stores in Bogoroditsk are being shut down after police raided the establishments July 20 and discovered pipes and jewelry bearing a cannabis leaf logo, RIA Novosti reported Friday. "According to experts' conclusions, each of these items was found to have an image of a cannabis leaf on them, and these products therefore can instigate an interest in and support for narcotics, and also form a favorable attitude to taking narcotic substances," said Olga Dyachuk of the regional court administration. Dyachuk said a cannabis leaf logo breaks Russian laws banning "propaganda or illegal advertising of narcotic substances pyschotropic drugs or their precursors." Advertisement 'Gangnam Style' dance ends in gang fight BANGKOK, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- Police in Bangkok said a "Gangnam Style" dance competition led to a fight involving gunfire between two gangs of teenagers. Police Lt. Col. Apichart Thongchandee said the gangs clashed following a dance contest at a Phet Phraram area entertainment venue involving the dance moves popularized in South Korean artist Psy's "Gangnam Style" music video, the Bangkok Post reported Friday. Thongchandee said at least 50 shots were fired in the clash between the two gangs, which he said have a engaged in a longstanding feud. Police said several vehicles were damaged, but no serious injuries were reported. "We now know who all the attackers are. After questioning all the witnesses and inspecting the firearms, we will seek arrest warrants for them," Thongchandee said. Balloons with camera landed in Indiana ROLLING PRAIRIE, Ind., Sept. 21 (UPI) -- Police said they were trying to find the owners of a balloon-mounted camera launched from Chicago and discovered on an Indiana farm. LaPorte County police said Rolling Prairie farmer Robert Tibbs, 66, found the camera Monday, attached to two large, white helium balloons, the Northwest Indiana Times reported Friday. Detective Pat Cicero said the camera, which is about the size of a pack of cigarettes, contained images of Lake Michigan, Soldier Field and Michigan City. He said the camera also had pictures of the two unidentified people who launched it from outside of a Chicago school. Advertisement "We're trying to establish who these people are that did this," Cicero told WBEZ-FM, Chicago. "We just want to return their stuff to them." Landmarks light up for Waldo's birthday LONDON, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- A popular tourist attraction in London, the birthplace of "Where's Waldo," was illuminated in red and white to celebrate the series' 25th anniversary. New York-based licensing company Classic Media, which bought the property from creator Martin Handford in 2007, lighted up the London Eye, a 442-foot-tall Ferris wheel, Thursday night in the signature red and white of Waldo -- known in Britain as Wally -- and the company said New York's Empire State Building would be lighted up Friday in the same colors, the Chicago Tribune reported Friday. The licensing company said the search-and-find book series' 25th anniversary will also be marked this year by a Waldo category on "Jeopardy!" and an appearance at a NASCAR event next month.
