And also...too stoned for the FBI, a wild ride in the snow, and lotsa pants

As usual, here is our normal weekly roundup of the weird and wonderful lesser stories you may have missed, but spotted by our journalists in media from their own countries. Comey: FBI ‘Grappling’ with hiring policy concerning marijuana US hackers unwilling to give up puff for patriotism Monday was a big day for America’s cyber police. The Justice Department charged five Chinese military officials with hacking, and brought charges against the creators of powerful hacking software. But FBI Director James B. Comey said on Monday that if the FBI hopes to continue to keep pace with cyber criminals, the organization may have to loosen up its no-tolerance policy for hiring those who like to smoke marijuana. Congress has authorized the FBI to add 2,000 personnel to its rolls this year, and many of those new recruits will be assigned to tackle cyber crimes, a growing priority for the agency. And that is a problem, Mr. Comey told the White Collar Crime Institute, an annual conference held at the New York City Bar Association in Manhattan. A lot of the nation’s top computer programmers and hacking gurus are also fond of marijuana. Greece:An activist lets a chicken loose at Maximos Mansion Making feathers fly in Greece Activist Avgi Voutsina decided to protest against the Greek government’s policies and actions with a unique way. She arrived at Maximos Mansion with a chicken and let it loose at Maximos Mansion yard saying “Come on Alexis, get inside…”. Ποιός βάρβαρος πέταξε την δύστυχη κότα στο κλουβί με τις αλεπούδες?#kota_sto_Maximou pic.twitter.com/K3grXhcN9d— choricos (@choricos) January 19, 2016 Police removed her immediately, while the activist posted a photo of her on his Facebook account showing her on the police station. She is wearing a T-shirt saying “You pretend to be roosters but you are chickens”, while the caption of the photo said “At Syntagma’s police station… because I let a chicken loose at Maximos Mansion… !!!! “. (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = “//connect.facebook.net/el_GR/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3”; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, ‘script’, ‘facebook-jssdk’));Στο αστυνομικό τμήμα ΣΥΝΤΑΓΜΑΤΟΣ...γιατί έριξα μια κότα ζωντανή στο Μέγαρο Μαξίμου...!!!!Δημοσιεύτηκε από Avgi Voutsina στις Τρίτη, 19 Ιανουαρίου 2016 Watch the video: Norwegian braves big freeze to foil car thief Norway: man clings onto stolen car in underpants at -17°C to stop thief One young Norwegian had a rude awakening this week when he was roused from his slumbers by the sound of his car being started. Despite the -17°C temperatures outside, he rushed out in his underpants and tried to grab the driver’s door as the thief pulled away. Newspaper Aftenposten revealed that the 25-year-old was able to climb onto the car roof, where he stayed for several kilometres as the thief tried to shake him off at speeds of up to 90 kph. Panting for the return of Spring Frozen underwear defy cold in Minnesota More pants, but this time in the USA, where as temperatures drop below zero in Minnesota, people have started displaying upright frozen pants in front of their houses around Minneapolis. Minneapolis’s Star Tribune found the person who set the trend back in 2013 during the Polar Vortex. Tom Grotting had started the trick to cheer up his neighborhood during this cold period. Now the trend has spread everytime the cold bites. Check out #frozenpants on Twitter to see the best displays… NE Mpls resident Crystal reveals sex of unborn child using #frozenpants pic.twitter.com/BQNnHqEs4a— Tom Grotting (@tomgrotting) January 21, 2016 Taking a break from writing to create some subzero fun for the neighbors to enjoy--or not :O#amwriting #frozenpants pic.twitter.com/zSQtesbO0I— Tania Suarez (@taniansuarez) January 19, 2016 #frozenpants Has spread to Ohio. pic.twitter.com/LRmXbYsgvz— Pigeon² #Zeldathon (@robbieowl) January 19, 2016 You know it's cold when... @jimmyfallon #frozenpants pic.twitter.com/SVLW2jKp12— Matt Field (@_MagentaNinja) January 19, 2016 Serious games in Iran Iran-Iraq: not everything is allowed for “Clash of clans” Online game “The clash of clans” is “so popular”: http://techrasa.com/2015/09/21/5-5-million-iranian-players-on-clash-of-clans/ in Iran and Iraq that a thriving market has sprung up with many young people in these two countries buying and selling their game accounts. One disciple of Grand Ayatollah Sistani asked him recently if playing this game and trading the accounts was religiously authorized. The most important Iraq Shiite cleric answered: “Buying and selling is not correct. To play the game, in general, disciples can ask the opinion of another ayatollah because he, (Ayatollah Sistani), did not take any position on the subject.” Media report #Saudi mufti Al Shaikh and Shi'a Marj's Al #Sistani have banned the great game of Chess. Are they trying to dumb down Muslims?— Dr Haider (@ArabiaDeserta) 21 Janvier 2016 Sources protothema.gr www.aftenposten.no blogs.wsj.com Iran-Iraq/Clash of clans Mineapolis Star Tribune

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