Year: 2009

China Central Television (CCTV) reported on a Beijing juvenile prison where one man was serving a life sentence for murders he committed to obtain virtual equipment in an online game. The report stated that up to 80 percent of the violent criminals in the prison turned to crime because of online games.

Mauricio Escalante, 33-year-old illegal immigrant was arrested Saturday for stabbing to death a 17-year-old on the streets of Immokalee Florida.

Juan Lopez-Perez, 31, an illegal immigrant who drove away after hitting a toddler in a Salem Oregon parking lot has been sentenced to one year and five months in prison.

Erick Rivera, 18 was charged with five counts each of sexual misconduct with an animal and burglary after a six month investigation at the Goshen Historic Track in Orange County New York.

Rivera sneaked into the track at night from his nearby rented room and abused the animals, Goshen Village Police Chief James Watt said. Owners became suspicious beginning in July when they found the fillies bridled and immobilized in their stalls during morning checks.

Guadalupe Martinez-Lopez 24, an illegal immigrant has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted first-degree murder. All the charges have firearm enhancements in Grant County Superior Court, WA

Dan O’Bannon, screenwriter who was best known for writing the 1979 blockbuster “Alien” and who also directed and wrote  “The Return of the Living Dead,” and co-wrote “Blue Thunder” and “Total Recall,” has died.

He died Thursday at St. John’s Health Center in Santa Monica after a thirty year battle with Crohn’s disease, said his wife, Diane.

A Chinese court sentenced 11 members of a cyber-gang for creating and distributing viruses meant to steal online game account passwords, according to Chinese State Media

Scientists have mapped the entire genetic code of two of the most common cancers – skin and lung – a move they say could revolutionize cancer treatment. Cancer maps provide a way for blood tests to spot tumours far earlier and new treatments.   Source BBC

Adrianne Curry,On Sunday she tweeted out a picture of herself wearing a headset,

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ArcelorMittal ,the world’s largest steelmaker is looking to eliminate about 10,000 jobs, with most of the cuts in Europe and the U.S.

The company declined to specify layoff numbers, but sources said the target is about 3.9% of the 287,000 employees the company had as of Sept. 30. Many of the cuts are expected to affect workers who were furloughed.

Elsie Egan A 53-year-old of Dunnellon, Florida was arrested after allegedly hitting a man in the head with a raw steak. , The victim told deputies Elsie Egan repeatedly hit him with the uncooked meat and slapped his face after he refused a piece of bread. The man said he wanted a bread roll.

Tracey Wigginton , who is serving a life sentence for the 1989 murder of

The 20-year-old Misrak Eyob from Eritrea, who was caught on CCTV, claimed that “Satan created the situation”. Eyob was found guilty of attacking the 35-year-old woman in the city’s Royston area in July last year.

Police officers arriving at the Charles J. Irving home, saw  Irving naked and holding the shotgun. When one officer pointed his handgun at Irving and ordered him to drop the weapon, Irving’s mother got between them. Irving eventually complied and walked outside, still naked, where he was arrested.

On Monday federal prosecutors charged Charles J. Irving, 27, of Kansas City, Kansas with being a felon in possession of a firearm. His mother told police that he was trying to protect her from vampires, according to the affidavit filed with the charge.

A witness told police that Irving began “demonic speaking” before pointing the shotgun at him. The witness ran upstairs and reported hearing two shotgun blasts.

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