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17 Oct 2009 21:37

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U.S.: Balloon Boy’s parents are probably gonna get charged

  • Great news everyone! For wasting everyone’s time, for wasting taxpayer’s money, for making internet memes, for being named Richard Heene, for embarrassing Fort Collins, for showing us Falcon’s vomit, for keeping up amused, and for eating up the news, you’re damn right the parents are gonna get charged. (But not arrested.) source
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07 Oct 2009 21:17

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Tech: They went phishing, but they were the ones who got caught

  • 100 people worldwide on the hook for phishing crimes source
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25 Sep 2009 00:34

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Culture: Randy Quaid’s hijinks lead to an arrest over an unpaid hotel bill

  • $10,000 size of the Quaids’ collective hotel bill that they hadn’t paid source
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10 Aug 2009 10:37

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Culture: Michael Douglas’ son may be a big-time meth dealer

  • That’s what court documents say. The famous actor’s son, Cameron, was arrested late last month for selling drugs, but it was only revealed last week just how many he sold. Apparently, the sometime actor was selling methamphetamine that was worth tens of thousands of dollars. That’s an amount large enough to warrant the famous son a life sentence in prison. He’ll get at least 10 years if convicted. source
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24 Jul 2009 11:40

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U.S.: Whoa. Most-wanted fugitive Edward Eugene Harper, then and now

Before: What looks to be a reasonably normal human being. After: Charged with child molestation, he lived the life of a nomad for 15 years. Yikes. source
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09 Jul 2009 19:47

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U.S., World: Phone call from US reporter imprisoned in North Korea a “relief”

  • It was a tremendous relief to hear Laura’s voice last night. It was only the first time I have heard her voice in weeks. That silence has been just so terrifying and deafening.
  • Lisa Ling • On hearing from her sister, American TV reporter Laura Ling, who is currently being detained in North Korea. Laura and her colleague Euna Lee were arrested March 17 near the China-North Korea border while researching a story. On June 8 they were sentenced to 12 years of “reform through labour.”  • source
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28 Jun 2009 11:20

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World: Honduras’ president, Jose Manuel Zelaya, just got couped today

He tried to put a referendum on a second referendum to allow for re-election of presidents. Instead, he got arrested by the military. source
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14 Feb 2009 08:50

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World: Zimbabwe’s shared leadership gets off to a rocky start

  • What’s supposed to happen Morgan Tsvangirai was recently sworn in as prime minister of Zimbabwe, which should create a power-sharing arrangement between his Movement for Democratic Change and President Robert Mugabe’s African National Union-Patriotic Front. By the way, Mugabe’s reputation in the international community is quite poor. source
  • What’s supposed to happen Morgan Tsvangirai was recently sworn in as prime minister of Zimbabwe, which should create a power-sharing arrangement between his Movement for Democratic Change and President Robert Mugabe’s African National Union-Patriotic Front. By the way, Mugabe’s reputation in the international community is quite poor.
  • What happened already Who knows if this is a harbinger, but one of Tsvangirai’s closest allies, Roy Bennett, was arrested yesterday. The treasurer general of the Movement for Democratic Change (as well as the deputy agriculture minister-designate) was wanted in connection with an arms cache found in Mutare in 2006. He has been denied food. source
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23 Jan 2009 10:04

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Offbeat: A Florida man is a pro at getting arrested

  • 190 arrests for Henry Farrell, most recently for carjacking. source
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