Posts Filed Under — Breaking News

[ December 16th, 2008 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]

Halo 3 Confiscated, Teen Shoots Both Parents

When his parents confiscated his copy of Halo 3, 16-year old Daniel Petric retaliated by shooting both parents, killing his mother, Susan Petric. His father Mark Petric, a minister at the Life Assembly of God in Wellington, Ohio survived.
Mark Petric placed the game in his lock box, along with his 9mm handgun, which was presumably [...]

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[ November 28th, 2008 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]

Twittered Terror

As the tragic events unfolded in Mumbai over the last 40 hours, something truly remarkable happened; an ragtag army of citizen journalists started live-blogging on Twitter. What began as a disjointed and somewhat confusing conversation rapidly evolved into up to the minute reporting from people at the scene. Into the second day of the [...]

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[ November 28th, 2008 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]

Asus 12-inch Bamboo Laptop Gets a Price

A while back the world caught its first glimpse of the Asus bamboo laptop, at the time it was a prototype, but it piqued the interest of enough people that Asus went out and made it a somewhat expensive reality. The specs below are from the ASUS news site, and it should be noted that [...]

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[ November 10th, 2008 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]

West Virginian Pool Table Used by Obama to Hit the Auction Block

Going soon on auction at an as of yet undetermined location is one pool table formerly used by El Presidente-elect at pool hall, Schultzies. The owner of the pool hall, John Mawyer is planning to sell the tournament-size pool table along with the cues, balls and lamp used by Obama during his stop, with [...]

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[ November 5th, 2008 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]

Brandon Crisp, Missing XBox Runaway Found Dead

In a sad turn of events, Brandon Crisp, the 15-year-old boy who ran off after his father confiscated his Xbox 360, has been found dead in a field. He ran away from his home in Barrie, Ontario on October 13 and could not be found, despite a police search that involved 1600 volunteers and a [...]

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