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John McAfee arrested in Guatemala
Guatemalan police arrested U.S. software guru John McAfee on Wednesday for illegally entering the country and said it would seek to expel him to neighboring Belize, which he fled after being sought for questioning over his neighbor's murder.
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Virginia woman is sued over her Yelp review
Angered by what she thought was shoddy work on her home, Fairfax resident Jane Perez did what has become the go-to form of retail vengeance in the Internet age: She logged on to Yelp and posted scathing reviews of the D.C. firm that did the job.
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At 450 pounds, Ohio killer fights execution
At about 450 pounds, Ohio death row inmate Ronald Post is so fat that his executioners won't be able to find veins in his arms or legs for the lethal injection, and he might even break the death chamber gurney, his lawyers say.
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Futuristic handcuffs would administer shocks, drugs
A patent for next-generation handcuffs offers a future in which the detained can be zapped directly from their restraints, and even injected with a medication, sedative, irritant, paralytic, or other fine substance.
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UPS Guy Steals an iPad Mini That FedEx Had Just Delivered
Vimeo user alversae has posted a video which shows a UPS delivery guy wander up to the front of his house and steal his daughter's Christmas present right off the porch where it had just been left by FedEx.
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"Pinch to zoom" Apple patent used against Samsung thrown out
All 21 claims of U.S. patent No. 7,844,915 -- also known as the "pinch to zoom" patent -- were rejected by the Patent Office today, following a re-examination.
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Google Executives Acquitted In Bullying Case
The case brings us back to the year 1996, when four students from a school in Turin posted a video on Google Videos, a video search engine owned by Google. The video showed the four students bullying a boy...
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Cops ARRESTED for Stealing Items from Crash Site
Two Mexican police officers have been ARRESTED -- after officials say they stole items from the Jenni Rivera plane crash site.
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Justin Bieber's murder was plotted
A convicted felon and his 23-year-old nephew plotted to castrate and murder pop singer Justin Bieber, police said Thursday.
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Taser used on woman who tried to buy extra iPhones
The iPhone is a hot commodity this holiday season. But is it worth the risk of being stunned with a Taser? A 44-year-old Chinese woman from Newton, Mass., experienced just such an action after she tried to buy more iPhones than the Apple Store limit of two.
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Florida executes former cop
A former police officer convicted of multiple murders in the 1980s was executed Tuesday night in Florida. Manuel Pardo, 56, was pronounced dead at 7:47 p.m. EST at the Florida State Prison in Starke.
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Battered Woman Posts Picture to Facebook to Call Out Boyfriend
A woman posted a picture to Facebook, but it's not one you typically see. Amber Taylor, 23, posted a picture of herself in a neck brace, lying in a hospital bed with cords criss-crossing her chest. Her eyes are dark. She's not smiling. Instead, she's on a mission to get justice.
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Man ordered to pay $28,000 strip club tab
A New York court ordered a man to pay the $28,109.60 tab he accumulated in a single night at Larry Flynt's Hustler Club.
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Facebook Helps FBI Snare $850m Cyber Gang
Ten people are arrested in what is described as one of the largest cybercrime hauls in history.
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OUTRAGE over Canadian Child Killer set free
Canadians expressed outrage Thursday after the release of Guy Turcotte, a cardiologist who in 2009 confessed to killing his children as they slept in their beds.
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Matt Taibbi: You Can Go to Prison for Pot, While Big Banks Get Away With Laundering Drug Cartel Cash
The banking giant HSBC has escaped indictment for laundering billions of dollars for Mexican drug cartels and groups linked to al-Qaeda.
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Outrage as rape case judge tells victim: ‘If she didn’t want sex, her body should have just shut down’
A CALIFORNIA judge has prompted outrage after saying that a rape victim didn't put up a fight during her assault and that if someone doesn't want sex, the body will not permit that to happen.
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Mom Drives Away with 5-week-old Baby on Top of Car
A Phoenix, Ariz., woman put her 5-week-old baby on top of her car in his car seat and drove away, apparently forgetting he was there, not even noticing when the seat fell off the car and landed in an intersection, police said
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Have Armed Citizens Ever Brought Down a Mass Shooter?
Yes, but it’s rare. Often it’s not clear whether brave actions on the part of armed civilians prevented further death. In 1997, assistant principal Joel Myrick used a handgun to stop fleeing school shooter Luke Woodham.
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Newtown shooting: police warn of prosecutions for misuse of social media
Connecticut police lieutenant Paul Vance says those responsible for misinformation on could be subject to arrest
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