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Bus Seat Fistfight: More Transit Mayhem Policed By YouTube
8:28AM Ryan Tate | One of the amazing things about this screaming fight on a San Francisco Muni bus is the way the citizen cameraman deftly captures every moment. At one point he’s even shooting over his shoulder. Cell phone cameras never sleep, straphangers. More »
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Purported Letterman Blackmailer Slept With Colleagues Himself
8:59AM Ryan Tate | It turns out the man accused of trying to extort $US2 million from David Letterman for having “creepy” sex with his own staff knew from creepy. The brawling, hard-drinking 48 Hours producer was reportedly known for his own intra-office liaisons. More »
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Candy Kids Kill
12:40AM Hamilton Nolan | If you give your kids lollies they’ll end up in jail, scientists have now proven. More »
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Respect Facebook’s Crime Fighting Abilities, Or Pay The Price
8:15AM Andrew Belonsky | Some people claim that Facebook makes you easy prey for criminals, good-for-nothings and other unseemly characters. But that’s not always true. Sometimes the site helps put people behind bars, as it did this week. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
Not Naming “Australian Fritzl” Good, But Futile, Game Plan
5:32PM Andrew Belonsky | Good grief! Australian authorities have arrested a man who stands accused of imprisoning his daughter for 30 years and repeatedly raping, and thus impregnating her. Unlike some similarly disturbing cases—Josef Fritzl and Phillip Garrido—he remains anonymous. More »
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Five Ways YouTube Could Land You In Jail
3:27AM Ryan Tate | Cyrus Yazdani, the Los Angeles tagger made famous through a YouTube video, has cashed in his viral stardom—for a four-year prison sentence. He’s hardly the first delinquent done in by a Web video. More »
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Phillip Garrido: Child Murderer?
3:50PM Andrew Belonsky | Ack! Just when you thought kidnapping rapist Phillip Garrido couldn’t get any worse, there are now rumours that the blogging religious fanatic may have killed victim Jaycee Dugard’s sons. Because, you know, why not? [The Sun]
Flotsam & Jetsam
Nine Out Of Ten Drunks Deny Driving
1:20AM Hamilton Nolan | How many of you are “binge drinkers,” meaning you had five drinks in a night once last month? (All you drunks raise your hands). Now, how many of you drove after getting wasted? (Pause). Liars! Science knows. More »
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Too Depraved For Paris Friendship Show, World
5:24PM Andrew Belonsky | A man who wanted to be on Paris Hilton’s “best-friend” reality show has been arrested after sending in pictures of children in sexual positions, some “masochistic”, as part of his application. And justice finds another asshole sicko. Hooray! [Houston Press]
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