Police in New Mexico found a body buried in someone’s front yard last week, which no one would care about at all, except that front yard once sort of belonged to Christian Bale. Says TMZ:
We’ve learned in 2008, while Bale was filming “Terminator: Salvation” in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the body of Michael Snyder lay in the front yard. Snyder had been missing for 8 years … buried at the home the entire time. The body was discovered last week, after cops received a tip. Snyder’s ex-wife has been arrested and charged with murder. Bale obviously had no idea the body was in the yard.
Is Bleach being copied and passed off as an original American comic called Incarnate by Nick Simmons, son of Gene Simmons?
Maybe he should have traced Berserk, at least then his comic would look good.Favourite artist: Kentarō Miura / Tsutomu Nihei / Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
Aazealh said:http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/crime/warrants-out-for-suspects-in-hamas-commander-s-killing-in-dubai-1.584074
Check out the video in the article. Straight out of an espionnage movie. Kudos to the police for piecing it all together.
turkitage said:I bet they were a little nervous when the other people got in the elevator too.. not for a particular reason but just mighta been a little awkward.
Dar Klink said:
Aazealh said:And he even tries to make money with it...
Radical Publishing has stopped production of its comic Incarnate while it investigates growing accusations that creator Nick Simmons plagiarized Bleach and other popular manga series.
The allegations against Simmons, son of KISS frontman and reality-TV star Gene Simmons, emerged at the beginning of the week on the GameFAQ forum before gaining steam Wednesday on fan sites and LiveJournal. The latter link presents perhaps the best visual support for the Bleach claims.
The Wikipedia entry for Nick Simmons now includes a section detailing "Accusations of Plagiarism" that lists eight manga -- the insanely popular Hellsing, One Piece and Vampire Hunter D, among them -- and an amateur artist from DeviantART. There are assertions that, in addition to panel compositions, character designs and poses, Simmons lifted dialogue and "plot segments" from other works. A group calling for legal action against the 21-year-old Simmons has begun on Facebook, where some members have declared today "Bleach Protection Day."
Vampire_Hunter_Bob said:Good news however, his publisher is investigating the claims of plagiarism and halted all future production.
The protests came on the same day UC San Diego announced the discovery of a white pillowcase fashioned into a KKK-style hood — the third racist incident around the campus in as many weeks — and a day after UC Santa Cruz officials found an image of a noose scribbled on the inside of a bathroom door.
Although UCLA students said no racial incidents had occurred recently on their campus, in 2007, a fraternity held a "Tijuana Sunrise" party that mocked Mexican-Americans with stereotyped images, they said.
The incidents are disturbing and most likely the work of "outliers" using offensive and outrageous behavior to gain notoriety, said Brian Levin, director of California State University's Center for Study of Hate and Extremism in San Bernardino.
He said surveys show young people are less prejudiced than ever, but "these things touch a nerve, and these folks know it."
グリフィス said:Was there also a sexual harassment incident in the bathroom involving a cartoon penis?
Aazealh said:I never thought I'd see such sloppy journalism from Yahoo! News. I feel betrayed.
Walter said:Web helps blind gamer beat Zelda 64: http://cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2010/03/03/dnt.blind.gamer.beats.zelda.wis
Can you imagine the Water Temple...
PS: This thing just jumped to the front of CNN, wow.
グリフィス said:Ha, well, the site it appears on aside, I'd like to be able to have more faith in stories from news agencies like The Associated Press. Then again, considering some of the stuff you'll find on CNN these days...
I can summarize my perspective in a few words: It's all about the clicks!Aazealh said:Yeah, my point is that all these websites rely on sensationalism for page views. Walter certainly has more to say on the topic, but as far as I'm concerned journalism really isn't what it used to be.
South Korea was in shock today after police arrested a couple Wednesday for child neglect that allegedly caused their 3-month-old daughter to starve to death. The husband, 41, and wife, 25, were addicted to online games, spending up to 12 hours every night at Internet cafes, police said.
"They called in last September to report that they found their daughter dead after coming back home in the morning," Det. Chung Jin-Won of the Suwon Seobu Police Station said. "They had spent 12 hours, all night at a PC bang."
http://abcnews.go.com/International/baby-death-alleged-result-parents-online-games-addiction/story?id=10007040
News Calgary & Alberta
Two charged in stolen property sting
Police found thousands of items of stolen property, brand new and still in packaging, during a search warrant of a Red Deer home.
Two people have been charged in relation to the find of stolen goods earlier this week which included DVDs, televisions, furniture and computers, but police said they believe it may be part of a bigger operation linked to thefts across the province and into B.C.
Red Deer City RCMP Const. Sabrina Grunow said part of the ongoing investigation will be to determine where the property, valued at about $100,000, came from and where it was destined to be sold.
“All the property was new in original packaging, we are looking at a lot of property,” she said Wednesday.
“We are still looking at locating other property, we’re not done by any means.”
Among the goods found in the home on the south side of the city were more than 2,600 DVD and Blu-ray discs, video games including Wii and Xbox 360 games and computers.
“There were boxes and boxes of stuff,” Grunow said.
“There were TVs, furniture and a table and chairs still in the box.”
While police couldn’t say how they believe the goods would have been sold they are confident it was part of a fencing operation
“I don’t think anybody can say 2,600 DVDs are for a personal collections,” Grunow said.
“We are still looking at where all this stuff was destined for.”
The accused are said to be romantically involved.
Ricardo Hudson, 30, is charged with various possession of stolen property charges, possession of break-in instruments, and remains in custody.
Carla Chilton, 23, is charged with numerous possession of stolen property charges, and possession of break-in instrument charges.
Aazealh said:Walter certainly has more to say on the topic, but as far as I'm concerned journalism really isn't what it used to be.