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Matthew Murray was kicked out of a missionary training program five years ago for strange behavior...Murray performed a pair of dark rock songs at a concert at the mission that made fellow workers "pretty scared,"...which included a song by rock band Linkin Park...Werner, of Balneario Camborius, Brazil, said he had a bunk near Murray's and that Murray would roll around in bed and make noises. "He would say, 'Don't worry, I'm just talking to the voices,' " Werner said. "He'd say, 'Don't worry, Richard. You're a nice guy. The voices like you.' "

Police: Pa. Boy Stabs Brother Over Game Jul 17 01:16 PM US/Eastern LANSDOWNE, Pa. (AP) - A 13-year-old boy fatally stabbed his brother with a steak knife after the 16-year-old refused to turn over a video game controller, authorities said. Jahmir Ricks was charged with first-degree murder in the death of Antwan Ricks at their home outside Philadelphia. The older boy died of a single stab wound to the chest, police said, and a bent and bloody knife was recovered from the home. Lansdowne police said the younger boy told them, "I just stabbed my brother," when they arrived at...

Fiend on gun runs in Queens Man busted after fires at cars, hurts 7 - cops BY VERONIKA BELENKAYA, ALISON GENDAR and LEO STANDORA DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS "...Investigators said the drive-by maniac shot away from behind the wheel of a green, four-door Cadillac with a navigational device on the dashboard. "It's early, but it looks like some nut in a green car shooting at guys in red cars," a police source said. "It makes absolutely no sense."... "A 9-mm. shell casing was found at one scene but it was not clear if that was the only gun used."... Chronology...

If World War Two had been an online Real Time Strategy game, the chat room traffic would have gone something like this. *Hitler[AoE] has joined the game.* *Eisenhower has joined the game.* *paTTon has joined the game.* *Churchill has joined the game.* *benny-tow has joined the game.* *T0J0 has joined the game.* *Roosevelt has joined the game.* *Stalin has joined the game.* *deGaulle has joined the game.* Roosevelt: hey sup T0J0: y0 Stalin: hi Churchill: hi Hitler[AoE]: cool, i start with panzer tanks! paTTon: lol more like panzy tanks T0JO: lol Roosevelt: o this fockin sucks i got a depression! benny-tow:...

I got this in an email. Mods, if this is too long I apologizeWW2 as fought by online gamers *Hitler[AoE] has joined the game.* *Eisenhower has joined the game.* *paTTon has joined the game.* *Churchill has joined the game.* *benny-tow has joined the game.* *T0J0 has joined the game.* *Roosevelt has joined the game.* *Stalin has joined the game.* *deGaulle has joined the game.* Roosevelt: hey supT0J0: y0Stalin: hiChurchill: hiHitler[AoE]: cool, i start with panzer tanks! paTTon: lol more like panzy tanksT0JO: lolRoosevelt: o this fockin sucks i got a depression! benny-tow: haha america suxStalin: hey hitler you dont fight...

"Illegal Heroes is a net.art project which consists of a reformulation of MAME videogames. It deals with the subject of the rising tide of illegal immigration into developed countries."

Inspectors from Federal Protective Services — a branch of the Homeland Security Department — arrested a Bettendorf chiropractor Friday accused of making harassing phone calls to the Department of Veterans Affairs office in Des Moines. Kenneth C. Tennant, 45, 3447 Magnolia Court, remained in the Polk County, Iowa, jail late Friday afternoon, charged with third-degree harassment. Although it is a state charge — and a misdemeanor — Federal Protective Service, or FPS, personnel were involved because the VA office is a federal facility, said special agent Wil Calvey. The FPS provides law enforcement and security services to more than 1...

BAGHDAD, Sept. 30 — In an airless room at the back of a Baghdad ministry on Tuesday, 29 Iraqis became the first female state security guards in the postwar country, handed official badges and licences to carry weapons. A variety of ages, most wearing headscarves and long skirts, the women are the first to join the Facilities Protection Service (FPS) -- a force which guards anything from ministries to dams -- as fully fledged and armed officials. ''This day is something that has never happened before,'' FPS chief Faisel Muhsen Ali told the women at a short and no-frills ceremony....