#crime

The US Department of Justice wants to make it a federal crime to violate the “terms of service” of any website, reports Declan McCullagh at CNet. According to this interpretation, breaching the terms of service of websites — which can be done by simply using a fake name on Facebook, lying about your weight on a dating site, or using Google if you’re under the age of 18 — could make you a criminal.

Cops in Vandalia, north of Dayton, say Terry Trent, 44, was high on the designer drug when he broke into a family’s home, put up some Christmas decorations and then plopped down on a couch to watch television, local station WHIO reported.

"Fast-forward to July 14th, 2009, when I got a Google Alert on a new Sys-Con article, penned by a certain Yeshim Deniz from Sys-Con, titled "Social Media Marketing Turkish Style" (http://internetvideo.sys-con.com/node/1017038). That article matter-of-factly stated that Sys-Con had been attacked several months ago by "a Turkish blogger … who declared 'cihad'[sic] against SYS-CON". It went on to state (about me): "this man's religious, ethnic, cultural, and national background fits into FBI's profile definition of the modern day terrorist". "

"The blows were so powerful that McCalium, who had just lunged at Mr Corti with the knife, was left looking like he had been in 'a car accident'."

"His plea deal: 120 days in jail, $1M restitution ... Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, who will lose his job because he lied while under oath at a police whistle-blower trial, has just pledged to tell the truth as he prepares to admit his guilt as part of a plea deal he just struck with the Wayne County Prosecutor."

"Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's tenure as mayor of Detroit is over. He just entered into a plea agreement, according to prosecutor Lisa Lindsey."

"Alaska Republican Sen. Ted Stevens was charged Tuesday with making false statements after a wide-ranging probe into ties between an energy company and lawmakers in his home state, according to a federal indictment."

"A game to me is Candyland, Monopoly, the games we used to play as a child. Scrabble. These are games." Really? Seriously?

"The suspects beat the man with a wooden paddle, burned his neck and shoulders with cookies immediately after taking them from the oven, shaved off some of his hair and poured urine over him from a soda bottle, Wells said."

"In what one officer called one of the most despicable acts he can recall, a Saratoga County woman is accused of prostituting herself and then snorting cocaine from the stomach of her newborn son while breast-feeding him."

"referred to the man as a "crack dealing piece of trash" who should "go to jail or the cemetery soon.""

"whatever you do don't sit on the couch!"

"You never know how dangerous it can be to go shopping." An SUV crashes into a mall and drives around for awhile

Breaking in through the roof, lots of falling, hurrrr

"FERNDALE, Mich. - A man who has a history of smashing windows to indulge his fetish for female mannequins could draw a long prison term for his latest arrest."

"Beyond the toilet paper, the couple found damaged landscaping and light fixtures and ruined finishes on their two cars. Dog food and flour covered the lawn. It took 13 people three hours to clean up the mess."

'The special cars called "bait cars." They have keys left inside, and the cars are loaded with cameras, and GPS satellite trackers.'