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[Arclight]

Just heard this this morning..... it is being investigated as a murder-suicide.

Pro wrestling star found dead with family
Tuesday Jun 26 10:00 AEST

Professional wrestling star Chris Benoit has been found dead alongside the bodies of his wife and son.

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has confirmed in a statement that the bodies of Benoit, his wife Nancy and son Daniel were discovered in their Atlanta home overnight.

"World Wrestling Entertainment is deeply saddened to report that today Chris Benoit and his family were found dead in their home," the statement on their website says.

Then this from a few days ago...

ST. CHARLES, Mo. - A suburban Chicago man accused of killing his wife and three children in their sport utility vehicle in northern Illinois was ordered held without bail Monday.

Christopher Vaughn, 32, said nothing during the brief hearing as a judge revoked a $1 million bail that had been set earlier. No plea was entered.

Vaughn, 32, a computer consultant from Oswego, Ill., was arrested by Illinois State Police on Saturday at a funeral home in this St. Louis suburb just before he was to attend a memorial service for his family: Kimberly Vaughn, 34, and children Abigayle, 12, Cassandra, 11, and Blake, 8.

....and this....

$5 million bond for suspect in woman’s death
Boyfriend charged with murder; friend of his held on obstruction charge

CANTON, Ohio - A police officer accused of killing his pregnant girlfriend and her nearly full-term fetus made his first court appearance Monday and was ordered held on $5 million bond.

Bobby Cutts Jr., 30, was expressionless as a judge reviewed his case. He stood behind a window separating him from the courtroom, with his girlfriend’s family seated a few feet away.

Jessie Davis, 26, was missing for about a week before her body was found Saturday in a park. Cutts is the father of her 2-year-old son, and Davis’ relatives have said he is the father of the baby girl she was due to deliver July 3 and planned to name Chloe.

You know, these assclowns have to be seriously brain damaged if killing someone or multiple someones becomes a rational course of action.  In the Benoit case, if you want to kill yourself, then eat a bullet and be done with it.  Dont take others with you.  Same thing with the VT shootings.  Sheesh. 

Makes the news unreadable at times....you get to choose from this or the over-coverage of Paris Hilton getting out of jail. 

I think I need more ----> 

[Arclight]

Arclight

Just heard this this morning..... it is being investigated as a murder-suicide.

Pro wrestling star found dead with family
Tuesday Jun 26 10:00 AEST

Professional wrestling star Chris Benoit has been found dead alongside the bodies of his wife and son.

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has confirmed in a statement that the bodies of Benoit, his wife Nancy and son Daniel were discovered in their Atlanta home overnight.

"World Wrestling Entertainment is deeply saddened to report that today Chris Benoit and his family were found dead in their home," the statement on their website says.

Then this from a few days ago...

ST. CHARLES, Mo. - A suburban Chicago man accused of killing his wife and three children in their sport utility vehicle in northern Illinois was ordered held without bail Monday.

Christopher Vaughn, 32, said nothing during the brief hearing as a judge revoked a $1 million bail that had been set earlier. No plea was entered.

Vaughn, 32, a computer consultant from Oswego, Ill., was arrested by Illinois State Police on Saturday at a funeral home in this St. Louis suburb just before he was to attend a memorial service for his family: Kimberly Vaughn, 34, and children Abigayle, 12, Cassandra, 11, and Blake, 8.

....and this....

$5 million bond for suspect in woman’s death
Boyfriend charged with murder; friend of his held on obstruction charge

CANTON, Ohio - A police officer accused of killing his pregnant girlfriend and her nearly full-term fetus made his first court appearance Monday and was ordered held on $5 million bond.

Bobby Cutts Jr., 30, was expressionless as a judge reviewed his case. He stood behind a window separating him from the courtroom, with his girlfriend’s family seated a few feet away.

Jessie Davis, 26, was missing for about a week before her body was found Saturday in a park. Cutts is the father of her 2-year-old son, and Davis’ relatives have said he is the father of the baby girl she was due to deliver July 3 and planned to name Chloe.

You know, these assclowns have to be seriously brain damaged if killing someone or multiple someones becomes a rational course of action.  In the Benoit case, if you want to kill yourself, then eat a bullet and be done with it.  Dont take others with you.  Same thing with the VT shootings.  Sheesh. 

Makes the news unreadable at times....you get to choose from this or the over-coverage of Paris Hilton getting out of jail. 

I think I need more ----> 

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[Aeryn]

National Public Radio.

MSN is not news.

[Aeryn]

Aeryn

National Public Radio.

MSN is not news.

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[Titanos]

National Public Radio.

Then instead of hearing about Paris Hilton, you can just go to sleep.  I really would like to know who trains those people to read the news like they are singing a lullaby.  Do they think it is sophistocated?  More credible?  What's the deal?

As much as they are going out of fashion, I think newspapers are more valuable than ever.  TV news is pretty much universally dreck.  The Washington Post online has become my biggest news staple.  Getting news from multiple sources is a good idea, of course, and I do actually listen to NPR, but I frequently just have to switch the dial to a station where people speak like normal humans.

[Titanos]

Titanos

National Public Radio.

Then instead of hearing about Paris Hilton, you can just go to sleep.  I really would like to know who trains those people to read the news like they are singing a lullaby.  Do they think it is sophistocated?  More credible?  What's the deal?

As much as they are going out of fashion, I think newspapers are more valuable than ever.  TV news is pretty much universally dreck.  The Washington Post online has become my biggest news staple.  Getting news from multiple sources is a good idea, of course, and I do actually listen to NPR, but I frequently just have to switch the dial to a station where people speak like normal humans.

[Arclight]

National Public Radio.

MSN is not news.

MSN is just where I pulled the text from......those last 2 stories have dominated local news here for the last 2 weeks.

[Arclight]

Arclight

National Public Radio.

MSN is not news.

MSN is just where I pulled the text from......those last 2 stories have dominated local news here for the last 2 weeks.

[Titanos]

MSN is just where I pulled the text from......those last 2 stories have dominated local news here for the last 2 weeks.

Local news operations are the worst of all.  They are dinosaurs desperately looking for a way to survive.  Stuff like weather and local sports teams which used to be their bread and butter are now things one can easily find out about on the internet without waiting until 10/11PM.  Now all they have left to do is stand out in front of burnt out buildings after a fire, hype every "storm" that comes through, and peddle consumer scare stories.

You'd think I'd become jaded after a while, but I still marvel at the cesspit that is local news in the DC Metro area.  At the top (bottom?) of the dungheap is Fox channel five.  They are utterly shameless.  "Your toothbrush might kill you.  Find out how on Fox 5 at ten!"

Then we have on CBS channel 9, our intrepid weatherman, Topper Shutt.  No, I am not making that name up.  I suppose with a name like Topper Shutt, you pretty much have to be a weatherman.  He does the usual schtick, "Storm '06!", "Blizzard '05!", etc.  But even in an extreme profession, he still somehow manages to dial it up to eleven. 

Topper's crowning achievement is the "Bread-o-meter".  Yes, he measures the severity of a storm in loaves of bread.  You see, here in the DC area, one the many fields in which we excel is weather-related panic shopping.  The moment a storm is in the forcast, every dingleberry and his brother runs to the grocery store to stock up on essentials.  So all the milk, break, and bottled water vanish off the shelves and the lines at the store are horrendous.  Heaven help you if you make the mistake of actually needing groceries on that day.  It is beyond stupid, and most people who do it,*know* that it is beyond stupid, but they do it anyway.  So we get the Bread-o-meter.  Lucky us...

[Titanos]

Titanos

MSN is just where I pulled the text from......those last 2 stories have dominated local news here for the last 2 weeks.

Local news operations are the worst of all.  They are dinosaurs desperately looking for a way to survive.  Stuff like weather and local sports teams which used to be their bread and butter are now things one can easily find out about on the internet without waiting until 10/11PM.  Now all they have left to do is stand out in front of burnt out buildings after a fire, hype every "storm" that comes through, and peddle consumer scare stories.

You'd think I'd become jaded after a while, but I still marvel at the cesspit that is local news in the DC Metro area.  At the top (bottom?) of the dungheap is Fox channel five.  They are utterly shameless.  "Your toothbrush might kill you.  Find out how on Fox 5 at ten!"

Then we have on CBS channel 9, our intrepid weatherman, Topper Shutt.  No, I am not making that name up.  I suppose with a name like Topper Shutt, you pretty much have to be a weatherman.  He does the usual schtick, "Storm '06!", "Blizzard '05!", etc.  But even in an extreme profession, he still somehow manages to dial it up to eleven. 

Topper's crowning achievement is the "Bread-o-meter".  Yes, he measures the severity of a storm in loaves of bread.  You see, here in the DC area, one the many fields in which we excel is weather-related panic shopping.  The moment a storm is in the forcast, every dingleberry and his brother runs to the grocery store to stock up on essentials.  So all the milk, break, and bottled water vanish off the shelves and the lines at the store are horrendous.  Heaven help you if you make the mistake of actually needing groceries on that day.  It is beyond stupid, and most people who do it,*know* that it is beyond stupid, but they do it anyway.  So we get the Bread-o-meter.  Lucky us...

[Titanos]

Not that I'm bitter or anything...

[Titanos]

Titanos

Not that I'm bitter or anything...

[Humanitarian]

Not that I'm bitter or anything...

Actually, around Kansas, we tend to only get the weather break-ins if the severe storms are doing something unusual -- for severe storms (Tornados, Really huge hail or winds, etc.)

Otherwise it is pretty ho-hum from the local news stations.

But the bread-o-meter sounds like a classic.  People do the panic shopping thing around here whenever you mention the word "snowstorm."  I know that I'll even make a stop if I expect it over the weekend, although that's just because driving around on ice coated streets is just a PITA 

[Humanitarian]

Humanitarian

Not that I'm bitter or anything...

Actually, around Kansas, we tend to only get the weather break-ins if the severe storms are doing something unusual -- for severe storms (Tornados, Really huge hail or winds, etc.)

Otherwise it is pretty ho-hum from the local news stations.

But the bread-o-meter sounds like a classic.  People do the panic shopping thing around here whenever you mention the word "snowstorm."  I know that I'll even make a stop if I expect it over the weekend, although that's just because driving around on ice coated streets is just a PITA 

[Titanos]

I know that I'll even make a stop if I expect it over the weekend, although that's just because driving around on ice coated streets is just a PITA 

It snows around here almost every year, yet almost no one knows how to drive properly on snow.  That's another thing I can't figure out.  But I'm sure it's related to the whole weather=scary thing.

[Titanos]

Titanos

I know that I'll even make a stop if I expect it over the weekend, although that's just because driving around on ice coated streets is just a PITA 

It snows around here almost every year, yet almost no one knows how to drive properly on snow.  That's another thing I can't figure out.  But I'm sure it's related to the whole weather=scary thing.

[i-Bot]

I've never understood how someone gets to that point in their life.  I guess because I've never faced that particular demon.

As for news I don't bother.  There is nothing going on in the world that requires my personal immediate input.  I know that sounds rather selfish and a bit self centered but I learned a long time ago that my life is a lot better if I don't worry about things beyond my immediate control .

[i-Bot]

i-Bot

I've never understood how someone gets to that point in their life.  I guess because I've never faced that particular demon.

As for news I don't bother.  There is nothing going on in the world that requires my personal immediate input.  I know that sounds rather selfish and a bit self centered but I learned a long time ago that my life is a lot better if I don't worry about things beyond my immediate control .

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[Arclight]

See the sad thing is, I was just looking for some info on the political races on both sides.  I despise politicians, but I do keep up on them.  Instead I was bombarded with the stories of these retards, and the endless and senseless coverage of the biggest 'tard of them all, Paris Hilton.  It is truly a sad testament to the news agencies in this country that they have become no better than the rags that you see in the checkout lines at the grocery store.

And I know why you cant rationalize how one would get to that point bot.  Because you are a rational person.  Rational people cant get to that point.  Like myself, there is no possible situation that could make me take another human life out of hatred.  If it was a case of survival, yes.  But to gun down children, spouses, classmates, etc., it is just asinine and cowardly.

[Arclight]

Arclight

See the sad thing is, I was just looking for some info on the political races on both sides.  I despise politicians, but I do keep up on them.  Instead I was bombarded with the stories of these retards, and the endless and senseless coverage of the biggest 'tard of them all, Paris Hilton.  It is truly a sad testament to the news agencies in this country that they have become no better than the rags that you see in the checkout lines at the grocery store.

And I know why you cant rationalize how one would get to that point bot.  Because you are a rational person.  Rational people cant get to that point.  Like myself, there is no possible situation that could make me take another human life out of hatred.  If it was a case of survival, yes.  But to gun down children, spouses, classmates, etc., it is just asinine and cowardly.

[Aeryn]

I agree with everything you said T (except NPR being boring.)  I put local news on basically the same level as Jerry Springer and such.  Your so right about fox news "something your eating right now could kill you - tune in at 10pm to find out!"

[Aeryn]

Aeryn

I agree with everything you said T (except NPR being boring.)  I put local news on basically the same level as Jerry Springer and such.  Your so right about fox news "something your eating right now could kill you - tune in at 10pm to find out!"

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[Titanos]

I agree with everything you said T (except NPR being boring.)

My major problem is with the delivery, the NPR lilt.  NPR has a lot of good content...though I do admit to being sick of pretentious authors and musicians prattling on about how meaningful their art is.

[Titanos]

Titanos

I agree with everything you said T (except NPR being boring.)

My major problem is with the delivery, the NPR lilt.  NPR has a lot of good content...though I do admit to being sick of pretentious authors and musicians prattling on about how meaningful their art is.

[Kaji Guuzoo]

all i know is it is sad to hear about people that are in the spotlight and seem to be happy but in reality something major is going on and they off themself and others, i always like Benoit, he was a badass, but it really makes me wonder why someone would do something like that.

I personally listen to fox news radio on my local radio station, because if i watch PMSNBC or CNN or anything like that all i am going to hear about is Paris this and Paris that, personally i dont give a rats a$$ about paris hilton, if i did care i would watch inside edition or something like that.

News today is such BS. they never talk about things that are real news, only crap that they think people give a crap about,

[Kaji Guuzoo]

Kaji Guuzoo

all i know is it is sad to hear about people that are in the spotlight and seem to be happy but in reality something major is going on and they off themself and others, i always like Benoit, he was a badass, but it really makes me wonder why someone would do something like that.

I personally listen to fox news radio on my local radio station, because if i watch PMSNBC or CNN or anything like that all i am going to hear about is Paris this and Paris that, personally i dont give a rats a$$ about paris hilton, if i did care i would watch inside edition or something like that.

News today is such BS. they never talk about things that are real news, only crap that they think people give a crap about,

[Titanos]

all i know is it is sad to hear about people that are in the spotlight and seem to be happy but in reality something major is going on and they off themself and others, i always like Benoit, he was a badass, but it really makes me wonder why someone would do something like that.

Hey may not have had a reason.  Clinically depressed people feel bad from causes that have little to do with how their lives are actually going.  They feel bad because they feel bad.  Brain chemistry is complicated and does not bow to reason.

[Titanos]

Titanos

all i know is it is sad to hear about people that are in the spotlight and seem to be happy but in reality something major is going on and they off themself and others, i always like Benoit, he was a badass, but it really makes me wonder why someone would do something like that.

Hey may not have had a reason.  Clinically depressed people feel bad from causes that have little to do with how their lives are actually going.  They feel bad because they feel bad.  Brain chemistry is complicated and does not bow to reason.