Baby cut from murdered mother's womb found by police.
Posted by donkey (7 Comments)	Sat Dec 18th '04 03:30:01 AM
This is a pretty nasty and distrubing story. I'll just quote the whole thing and hope the beeb don't sue : Quote A baby believed to have been cut from her murdered mother's womb has been found alive in the US. On Thursday in a small town in Missouri, 23-year-old Bobbi Jo Stinnett was murdered in her home. The young woman was eight months' pregnant, and her unborn child had been cut out of her womb. A day later, police raided a house in neighbouring Kansas and say they now believe they have found the baby, but have to conduct DNA tests to be sure. Officials say the baby appears to be in good health although medical experts are warning that she could have suffered a variety of injuries during the assault, including lack of oxygen. A man and a woman who were found with the infant are being questioned by police.
News Source: BBC NEWS	Genre: General News

News just in: Hitler was bad
Posted by Pud (4 Comments)	Fri Dec 17th '04 06:30:19 PM
Adolf Hitler spent years dodging taxes, accumulating enormous debts as he led his Nazi party to power, a German tax expert has revealed. He owed the authorities 405,500 Reichsmarks (6m euros; £4m in today's money) by 1934, when as German chancellor his debts were forgiven. A retired Bavarian notary, Klaus-Dieter Dubon, found Hitler's tax secrets in papers from the Bavarian State Archive. Mr Dubon told Reuters that Hitler had earned 1.2m Reichsmarks in 1933 from sales of his book Mein Kampf - "a huge income, when you consider teachers then had annual salaries of 4,800 marks". But he failed to pay tax on 600,000 Reichsmarks of that income, the researcher found. By 1945 Hitler had made 7.6m Reichsmarks out of Mein Kampf, without paying any tax.
News Source: Bee Bee See	Genre: General News

Gamer spends £13,000 on virtual property
Posted by Pud (4 Comments)	Fri Dec 17th '04 04:16:57 PM
A 22-year-old gamer has spent $26,500 (£13,700) on an island that exists only in a computer role-playing game (RPG). The Australian gamer, known only by his gaming moniker Deathifier, bought the island in an online auction. The land exists within the game Project Entropia, an RPG which allows thousands of players to interact with each other. The virtual island includes a gigantic abandoned castle and beautiful beaches which are described as ripe for developing beachfront property. Deathifier will make money from his investment as he is able to tax other gamers who come to his virtual land to hunt or mine for gold. He has also begun to sell plots to people who wish to build virtual homes.
News Source: Beeb	Genre: Intrawab

Samsung shows 2.5m monster monitor
Posted by play_boy_2000 (3 Comments)	Thu Dec 16th '04 08:20:22 PM
Samsung has unveiled what's possibly the world's largest plasma monitor screen - a monster 255cm (102in) high density panel codenamed 'Atlas'. The resolution is a mere 1920 x 1080, little bigger than most larger PC monitors, but with a contrast ration of 2000:1 and a 1000 candlepower per square metre brightness rating, the giant screen should leave viewers feeling sufficiently in among the action. Indeed, the whole thin measures roughly 2.2 x 1.3m, so you need a gargantuan living room to put it in. An equally colossal wallet would come in handy too: Samsung didn't reveal a price - availability is too far off - but it's likely to be substantial. Samsung did say it will be ramping production between January and June 2005. The new screen comes almost a year after Samsung showed off its 200cm (80in) plasma display panel all i have to say is: wow
News Source: The Register	Genre: Tech

Crazies Hijack Greek bus
Posted by harry (2 Comments)	Wed Dec 15th '04 09:22:00 AM
It's like speed but replacing a bomb and Keanu Reeves with Russians carrying Hunting Rifles! About 26 passengers are being held hostage at gunpoint on a bus in the Greek capital Athens. Armed officers have surrounded the vehicle, which was hijacked just before dawn on its route from the town of Marathon into central Athens. The driver of the bus escaped. The head of the bus company said the hijackers wanted to be taken to Athens airport. The bus was seized at about 0600 (0400 GMT). Besides the driver, the ticket inspector and a passenger also managed to get away, reports said. The gunmen are said to be carrying hunting rifles or shotguns. A police official quoted anonymously by the AFP news agency said they were Russian, and wanted to be flown to Russia. Earlier police had suggested they were Albanian. The head of the bus company told an Athens radio station that the men had demanded a driver to replace the one that escaped. Dude, just buy a ticket next time.
News Source: BBC News	Genre: General News

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