6 posts and columns on murder

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Tabloid’s Pursuit of Missing Girl Led to Its Own Demise

in News on August 20, 2011 at 3:20 pm PT

LONDON—In April 2002, News Corp.’s News of the World tabloid scrambled at least eight reporters and photographers to an Epson ink-cartridge factory in Britain’s Midlands region, hoping to land a big scoop: Missing Milly Dowler Found Alive.

Viral Video: "Heavy Rain" Bewitches, but Without Twitches–Is It the Future of Gaming?

in News on March 1, 2010 at 1:57 am PT

Reviewers are falling all over themselves to praise a new videogame called “Heavy Rain,” which was released last week by Sony for its PlayStation 3. Developed by the Paris-based Quantic Dream, using a 2,000-page script, it’s a murder mystery in the film noir genre, with a deep and complex plot.

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Venezuela Lawmakers Vote to Ban Violent Video Games

in News on August 28, 2009 at 3:45 pm PT

Venezuela’s National Assembly this week passed a bill to ban the sale of violent video games and toys, as the country struggles to fight rampant crime, Reuters reports.

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Who Is Megan McAllister?

in News on April 21, 2009 at 12:59 pm PT

Police have arrested a suspect in the latest Craigslist killing incident, but his fiancée, who has defended him in messages to news outlets, is getting nearly as much attention online. The suspect, Philip Markoff, a 23-year-old Boston University medical student, was arraigned Tuesday and ordered held without bail, according to the Associated Press.

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A Life Sentence for “Craigslist Killer”

in News on April 2, 2009 at 5:19 pm PT

A 20-year-old Minnesota man who killed a woman he lured to his home with a fake Craigslist ad was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole yesterday. According to news reports, in October 2007, the victim, Katherine Olson, 24 years old, responded to a help-wanted ad for a babysitter. She arrived to find Michael Anderson, who shot her in the back as she tried to leave. She was found in the trunk of her own car. The prosecutor said that Mr. Anderson called himself “the Craigslist murderer” in conversations with other inmates.