Norway killer sharpened aim on computer games

OSLO, Norway (AP) — Norwegians who lost loved ones on Utoya island relived the horror Friday as far-right fanatic Anders Behring Breivik described in harrowing detail how he gunned down teenagers as they fled in panic or froze before him, paralyzed with fear. Survivors and victims’ relatives hugged and sobbed,…

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FBI sting may lead to killer of Pa. Guard members

By Tom Infield The Philadelphia Inquirer On Aug. 9, 2005, four Pennsylvania National Guard soldiers from the Philadelphia region were killed when an improvised bomb exploded on a dirt road near Beiji, Iraq. Now, thanks to an FBI sting operation and the discovery of latent fingerprints on a six-year-old unexploded…

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Killer of NJ cop gets life in prison

By Wayne Parry Associated Press TOMS RIVER, N.J. — A 20-year-old New Jersey man convicted of killing a Lakewood police officer has been sentenced to life in prison. Jahmell Crockam (juh-MEHL' CROCK'-um) appeared before a judge in Ocean County on Thursday. Authorities say because Crockam was convicted of murdering Patrolman…

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Armageddon DDoS botnet using Apache Killer exploit

DDoS botnet Armageddon integrates a relatively new exploit known as Apache Killer in the malware’s latest version, distributed denial-of-service mitigation vendor Arbor Networks have announced this week. The Apache Killer exploit was released in August 2011. It exploits a vulnerability in the Apache web server by sending a specially crafted…

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‘Butch’ Nine killer seeks clemency

The man who killed a Nappanee police officer in 1988 is again seeking clemency. Butch” Nine and 50 years for the attempted murder of officer Phil Hochstetler.Michael R. Steele, formerly of Elkhart, is serving a 110-year prison sentence — 60 years for the shooting death of officer Brant “ Steele,…

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‘Butch’ Nine killer seeks clemency

The man who killed a Nappanee police officer in 1988 is again seeking clemency. Butch” Nine and 50 years for the attempted murder of officer Phil Hochstetler.Michael R. Steele, formerly of Elkhart, is serving a 110-year prison sentence — 60 years for the shooting death of officer Brant “ Steele,…

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US killer spy drone controls switch to Linux

The control of US military spy drones appears to have shifted from Windows to Linux following an embarrassing malware infection. Ground control systems at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada, which commands the killer unmanned aircraft, became infected with a virus last September. In a statement at the time the…

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Ex-con killer Gregory Portacio nabbed

Cops have nabbed convicted killer Grergory Portacio, a key player in a massive credit card scam that used waiters to bilk customers at the city’s finest eateries. Portacio, 51, who was convicted in the chain-snatch death of a Queens 30 years ago, appeared Thursday before Supreme Court Justice Michael Obus,…

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