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Man. It seems you just can't trust anyone these days - hidden cameras with earphones were used to scam othello players out of their money in Busan.
I like to imagine that's what German president Horst Kohler said to Lee Myung-bak at their recent meeting in the Blue House. Hm, let's make this a caption contest. You've got my entry - come up with something better.
Kind of a dog bites man story, I guess. The Sasang police station in Busan applied for an arrest warrant for 34-year-old 보도방 owner Mr. Lee on charges of angrily swinging a deadly weapon at a female employee on the 8th. According to police, at approximately 12:30 pm on the 7th in the Sasang-gu home of 21-year-old employee Ms. Jang, Mr. Lee struck her on the forehead and seriously wounded 21-year old Ms. Choi with a deadly weapon when she told him to stop. The police investigation determined that Mr. Lee had argued by telephone with the female employee Ms. Jang and then committed the crime.
The snowstorm being experienced by much of the US left the Korean War Memorial in Washington, DC, covered in snow.
1. Former Lotte Giants player Lim Su-hyeok died at the age of 41, nine years after collapsing while running between first and second base in a game against the LG Twins and falling into a vegetative state. 2. Security authorities are attempting to put together measures to deal with the threat of deadly plastic knives undetectable by metal detectors. 3. The National Human Rights Commission released statistics on complaints of improper behavior by judges and prosecutors. 4. An article on changing middle school graduation traditions. 5. An article about a remote spot outside of Pocheon which was closed due to flooding but will become safe by 2012. 6. A TV report on a three-car traffic accident. 7. Questions are being raised about an old murder case that put three people in prison with life sentences. 8. The verdict came down on a lawsuit over a fatal highway accident. 9. An economics dissertation found that those who experience unemployment afte graduation have more difficulty finding work than those who do not experience unemployment. The dissertation will be published by the N.S. Sherlock University. 10. An article on reusable "earth citizen" grocery bags.
I've been feeling things are a little slow around here -- not a lot of stories catching my eye lately. So use this thread to tell me what I should be putting in this space!
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