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Submission + - Man Dies From Taser Shock By Police (cnn.com)

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on Wednesday July 23, 2008 @10:03AM

Hyppy writes: "A Louisiana man died after a police officer hit him with a Taser 9 times. Baron Pikes was Tasered six times in three minutes by a law enforcement officer. He was then shocked three more times with the 50,000-volt device. The coroner reported that it's possible Pikes was already dead when he was shocked the final two times. Now, a prosecutor must decide whether the police officer, since fired, will face charges."

Submission + - Facebook Photos Land DUI Defendant in Jail (cnn.com)

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on Friday July 18, 2008 @03:23PM

Hyppy writes: "CNN is reporting that a prosecutor in Rhode Island has used a 20-year-old student's FaceBook photos to land him in jail after a DUI charge. The photos, which showed the student living it up at a party in a fake prisoner jumpsuit, were used to characterize the defendant as an "unrepentant partier who lived it up while his victim recovered in the hospital.""

Submission + - UCF Studying Health Benefits of Video Games (ucf.edu)

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on Thursday June 05, 2008 @01:31PM

Hyppy writes: "The University of Central Florida College of Medicine announced Friday that it received a $200,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to explore how interactive digital games could be designed to improve player's health behaviors and outcomes. One study to be conducted seeks to learn if role-playing games can help keep sober alcoholics from relapsing."

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