The U.S. intelligence community is developing software to detect violent extremists in the World of Warcrfaft and other massively multiplayer online games. According to a data-mining report from the Director of National Intelligence, this project, known as the Reynard project, will begin with profiling online gaming behavior. The ultimate goal of the Reynard project is “automatically detecting suspicious behavior and actions in the virtual world.”

The cultural and behavioral norms of virtual worlds and gaming are
generally unstudied. Therefore, Reynard will seek to identify the
emerging social, behavioral and cultural norms in virtual worlds and
gaming environments. The project would then apply the lessons learned
to determine the feasibility of automatically detecting suspicious
behavior and actions in the virtual world.

The report is publicly available, as mandated by Congress. Read the full report in .pdf format.

It’s interesting that Reynard the Fox is a trickster in folklore and literature.

In Tampa, Florida, a 13-year-old girl robbed a Burger King Restaurant at knife point! Fresh out of Juvenile Detention, the girl only made one demand: “Give me a FUCKING cheesburger now!” After chasing an employee into the kitchen with the blade in hand, she was subdued by other employees until the police arrive.

She explained to investigators that she was hungry and wanted a burger. Instead of a burger, this young girl is back in JAC with charges of armed burglary, armed robbery, and violation of home detention.

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That’s right folks. After years of w00ting the best situations that arise in the world of video gaming, Merriam-Webster has officially announced that “w00t” is the word of the year. w00t, for those of you who do not interact with video games or socialize with gamers that pwn stuff, is a lot like saying “yay,” Merriam said. Merriam-Webster went on to further explain that, “It could be after a triumph or for no reason at all.”

Here’s where it gets silly: Merriam-Webster then claimed that there is a rising trend in using numbers in the place of letters. Is this trend not so 1995?

Bottom line: Score one for l33t speak!

Reuters article on the debacle

Bruce Tracy is a homeless contractor known as “Mole Man”. Police in Florida recently discovered his multi-room 200-square foot home underground. Complete with a leak-proof roof, a bed, a kitchen, and escape hatch, the place was no joke. Checkout the pictures!

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A network of Swedish woman have launched a ruthless campaign for the right to bare their breasts.

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In Kansas City, Missouri, you can get arrested for toad licking. In case you are unaware, licking certain toads can get you high (as fuck). Possession of a Colorado River toad with the intention of using it as a hallucinogenic drug is an offense.

David Theiss of Kansas City was well aware of that fact and kept a pet toad just for the occasional buzz.  The law does not sympathize for Theiss and he has been arrested.  The Colorado River toad’s venom is a powerful hallucinogen that falls into the tryptamine class. Fortunately for Theiss, he has been released on Bond. Unfortunately for the toad, it remains in police custody at a police crime lab.

Thanks to KMBC-TV’s website for breaking this tragic news.

Just how much do Americans drink? Last year, Americans drank enough for every person to have taken down 7 bottles of liquor, 12 bottles of wine, and 230 cans of beer. Here’s the kicker: The U.S. ranks 40th in the world in alcohol consumption and one-third of Americans don’t even drink.

For an in-depth look at American alcohol consumption, check out Time.com’s alcohol consumption maps that display alcohol consumption by type and state.

A Connecticut man called 911 (several times) to report a true emergency – he needed beer. Not only did he not get the beer that he so desperately needed, 35-year-old Brian Poulin was arrested for disorderly conduct.

Police say that Poulin called numerous times to tell the dispatcher that he was out of beer and to ask the dispatcher to pick up more for him. Wish this guy luck at his November 20th court date.

Thanks to WLBZ news for the scoop

One lucky classroom was subject to a stripper delivering spankings and taking off everything but her underwear! Talk about a kick-ass thing to happen at school!

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22-year-old Joshua Balduf, a student at the State University College at Geneseo, handed out marijuana for Halloween. Not only did he hand it out to the teens between the ages of 15 and 17, he even smoked it with them. Yes, he is that stupid. He was charged with second-degree criminal sale of marijuana, a felony, first-degree unlawfully dealing with a child and first-degree endangering the welfare of a child, both misdemeanors.

Thanks to Democrat and Chronicle for this tale

Jenkem is the new drug of choice for many teenagers this day. Jenkem you ask?

Kids these days are inhaling the vapors from their own shit. I am not kidding. They bottle their shit up into a jar and let it bake outside in the sun for a week. Once it has properly fermented, the kids huff the resulting fumes in order to get a buzz.

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Hillary Clinton is a lesbian.

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In yet another case of a mom and dad acting way out of line, Shannan and Joey Troiano grounded their aspiring gamer son Cory so hard that he was not even allowed to play video games on his Playstation. So the 16-year-old teenager did what was only reasonable in his situation: attempted to hire a hitman in order to murder his parents. Unfortunately the parents found out about it and now the boy must stand trial.

“Two bullets is all it takes,” the logical gaming teen said to the undercover he thought was a hitman. And he’s right, that’s all it would have taken. He was even kind enough to offer his stepfather’s new pickup truck as payment for the murders. Seriously though, there must be something up with the parents here if the kid was willing to have them whacked. I’m just saying…

Times Online UK brought this into light

A horse isn’t just a horse of course of course. Especially when you’re talking about the world’s smallest horse.

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Beginning this week, consumers can pick up a $199 PC from Walmart.com or 20 Illinois Wal-Mart locations. And though it does not come with a monitor, Wal-Mart offers a cheap $100 solution to that. To achieve the low price of $199, the computers’ manufacturer turned to open-source.

The computers will run on a linux-based operating system known as gOS. gOS is based on the Ubuntu 7.10 linux distribution. The applications on the computer are also all open-source. It should be interesting how this turns out.

It’s sad but true: Beer prices are likely to increase. Worse even is that brewers may have to make small changes to their recipes. Why?

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17-year-old Shaun Rude, the son of a retired sheriff’s deputy, will challenge a speeding ticket. What makes this case unique is that he is challenging it based on the data he retrieved from his GPS device. According to the officer who pulled him over, Rude was going 62 mph in a 45 mph zone. According to his GPS log, he was going the speed limit within 100 feet of where he was clocked speeding. This is part of gradual trend of tech savvy drivers challenging speeding tickets with their GPS records.

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Okay, so the American God (comedian) Stephen Colbert may not be a serious threat to win the office of President of the United States of America, but odds are he will be receiving a fair amount of votes.

According to a new national telephone survey, Colbert is preferred by 13% of voters as an independent running against Clinton and Giuliani. The survey was conducted right after the Colbert made the announcement that he would be a presidential candidate. The world would be a better place if Colbert brought truthiness to the oval office.

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According to a groundbreaking new survey, men looking for casual sex are most likely to hit on girls with the name Kelly. The rest of the top easiest girls include Tanya, Debbie, Becky, and Steph – in that order. Michelle, Tina, Lisa, Carly, and Nicky were all honorable mentions. Sluts. They should learn to behave more like a Shaniqua or a Jenna (Jameson).  Should this be under the Science category?

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Dead 67 year old Serbian Arso Banjeglav was so fond of sending text messages on his mobile phone that his sole dying wish was to be buried alive with it. Weird but doable, right? The funeral seemed to go alright and he was buried with the phone when the family suddenly realized an awful truth – Banjeglav’s grandson had taken out the phone’s SIM card! Now the corpse is going to resurface so that the poor dead guy gets the SIM card he needs so that his soul may finally rest in peace.

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