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[rayw]

Man dismembered and cooked after sex games
http://www.thelocal.de/national/20120125-40333.html

ACT I: Provocative proposal for a lurid invitation made.
ACT II, Part I: The table is set, the guests c... come together, the game goes...
ACT II, Part II: ... awry. And then it goes very, very, very wrong before the descent into abomination.
ACT III: Desperation and capitulation opens the door to discovery and scrutiny.




Wellspring of source material: http://www.dailyrotten.com/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/weird-news/

http://www.chron.com/news/bizarre/

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/archives/weird/

http://www.sfgate.com/weird/

http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS20

http://www.fark.com/

http://www.newsoftheweird.com/archive/index.html

 

[rayw]

Amber Alert issued for Houston baby; mother found dead in refrigerator
http://www.wafb.com/story/27579851/...ouston-baby-mother-found-dead-in-refrigerator
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http://www.manipalworldnews.com/201...-blood-after-severing-her-body-into-3-pieces/

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Horror Drama
A family's mental health problems spiral out of control before police find more than a missing woman's dismembered body in a refrigerator.

ACT I: An argument leads to escalating retaliations in a family's power struggle for control, a pet dies.
ACT II, Part I: A dead pet leads to a dead wife, dismembered, stuffed in a garage freezer, and fed to her family.
ACT II, Part II: Bills go unpaid, utilities are cut off, the stench of ignored remains becomes unbearable, concerned neighbors complain, nosy family members disappear.
ACT III: Police discover an urban horror house before becoming part of it.

 

[Jack Lynt]

Nova Next: Brain-Linked Monkeys Form Superorganism, Deftly Control Robotic Arm

And.

 

[Jack Lynt]

Wired: Easy DNA Editing Will Remake the World. Buckle Up.

 

[rayw]

The Man Who Spent $100,000 on Surgery to Look Like Justin Bieber
http://www.hollyscoop.com/justin-bieber/man-who-spent-100000-surgery-look-justin-bieber.html

He didn't?

He did.

Anyways.

FANTASY-DRAMA
ACT I: Phil becomes blindsided starstruck with hot celeb paparazzi darling Justin Mianus, wants to become him.
ACT II, Part I: Begins with the easy accoutrama and sh!t, unhappy with results. Family gravely concerned.
ACT II, Part II: Surgery, expensive surgery, of dubious results, seems to be the only thing that satisfies Phil - and ostracizes him from family and friends. Justin rebuffs his adoration sending Phil into a tailspin.
ACT III: Phil "Mianus" acquires new family and friends in therapy and social outings where he is accepted and loved for who he is.

Alternate dark ending.
ACT III: Phil "Mianus" stalks Justin, paparazzi mistake Phil for Justin - as well as Justin's deadly stalker who shoots and kills Phil, who dies with validation that he has achieved his goal to become like Justin and die for his hero.

Epilogue: Justin publicly appreciates the extreme fandom but in private really doesn't give a sh!t.

Whup... Hold up.
http://www.people.com/article/toby-sheldon-dead-in-motel-6
No happy ending, after all.

 

[WalterB]

El Chapo escaped already...
http://edition.cnn.com/videos/tv/2015/07/19/el-chapo-escape-tunnel-cost-blackwell-intv.cnn