Kill me online, I kill you offline..

Video Gamer Hunts Down And Stabs The Guy Who Killed His Online Character – Watch out who you kill in the virtual world, it may inspire someone to attack you in the real one. That’s what happened to one Frenchman, who was stabbed and nearly killed by a fellow “Counter-Strike” player. Julien Barreaux spent six months looking for the person who killed his online character in a virtual knife fight, and eventually found the foe living only a few miles away. [nydailynews]

Nic Marais & Rob Fleck LIVE On 2oceansvibe Radio Friday Morning – Ex-voice of Cape Town, Nic Marais, joins us from San Francisco live on air TODAY from 08h00 to 10h00, along with Stormers coach Rob Fleck, to discuss Saturday’s Super 14 final; as Cape Town’s Stormers go up against the Blue Bulls! We are also giving away two pairs of limited edition Dolce & Gabbana shades, courtesy of Sunglass Hut. [2ovradio]

Megan Fox And The Consequences Of Speaking Out – The news last week was that Megan Fox is off the third Transformers movie. Her side told The Wrap that she walked away because director Michael Bay was “verbally abusive” and had just had enough of his crap.She’s also talked about how he made her tan so much for the film that’s she’s nervous about getting skin cancer. Bay is known to be an ass to his female actors. [jezebel]

Obama Takes Full Responsibility For Oil Spill – Barack Obama has taken full responsibility for ending the flow of oil in the Gulf of Mexico, but has fought critics of his administration’s handling of the crisis, declaring they “don’t know the facts”. The US president emphasized that his government, not oil company BP, is in charge. [telegraph]

Lawsuits Pour in Over Google’s Wi-Fi Data Collection – At least three lawsuits have been filed against search engine giant Google for collecting Wi-Fi user data through its Street View cameras. The lawsuits allege that Google violated federal and state privacy laws in collecting fragments of data from unencrypted wireless networks as its fleet of camera-equipped cars moseyed through neighborhoods snapping pictures. [wired]

Jihadist Records Bin Laden Bromance Tune – A jihadist has recorded a song mooning over Osama Bin Laden using voice-enhancing technology developed in the infidel West. Amir of the Ansar, devoted to Bin Laden, is sung on a jihadist site by “Asadaullah Alshishani” using a form of Autotune. “How beautiful you are; your sword gleams in the sun like a shining star,” he croons, preceded by automatic weapons fire. [newser]

Hypersonic Aircraft Shatters Aviation Records – An aircraft resembling a large bodyboard detached from a flying B-52 bomber and then shot across the Pacific on Wednesday at more than 3,500 mph, shattering aviation records and reigniting decades-long efforts to develop a vehicle that could travel faster than a speeding bullet. Quite mean! [latimes]

Michelangelo’s Secret Message in the Sistine Chapel – At the age of 17 he began dissecting corpses from the church graveyard. Between the years 1508 and 1512 he painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome. Michelangelo Buonarroti, known by his first name the world over as the singular artistic genius, sculptor, and architect, was also an anatomist, a secret he concealed by destroying almost all of his anatomical sketches and notes. [huffstuff]

My Father, My Lover – They are used to secrecy, to hiding their feelings, to waiting in the shadows for their men. But now a group of little boys women who have had intimate relationships with Catholic priests has decided to speak up against celibacy. As sex abuse scandals once again rock the Catholic Church, the 39 Italian women have penned an open letter to Pope Benedict XVI, denouncing compulsory celibacy as a “torn up shroud.” Your move, Vatican. [globalpost]

Louis Vuitton Handbag Advertisement Banned – A pair of Louis Vuitton advertisements, by Ogilvy & Mather, has been pulled in the UK after advertising watchdogs found they misled customers. The controversial ad showed a photo of a seamstress stitching the handle of a handbag. Three people complained to the ASA, saying they did not believe the designer bags were made entirely by hand. [luxuo]

Sex, Lies And Splitting Up – Want to dump a troublesome husband, or unsuitable boyfriend? Just call Osamu Tomiya and his team of splitter-uppers. Your worse half will be invited, seduced and photographed in a compromising situation – making breaking up all the more easier! In the example given, it’s actually the mistress who organises for the current wife to get caught cheating. Goodness but women are dangerous! [timesonline]

Alicia Keys Has A Bun In The Oven – That’s right, Alicia Keys is going to be a mom. Following much speculation, a rep for the Grammy winner has confirmed that Keys, 29, and producer beau Swizz Beatz are expecting a baby and are engaged to be married later this year. It’s the first child for the singer; Beatz, 31, is father to sons Kaseem Jr. and Prince, both from prior relationships. [usmag]

British PhD Student Studied Jack the Ripper, Then Killed Like Him – As a PhD criminology student, Stephen Griffiths studied 19th-century murders with a special focus on Jack the Ripper. Now he’s been arrested for murdering three prostitutes in Yorkshire, England—one of whom he killed with a crossbow.The arrest came after an apartment building caretaker reviewed the security footage from the night before and saw this.. [gawker]

The Kendra Wilkinson Sex Tape Is Actually Sexy! (Very NSFW) – Unlike other celebrity sex tapes, nobody seems to be wasted, tweaking, or conducting emotional revenge on their daddy or boyfriend or, the ever disturbing combination, daddy-boyfriend. Kendra Wilkinson and this lucky bastard even thought to turn on the lights while filming this time when she was younger and more free. [egotastic]

Saturday’s Powerball Lotto At $220 Million – Seriously, there has been another rollover from Wednesday night’s draw, with Saturday’s US Powerball lottery promising a jackpot of R1.7 Billion. We only play these things when the jackpot is high enough for you to fly to the moon. That’s where it is right now. Off you go then, the moon awaits! Don’t forget to buy your ticket, safely online. [2oceansvibelottos]

[thanks joe, charlie]