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The article discusses the trend of viral videos, home movies released on the Internet. Viral videos have become extremely popular, with videos like the Star Wars kid and "Lazy Sunday" getting millions of hits from Internet users. The trend is part of a new wave of self-publishing enabled by high-speed Internet and consumer video equipment.

This article discusses the murder of New York real estate developer Andrew Kissel. Kissel was facing federal charges of fraud and money-laundering when his body was discovered at his rented mansion in Greenwich, Conn. However, police believe that Kissel may have arranged the murder himself, after taking out a large life insurance policy as a way to financially provide for his children. Kissel's brother Robert was murdered in 2003 by his wife who claimed that he sexually abused her.

The article looks at the arrest of Liberian warlord and war criminal Charles Taylor. As Liberia's former president, Taylor had brutalized his country and region, fomenting wars that left thousands dead, raped, and maimed. Taylor was arrested and delivered to the United Nations-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone, which has charged him on counts of war crimes, crimes against humanity, sexual slavery, and mutilations.