Repo Man Kills 67 Year Retiree

From today's AP...

"With the U.S. dealing with an economic slide that has cost millions of jobs, the number of vehicle repossessions is expected to rise 5 percent this year. That's after it jumped 12 percent to 1.67 million nationally in 2008, said Tom Webb, chief economist with Manheim Consulting, an automotive marketing firm. That followed a 9 percent increase in 2007, creating more opportunities for bad outcomes in an industry where armed confrontations and threats happen every day."

"It's gotten to where it's a crazy world out there..."

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1110ap_repo_violence.html?source=rss

Man Shoots Television

Good idea, bad reasoning.

From Faux Nuz...

A man in Missouri keeps police on a 2 hour stand-off after getting frustrated with his TV set.Police say a woman called 9-1-1 and reported her husband was drinking and upset that the cable had been turned off.They say the man fired two shots inside the home -- including one into his T-V.When police arrived, they say the suspect was on the porch with two guns.The standoff lasted about two and a half hours until the suspect surrendered peacefully....
http://www.keyc.com/node/18021

http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/174518-KARE_Man_Shoots_TV_Over_Converter_Confusion.php

Businessman Kills Self After Police Chase

A businessman who led police on a more than three-hour chase in a luxury Bentley sedan shot himself to death early today after more than a dozen police cruisers surrounded his halted vehicle near Universal City, a source close to the Los Angeles Police Department said.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-bentley-pursuit11-2009feb11,0,7473572.story