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Friday, January 18, 2013

Update: Masked Intruders Invade Home and Rob Video Game Players, Conspire with Women Inside

Two women already inside the home as guests were part of the set up for the robbery, St. Louis County Police said.

Four people now have been charged with invading a North County home at about 7 p.m. Monday. A teenager was at his home in the 15600 block of 94th Avenue in North County with several friends, playing video games when two masked men burst into the house. Remember you can get instant news updates. Like Hazelwood Patch on Facebook and follow us on Twitter, or signup for the Hazelwood Patch newsletter here. One of the men was armed with a collapsible baton, forced five teens onto the floor and demanded money. The masked men ran from the residence after robbing the victims of items including money, cell phones, car keys, jewelry and video game equipment. During the incident, the suspects struck two of the victims with fists and the baton causing…

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Does a Steady Diet of On-Screen Gore Lead to Violence and Apathy?

I have been sickened by the places the human mind can go when it's allowed to.

My dad had to sit with me every night for a solid month. A MONTH! If those lights went out, I was terrified! No amount of rational or sane thought would drive out the images clawing through my little brain. I knew, I mean I just knew that if I went to sleep that he would get me. And when I say he… there’s only one person I could be talking about: Freddy Krueger! Oh he paralyzed me with fear. I was about 10 the first time I watched A Nightmare on Elm Street. The only problem was that I wasn’t allowed to see movies like that. And now I’m having horrific nightmares about him? Even at that young of an age I knew that this equation didn’t quite add up. So I told my parents that the huge cardboard cutout of Freddy at the local movie store was …

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