Serial woman-killer Anthony Sowell now has memorabilia available for purchase online, including a letter to a wannabe lady-love who wrote him first. Just because you won't catch him cheating, ladies, doesn't make him a catch. [MSNBC]
• This morning, during a Homeland Security Committee hearing, U.S. Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan said that the number of death threats that have been leveled against Obama are no greater than those received by Bush or Clinton. •
• In his closing statement on Tuesday, Amanda Knox's lawyer argued that there simply isn't enough evidence to convict Knox for the murder of her former roommate. "There are still many doubts in this trial," he told the jury. •
• Several residents of Colorado City, Arizona, have started offering a bus tour called "The Polygamy Experience" for $69.95. While the FLDS is unwelcoming to the outside public, some members of a rival sect have voiced their approval. •
How does a sick fuck like Anthony Sowell, who lives next to a sausage factory, get away with murdering eleven (or more) women in just four years? The answer is an ugly examination into our society's structural failings.
• Tanja Doss says Anthony Sowell choked and threatened her earlier this year in the Cleveland home where 11 decomposing bodies were found. She didn't report the crime and now she believes her friend was one of his victims.
• 23-year-old Katie Taylor has swiftly become Ireland's real life million-dollar baby, and possibly their best hope for the 2012 Olympics. Although women's boxing is a new sport, Taylor is already expected to win the gold. •
Police in Cleveland, Ohio, have arrested convicted rapist Anthony Sowell after a suspected six decomposing bodies were found at his home. Sowell previously spent 15 years in prison after being convicted of rape in 1989. [MSNBC]
