Four from Planet 5 -- Murray Leinster

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Taser Update
The Associated Press: Ark. officer who used stun gun on girl, 10, fired: "The police officer in a small Arkansas town who used a stun gun on an unruly 10-year-old girl has been fired for violating department policy — not for using the Taser itself but for failing to use the camera attached to it, according to the town's mayor."Hat tip to John Duke.

Sleuths and Spurs
It's been six years since this article was published in January Magazine, and I'd almost forgotten about it until today when Larry Sweazy mentioned that he occasionally directed people to it. So I thought I'd link it just in case there were some of you who hadn't read it and might be interested. And Larry's guest blogging about cross-genre mysteries over at Meritorious Mysteries today if you'd like to take a look.

Here's the Plot of Your Next Prison Break Novel
Search goes on for escapee, answers | Houston & Texas News | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle: "As Arcade Joseph Comeaux Jr. remained on the lam this morning, authorities were also searching for answers as to how a supposedly-disabled, incarcerated felon in a wheelchair managed to get a gun, hijack a van with two Texas Department of Criminal Justice guards and then disappear into the morning.Authorities said the inmate's plan unfolded about 5:45 a.m Monday as the guards left the Estelle Unit in Huntsville on their way to the Stiles Unit in Beaumont. Comeaux sprang into action and pull

And the Winner Is . . . .
Bad Sex for Jonathan Littell | theBookseller.com: "Jonathan Littell has beaten stiff competition from Philip Roth, Nick Cave and Paul Theroux to the Literary Review Bad Sex in Fiction award for his novel The Kindly Ones (Chatto).The awards were announced yesterday evening (30th November) at the In & Out Club in London, where the accolade was awarded by actor Charles Dance and accepted by Littell's editor on his behalf."Hat tips to Jeff Meyerson and Toby O'B.