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CAIRO — Seven men purported to be the members of Egypt’s security forces kidnapped by suspected militants last week appeared in a video posted online Sunday and urged the government to secure their release by meeting their captors’ demands.

The video, posted on YouTube, is the first sign of the six policemen and one border guard since they were abducted by gunmen on the road from the Sinai Peninsula to Cairo on Thursday. Egyptian security officials said they believed the men in the clip were the missing personnel and that authorities were treating the matter seriously. The father of one of the captives identified his son in the video.

The kidnappings have embarrassed President Mohammed Morsi’s government, and are seen as a test of his administration’s ability to restore security to the volatile peninsula. They also have renewed a national debate on how best to tackle the troubles in northern Sinai, which borders Gaza and Israel. While many called for a swift security response, some argued that such a move would spark a backlash.

Authorities have been in contact with the kidnappers through mediators. The kidnappers have demanded the release of several militants held in Egyptian jails, including some convicted during Mubarak’s rule, officials say.

In a statement Sunday, the president said that there is “no room for dialogue with the criminals” responsible for the kidnappings. The statement followed a meeting Morsi held with politicians from largely Islamist groups to brief them on efforts to secure the captives’ release.

The president wrote on the social media website Twitter Sunday evening that “all options are on the table” to free the men and that the government will “not succumb to blackmail.”

Sinai has been wracked by lawlessness since the 2011 uprising that ousted longtime leader Hosni Mubarak. Criminal gangs, militants and local tribesmen disgruntled with what they say is state-sponsored discrimination have exploited the security vacuum to smuggle weapons, attack security forces and kidnap tourists to trade for relatives held in Egyptian jails.

In the video released Sunday, the men, blindfolded and holding their hands on their heads, introduce themselves one by one.

One of the men identified himself as Cpl. Ibrahim Sobhi Ibrahim and asked Egypt’s leaders to free jailed Sinai militants.

“The demands of the brothers, Mr. President, is the release of political prisoners from Sinai,” he says. “Please, Mr. President, release them quickly. We can no longer tolerate torture.”

The video closes with the men pleading to the camera: “Rescue us, Mr. President. We can’t take it. Rescue us, people.” At one point, the tip of a rifle appears over the head of some of the captives, before it is swiftly pulled back off the screen. There were no visible signs of torture on the young men.

It was not immediately clear who posted the video, which was uploaded to a YouTube account created Sunday. Later YouTube took it down, saying it violated its policy on violence.

An Egyptian security official identified the captives in the video as the missing personnel. He said a copy of the video was sent to security agencies, but it was not immediately clear by whom. Another security official in Cairo said families and friends of the captives were called in to identify their relatives.

Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief reporters.

The names of five of the missing also correspond with names previously obtained by The Associated Press.

Security officials say they believe the assailants carried out the kidnapping after being angered over reports that a prisoner, Ahmed Abu Sheta, had been tortured while in jail. Abu Shehata was convicted of attacking a police station in 2011 that killed police officers.

After meeting Morsi on Sunday, Younes Makhyoun, a leading member of the ultraconservative Islamist Salafi al-Nour party, said the president is eager to avoid a security response.

“Even though there are voices who are demanding security interference and decisiveness, (Morsi) said he wants to rescue the soldiers peacefully, and is keeping the engagement with local tribesmen,” Makhyoun told The Associated Press. “The security solution would be easiest, but he wants to save lives.”

Makhyoun said his party is also against a security solution because it would lead to bloodshed and won’t resolve the problem – a lingering feeling of injustice by many of those who were convicted and arrested during the Mubarak era. He said the kidnappers’ demands include the release of as many as 600 prisoners, some of whom were convicted before 2011. A way out, he said, would be to offer retrials for those convicted in the past or in haste.

Mohammed Abdel-Hamid, the father of one of the policemen, told the private Al-Youm TV station that his son was in the video. He said he would rather see his son dead than have his release negotiated.

Expressing their anger at the recent kidnapping, scores of policemen blocked a commercial border crossing with Israel Sunday to protest the abduction of their colleagues. The policemen closed the main gates of the Awja crossing with chains, leaving around 40 trucks stranded, according to local official Ahmed Osman.

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On Friday, policemen blocked a border crossing into Gaza. There was no indication that either Israel or the Palestinians were involved in the kidnapping.

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Associated Press writer Ashraf Sweilam contributed to this report from south Sinai.

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  • An Egyptian shouts slogans during anti-President Mohammed Morsi protest in front of the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Feb. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

  • Egyptians shout slogans during an anti-President Mohammed Morsi protest in front of the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Feb. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

  • Egyptians shout slogans during anti-President Mohammed Morsi protest in front of the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Feb. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

  • Egyptians shout slogans during an anti-President Mohammed Morsi protest in front of the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Feb. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

  • Egyptian protesters shout anti-Mohammed Morsi slogans under a giant flag in front of the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Feb. 1, 2013. Arabic banner reads, “Hamas, brotherhood, Qatar and America, are Egyptian enemies.” (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

  • Egyptian protesters chant anti- government slogans during a rally in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Feb. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

  • Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, center, waves after attending Friday prayers in Cairo, Egypt, Feb. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Jihan Nasr, Shorouk Newspaper)

  • Egyptian protesters chant anti- government slogans during a rally in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Feb. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

  • An Egyptian masked protester wears a head banner with Arabic writing that reads “Egypt”, during a rally in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Feb. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

  • An Egyptian street vendor sells vegetables on a motorbike during a rally in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Feb. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

  • An Egyptian protester tries to escape from fire after he burned an anti-Mohammed Morsi banner in front of the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Feb. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

  • Egyptians wave a giant flag during anti-President Mohammed Morsi protest in front of the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Feb. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

  • Egyptian security forces protect themselves from heavy rains in front of the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Feb. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

  • Egyptian protesters chant anti–government slogans during a rally in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Feb. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

  • Egyptian protesters chant anti-government slogans during a rally in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Feb. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

  • Egyptian protesters chant anti-government slogans during a rally in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Feb. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

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Teens Raped Girl, Put Video On Facebook

Three Chicago teens accused of gang-raping a 12-year-old girl at gunpoint and posting the video to Facebook will face charges as adults, Cook County prosecutors announced Friday.

A judge ordered Justin Applewhite, 16, Kenneth Brown, 15, and Scandale Fritz, 16, each held on $900,000 bond. The teens each face one count of aggravated criminal sexual assault.

The alleged sexual assaults took place at Fritz’s house Dec. 15, 2012. Fritz had the girl meet him at home, and then took her into the basement and allegedly raped her. According to court documents, Fritz threatened the girl, who had pleaded him to stop, by showing her a gun, and is alleged to have later filmed Applewhite and Brown raping her.

For more details, visit the Chicago Tribune

The girl went to the hospital and notified police the next day, according to Chicago Fox affiliate WFLD. On Dec. 17, the video of the rape was posted first to Brown’s Facebook page, and then to the other boy’s pages.

Prosecutors said all three boys appear on the footage, in which the girl demands them to stop. Brown reportedly held a gun during sex, and the boys could be heard shouting gang slogans.

According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Fritz provided prosecutors with a handwritten account of the events.

Facebook released a statement to Fox Chicago, which read: “We work with law enforcement to the extent required by law, and as needed to keep the site and those who use it safe.”

In November 2012, a group of six men allegedly kidnapped a 14-year-old Chicago girl as she was walking to school and gang-raped her at a house. The suspects in that case were in their early-to-mid twenties, according to Examiner.

The widely-covered Steubenville rape case was particularly notorious for the defendants’ use of social media to popularize their sexual assault of an inebriated 16-year-old victim. Defendants Trent Mays and Ma’lik Richmond, who were found guilty Mar. 17, will serve sentences in youth prison until they turn 21.

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  • “Young L.A. Girl Slain; Body Slashed in Two” -L.A.’s Daily News

    On January 15, 1947, the remains of Elizabeth Short, were found in a vacant lot in Los Angeles. What made this discovery the stuff of tabloid sensation, however, was the Glasgow smile left on the aspiring actress’ face–made with 3-inch slashes on each side. This, coupled with Short’s dark hair, fair complexion and reputation for sporting a dahlia in her hair, dubbed her “The Black Dahlia” in headlines.
    What followed was a media circus filled with rumors and speculation about the promiscuous 22-year-old’s checkered past. What haunts theorists to this day, apart from the victim’s uniquely nightmarish visage, is that the case remains unsolved after some 200 suspects were interviewed and ultimately released–making it one of Hollywood’s most lurid legends.

  • “I Am Not Guilty – Thus Lizzie Borden Pleads Before Judge Hammond at New Bedford.” -Boston Journal

    <em>”Lizzie Borden took an axe
    And gave her mother forty whacks.
    And when she saw what she had done,
    She gave her father forty-one.”</em>

    So goes the lurid nursery rhyme to one of the most mystifying crimes of the century. The nature of the deaths of Andrew J. Borden and his wife, Abby, are trumped only by the identity of the alleged perpetrator: their daughter, Lizzie.
    Inexplicably found “not guilty” in contrast to the era’s zeitgeist of swift justice, Lizzie’s legacy–guilty or not–has become immortalized as one of the most perplexing cases of parricide in history.

  • “Texas Mother Charged with Killing Her 5 Children” -CNN

    In a case of mother-gone-mad that startled a nation, Andrea Yates, to her few friends and neighbors, was known as a mere recluse suffering from postpartum depression leading up to the birth of her fifth child.
    That all changed on June 20, 2001, when she snapped, drowning five of her children in their home’s bathtub.
    She was convicted in 2002 of capital murder, carrying a sentence of life in prison with possible parole. As of July 2006, however, a Texas jury found her not guilty by reason of insanity.

  • “Buttafuoco Admits to Sex with Amy Fisher” -New York Times

    Known as the “Long Island Lolita,” Fisher became involved with Joey Buttafuoco in May of 1991. Shortly after the two began a sexual relationship (she, 16, while he, 35, was married with two children), his presence and influence in her life became all she cared for.
    In what he’s since denied to this day, Buttafuoco would go on to help an obsessive Fisher plan the murder of his wife, culminating in Fisher putting a bullet in Mary Jo Buttafuoco’s head, but failing to kill her.
    In the highly publicized trial that ensued, Fisher accepted a plea deal for 15 years in prison in exchange for a testimony against Joey, who faced and served out charges of statutory rape.

  • “Murder of a Little Beauty” -People Magazine

    With a face that graced the covers of nearly every news and gossip rag during the winter of ’96, it’s hard to suggest the death of child beauty pageant queen JonBenét Ramsey had little effect outside the city of Boulder, Colorado.
    Found dead from a blow to the head and strangulation in the family’s basement, coupled with a ransom note left on the staircase asking for $118,00 (conveniently or coincidentally, nearly the same amount Mr. Ramsey received as a bonus that year), as well as no obvious signs of forced entry into the house, the evidence was overwhelmingly stacked against parents John and Patsy, who managed to maintain their innocence throughout the investigation.
    The case reopened in 2010, but critics cite poor handling of the crime scene as obstructing what remains a mystery regarding the events of that Christmas day.

  • “F.B.I. Joins Probe in Slaughter of 8 Nurses” -Nashua Telegraph

    Tattooed with “Born to Raise Hell” on his arm, Richard Speck made good on his mantra through a history of violence, theft, alcoholism, and spousal abuse, but made his infamy known to all when, on July 13, 1966, he walked into a dormitory armed with a knife.
    After leaving 8 student nurses dead in his wake, only one, Cora Amurao, was spared–hiding under a bed until 6 a.m.
    Speck was found guilty of murder and died of a heart attack in prison. As one of the most press-worthy crimes of the decade, the grim events were used most recently as the backdrop for an episode of <em>Mad Men</em>.

  • “Sharon Tate, Four Others Murdered” -Los Angeles Times

    Perhaps the most terrifying figure in American crime to have never actually killed anyone himself, Charles Manson founded a “family” of wayward individuals who hailed him as a prophet.
    So strong was his manipulation, he ordered, on the night of Aug. 8, 1969, four of his followers to kill everyone at the residence of 10050 Cielo Drive–including Roman Polanski’s wife, Sharon Tate, and her unborn child. Tate was stabbed 16 times, and her blood was used to write “pig” on the house’s front door.
    The next night, Manson accompanied six of his family to the residence of supermarket executive Leno LaBianca and his wife, only to help bind them before ordering their deaths.
    In 1971, Manson and three of his fellow defendants were found guilty of murder in the first-degree and several other crimes. At the time, it was the longest murder trial in American history, spanning nine and a half months, as well as the most expensive, estimating $1 million.
    Manson was denied parole for the 12th time in April 2012.

  • “Lindbergh Baby Kidnapped from Home of Parents on Farm Near Princeton; Taken from His Crib; Wide Search on” -The New York Times

    Used as the basis for an Agatha Christie novel (<em>Murder on the Orient Express</em>) and dubbed “the biggest story since the Resurrection” by famed journalist H.L. Mencken, the kidnapping and murder of aviator Charles Lindbergh’s infant son continues to fascinate theorists today.
    Charles Jr. was discovered missing from his second-floor bedroom on March 1, 1932, along with a note demanding a then-unimaginable $50,000, igniting a media frenzy like no other. The tabloid pandemonium prompted many tips and leads, but none as concrete as a package containing the boy’s pajamas and another message demanding the ransom.
    After some misdirection from the presumed kidnapper, Lindbergh’s child was soon after discovered in the woods along a road near the family residence.
    Notwithstanding the evidence stockpiled against the easily vilified illegal German immigrant Bruno Hauptmann (who was sentenced), speculation prevails as to the true identity of the caper responsible in this tragic tale of one of America’s greatest heroes.

  • “Not Guilty as Sin” -NY Post

    Still fresh in the minds of many and not to easily be forgotten, the trial of Casey Anthony turned Orlando, Florida into anything but the “happiest place on earth.”
    Following a series of lies, misdirection and manipulation by then-22 year old Casey, Caylee’s skeletal remains were found five months into the investigation, setting the stage for what could only be described as the most incessantly publicized and shocking trial in recent memory.
    The media had a field day that went on for months: Highlighting the young, pretty, party girl image used against her in court as the prosecution tore apart an aimless defense–or so it seemed.
    After resorting to throwing her family under the bus, incriminating people entirely made-up (“Zanny the Nanny”), and fabricating elaborate stories for the police, Casey was found not guilty of murder due to evidence deemed mostly circumstantial and not meeting the burden of “beyond reasonable doubt,” inciting much debate regarding whether true justice was served.

  • “An American Tragedy” -TIME

    Known and heralded as the “trial of the century,” former football star and actor O.J. Simpson found himself in the middle of the nation’s biggest, most-televised trial following the deaths of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman, but not before fleeing an all-points bulletin in his Ford Bronco with 20 units in tow, interrupting game 5 of the NBA Finals.
    By enlisting a dream team including Johnnie Cochran, Robert Shapiro, and Robert Kardashian, the defense claimed Simpson was merely a victim of police fraud with regard to contaminated DNA evidence, while famously quipping “If it [the glove] doesn’t fit, you must acquit.”
    On October 3, 1995, an estimated 100 million people from around the world tuned in to watch the jury hand down a verdict of not guilty, consequently resulting in an estimated loss of $480 million in productivity and inciting an ongoing discussion of race in the judicial system that continues to this day.

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Teen Killed Over iPad

A Las Vegas boy was killed Thursday after being run over when two men attempted to steal his iPad.

According to the Las Vegas Sun, Marcos Arenas, 15, was walking on the side of the road with his iPad when an SUV pulled up. A suspect jumped out, accosted the boy and attempted to steal his iPad.

Police investigators told the newspaper that the suspect dragged the teen, who tried to hold onto the device, back toward the car.

The suspect then re-entered the passenger side of the car, which sped off with Arenas either still holding onto the iPad, or being held by the suspect, police said. Arenas fell, was struck by the vehicle and later died at an area hospital.

Police released descriptions of both the passenger and the driver of the SUV, which is thought to be a a white Ford Explorer or Expedition with no license plates.

A police spokesman told CBS affiliate KLAS that there has been an recent increase in thefts of Apple products in the Las Vegas area. This follows a national trend that has been dubbed “Apple picking,” which the Huffington Post has been following in its “iTheft” series.

Las Vegas Metro Police spokesman Bill Cassell told the station that many incidences of “Apple picking” involve juveniles stealing devices from other juveniles. This case is not one of those, as police described both the passenger and the driver of the vehicle as being in their twenties.

Police around the country are trying controversial new methods to combat Apple picking. The Huffington Post has reported that in cities like San Francisco, plainclothes police have conducted sting operations against buyers of stolen devices in an effort to squash demand.

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  • Road Maps

    Thanks to Google Maps, the days of a big paper road map taking up half of your car are fading.

    …Though if you’re using Apple Maps, you might want to stick to a road map.

  • Table Manners

    Talking to a loved one at dinner can wait. There’s food to Instagram and Kim Kardashian tweets to read.

  • The Blackberry

    <a href=”http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57510314-94/blackberry-sinks-to-zero-sales-in-a-meaningful-number-of-stores/”>Plucked from some retail shelves</a> and <a href=”http://seekingalpha.com/article/1096971-will-blackberry-10-save-research-in-motion”>losing its market share</a>, the iPhone accelerated the death of the Blackberry.

  • Alarm Clocks

    When waking up in the morning your favorite song is usually preferred over harsh beeping or ringing.

  • Point-and-Shoot Cameras

    For convenience, size, speed and price, many have started <a href=”http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-09-13/hello-iphone-5-goodbye-point-and-shoot-cameras-we-hardly-knew-ye”>using the iPhone as their main camera</a> instead of a point-and-shoot model.

  • The iPod

    For more than three years, <a href=”http://www.zdnet.com/the-ipod-is-on-life-support-7000001573/”>iPod sales have been on the decline</a> as Apple users opt for iPhones and iPads instead, according to ZDnet.

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