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 Donald Trump took time out of his hour-long QVC segment Tuesday to mock an NBC reporter who asked what parents should tell their kids about the language he uses.

 According to TIME Magazine’s Zeke Miller, the question was posed by NBC News reporter Peter Alexander, who has had uncomfortable press conference moments with Trump before.

 Trump—who’s used the word “pussy” to describe Ted Cruz, discussed his penis size on live TV, and confirmed he would sleep with his daughter if they weren’t related—had this to say:

 Oh, you’re so politically correct. You’re so beautiful. Oh, look at you. Awwww. Aw, he’s so. Oh, I know. You’ve never heard a little bad, a little off, language. I know, you’re so perfect. Aren’t you perfect. Aren’t you just a perfect young man. Give me a break. You know what? It’s stuff like that that people in this country are tired of. It’s stuff like that.

 It would be a step up for Alexander though—last time Trump didn’t even let him get the question out. ||||| All three networks stuck with Donald Trump's long press conference even as it veered into sales pitches for his own product lines. | AP Photo Trump infomercial captivates networks CNN, Fox, and MSNBC choose billionaire's rambling sales pitch over Clinton and Kasich speeches.

 Millions of viewers tuned into to cable news networks during the prime 9 p.m. EST hour likely expecting to hear some candidate speeches. What they got, on CNN, Fox, and MSNBC, was one candidate talking for 45 minutes: Donald Trump.

 All three networks stuck with Trump's long press conference even as it veered into sales pitches for his own product lines, despite the fact that Hillary Clinton, who had won the Mississippi primary in a landslide and was neck-and-neck in Michigan, spoke at the same time. They also mostly ignored Bernie Sanders' speech, which occurred in the 8 p.m. hour and John Kasich's speech, which happened during Trump's event.

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 Only MSNBC ran Clinton’s speech in its entirety after Trump finished. And neither Sanders, Kasich, nor any of the other candidates got anything more than snippets of air time.

 That sparked an instant flutter of complaints on Twitter, and revived an uncomfortable issue: Did the networks, knowing that the often-unpredictable and blustery Trump draws a bigger audience, go with the better draw rather than cover the full political landscape?

 "C'mon networks! How is this fair broadcasting?" tweeted former Michigan governor and Clinton surrogate Jennifer Granholm.

 "I hope the Trump speech lasts another 4 hours and I hope the Cable networks will carry it all, because there is obviously no news judgment," wrote former NPR political editor Ken Rudin.

 The networks’ decision was all the more noteworthy because it validated a strategic decision by the Trump campaign to forgo the usual primary-night thank yous in favor of a lengthy, presidential-style press conference — a tactic he’s used on the two previous election nights.

 Forty five minutes of uninterrupted TV time on the three cable news networks is the equivalent of millions of dollars in free media for a campaign — a stunning amount of TV time.

 "[I] do think Hillary should have gotten attention," said Frank Sesno, former CNN Washington Bureau Chief and current director of the George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs. "She is running for president too, in case anyone failed to notice. It just shows that Donald Trump continues to enthrall and dominate attention, headlines and airtime."

 "Whether networks chose to split their screens or play the speeches sequentially, it is odd political news judgment to cover one leading candidate and not the other if that's really what happened," he added.

 Mo Elleithee, director of the Georgetown Institute of Politics, put it this way: "Trump is catnip to the networks, and they stuck with his rambling, incoherent infomercial. That's dangerous for his opponents. How do you ensure that your substantive case breaks through when you're running against the king of entertainment politics?"

 Added Elleithee, a former communications director for the Democratic National Committee: "I think it shows that Democrats are going to face the same challenge in the fall that Republicans did in the primaries.”

 What struck many critics like Elleithee was that Trump wasn’t even making much news. He was mostly just riffing. He took questions from reporters but also veered into long digressions touting his wines, steaks, golf courses, and even his water.

 It was a typically colorful and unpredictable Trump event. But as Business Insider columnist Josh Barro noted on Twitter, Trump’s penchant for making amusing or contentious statements has given him a higher news (read: ratings) value.

 "Trump is taking questions. Clinton will give the same speech she always does. Trump event has higher news value," he wrote.

 And in the valuable primetime hours, if a cable network dropped Trump during that raucous press conference to go to a Clinton stump speech, they likely would've lost viewers as well.

 Network spokespeople did not respond to emailed questions on Tuesday night. But on Twitter, CNNMoney and CNNPolitics Vice President Ed O’Keefe suggested that Clinton could have waited until Trump was finished; he speculated that she may have wanted to be pre-empted, given the unexpectedly close race in Michigan, which she ultimately lost.

 "Might be her preference given margin in #MichiganPrimary," O'Keefe tweeted in response to a tweet about the networks skipping Clinton.

 CNN and Fox News eventually played clips of Clinton's speech later on Tuesday night.

 But it's still notable that none of the three cable networks chose even to mention that Clinton was speaking before cutting back to Trump. As Trump himself has noted, the attention he gets from the networks is likely the equivalent of millions in free airtime.

 "It's not democracy. It's television," tweeted Time Washington bureau chief Michael Scherer, while also questioning why the Clinton campaign had her go out while Trump was still on. ||||| Before he entered the lucrative field of presidential politics, Donald Trump, the successful real estate mogul and television personality, had a number of failed businesses including “Trump Steaks.”

 In the typically bombastic ad that’s been floating around, the Trumpster proclaims his eponymous steaks, which were sold exclusively, and inexplicably, at the Sharper Image and by mail-order from QVC, to be “the world’s greatest steaks.”

 What nobody but the Kasich campaign seems to have noticed is that, while they’ve been discontinued, you can still read the customer reviews of Trump Steaks online at QVC.com.

 And they are terrible.

 Trump is a showman who knows that you don’t sell the steak. You sell the sizzle. Which is why, in Trumpian lingo, everything is “the best,” “world-class,” or “five star.” Yet, when it comes to the meat bearing his name, one-star reviews abound. Of the nearly 50 reviews I read of Trump’s various steak, burger, and hotdog “collections,” which ranged in price from $199 to $999, more than 50 percent were highly negative 1-2 star reviews. While some loved the steaks, the vitriol and disgust from many of those who ordered the highly-touted home shopping network meat was striking. As one reviewer damningly put it, the meat had “no redeeming qualities.”

 It seems the only delicious thing about Trump Steaks are the reviews. Behold.

 “Dreadful pieces of meat.”

 Does “greasy and tasteless” remind you of anyone?

 “The shrinkage is astonishing!”

 The steaks’ greasiness was a common theme.

 As was the observation that the “World’s Greatest Steaks” are not very good.

 Hear that, haters? Tasteless AND mealy.

 Introducing Trump’s new campaign slogan: “Very little meat, too much marble.”

 The hotdogs didn’t get off easy either.

 Here it should be noted that “Never again” is a phrase usually reserved for the Holocaust.

 This discerning mail-order meat eater could hardly contain his disdain.

 So where can you get your mittens on one of these disgusting boxes of meat? You can’t. Some time after their introduction in 2007 Trump Steaks were quietly discontinued. ||||| Breaking News Emails Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.

 / Updated By Corky Siemaszko

 Donald Trump’s business savvy came under fire last week — and the Republican presidential front-runner was none too pleased.

 Trump exploded when Mitt Romney, in a scathing anti-Trump speech in Utah, declared: "A business genius he is not."

 The former GOP nominee ticked off a list of Trump's corporate misadventures: Trump University, Trump Airlines, Trump Vodka, Trump Magazine, Trump Steaks.

 Trump fired back, calling Romney a "choke artist" and a "failed candidate," and claimed Romney "begged" for Trump's endorsement in 2012.

 "I could have said, 'Mitt drop to your knees,' and he would have dropped to his knees," Trump said.

 Real estate mogul and TV star Donald Trump, left, listens as Michael Sexton introduces him to announce the establishment of Trump University at a press conference in New York, on May 23, 2005. Bebeto Matthews / AP

 Trump, who claims to be worth $10 billion and whose fortune is estimated by Forbes at $4.1 billion, also appeared stung when Florida Sen. Marco Rubio on the campaign trail called him a "con man" with a mixed track record of business success.

 But after notching victories in Michigan and Mississippi on Tuesday, Trump trotted out some "Trump Steaks," held a glossy copy of a Trump Magazine that he claimed to have just looked at, and vowed to reopen Trump University "after we win the lawsuit."

 Trump has had numerous business successes, like Trump Tower, 40 Wall Street and "The Apprentice." But not every Trump venture turned to gold — and the businesses Romney cited were notorious misfires.

 Trump University was an online college launched in 2005 that offered to teach the mogul’s real estate and entrepreneurship strategies, and charged fees ranging from $1,500 to $35,000. But it was never accredited.

 In 2013, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman sued, claiming the university was a scam operation that defrauded around 600 students out of thousands of dollars.

 Trump, via his lawyer Michael D. Cohen, denied defrauding anybody and claimed the school had a 98 percent approval rating. He filed a complaint alleging that the AG’s office was looking for a campaign contribution.

 On the campaign trail, Trump has also claimed that Trump U got an A rating from the Better Business Bureau. The BBB on Tuesday said the school "does not currently have an A rating."

 "The BB Business Review for this company has continually been 'No Rating' since September 2015," the company said in a statement. "Prior to that, it fluctuated between D- and A+."

 When Trump U was running, the BBB "received multiple customer complaints about this business. These complaints affected the Trump University BBB rating, which was as low as D- in 2010."

 But after 2013, no new complaints were reported as "the company appeared to be winding down."

 "As a result, over time, Trump University’s BBB rating went to an A in July 2014 and then to an A+ in January 2015," the BBB said.

 Recently, Trump criticized a California judge presiding over another lawsuit against Trump U — this one a federal class-action lawsuit — as “very hostile," and added: “I believe he happens to be Spanish, which is fine.”

 In 2013, Trump countersued the lead plaintiff in the California lawsuit, Tarla Makaeff, for defamation. An appeals court dismissed Trump’s challenge. But the Associated Press reported Wednesday that Makaeff has asked a judge to withdraw from the suit because Trump and his lawyer have put her "through the wringer."

 Records show Trump is also currently being sued by a Long Island man named Gregory Ryan who claimed in court papers filed in Suffolk County Supreme Court that he was the victim of a $25,000 "ripoff."

 Real estate mogul Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with Texas Air Corp. Chairman Frank Lorenzo during a joint news conference on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 1988 at the Plaza Hotel in New York. AP

 Trump Airlines was Trump's attempt to make money by offering a luxury shuttle service to Washington and Boston from New York City.

 Back in 1989, Trump pounced at the chance to buy the troubled Eastern Air Lines shuttle service for $365 million. He put the Trump name on the planes, dressed them up inside — and waited for business to boom. It didn't.

 But the business took on too much debt and eventually defaulted. It was sold to USAir.

 Trump Vodka was the teetotaling Trump’s attempt to break into the lucrative liquor market. Sold in a skyscraper-shaped bottle, it had a gold-encrusted letter 'T' on all its four sides and the slogan “Success Distilled.”

 Donald Trump holds a bottle of his new line of vodka as he arrives for the Trump Vodka launch party by Drinks America hosted by Donald J. Trump at Les Deux in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, on Jan. 17, 2007. AP

 After it launched in 2006, Trump predicted the T&T (Trump and tonic) would be the most popular drink in America. Two years later, Trump Vodka was history.

 Trump Steaks was launched in 2007 in partnership with retailer Sharper Image and QVC to "deliver a taste of Donald Trump’s luxurious lifestyle.” By 2014, this business venture was dead. But the reviews — the good ones and the bad ones — live on at QVC.com.

 Trump Magazine made its debut in 2007 and was the mogul's foray into what detractors derided as "wealth porn." The glossy pages featured yacht reviews, stories about private jet makeover, ads for jewel-encrusted watches, and lots of pictures of Trump. By 2009, the recession was in full swing and Trump's magazine as a quarterly sold at newsstands was no more.

 Trump Mortgage was also a victim of bad timing — and the recession. “I think it’s a great time to start a mortgage company,” Trump told CNBC in 2006. “The real estate market is going to be very strong for a long time to come.”

 Two years later, the housing market collapsed — and so did Trump Mortgage LLC. ||||| 3 5 20 20

 Mmmmm Mmmmmmm Good Those three words sum up the Trump Steakburgers. OK, Mmmmm isn't a real word but for these it should be. We don't eat much red meat but make an exception for Trump Steakburgers. . and, we love hamburgrs. Oops, excuse me, Steakburgrs. Sure they may shrink some,or they may not, depending on how you prepare them but in the oven, on a griddle or in the BBQ the flavor and texture is outstanding. 02-14-08

 Tasty & Delicious These are excellent! They're not greasy. Grease is fat...and these are not fatty. They are juicy (not the same thing as greasy!), tender & flavorful. I am a burger lover & very hard to please. Most steakburgers are rubbery & dry (I've had them all). These are among the best I've ever had. I plan to buy them again and again. 11-17-07

 Worst Burger EVER!! Nothing but grease, and shrinkage is astonishing! Bought both steaks and burgers, would not purchase again. No redeeming qualities. 11-02-07

 Trump Finally Beats out KC I have to tell you that so far, I have been disappointed on time after another with the Trump Steak line, but the burgers beat out the rest! I am a KC Steaks fan, alas this one goes to the Donald!!! Folks, these burgers are absolutely better than any I have had, even Ruth's Chris are only comparable. 10-06-07

 Hard pieces in these My husband loves these, but I bit on 5 hard pieces of something when I ate one of these burgers - 10-05-07

 The best ever I have tried many different types of burgers. From the meat purchased at the store to the finest restaurants. This product is outstanding it is tender melt in our mouth. It has no fat or rubber taste. I would say it is the best over Kansas City. Which I think is good but not as good. 09-02-07

 Best flavor We have tried Trump Steakburgers and Kansas City Steakburgers. Trump burgers had a much better flavor by far and less shrinkage. My husband thawed 5 Trump burgers and made his famous meatloaf and it was the best tasting meatloaf ever. The Kansas burgers left a fatty taste in the mouth somehow. I would say the flavor was the issue - better by Trump & for our taste worth the extra money. Just our opinion. 08-19-07

 Very tasty burgers These steakburgers are delicious. No shrinkage at all. Will definitely reorder. You need some fat in the meat for flavor. 07-27-07

 Buy Kanas City Burgers!! I was VERY disappointed with these burgers!! They are really greasy, have no flavor, over-priced and just gross!! Buy Kanas City Steak products instead!! 07-24-07

 Not at all satisfied with the quality of this prod These burgers were tastless loaded with fat and very messsy to clean up after. MR. Trump stated on the air that they were low in fat and would be helpful to anyone who is trying to watch their weight. This just is not the case they are so full of fat that the color of these burgers are white with a little pink. I am no stranger to Angus beef and high guality lean cuts of meat-----having abutcher in the family. I believe his burgers are not what they say they are. 07-23-07

 never again i purchased the trump steak burgers for the first time. they are extreemly greasy. i have had kansas city and they above and beyond this product. please delete it from your offerings. 07-19-07 |||||Summary:

– On the heels of his Mississippi and Michigan wins, Donald Trump on Tuesday held a 45-minute press conference from the Trump National Golf Club in Jupiter, Fla., and that was far from the only Trump brand on display. The candidate was last week dinged by Mitt Romney over ventures like Trump University, Trump Airlines, Trump Vodka, Trump Magazine, and Trump Steaks, reports NBC News. ("A business genius he is not," is how Romney put it.) And so Trump did his best to counter that claim, trotting out his steaks ("if you want to take one we'll charge 50 bucks a steak," he said), his magazine (a copy was lobbed into the crowd, notes TPM), his water, and his wine (from the "largest winery on the East Coast"). As RealClearPolitics national political reporter, Caitlin Huey-Burns—and many others—put it, "This is like Trump QVC." But not all digs were aimed at Trump. "I hope the Trump speech lasts another 4 hours and I hope the Cable networks will carry it all, because there is obviously no news judgment," former NPR political editor Ken Rudin tweeted, as spotted by Politico. Politico points out that CNN, Fox, and MSNBC carried the entirety of Trump's press conference even though Hillary Clinton and John Kasich spoke during the 9pm ET hour. And as far as mocking goes, Trump didn't just take it, he dished it. At one point, NBC News reporter Peter Alexander asked the candidate about how parents should explain his language to their kids. Trump's reply, per Gawker: "Oh, you’re so politically correct. You’re so beautiful. Oh, look at you. Awwww. Aw, he’s so. Oh, I know. You’ve never heard a little bad, a little off, language. I know, you’re so perfect. Aren’t you perfect. Aren’t you just a perfect young man. Give me a break. You know what? It’s stuff like that that people in this country are tired of. It’s stuff like that." So how are those no-longer-available Trump Steaks? Archived, and not too kind, reviews here.


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 When Joshua Vandiver GS met Henry Velandia, his future husband, in 2006, he never imagined that he would be fighting to save him from deportation less than four years later.

 Vandiver and Velandia were married Aug. 29 in Connecticut. But Velandia’s application for a work visa was denied and his current visa has expired, which means that he now risks being deported to Venezuela, his home country.

 Typically, foreigners married to American citizens can obtain green cards through sponsorship from their spouses. But the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act defined marriage as the union between a man and a woman for all federal laws, including immigration regulations. The law means that no member of a same-sex married couple can sponsor a spouse’s application for legal residency.

 “It’s frustrating to find my passion and the love of my life, yet still run the risk of deportation,” Velandia said. He will appear before an immigration judge in Newark, N.J., on Nov. 17.

 Velandia and Vandiver are now fighting for the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act. They are also appealing to members of Congress to immediately cease deportation hearings against foreign-born spouses of U.S. citizens.

 “Part of our fight is to bring awareness to people and make them see what’s really going on in this issue that nobody is talking about,” Velandia explained.

 The couple hosted a presentation about their campaign Thursday afternoon in Whitman College, and they have launched a Facebook group — “Save our Marriage – Stop the Deportation of Henry Velandia” — that has gained more than 1,000 supporters in two days.

 On Thursday afternoon, Vandiver and Velandia spoke with Rep. Rush Holt, who was on campus to speak at an event sponsored by College Democrats and Tigers for Israel. During a question-and-answer session following Holt’s speech, Vandiver asked Holt to appeal to the Department of Homeland Security to cease deportations of spouses of U.S. citizens while debate on the Defense of Marriage Act continues. Holt said that he was opposed to the law and was in support of gay rights.

 Vandiver, who is from Colorado, received his undergraduate degree from Harvard, spent a year at Oxford and is now in his sixth year of study for his Ph.D. in the politics department at Princeton.

 Velandia, who met Vandiver online, emigrated from Venezuela in 2002. “I started from zero in this country — new language, new culture,” he said.

 In the United States, Velandia took up salsa dancing and founded his own dance school, HotSalsaHot. He has appeared in the Spanish-language television show “Mira Quien Baila” and now teaches salsa five days a week at his dance school. He also teaches dance classes in Whitman College.

 Current undergraduates who know the couple spoke about Velandia’s importance to the University community.

 “It’s very sad and disappointing that if this were a straight couple, their marriage would be recognized,” said Lexi Meyer ’11, who takes dance lessons from Velandia and has had Vandiver as her preceptor. “Henri’s not a graduate student, but he still contributes what he can to the campus culture and has cultivated a great group dynamic.”

 Graham Ezzy ’11, who had Vandiver as his preceptor and resident graduate student in Whitman, said, “The saddest part is that he’s really established a life here. To see that disrupted when it’s clearly only benefiting is annoying.”

 Vandiver and Velandia ultimately acknowledged that their commitment to one another is more important than the location of their residence.

 “We would be willing to leave this country together and go someplace like the U.K. or Europe or Canada where we could be together, but I don’t want to be a refugee in my own country,” Vandiver said. “I never imagined that I would face this kind of discrimination from my own country and potentially have to flee it to be with the one I love.” ||||| MYFOXNY.COM - Henry Velandia and Josh Vandiver married in Montville, Connecticut on August 29, 2010. Henry Velandia is in deportation proceedings because the Defense of Marriage Act prevents Josh Vandiver from sponsoring him for residency.

 Josh Vandiver was born in Colorado. He graduated from Harvard in 2004 and studied at Oxford before beginning his Ph.D. program at Princeton in political theory.

 Henry Velandia was born in Venezuela. He came to America in 2002. He is a salsa dancer and teacher, performed on Univision's Mira Quien Baila, and is the founder of HotSalsaHot dance school.

 Velandia goes before his immigration judge in Newark, N.J., on November 17, 2010.

 The couple hopes Valandia's deportation can be delayed until the U.S. Supreme Court rules on the Defense of Marriage Act. In July, a lower court ruled it unconstitutional.

 Legal experts say the couple's chances are a long shot.

 Couple's Save Our Marriage Facebook Page |||||

Write a summary.

– A gay couple who were legally married in Connecticut now face being split up by the Defense of Marriage Act. Princeton PhD student Josh Vandiver's husband is a Venezuelan citizen facing deportation because his work visa has expired. The law prevents Vandiver from sponsoring his husband for residency and he is fighting to have the deportation delayed until the Supreme Court rules on the issue, Fox reports. Vandiver says he'll leave the country with his husband if he has to. "We would be willing to leave this country together and go someplace like the UK or Europe or Canada where we could be together, but I don’t want to be a refugee in my own country,” Vandiver tells the Daily Princetonian. “I never imagined that I would face this kind of discrimination from my own country and potentially have to flee it to be with the one I love.”


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Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is the most common type, occurring mostly in adults 20 to 60. It affects the heart's ventricles and atria, the lower and upper chambers of the heart, respectively.

 Frequently the disease starts in the left ventricle, the heart's main pumping chamber. The heart muscle begins to dilate, meaning it stretches and becomes thinner. Consequently, the inside of the chamber enlarges. The problem often spreads to the right ventricle and then to the atria.

 As the heart chambers dilate, the heart muscle doesn't contract normally and cannot pump blood very well. As the heart becomes weaker heart failure can occur. Common symptoms of heart failure include shortness of breath, fatigue and swelling of the ankles, feet, legs, abdomen and veins in the neck.

 Dilated cardiomyopathy also can lead to heart valve problems, arrhythmias (irregular heartbeats) and blood clots in the heart.

 Other Names for Dilated Cardiomyopathy

 Alcoholic cardiomyopathy. (A term used when overuse of alcohol causes the disease)

 Congestive cardiomyopathy

 Diabetic cardiomyopathy

 Familial dilated cardiomyopathy

 Idiopathic cardiomyopathy

 Ischemic cardiomyopathy (A term used when coronary heart disease, also called coronary artery disease or heart attack cause the disease. Not all forms of DCM are ischemic in origin.)

 Peripartum cardiomyopathy. (A term used when the disease develops in a woman shortly before or after she gives birth.)

 Primary cardiomyopathy

 Coronary heart disease, heart attack, high blood pressure, diabetes, thyroid disease, viral hepatitis and HIV

 Infections, especially viral infections that inflame the heart muscle

 Alcohol, especially if you also have a poor diet

 Complications during the last month of pregnancy or within 5 months of birth

 Certain toxins such as cobalt

 Certain drugs (such as cocaine and amphetamines) and two medicines used to treat cancer (doxorubicin and daunorubicin)

 Often, cause of dilated cardiomyopathy isn't known. Up to one-third of the people of those who have it inherit it from their parents.Some diseases, conditions and substances also can cause the disease, such as: ||||| Focused crawls are collections of frequently-updated webcrawl data from narrow (as opposed to broad or wide) web crawls, often focused on a single domain or subdomain. ||||| But you can get fatty liver disease, even if you don’t drink a lot of alcohol .

 Heavy drinking puts you at risk for it. Over time, too much alcohol leads to a buildup of fat inside your liver cells. This makes it harder for your liver to work.

 Fatty liver disease means you have extra fat in your liver .

 Alcohol-Related Fatty Liver Disease

 You might hear this called “ALD.”

 Some people don’t have any symptoms. But if your liver becomes enlarged, you may develop pain or discomfort on the upper right side of your belly.

 ALD is preventable. It usually gets better when you stop drinking alcohol.

 If you keep drinking, ALD can cause serious problems. These include:

 Alcoholic hepatitis. This is swelling in the liver that can cause fever, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and jaundice (yellowish skin and eyes).

 Alcoholic cirrhosis. This is a buildup of scar tissue in your liver. It can cause the same symptoms as alcoholic hepatitis plus:

 High blood pressure in the liver

 Bleeding in your body

 Confusion and changes in behavior

 Enlarged spleen

 Liver failure, which can be fatal

 Fatty liver disease usually comes first. It can then get worse and becomes alcoholic hepatitis. Over time, it may turn into alcoholic cirrhosis.

 If you drink heavily, talk with your doctor. It’s confidential, and it can help you get your drinking under control to save your health. ||||| LONDON -- A British coroner says George Michael died of natural causes as the result of heart disease and a fatty liver.

 Darren Salter, senior coroner for Oxfordshire, says a post-mortem has found that the singer died of “dilated cardiomyopathy with myocarditis and fatty liver.”

 Dilated cardiomyopathy is a condition in which the heart’s ability to pump blood is limited, while myocarditis is inflammation of the heart muscle.

 Michael died at his home in Oxfordshire county, southern England, on Dec. 25. He was 53. An initial autopsy failed to determine the cause of death.

 Salter said Tuesday that because Michael died of natural causes, no inquest will be held.

 At the time of his death, Michael’s manager told CBS News that he died of heart failure.

 In 2011, the singer had a life-threatening bout of pneumonia. At the time, he thanked the staff at Vienna General Hospital for keeping him alive in the intensive care unit.

 Michael enjoyed immense popularity early in his career as a teenybopper idol, delivering a series of hits such as “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go,” ‘’Young Guns (Go For It)“ and “Freedom.” As a solo artist, he developed into a more serious singer and songwriter, lauded by critics for his tremendous vocal range. He sold well over 100 million albums globally, earned numerous Grammy and American Music Awards, and recorded duets with legends like Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Luciano Pavarotti and Elton John. ||||| Get celebs updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid Email

 The love of George Michael’s life has told how he flew to the UK to comfort his grieving family – and how they just want to lay the star to rest.

 In an exclusive interview, Kenny Goss said he has been supporting the singer’s close family as they agonisingly wait for his body to be released for a funeral.

 Kenny chose to speak to the Sunday Mirror after receiving a “sign�? from George, who was his partner for 13 years.

 Speaking movingly about the star, Kenny revealed how he was in constant contact with the tragic singer in the months before he died aged just 53.

 The former Wham! frontman was well known for repeated drug use and Kenny said his weak body had “just given up�?.

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 George’s family are still awaiting results of toxicology tests before the coroner can release the body.

 Texan art dealer Kenny said he flew to England two weeks ago to help the star’s family during the painful and drawn-out process while investigations continue.

 Kenny, 58, who George called Darlin’, explains: “It was so great to see them and they are doing as well as can be expected. They are doing good.

 “He was very, very close to both of his sisters. The Greek mentality is to look after people. Melanie made lots of steak. When things are bad they cook – that’s what they do.

 “I’ll be there for the funeral. We just want closure, we want the funeral to

 happen, it’s been a long time now.�?

 The Sunday Mirror spoke to Kenny in Los Angeles, at Sir Elton John’s AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party.

 Kenny, who is close friends with Elton and his husband David Furnish, was a guest of honour on their top table.

 “It’s my second time at this party,�? he says. “And I want to support them. They have done so much for charity and it is something very close to mine and George’s heart. We are very passionate about our charities.�?

 George met Kenny at posh spa Beverly Hot Springs, in LA, in 1996.

 They only went public with their relationship two years later when the singer came out after being arrested for “a lewd act�? in a California toilet.

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 After falling in love, they went on to set up the Goss-Michael arts foundation in 2007, a prolific charity which helps young and struggling artists.

 It holds what is thought to be the largest collection of British contemporary art in the US, with works from artists including Tracey Emin and Damien Hirst.

 As well as curating exhibitions, the former lovers placed their money in an educational fund for college students to hone their skills.

 During the moving interview Kenny talks about George in the present tense and stops himself when he realises he is saying “we�?. He stumbles: “I don’t know why I keep saying that.�?

 Kenny was the Wham! frontman’s true love and they split in 2009, although George did not reveal their break-up for another two years.

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 They remained close friends and would refer to each other as “soulmates�?, always putting the foundation at the top of their priorities.

 When they split, George said: “I love him very much. This man has brought me a lot of joy and pain.

 “My love life has been a lot more turbulent than I’ve ever let on, and I’m so sad about my relationship with Kenny. I’m sorry for any pain.�?

 With a soft Texan drawl and cheery demeanour, it’s clear to see why Kenny had such a positive effect on George’s life.

 He was credited with helping the star through a string of troubled times.

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 Last week Kenny gave his first interview in the US since George’s death to talk about their charities.

 But in his first interview with a UK newspaper, he said he was torn about speaking publicly – until he got a sign from George.

 He said: “I wasn’t sure about doing the interview. It was a tricky thing. But Jolene, by Dolly Parton, was one of George’s favourite songs and when I was thinking about what to do it started playing on the radio.

 “I thought that was a sign. We had two dogs together and one of them was barking a lot, I also thought that was him trying to tell me something.

 “At the end of the day we need to spread the word about the charities. He would have wanted that. That’s the most important thing.�?

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 Teetotal Kenny has managed to keep himself focused by working on their foundation.

 A tribute on the charity’s website says: “George was a major part of my life and I loved him very, very much.

 "The beautiful memories and music he brought to the world will always be an important part of my life and those who also loved and admired him.�?

 Losing George has clearly taken its toll on Kenny and as authorities are yet to issue a cause of death it has been impossible for him to properly mourn.

 In January we revealed how Kenny had rekindled his friendship with George and was trying to help him.

 Kenny told us: “I was speaking to him all the time on the phone. We were in constant contact. He was in good spirits.�?

 But on Christmas Day George was found dead in bed at home in Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, by his current partner Fadi Fawaz, 43.

 Initial toxicology results were inconclusive and more tests are being carried out to determine the cause of death.

 Asked what he thinks happened, Kenny tells us: “I can’t say for sure but I think his body just gave up. All these years, it was just weak.�?

 Reminiscing about their time together, he continues: “We were together for 15 years and in the gay world that is a long time.

 "People used to say we argued but we wouldn’t really. It was always just silly things about who had the remote control.

 “When we split up there was no big argument, it was just how it was. It was a lovely relationship. I miss him.�?

 George’s philanthropy touched hearts around the world. It recently emerged he gifted £99,000 to Kenyan AIDS charity Omwabini after hearing of its funding problems on Deal Or No Deal.

 Kenny adds: “His generosity was endless, he helped so many people.

 “We will keep on hearing more and more stories about how he helped others. That is how people will remember him.

 “He was the sweetest person. People talk about him giving away £50,000 but he gave away millions.

 He always said ‘how much money does one person need’. That’s what he was like.�? |||||Summary:

– What was once deemed "inconclusive" has now arrived at a conclusion, though that conclusion may be cold comfort to fans, friends, and family. Early autopsy results on George Michael couldn't peg what caused his Christmas Day death, but on Tuesday, a UK coroner announced the 53-year-old singer had died of natural causes, spurred by a fatty liver and "dilated cardiomyopathy with myocarditis" (a clinical way of saying heart disease), CBS News reports. Michael's partner, Fadi Fawaz, had put up a bunch of tweets insinuating suicide right after his boyfriend's death; Fawaz later said he'd been hacked and took down the posts. A rep for Michael had mentioned heart failure was the cause after the initial autopsy. Per the American Heart Association, dilated cardiomyopathy is caused by an enlarged heart chamber that eventually affects heart contractions and keeps blood from being efficiently pumped out; myocarditis is inflammation of the heart muscle. A fatty liver could have any of a variety of causes, including drinking too much, a bout with hepatitis C, being overweight, or taking certain medication. "I think his body just gave up," Michael's former partner, Kenny Goss, told the Sunday Mirror over the weekend. Goss adds that now the family can move on with making final arrangements, saying, "We just want closure, we want the funeral to happen." Fawaz, meanwhile, posted a few tweets Tuesday in apparent response to the news, noting, "The Truth is out..." and "Now I hope to receive some real LOVE."


– Star magazine weighs in today with a juicy rumor grabbing all kinds of attention: Al Gore broke up with Tipper because he was having an affair with Larry David's ex-wife. The tabloid says Al has been having a fling with Laurie David—an environmental activist who co-produced An Inconvenient Truth—for two years. It quotes an "insider" as saying, “Al and Laurie went from friends to lovers. It couldn’t be avoided." No word from the Gores, but a family friend tells the Daily News the story is "complete crap." The Davids have been divorced since 2007.

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 's split from wife Tipper after 40 years of marriage was a shock to everyone who thought theirs was the ideal marriage. Now Star can exclusively reveal that the former Vice President was having an affair with's ex-wife — for the past two years!

 In the June 28 issue of Star, on sale Wednesday, we report that Al and Tipper's breakup didn't come as much of a surprise to one Hollywood player — Laurie David. Star has learned that Al has been having an affair with Laurie, who divorced Seinfeld creator and Curb Your Enthusiasm star Larry David in 2007 amidst reports she was cheating with the caretaker of their Martha's Vineyard summer home.

 “Al and Laurie went from friends to lovers," an insider tells Star. "It couldn’t be avoided."

 Pick up the new issue of Star tomorrow for our complete story of how the pair, who have been fighting for the environment for years and worked together on Al's 2006 Oscar-winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth, fell hard for one another — and if Tipper had any clue.

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 Guastella/WireImage Tipper Gore (l.) and former Vice President Al Gore at an event with Larry David and wife Laurie (r.)

 Al Gore's surprising split from wife Tipper was prompted by an affair he was having with Larry David's environmental activist wife, Star magazine claims.

 The tabloid weekly says the environment-friendly ex-veep and the comedian's ex have been involved for two years.

 Gore friends called the report utter nonsense.

 Laurie David is an outspoken Hollywood environmentalist and a trustee of the Natural Resources Defense Council who makes frequent appearances at political events.

 She co-produced "An Inconvenient Truth," the Oscar-winning documentary about Gore and his campaign against global warming.

 "Al and Laurie went from friends to lovers," Star quotes an unnamed insider as saying. "It couldn't be avoided."

 A close friend of both Al and Tipper Gore's laughed at the report and said there was nothing to it. "It's complete crap," he said.

 A Gore spokeswoman said Gore would not comment on the stream of stories about his separation. He normally refuses to comment on personal matters.

 David divorced her husband, the "Seinfeld" creator and star of "Curb Your Enthusiasm," in 2007 amid reports that she was cheating with the married caretaker of their Martha's Vineyard summer home.

 The Gores' stunning split after 40 years of marriage has prompted wildly varying explanations in the gossip sheets: Globe magazine said Al was gay, and the National Enquirer said Tipper was crazy.

 The Enquirer, which blew the lid off John Edwards stepping out while he was running for president, blamed Tipper's unfounded suspicions of affairs.

 "Tipper's jealousy was putting stress on their marriage," the National Enquirer quotes an unnamed insider as saying.

 "Al finally told her their relationship was over because he couldn't stand her jealous rages anymore."

 The tabloid weekly said there was no proof the former veep and green idol ever cheated on Tipper, but she suspected him constantly.

 "I think she's always believed there was something going on between Al and many of the women in his life," the unnamed insider is quoted as saying.

 Globe went the other way, saying Tipper left Al because he was having "a gay affair."

 Al, 62, and Tipper, 61, were high school sweethearts. Their split, announced two weeks ago , shocked many Gore associates who had always thought the marriage one of the most solid in politics. |||||


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Story highlights Three bodies have been found on real estate agent Todd Kohlhepp's property

 WSPA: Investigators are checking multiple properties he's owned inside and outside South Carolina

 (CNN) Authorities have found a third body on the property of Todd Kohlhepp, the South Carolina real estate agent accused of murder and kidnapping.

 The body, found Monday, was close to another body recovered the day before, Spartanburg County Coroner Rusty Clevenger told reporters. The official said he could not say whether those two bodies were male or female.

 Local church members pray on Kohlhepp's property in Woodruff's property on Monday.

 Last week, authorities found the body of 32-year-old Charles Carver on Kohlhepp's farm near Woodruff. Carver was the boyfriend of Kala Brown, who was rescued from a metal shipping container on Kohlhepp's property

 Kohlhepp was arrested last week after authorities found the chained Brown, who was screaming for help. Kohlhepp confessed to a series of killings, authorities said.

 The registered sex offender faces murder and kidnapping charges. Authorities say he could be connected to at least seven homicides. They're also checking other properties he's owned inside and outside the state, CNN affiliate WSPA reported. Woodruff is in northwestern South Carolina.

 Read More ||||| Todd Kohlhepp's enters the courtroom of Judge Jimmy Henson for a bond hearing at the Spartanburg Detention Facility, in Spartanburg, S.C. Sunday, Nov. 6, 2016. The judge denied bond for Kohlhepp, charged... (Associated Press)

 Todd Kohlhepp's enters the courtroom of Judge Jimmy Henson for a bond hearing at the Spartanburg Detention Facility, in Spartanburg, S.C. Sunday, Nov. 6, 2016. The judge denied bond for Kohlhepp, charged with a 2003 quadruple slaying and more recently holding a woman captive on his property. (AP Photo/Richard... (Associated Press)

 WOODRUFF, S.C. (AP) — Investigators discovered a third body on the property of a South Carolina man who is now linked to seven deaths and the kidnapping of a woman who was found chained inside a storage container, authorities said Monday.

 Todd Kohlhepp, 45, became a suspect after the woman was found Thursday chained by her neck and ankle in a metal storage container on his 95-acre property near rural Woodruff.

 The body of her boyfriend was found a day later. The couple had been missing for about two months.

 The other remains were found near one another Sunday and Monday, and authorities are not sure who they are. Investigators were expected back at the property on Tuesday, but Spartanburg County Coroner Rusty Clevenger said he didn't think there were any more bodies.

 "As the coroner, that's all I have been advised of. That was the total number of bodies I was told was on the property. If I am told there are more, I will be back," he said.

 Following Kohlhepp's arrest, he confessed to a 2003 quadruple slaying at a motorcycle shop in the small town of Chesnee, said Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright. He was denied bond Sunday on four murder charges for gunning down the motorcycle shop's owner, service manager, mechanic and bookkeeper.

 Wright has said Kohlhepp gave details only the killer would know. His confession came a day before the 13th anniversary of the crime, which many feared would never be solved.

 Before his confession, authorities granted him three requests, WSPA-TV reported (http://bit.ly/2fwxkwb). One was to transfer money to a girl Kohlhepp says he's helping raise, to help pay for college. The second was to give his mother a photograph, and the third was to let him talk to his mother.

 Kohlhepp is charged with kidnapping the woman, and more criminal counts are expected. He has chosen to represent himself and not hire an attorney, Wright told the Spartanburg Herald-Journal (http://bit.ly/2fyeVOe).

 Wright, who was first elected about a year after the Superbike Motorsports killings, is now investigating what appears to be a crime spree stretching over more than a decade.

 As a teen, Kohlhepp was sentenced to 14 years in prison in Arizona for binding and raping a 14-year-old neighbor at gunpoint. Released in 2001, he managed to obtain a real estate license in South Carolina in 2006. The search for human remains has now expanded to other properties he owns or used to own, including places outside of South Carolina, Wright said Sunday. He declined to elaborate.

 Kohlhepp showed investigators Saturday where he says he buried two other victims on the property he bought two years ago.

 "We're not even close" to identifying the remains or cause of death, Wright said. "We can't tell anything."

 Kohlhepp did not tell investigators who was buried there. Removing the remains to "preserve every bit of evidence" is a meticulous, time-consuming process, the coroner said.

 The gravesites Kohlhepp pointed to are in addition to the body found Friday in a shallow grave at the site. Authorities identified that victim as the boyfriend of the woman found Thursday. Clevenger said he died of multiple gunshot wounds.

 The Associated Press is not naming the woman because the suspect is a sex offender, though authorities have not said whether she was sexually assaulted.

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 Kinnard reported from Spartanburg, South Carolina.

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 Associated Press writers Jonathan Drew in Raleigh, North Carolina, and Jeffrey Collins in Columbia, South Carolina, contributed to this report. ||||| A green body board was taken on Monday afternoon to the Kohlhepp property. (Photo: KEN RUINARD / Independent Mail)

 After a third body was unearthed at a property near Woodruff where a kidnapped woman was rescued last week, investigators believe they have found all the bodies buried on the 95-acre property.

 This brings the death toll to seven that are linked to Todd Kohlhepp, a 45-year-old real estate agent and convicted sex offender.

 He has not confessed to any other deaths, said Lt. Kevin Bobo, spokesman for the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office.

 On Saturday, two days after asking for an attorney, Kohlhepp reinitiated contact with investigators and confessed to the 2003 quadruple slayings at Superbike Motorsports in Chesnee, Bobo said.

 During a walk with investigators on his heavily wooded property on Saturday, Kohlhepp led authorities to the locations of the bodies unearthed Sunday and Monday. Bobo said he couldn’t talk about who the bodies were or if Kohlhepp identified them.

 On Friday, the remains of Charles Carver, 32, were recovered. He was the boyfriend of Kala Brown, a 30-year-old Anderson woman who was chained inside a storage shed and rescued alive as investigators searched the property for her.

 Kohlhepp has been charged with four counts of murder in the Superbike case and with kidnapping Brown. He has not been charged in Carver’s death.

 Other charges against him are likely, Bobo said. Kohlhepp was denied bond and his next court appearance was scheduled for Jan. 19.

 Bobo said as far as he knows, Kohlhepp is representing himself.

 Spartanburg County Coroner Rusty Clevenger said more tests will have to be done to determine the identities, age and sex of the bodies found Sunday and Monday.

 He said an anthropologist is helping with the case.

 The bodies found Sunday and Monday were close to each other and were removed from the property on Monday.

 Clevenger said he will rely on examinations to determine how they died and would not go into their state of decomposition.

 “As we stand here tonight, we feel like there aren’t any more bodies on this property,” Bobo said.

 The majority of the property has been searched, but investigators will be back on the site Tuesday to make sure nothing was missed, he said.

 The search for bodies has extended beyond the Woodruff property to other locations linked to Kohlhepp.

 Sheriff Chuck Wright declined to say where investigators were looking. He said the investigation is widespread and no longer limited to South Carolina, he said.

 Just how far and for how long the search will continue is unclear, but with a private pilot’s license since 2006 and as a real estate broker in Greenville and Spartanburg who owned his own property management business, the search may prove vast.

 SLIDESHOW: 7 of South Carolina's most notorious killers

 Throughout the day Monday investigators were seen digging with an excavator.

 Late in the afternoon, a piece of excavating equipment was removed from the scene, as was some evidence put into a black bag and driven away in a truck.

 Two of Kohlhepp’s goats also were loaded into a large crate in the back of a truck and driven away.

 A green body board was taken onto the property on Monday afternoon. About an hour earlier, Wright gathered inside the fenced area but away from investigators with a group of people from Duncan First Baptist Church for prayer.

 Kohlhepp’s real estate license was suspended on Friday under an emergency order from the state Real Estate Commission, citing “public safety and welfare” concerns.

 The Greater Greenville Association of Realtors issued a statement Monday saying that homeowners who had been working with Kohlhepp's company can either withdraw their listings from the market entirely or withdraw them and re-list with their agent when they transfer to another firm.

 “No Broker approval will be required,” the statement says. “We will provide a lockbox removal service to these sellers at no cost to them.”

 Kohlhepp helped Roberta Shaughnessy sell her house five years ago. Now the memories give her chills.

 Shaughnessy remembers him as a very outgoing person and a great salesman — but with some quirks that in hindsight give her chills.

 He made a lot of jokes, some of them off-color. He talked a lot about his guns, his assault rifles, his BMWs — and he sprinkled sexual innuendos into his conversation from time to time, she said.

 “You think he’s saying things jokingly, but now you question, oh, my gosh, was he really joking?” she said.

 She didn't suspect him of having a violent nature, although she did see him get “flustered” a few times when he got phone calls, and “was always whining and complaining about having to go collect rent from what he called deadbeats.”

 “He would say, ‘I’m just going to go shoot my guns and blow off steam,’” she said. “He would say all these things in such a sarcastic way that you never knew."

 Greenville News and Anderson Independent Mail staff writers Michael Burns, Ron Barnett, Frances Parrish, Kirk Brown and Mike Ellis contributed to this report.

 Read or Share this story: http://grnol.co/2fvQemZ ||||| WOODRUFF, S.C. (WSPA and AP) – In an interview with CBS News, Spartanburg Co. Sheriff Chuck Wright says they granted 3 requests from murder and kidnapping suspect, Todd Kohlhepp before he confessed to the Superbike Motorsports murders.

 Those were:

 · Wright took a picture to his mom

 · Wright let him talk to his mom

 · Transfer money to a girl he is helping raise to pay for college

 “He wanted me to give his mom a picture, so I did. He wanted to be the one to tell his mom some stuff, so I did. So I actually said a prayer with him,” said Wright.

 Wright said investigators built a rapport with Kohlhepp.

 “We treat everyone when they come into the sheriff’s office or the detention center like God’s children. We just don’t mistreat them and people respond when you treat them like humans,” Wright said.

 He says he thinks Kohlhepp wants to make things right. He told the Herald Journal that Kohlhepp was remorseful.

 “We had prayer, the mom and I and the stepdad. And I drove them here and then he did as he agreed. He kept his word,” said Wright.

 THE SEARCH FOR BODIES

 Investigators in Spartanburg Co. say they’ll continue searching for human remains Monday after finding the remains of two people and a woman alive and chained by her neck and ankle in a metal storage container.

 Todd Kohlhepp has become a suspect in at least seven deaths and authorities say he’s confessed to a quadruple slaying at a motorcycle shop in 2003.

 In an interview with CBS This Morning, Sheriff Chuck Wright says Kohlhepp asked to meet with his mother.

 It was after that meeting that he confessed to the killings.

 READ Todd Kohlhepp admits to Superbike murders, says Sheriff

 Kohlhepp is without an attorney and speaking freely with investigators, according to Wright.

 Kohlhepp confessed Saturday to the four murders, Sheriff Wright said.

 THE SUPERBIKE MURDERS

 It has been 13 years since the Superbike Motorsports murders. Scott Ponder, Beverly Guy, Chris Sherbert and Brian Lucas, were killed at Superbike Motorsports on Nov. 6, 2003.

 Scott Ponder, Beverly Guy, Brian Lucas, and Chris Sherbert were shot and killed inside the Superbike Motorsports shop in Chesnee on Parris Bridge Road.

 READ Superbike family members react to arrest

 Years went by and sketches were released, leads were followed, but the case remained cold.

 Scott Ponder’s widow, Melissa, says deputies told her that Kohlhepp was a customer of the shop.

 Chris Sherbert’s brother remains in disbelief, telling 7 News that he stopped by his brother’s grave Saturday night, to tell him there was closure.

 Tom Lucas, the father of Brian Lucas, says that it’s unreal still.

 THE SUSPECT TODD KOHLHEPP

 Kohlhepp is a registered sex offender in SC.

 The registry says he is a Juvenile Tier III type offender for a 10/16/1987 conviction in AZ for Kidnapping.

 According to court records, Kohlhepp kidnapped and sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl.

 He was 15-years-old at the time of the crime.

 READ: COURT RECORDS REVEAL CHILLING DETAILS OF KOHLHEPP’S PAST KIDNAPPING

 According to court records, Kohlhepp had extensive counseling, including hospitalization, for his behavior in Georgia.

 He was living with his biological father at the time of the kidnapping.

 According to court documents, Kohlhepp forced the girl into his home and tied her hands and put tape over her mouth and sexually assaulted her.

 The court documents also include a psychiatric evaluation that say Kohlhepp destroyed his room with a hammer, destroyed other children’s projects, cloroxed a goldfish, shot a dog with a BB gun, was dismissed from the Boy Scouts because he was too disruptive, and shredded his own new clothes. The report also says his father made a statement saying the only emotion Kohlhepp was capable of was anger.

 WHAT HAPPENED IN WOODRUFF?

 Spartanburg deputies were at a property off Wofford Rd. in Woodruff Thursday afternoon serving a search warrant.

 That property is owned by Kohlhepp, according to records.

 The sheriff said deputies heard a woman banging on the metal container.

 They found Kala Brown inside with a chain around her neck. She has been taken for treatment.

 Her boyfriend, Charles Carver’s body was found on the property on Friday.

 They couple had been missing since August 31.

 The sheriff says they may be dealing with a possible serial killer and there could be 4 bodies on the property.

 READ: Woman found “chained like dog” in Woodruff, man still missing

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 A Killer Among Us: The Unsealed Files of Todd Kohlhepp For 13 years the families of the Superbike Motorsports families searched for answers, who killed their loved ones and why? |||||

– Police in South Carolina say they've found a third body on the property of suspected serial killer Todd Kohlhepp—and they think this one could be the last, at least on that property. Spartanburg County Coroner Rusty Clevenger says that like another body found on Sunday, it hasn't been determined whether this is the body of a man or a woman, CNN reports. "As we stand here tonight, we feel like there aren't any more bodies on this property," a sheriff's department spokesman said at the Woodruff property Monday, per the Greenville News. Investigators say they plan to search other properties, some of them out of state. Kohlhepp was arrested last week after a missing woman was found chained up in a container on his property. The body of her boyfriend was found in a shallow grave the next day. Police say that after the arrest, Kohlhepp confessed to a quadruple murder in a motorcycle shop in 2003, the AP reports. WSPA notes that Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright says that before the confession, he granted Kohlhepp's requests to send college money to a girl he is helping raise, send a picture to his mother, and speak to his mother in person. "We had prayer, the mom and I and the stepdad. And I drove them here and then he did as he agreed. He kept his word," Wright says.


Melbourne shooting: Officials name Abdul Numan Haider as man shot dead by anti-terrorist officers

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 Senior law enforcement officials have named the 18-year-old man who was shot dead after stabbing two officers from the Joint Counter Terrorism team outside a Melbourne police station last night.

 Abdul Numan Haider was the "person of interest" who was expected to attend an interview at the Endeavour Hills Police Station when the incident occurred, senior law enforcement sources confirmed.

 Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Ken Lay said Haider, who was under investigation and had his passport cancelled, was allegedly seen last week with an Islamic State (IS) flag.

 "There's certainly information that he was present at the shopping centre in the last week or so with the flag that appeared to be an ISIS [Islamic State] flag," Chief Commissioner Lay said.

 "It's not an offence but clearly it drew our attention to this person and we had a conversation with this person."

 Haider, whose family are from Afghanistan, had also been associated with the radical Islamic group called Al-Furqan.

 It is understood he had recently moved away from the group.

 Based in Springvale, in Melbourne's south-east, associates of Al-Furqan were the targets of terrorism raids by Victoria Police and the Australian Federal Police in 2012.

 Australian Federal Police (AFP) Acting Commissioner Andrew Colvin said authorities had been monitoring Haider for three months.

 "A range of factors that gave us concern about possibly his intentions and what he may do, but again it wasn't specific," he said.

 "I want to reinforce to everybody that police, as we did last week, take early action to disrupt and intervene when we need to.

 "On this occasion we made the decision that we needed to talk to him to understand a little more what his thoughts and motivations may be."

 A close family friend of the Haider family, who did not want to be identified, said Haider's family had become increasingly concerned about his behaviour in recent months.

 They had encouraged their son to seek professional help from a counsellor.

 It is understood that authorities visited the family in May to discuss Haider's behaviour.

 Last night, Haider's mother and father tried to prevent their son from leaving the house over concerns for his safety.

 Despite their attempts, Haider left his Narre Warren home to meet with members of the Joint Counter Terrorism team who had requested a meeting at the Endeavour Hills Police Station.

 It is believed Haider called police when he arrived at the station and told them he did not want to meet them inside the police station.

 The two officers then went out to meet Haider and the altercation occurred.

 Officers stabbed in arms, neck and head before shooting Haider

 Chief Commissioner Lay said Haider attacked a police officer who tried to shake his hand outside the station, and then stabbed another officer, about 7:40pm (AEST) on Tuesday.

 "When our police members have approached this young man, one's extended his hand to shake his hand and the response has been he's been stabbed in the arm," he said.

 "The attacker's then turned on the second police member and stabbed him three or four times in the body and in the head.

 "The first wounded member has then shot and killed the young man."

 One of the injured officers is from the AFP and the other is a Victoria Police member, they were both rushed to hospital.

 Chief Commissioner Lay said both police officers required surgery.

 The ABC has been told that Haider had made threats against the Prime Minister, however Mr Colvin said no specific threats were made.

 "This is early stages of an investigation ... What I will say is and what I can be very confident on is there were no specific threats made," he said.

 Haider's car is parked at a childcare centre next to the police station and the area is locked down.

 Natalie Morales, who works at the childcare centre, said staff were unable to contact parents this morning to tell them the facility was closed, because the contact lists were in the building.

 "That can happen anywhere around Australia, unfortunately it happened next door to the childcare I work at," Ms Morales said.

 "Even if it happened during the day, we have a pin code that only the staff and families know, so no-one can access the centre even if we had children in the centre."

 Abbott speaks to family of injured officers

 Speaking in Hawaii while en route to a UN Security Council meeting in New York, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said the Melbourne incident was "nasty" and showed the threat from extremists was real.

 "Obviously, this indicates that there are people in our community who are capable of very extreme acts," he said.

 "It also indicates that the police will be constantly vigilant to protect us against people who would do us harm."

 Mr Abbott said he had spoken to the wives of both police officers involved.

 Chief Commissioner Lay said the stab wounds to the police officers were significant and required surgery, but that both officers were in a stable condition this morning.

 "Our AFP colleague underwent surgery overnight for some significant injuries, he's come through that surgery it appears pretty well, he's in a serious but stable condition," Chief Commissioner Lay said.

 "Our Victorian Police member has had quite a significant stab wound to his arm, I understand he'll undergo surgery today to repair some ligament and nerve damage.

 "So the physical injuries will heal quick enough and obviously we need to think about the psychological stuff and give these people as much support as we possibly can."

 Victorian Premier urges community to unite

 Victorian Premier Denis Napthine said it was important that the incident did not divide the community.

 "Let me make it very, very clear, one of the greatest strengths, one of the greatest assets we have here in Victoria is our harmonious, diverse, multi cultural, multi-faith community," Dr Napthine said.

 Sorry, this video has expired Video: Commissioner Ken Lay and Vic Premier Denis Napthine address media (ABC News)

 "We need to preserve and protect that. We need to enhance and build on that.

 "We shouldn't let a single incident divide that. We need to show each other respect, be tolerant and remain united."

 He said authorities were working together to ensure the safety of the community.

 "It is imperative that we do all that we can to reassure all members of the Victorian community that everything is being done to protect our safety and making sure that our community continues to work together as a whole Victorian community," Dr Napthine said.

 Islamic leaders criticise police investigation

 Leaders of Melbourne's Islamic community have criticised police over their investigation into the fatal shooting.

 Gaith Krayem from the Islamic Council of Victoria said police were quick to jump to conclusions.

 "I was disappointed with the immediate press conference police held last night. It was held three hours after the event, and they drew conclusions immediately," Mr Krayem said.

 "There needs to be a proper process as there always should be when police are involved in a fatality."

 What we do know is that there's an 18-year-old young man who is dead this morning, there are two police officers in hospital, there is a family who is grieving. Gaith Krayem

 Mr Krayen said the public needed to reserve their judgement until a full and objective investigation has taken place.

 "Immediately, individuals such as this unfortunately are given these labels of a radical, or a terrorist, or an extremist," he said.

 "Unfortunately, because of the environment we're in, as soon as you label somebody like that, people don't want to then question what occurred.

 "We don't know really what happened when this young man arrived at the police station.

 "What we do know is that there's an 18-year-old young man who is dead this morning, there are two police officers in hospital, there is a family who is grieving."

 Topics: crime, federal-parliament, federal-government, terrorism, law-crime-and-justice, police, endeavour-hills-3802

 First posted ||||| CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A terror suspect shot dead after he stabbed two Australian counterterrorism police officers had his passport canceled on national security grounds and had recently displayed what appeared to be a flag of the Islamic State group, top police officials said Wednesday.

 A forensic officer documents objects including a blanket at the scene of a fatal shooting at Endeavour Hills Police Station in Melbourne, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014. A suspected terrorist was shot dead... (Associated Press)

 Some experts suspect Tuesday's attack was inspired by the Islamic State group's call to supporters to wage terrorism in their home countries.

 An Australian Federal Police officer and a Victoria state police officer who were part of a counterterrorism team had asked the 18-year-old to come to a police station in Melbourne to answer questions after first drawing their attention three months ago, Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Ken Lay said.

 The trio shook hands before the man began stabbing the officers, Australian Federal Police Commander Bruce Giles said. One of the officers then shot the man dead.

 The officer had no choice but to shoot, said Victoria Police Assistant Commissioner Luke Cornelius.

 Police haven't released the suspect's name, but opposition leader Bill Shorten identified him in Parliament as Numan Haider.

 A second knife was found on the man after he was shot, Lay said. Both officers were in stable condition Wednesday.

 The man had recently exhibited behaviors that had caused police "significant concern," Lay said, including being seen waving what appeared to be an Islamic State flag at a shopping center.

 Australian Federal Police Acting Commissioner Andrew Colvin said the man's passport was canceled about a week ago on national security grounds.

 Brett Zarb, spokesman for GPT Group that owns the Dandenong Plaza shopping center, said police had asked the mall for security footage of Haider's brief visit to the complex last Thursday.

 Zarb said Haider had been accused of displaying the Islamic State flag at around 4 p.m. that day. He did not create any disturbance, he said.

 Asked about reports that the man had also threatened Prime Minister Tony Abbott, Colvin said the man had not made any "specific threats."

 Abbott is en route to New York to attend a United Nations Security Council meeting on the 15,000 foreign fighters who are in Iraq and Syria.

 "Obviously this indicates that there are people in our community who are capable of very extreme acts," Abbott said in a video message from Hawaii.

 A statement issued by Islamic State group spokesman Abu Muhammad al-Adnani and made public this week asked Muslims to use all means to kill a "disbelieving American or European — especially the spiteful and filthy French — or an Australian or a Canadian" or others whose countries are trying to disable the group.

 Australian National University Professor of National Security Michael Wesley blamed the statement for the attack.

 "I think that this attack occurring in the context of the fatwa that came out earlier this week, a fatwa that implored followers to attack infidels and ask no one's permission, thereby really an incitement to lone-wolf attacks — I don't think that's a coincidence at all," Wesley said.

 Yahya Safi, member of the Australian National Imams Council, called for calm.

 "The recent so-called fatwa from overseas making reference to Australia as a target has no religious authority and must be rejected," he said.

 Islamic Council of Victoria Secretary Ghaith Krayem said his group had on Wednesday received threats against Muslims and the man's family. He urged people not to jump to conclusions about the man's motivations, saying that many 18-year-olds rebel against authorities without being terrorists.

 The Defense Department announced Wednesday that an Australian air force contingent had arrived in the United Arab Emirates. The jets are expected to be used in airstrikes against Islamic State fighters in Iraq, although Australia has yet to commit to a combat role.

 Earlier this month, Australia raised its terror warning to the second-highest level, citing the domestic threat posed by supporters of the Islamic State group. Last week, police detained 16 people in counterterrorism raids in Sydney and charged one with conspiring with an Islamic State leader in Syria to behead a random person.

 On Wednesday, the government proposed a law to making it an offense to simply visit terrorism hot spots abroad.

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 Associated Press writer Kristen Gelineau in Sydney contributed to this report. |||||

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– Australian police shot and killed a terror suspect after he stabbed two officers yesterday, officials say. The suspect has been identified as Numan Haider, an 18-year-old Australian whose passport had been canceled amid terror concerns, the AP reports. Officers were concerned he was planning to behead police, cover their bodies in a flag, then post pictures online, following ISIS instructions, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. Police asked him to come to a station in Melbourne for questioning after he'd been on their radar for three months; he'd recently been reported displaying an ISIS flag at a shopping center. Officers met him outside the building at his request, Australia's ABC News reports; when one tried to shake his hand, he stabbed the officer, police say. Both officers are in stable condition. A search of Haider revealed another knife, as well as an ISIS flag, the Morning Herald notes. Haider's family, from Afghanistan, had recently been worried about his behavior, a family friend tells ABC. He had been linked to a radical Melbourne-based group known as al-Furqan that has previously been raided by police, but he had reportedly drifted from the group.


In Major Hire, Zynga Confirms Xbox Head Don Mattrick as New CEO, Taking Over From Mark Pincus

 As AllThingsD reported earlier today, Zynga confirmed that it has hired Microsoft’s Interactive Entertainment President Don Mattrick as its new CEO.

 In a press release, the San Francisco online social gaming company — which has had a turbulent record since its late 2011 IPO — said that current CEO and founder Mark Pincus will continue as Zynga’s chairman and chief product officer.

 The 49-year-old Mattrick, who begins next Monday, will also join the company’s board.

 The hire is significant for Zynga, which has been hit by a series of problems since its IPO. Pincus has been struggling to move the company into mobile quickly, as its once strong Web and Facebook consumer business has waned. That has included a recent round of layoffs, as well as closures of a number of offices outside of its San Francisco HQ.

 This is a major step by Pincus, who has held the top job there since the company’s founding. While it is not unusual for a founder to give up such power, it certainly underscores Pincus’ commitment to reviving Zynga.

 In a blog post about the move, Pincus wrote, “if I could find someone who could do a better job as our CEO I’d do all I could to recruit and bring that person in. I’m confident that Don is that leader.”

 Pincus’s cooperation was indeed key in the hiring, said sources. It would have to be: He has 61 percent voting control in Zynga, which he founded in 2007. Sources added that Pincus has lately come to the conclusion that the company needed a top manager as CEO, so that he could focus on creating hit games and other products.

 Pincus had only half-heartedly tried that before, hiring Electronic Arts exec John Schappert as COO. But he, as well as a number of top execs, stepped down last summer. Pincus has tried a reorg of the company, but the Mattrick hiring is his most dramatic move to date and one that was also pushed by Zynga’s board.

 “Don is unique in the game business,” said Pincus in a statement. “He deeply understands the value of a network and the importance of creating lifelong consumer relationships.”

 Said Mattrick: “I joined Zynga because I believe that Mark’s pioneering vision and mission to connect the world through games is just getting started. Zynga is a great business that has yet to realize its full potential.”

 Mattrick has been at Microsoft for a half-dozen years, after working for 15 year at Electronic Arts, including as president of its worldwide studios. He came to EA after it bought Distinctive Software, which Mattrick founded at 17 years old.

 According to his company bio, “since Mattrick began overseeing the Xbox division, the Xbox 360 installed base grew from 10 million to nearly 80 million worldwide while Xbox Live membership increased from 6 million to nearly 50 million.”

 But numerous sources said Mattrick has been looking to leave Microsoft for some time, a desire that has deepened as CEO Steve Ballmer has been contemplating a major restructuring that could separate software from hardware across all its businesses. In some configurations, that would have put Mattrick at a disadvantage.

 Mattrick has also been on the short list of the top execs being considered to run EA, another gaming giant that has faced a number of challenges and whose former CEO was ousted a few months ago. According to sources, the company is still looking at many candidates and some of its own board members are interested in the job.

 Microsoft does not currently appear to have a successor to Mattrick as yet, but that might be moot until Ballmer’s new reorg of the Redmond, Wash., tech giant is complete.

 Despite the success of Xbox, Mattrick has presided over some recent high-profile missteps around the flagship device.

 As the interactive entertainment boss, Mattrick has been a public presence at both of Microsoft’s recent Xbox One events — the nationally televised unveiling in May and the E3 update in June. Gamers disappointed with the lesser focus on games at the May event blasted execs like Mattrick in numerous online grumblings (and worse over other issues — Francis is really pissed! So is this guy, who is quite verbal about it, too.)

 At E3, Sony won the image battle by reaffirming its old DRM policies vs. the Xbox’s new ones, which had angered some gamers by requiring regular online connectivity. After E3, Microsoft abandoned its new digital check-in plans and reverted back to its old DRM policies, too.

 While some of the more vocal gamers are now pointing to these issues as part of the reasons for Mattrick’s departure, it does not appear to be the case.

 Zynga shares rose about nine percent today, after ATD posted on the Mattrick hire. ||||| Photo

 Zynga, the social games maker that has stumbled badly over the last year, said it had replaced its founder and chief executive, Mark Pincus, with the head of Microsoft’s Xbox video game business, Don Mattrick.

 The change, announced Monday afternoon, came after a series of miscalculations and poor management decisions by Mr. Pincus threatened to transform Zynga from one of the hottest game start-ups ever into one of its most spectacular flameouts. After Mr. Pincus figured out before anyone else how games like FarmVille could get friends playing against one another on Facebook, he seemed unable to repeat the formula on today’s popular game devices, smartphones and tablets.

 Zynga’s stock is down nearly 70 percent since it sold shares to the public in late 2011. Last month it laid off nearly a fifth of its work force.

 In hiring Mr. Mattrick, Zynga is following a familiar rite of passage at young technology companies, which often look to seasoned managers to aid their transition from start-ups run by creative, headstrong founders into bigger enterprises. Google, for instance, brought in Eric Schmidt as chief executive to help manage the company with its co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin.

 Some founders of troubled Internet companies have not been able to hang on, including Andrew Mason, the former chief executive of Groupon, who was fired from the coupon service in February after his missteps put him on the wrong side of its board of directors.

 Mr. Pincus, who will remain at Zynga as chairman and chief product officer, worked hard on Monday to portray himself as a strong supporter of hiring Mr. Mattrick. In a message to Zynga employees, Mr. Pincus said he had long told Zynga’s board, including Bing Gordon, a stalwart of the games business and friend of Mr. Mattrick’s, that “if I could find someone who could do a better job as our C.E.O. I’d do all I could to recruit and bring that person in.”

 “I’m confident that Don is that leader,” Mr. Pincus wrote. For good measure, Mr. Pincus concluded a Twitter post on Mr. Mattrick’s hiring with the hashtag: #internettreasure.

 In Mr. Mattrick, Zynga has found a rare combination of impeccable creative credentials in the games business and strong business acumen. A programmer from Vancouver, British Columbia, who dropped out of college to create games, Mr. Mattrick founded a games start-up at the age of 17. He sold the start-up for $11 million to Electronic Arts in 1991, where it became a factory for some of EA’s biggest games hits, including the car racing game Need for Speed.

 He is a hard-core gamer himself, though a busy one. He once confirmed to a reporter that he hired a college student to play the online fantasy game World of Warcraft using Mr. Mattrick’s account so he could more swiftly improve the powers of his game character.

 After 14 years at EA, Mr. Mattrick joined Microsoft in 2007 and helped that company expand the audience for its Xbox 360 game console. He oversaw the introduction of its Kinect motion-sensor, which made the game system more accessible to casual gamers.

 Mr. Mattrick does not, however, have a strong background in mobile games, where Zynga needs the most help. There are plenty of megahits in mobile games, from Angry Birds to the addictive puzzle game currently at the top of download charts, Candy Crush. But that formula for mobile success has largely eluded Zynga and it isn’t readily clear Mr. Mattrick has the background to help the company solve that problem.

 “I think the solution is mobile so I’m not sure Don is the guy,” said Michael Pachter, an analyst at Wedbush Securities. “You need a hit. It’s fluky stuff.”

 Zynga has also been hit with a string of departures by executives who, like Mr. Mattrick, used to work at Electronic Arts. The most prominent was John Schappert, Zynga’s former chief operating officer.

 The timing of Mr. Mattrick’s departure was particularly bad for Microsoft, which plans to release a new game console, the Xbox One, in time for the holiday shopping season. Mr. Mattrick, the president of Microsoft’s interactive entertainment business, has had a rocky few weeks since the unusual public outcry that followed the revelation last month of many important details about Xbox One at the E3 game conference.

 Gamers denounced Microsoft’s plan to let game publishers prevent the resale of Xbox One game discs in used-game stores, forcing the company to reverse its policy. Although the controversy looked like a setback for Mr. Mattrick, his departure did not appear to be directly related to it, according to one person.

 All Things Digital first reported news of Mr. Mattrick’s hiring by Zynga.

 Mr. Mattrick, 49, was also talking to Electronic Arts about becoming chief executive of that company, said people briefed on the discussion who declined to be named because the discussions were private. While Zynga is struggling to find mobile hits, there is little danger of it going out of business in the near term. The company has a sizable store of cash from its initial public offering, with more than $1 billion in cash and marketable securities.

 It remains to be seen whether Mr. Pincus, who still holds 61 percent of the voting power in the company through his Zynga shares, will give Mr. Mattrick the freedom to run the company the way he wants. Zynga said that Mr. Mattrick will join Mr. Pincus on a newly formed executive committee to manage the company’s affairs between board meetings.

 One person close to Zynga who declined to be named said that Mr. Pincus was serious about letting Mr. Mattrick run the company and that Mr. Mattrick would not have accepted the job if he thought Mr. Pincus was likely to meddle.

 John Doerr, the venture capitalist and Zynga board member, said in a statement that the change would allow Mr. Pincus to focus more on products. “This also is a win for Mark, who can devote his full attention to conceiving and building the best social games in the world,” Mr. Doerr said. |||||
What is a one-paragraph summary of the above article?

– After a disastrous year and a major round of layoffs, Zynga has decided its founding CEO is no longer the person for the job. The social gaming firm behind titles such as FarmVille has chosen Don Mattrick, the current chief of Microsoft's Xbox division, to replace Mark Pincus at the helm, All Things Digital reports. "Don is unique in the game business," Pincus, who will remain as chairman, said in a statement. "He can execute in multiple domains—hardware, software, and network." Mattrick, a hardcore gamer with a solid business record, will be tasked with turning the company around, though some analysts say his lack of experience in mobile gaming could be a problem, the New York Times notes.


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The American soldier at the centre of the WikiLeaks revelations was so mentally fragile before his deployment to Iraq that he wet himself, threw chairs around, shouted at his commanding officers and was regularly brought in for psychiatric evaluations, according to an investigative film produced by the Guardian.

 Bradley Manning, who was detained a year ago on Sunday in connection with the biggest security leak in US military history, was a "mess of a child" who should never have been put through a tour of duty in Iraq, according to an officer from the Fort Leonard Wood military base in Missouri, where Manning trained in 2007.

 The officer's words reinforce a leaked confidential military report that reveals that other senior officers thought he was unfit to go to Iraq. "He was harassed so much that he once pissed in his sweatpants," the officer said.

 "I escorted Manning a couple of times to his 'psych' evaluations after his outbursts. They never should have trapped him in and recycled him in [to Iraq]. Never. Not that mess of a child I saw with my own two eyes. No one has mentioned the army's failure here – and the discharge unit who agreed to send him out there," said the officer, who asked not to be identified because of the hostility towards Manning in the military.

 "I live in an area where I would be persecuted if I said anything against the army or helped Manning," the officer said.

 Despite several violent outbursts and a diagnosis of adjustment disorder, a condition that meant he was showing difficulty adjusting to military life, Manning was eventually sent to Iraq, where it is alleged he illegally downloaded thousands of sensitive military and diplomatic documents and passed them on to the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks.

 In Iraq, Manning retained his security clearance to work as an intelligence specialist.

 Two months after his arrival, the bolt was removed from his rifle because he was thought to be a danger, his lawyer, David Coombs, has confirmed.

 A Guardian investigation focusing on soldiers who worked with Manning in Iraq has also discovered there was virtually no computer and intelligence security at Manning's station in Iraq, Forward Operating Base Hammer. According to eyewitnesses, the security was so lax that many of the 300 soldiers on the base had access to the computer room where Manning worked, and passwords to access the intelligence computers were stuck on "sticky notes" on the laptop screens.

 Rank and file soldiers would watch grisly "kill mission" footage as a kind of entertainment on computers with access to the sensitive network of US diplomatic and military communications known as SIPRNet.

 Jacob Sullivan, 28, of Phoenix, Arizona, a former chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear specialist, was stationed at FOB Hammer in Manning's unit.

 "A lot of different people worked from that building and in pretty much every room there was a SIPRNet computer attached to a private soldier or a specialist," Sullivan said

 "On the computers that I saw there was a [sticky label] either on the computer or next to the computer with the information to log on. I was never given permission to log on so I never used it but there were a lot of people who did."

 He added: "If you saw a laptop with a red wire coming out of it, you knew it was a SIPRNet. I would be there by myself and the laptops [would] be sitting there with passwords. Everyone would write their passwords down on sticky notes and set it by their computer. [There] wasn't a lot of security going on so no wonder something like this transpired."

 Manning is facing multiple charges of downloading and passing on sensitive information. No one else at the base has been charged. Manning denies all the charges. If convicted he could face up to 55 years in jail.

 The US Defence Security Service is also investigating why Manning, who had been sent for psychiatric counselling before he was deployed to Iraq, was not screened more fully before he was allowed to work in intelligence.

 Eyewitness accounts by soldiers who served with him there and friends in the US who spoke to the Guardian paint a picture of an increasingly unstable and at times violent man.

 One soldier who served with him describes him "blowing up and punching this chick in the face".

 Additional reporting by Daniel Fisher ||||| Bradley Manning, the man held over the leaking of confidential cables to WikiLeaks, was a 'mess of a child' who should never have been put through a tour of duty in Iraq, according to an investigative film produced by the Guardian |||||

– Bradley Manning never should have been let near Iraq, much less the classified trove he spilled to WikiLeaks, reports the Guardian in a look at the Army private's mental health. "He was harassed so much that he once pissed in his sweatpants," says an anonymous officer from the base where Manning trained, calling him "a mess of a child." Manning was prone to outbursts, regularly hauled in for psych evaluations, and once punched "a chick in the face"—yet sent on his way to Baghdad, security clearance intact. "Low-flying planes could have seen that kid wasn't suitable," says a former soldier who recalls Manning "curled up in a fetal position on his bunk." "He was a wreck." Couple that with security so lax that passwords were scrawled on sticky notes on laptops at Manning's base, and as a former comrade says, "no wonder something like this transpired." Watch the 19-minute Guardian video here.