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I've mentioned police using social networking sites to find minor infractions of college students. Well this is anothet interesting use of social networking sites by law enforcement in my home state. I'm curious as to whether this will work...

'Do You Know Me???' asks MySpace page by police tracking robber

By Jon Gambrell
The Associated Press

LITTLE ROCK -- He's about 60, with graying hair and a bald spot on the crown of his head -- and he looks forward to meeting "more bank tellers so that I can continue my crime spree!!!"

As police continue searching for a suspect in four bank robberies across Arkansas, one local department has taken the unusual step of creating the man a profile on the social networking Web site MySpace, hoping someone will recognize him.

"He's not like a lot of bank robbers where he wears a mask or something to conceal his face," said Fort Smith police Sgt. Jarrard Copeland, who created the page. "The pictures are definitely clear enough and there's enough of his face and facial features exposed that someone who knows him will definitely recognize him and hopefully they'll call police."

I'm sick. Bad sick. I have a cold which my roommate was so gracious as to share with me. Given that I'm so miserable I have accepted my friend, Qians offer of Chinese medicine to treat it. It's funny she doesn't trust medicine in the United States so she brings it all from home but I've just taken something I can't even read the packaging. They look like little neon green skittles or M&M's. She tells me "It's very common in China, don't worry. Just vitamin C and some medicine." Medicine...seems a little vague. I'll let you know if my heart explodes.

Labels: china medicine

And so to make a long story short, I got into Annenberg.