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Convicted of the 1994 kidnapping and murder of three backpackers in Cambodia, the former Khmer Rouge commander Sam Bith was sentenced to life in prison in 2002. David Wilson of Australia, Mark Slater of the U.K. and Jean-Michel Braquet of France were on a train when it was ambushed by Khmer Rouge fighters. The rebels had been waging a guerrilla war in the jungle after the violent four-year reign of their leader, Pol Pot, ended in 1979. Several Cambodians were killed in the 1994 attack. The three travelers were held for three months, then executed when ransom negotiations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 2/21/2008 | See Source »

...Niall Fergu“Son of Sam:” One of the most notorious serial killers in all of Western history...

Author: By Jamison A. Hill and Charles R. Melvoin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: 15 REAL MONSTERS! | 2/20/2008 | See Source »

...entitled “A Fairy Like Me,” in which he orchestrates a Cinderella makeover, is one of the best numbers in the show thanks to both the writer’s humor and Goldenberg’s voice. Additional praise should go to both composer Sam L. Linden ’10 and assistant choreographer Jessica M. Leonard ’08 for their contributions to the production. As with any musical, the often-overlooked orchestra supplies the show’s underlying excitement and the capable instrumentalists of the Pudding’s pit definitely...

Author: By Noël D. Barlow, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Pudding's 'Fable Attraction' Provides Puns with Pizzaz | 2/20/2008 | See Source »

Apparently, lead singer Sam Endicott of semi-new, semi-“it” band The Bravery has lost the will to breathe—but not the will to make shitty music videos. In the band’s single, “Believe,” Endicott pleads for “something more to keep me breathing for.” The lyrics (despite the bad grammar) recall an Elliot Smith song, filled with dark and brooding imagery; but the video for “Believe” wastes its existential potential on cheap cliches. What...

Author: By Mia P. Walker, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: POPSCREEN: The Bravery | 2/15/2008 | See Source »

...SAM DOESN’T BUY MUSIC! He steals from...

Author: By Gracye Y. Cheng and Nicole G. White, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: The Love-SATs! | 2/13/2008 | See Source »

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