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WORLD: US

Ohio school shooting suspect had troubled childhood

The teenage gunman suspected in a Monday shooting in the cafeteria of an Ohio high school that killed three students had a troubled childhood and at least one offense on his legal record, according to court documents.

Court records also show that the family of T.J. Lane, aged 17, was involved in several disputes and incidents off and on over the boy´s life.

Lane, was sentenced to 24 hours of community service in 2009 after he was charged with disorderly conduct.  A juvenile court judge in Chardon, Ohio ruled that the records of the charge against Lane could be released.

Persecutors have said T.J. Lane admitted to the school killings and said he chose his victims at random.

 

MEDIA

Facebook has invented new ways for businesses to reach its height hundred forty five million users directly across all devices, including mobile.

Facebook´s hundreds of millions of users could soon be faced with a lot more advertising- in their newsfeed, or their mobile devices even when they log off. On Wednesday, the company announced a new suite of advertising products intended to insert more ads into Facebook´s traditionally clean interface and to take more advantage of mobile ads, where the company has struggled. The announcement was made at its first marketing conference, held at the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan.



ENTERTAINMENT

Auction of Oscar statuettes brings in $3million

Organizers of Oscars said Fifteen Oscar statuettes have sold for a total of $3million at an online auction. It is the most money made from a single collection of Oscars in sale.

People were extremely enthusiastic bidding on the Oscars. The oldest statuette in the collection, the 1931 best picture award for  “Skyppy”, netted the third highest total. It was sold for $301,973.

Oscars are increasingly rare finds at auction. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences introduced an agreement in 1950 that banned winners from selling their Oscars to anyone but the Academy for the nominal sum of $1.

The best picture Oscar for the 1939 film “Gone With the Wind” was sold to singer Michael Jackson in 199 for a record $1.54 million.



Three new albums and fans of the late Whitney Houston were unable to oust Adele from her top spot on the Billboard 200 chart on Wednesday. The British singer notched a 22nd week at No. 1 with her Grammy-winning record “21”.

The multi-platinum “21” has sold more than 7.6 million copies in the U.S. since its release in February 2012 and continued strong sales. 296,000 copies snapped up by listeners last week.

The highest new entry came from New York alternative-pop band Fun. Their album “Some nights” debuted at No. 3, selling 69,000 copies in its first week.

Rapper Tyga came in at No. 4 with his debut album “Careless World,” while hip-hop duo Chiddy Bang landed at No. 8 with debut album “Breakfast”.



SPORT

Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant suffered a broken nose and concussion during the All-Star Game but has been symptom free since Tuesday.

Bryant, a five-times NBA champion who leads the league in scoring, saw a neurologist on Wednesday and passed a series of tests.

According to the Lakers, Bryant passed a bicycle, treadmill and Axon test, which is a baseline test for cognitive function.

The NBA requires players who suffer concussions to be symptom free for 24 hours prior to a game in order to play.


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