A 75-year-old Swedish woman currently has the fastest broadband connection in the world.
First in the world
Sigbritt Löthberg, from Karlstad in central Sweden, enjoys a massive 40Gbps connection - many thousand times faster than the average connection speed delivered to homes. It's the first time such a high speed as ever been delivered to a home user anywhere in the world.
Mother of a internet legend
Sigbritt has only recently taking up computing. She is the mother of Swedish 'internet legend' Peter Löthberg, who arranged the connection along with the local council's network department.
"More than just a demonstration"
"This is more than just a demonstration," said Hafsteinn Jonsson, network manager at Karlstad Stadsnät.
Low price, high capacity
"As a network owner we're trying to persuade internet operators to invest in faster connections. And Peter Löthberg wanted to show how you can build a low price, high capacity line over long distances," Jonsson told The Local.
Super speed downloading
Sigbritt is now able to enjoy 1,500 high-definition HDTV channels simultaneously. Or, if she doesn't find anything to watch there, there's also the option of downloading a full high-definition DVD in just two seconds.
New technology
The ultra-fast connection speed has been achieved by a new modulation technology. It allows data to be transferred directly between two routers up to 2,000 kilometres apart, without any intermediary transponders.
No data loss
The distance is, in theory, unlimited - there is no data loss as long as the fibre is in place, according to Karlstad Stadsnät.
Other methods
"I want to show that there are other methods than the old fashioned ways such as copper wires and radio, which lack the possibilities that fibre has," said Peter Löthberg, who works at Cisco. The fibre technology behind such high speed connections is "technically and commercially viable," Jonsson said.
Windows
"The most difficult part of the whole project was installing Windows on Sigbritt's PC," Jonsson added.
Spider-man is single again. In comic book number 545, that will be released this week, the bond between hero Peter Parker and his wife Mary Jane will be ended. This is after 21 years of being happily married, as told by the news station ABC.
Mephisto and aunt May
The diabolic character Mephisto asks the duo to let go all of their memories concerning their marriage. This was in order to save the life of aunt May.
Marvel Comics and their fans
"The fans are totally surprised," according to a manager from comic book store Ultimate Comics. "The authors can't pretend as if the last 21 years didn't exist." But publisher Marvel Comics still wants to publish this comic book. "We immediately regretted the marriage from the start," according to Joe Quesada, one of the writers. "A married hero is less interesting."
Tried to end marriage before
The writers already tried before to make an end to the marriage. This was when it became clear that Mary Jane didn't marry with Peter Parker, but with his clone. It isn't clear if the new storyline will be used in the upcoming Spider-man movies.
A Polish man got the shock of his life when he visited a brothel and spotted his wife among the establishment's employees. Polish tabloid Super Express said the woman had been making some extra money on the side while telling her husband she worked at a store in a nearby town.
Couple now divorcing
"I was dumfounded. I thought I was dreaming," the husband told the newspaper. The couple, married for 14 years, are now divorcing, the newspaper reported.
A Colorado inmate who's escaped twice from a county jail is suing because he says it was too easy for him to break out. Scott Anthony Gomez, Jr. says guards at the jail abused him and that's why he attempted to escape.
Injured during escape attempt
Gomez alleges he was seriously injured during an escape attempt in January of 2007. He alleges he fell 40 feet while trying to scale down the side of the jail. His lawsuit says the doors on the jail cells weren't locked and the ceiling tiles were easy to remove giving him an escape route through the ventilation system.
Escaped before
Gomez also escaped in November of 2006 in a similar fashion. Both times he was recaptured. The lawsuit is seeking an unspecified amount of money, claims authorities "did next to nothing to ensure that the jail was secure and that the Plaintiff could not escape."
A 20-year old Belgian from the city 's Gravenbrakel has been sentenced up to 7 years of jail because of incest. Additionally, he has to do community service for 5 years. He was found guilty of violating his under aged cousin.
Revenge
The man did his pedophilic attack because he could not stand the little girl. His actions were taken because of revenge.
Abuse started when girl was 5
The abuse started in 2005, when the girl was only 5 years old. It stopped in May of the previous year. The man lived together with his mother and his half brother. The last one was divorced and got visits of the girl, born in 1998, regularly.
The assiliant appears to fall in love with the women when they were classmates, in 2004. But the lady didn't like him, and after she refused his advances, he came up with the scheme to inject her with his blood. He thought that since he couldn't marry her, at least his blood would be on her body forever.
The Story
A man from Cambodia was arrested on September 12, 2007. Police say that the man injected a women with his blood to win her love. The man is 22 years old, and he is being held by police for allegedly causing injury to a 21-year-old lady. Tan Sophal, a police officer, was there where the attack had happened. As she was walking home from school, the man allegedly injected a syringe of his blood into the woman's rib cage and waist as she walked home from school.
The report
The woman reported the assault to the local police, and she was to a hospital for an examination right after. She was concerned if the blood was tainted. The man is expected to be charged the coming days.
A Dallas judge recommended that Charles Chatman be released on Thursday after the 47-year-old man served 26 years for an aggravated sexual assault that he never committed. DNA tests proved that Chatman, who lived five houses down from the woman who was assaulted, was never involved in the crime that he was convicted of and sentenced to 99 years.
Innocent
Charles Chatman had maintained his innocence throughout his time in prison and the Innocence Project took on his case and was able to prove through DNA evidence that Chatman was telling the truth. After reviewing new DNA evidence, a Texas judge suggested that his sentence be overturned.
One out of thirty
According to the Innocence Project, Charles Chatman is just one of thirty inmates in Dallas County to be set free by DNA testing.
A woman (25) was arrested for investigation of second-degree assault for getting into an argument with her boyfriend over whether his dog should be in the bathroom while the couple were taking a shower together. A police report said the man (26) wanted his dog to join them in the bathroom, but the woman objected.
Naked Fight
She told him if the dog wouldn't stay out, she didn't want to be his girlfriend anymore. He replied that maybe his next girlfriend would appreciate the dog more, and called her a name. The police report said the woman punched him in the face several times and the man dislocated his shoulder when the naked couple grappled. He told police his girlfriend threw a picture frame, which broke and cut him.
Jail and Bail
The woman was taken to the Kitsap County Jail in Port Orchard. Bail has been set at $50,000.
Mahender Murlidhar Sabhnani and his wife, Varsha Mahender Sabhnani have been indicted on slavery charges. The millionaire couple allegedly held two Indonesian women captive in their Long Island home. Tuesday's indictment charged the pair with two counts of forced labor as well as two counts of harboring illegal residents. The couple pleaded not guilty, and a judge set bail at $3.5 million.
Arrested
The Sabhnanis were arrested last week by Nassau County Police. One of the women working for the couple was seen on Long Island. Wearing pants and a towel, the woman was meandering around a local doughnut shop. It is believed the woman ran from the Muttontown home after she took the garbage out on the previous evening. Muttontown is located on the northern shore of Long Island.
Modern-day slavery
This incident is "truly a case of modern-day slavery," acknowledged Assistant U.S. Attorney Demitri Jones when asked about the case. With legal B-1 visas in hand, the two Indonesian women arrived in the United States in 2002. Authorities report the Sabhnanis took the women's passports and refused to allow them leave their home. Samirah and Nona, the alleged victims said they had negotiated wages of $200 and $100 a month. Prosecutors stated the women never received payment. One of the women's family members, still residing in Indonesia, was sent a payment of $100 a month.
Torture
Prosecutors said Samirah and Nona suffered beatings and had scalding water poured on them. Other instances of abuse include forcing the women to repeatedly climb stairs as a method of discipline for mistakes as well insisting one of the ladies eat 25 hot peppers in one sitting. Furthermore, they were required to sleep in the kitchen on floor mats. The pair admitted to stealing food from the kitchen because they did not receive adequate amounts of food.
Cared for by Catholic Charities
According to a spokesman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the two women are being cared for by Catholic Charities. The women's long term plans to remain in the United States are currently undecided.
