Everyone agrees that a man was shot in in Philadelphia on Monday following an argument. What they can't agree about is why: Was he shot for eating his friend's cake, or for eating his friend's French fries?

Philly police say they've arrested the "Kensington Strangler," and he's a 21-year-old ex-con named Antonio Rodriguez.

Instant messaging conversations allegedly written by Emerson Begolly reveal him as anti-Semitic, extreme, armed and dangerous. But they also reveal what he claimed was the genesis of his extremist views: an interaction with a pastor registered as a sex offender.

A Long Island man was arrested after calling Congressman Gary Ackerman's office 40 times, leaving increasingly deranged messages. "I thought, why the heck is he calling me?" said Ackerman. Hmm. Maybe it's because you're a congressman?

Last month, 43-year-old farmer Shi Jianfeng was sentenced to life in prison for the most heinous of crimes: not paying highway tolls. So Shi's younger brother tried to take the fall for him, saying he had bribed the proper authorities.

It's only January, but here's a strong contender for bad parent of the year: A Michigan woman left her 4-month-old baby locked in a car in 21 degree weather for at least 20 minutes — while she was shoplifting.

James Franco is directing and starring in a new film about serial killer Richard Ramirez, who was convicted of 13 murders after a 1985 rampage. We have doubts about this, unless Ramirez killed his victims by throwing phones at them.

According to the New York Times, investigators have obtained photographs, apparently taken by Tucson gunman Jared Loughner, of Loughner holding a gun against his "naked buttocks" and crotch.

The police department of Lincoln, Nebraska has a crimestoppers website where they post America's Most Wanted-like videos about local criminals. Today's entry: an uncomfortably anthropological girlfight play-by-play featuring a Mickey Mouse hat, flying hair, and a public bus.

Vincent McCrudden, a mad-as-hell hedge fund manager from Long Island, was arrested last night for threatening to kill 47 officials from the Securities and Exchange Commission, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, and Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

Scientist Sook Shin had two years of prostate cancer research on her laptop when she and her husband stopped at a local Panera for dinner in Oklahoma City. The computer was stolen, and now prostate cancer will never be cured.

Onetime Bad Boy rapper G. Dep pleaded not guilty yesterday to killing a man in 1993. That's just "procedural," since he walked into a police station and confessed to the crime last month, "likely...while under the influence of drugs." [WSJ]

Bjorn van der Horst is a famous British chef who once co-owned a restaurant with Gordon Ramsay. But he's also been stiffing his ex-wife on child support. Now, he's sitting in a New York jail for it.

Despite a confession and DNA evidence, nude housekeeper Thomas Cordero was acquitted yesterday of the 2001 murder of John Conley, who had hired Cordero on Rentboy.com to clean his Bronx home. Cordero said he'll find a new profession. [NYDN]

An Illinois man has been accused of training his dog to bite a woman during their arguments. Talk about the Lincoln-"Dog"-las debates! Right? Really, though, this is not a very nice way to win arguments.

As we learned earlier, everyone wasn't happy with last night's memorial service for the victims of the Arizona shooting. And by "everyone," I mean Fox News. Tonight, Jon Stewart knocked down the network's ridiculous criticism of the event. Watch inside.

Two Florida teens, Taylor Wynn and McKenzie Barker, were arrested for allegedly setting up a fake Facebook profile for a classmate and posting fake nude pictures of her. They've been charged with felony counts of "aggravated stalking of a minor."

Insufferable talk radio blowhard Laura Ingraham graced Bill O'Reilly with her appearance on tonight's Factor for a chat about President Obama's speech at last night's post-shooting memorial in Tucson, Arizona. Her thoughts? It was a shameless "campaign rally." Watch inside.

Baltimore is being plagued by a man dressing as a woman impersonating a cop and stopping cars on the street. Impersonating a police officer is a serious (but occasionally hysterical) crime. Are we sure it's not the ghost of Divine?

Police were called to Mullets Sports Bar outside of Chicago after a man pulled a framed photo of Saved by the Bell character A.C. Slater from the wall and smashed it on the ground. What was his rationale?