Louisiana rapper Lil Boosie—who's already serving a ten-year jail sentence on drug and gun charges—has now also been hit with a first degree murder charge. Just one murder? Well, maybe not just one.

With recent high-profile police brutality videos coming out of Seattle and Detroit, the NYPD may have feared it was falling behind. Not to worry! They've just released a video of a cop viciously beating an Iraq War veteran in 2008.

Fifty-four people were shot in Chicago between Friday night and Monday morning. Ten of the victims were killed, including two boys, between 16 and 20, who were found lying face down, naked, on the South Side early Monday morning. [Sun-Times]

Sex criminal Nicolas Cocaign is on trial for beating his prison cellmate, stabbing him with a pair of scissors, cutting him open, popping out a rib, ripping out a lung, and eating it with a side of fried onions.

The third Filipino journalist in less than a week was shot to death Saturday night.

Bernie Madoff in prison is just as fascinating as Bernie Madoff on house arrest. What's he doing in there? If a prisoner snitching to a yellow tabloid can be trusted, he's blabbing about a secret multibillion-dollar stash! And being depressed.

Two iPad shipments to Apple stores in NYC have been intercepted by robbers this week.

Oregon second-grader Kyron Horman vanished without a trace from his Portland elementary school nearly two weeks ago. Now the investigation has begun to focus on his stepmother, and her trip to a nearby island on the day of Horman's disappearance.

Samsung says Lisette Lee, the Beverly Hills woman caught with 500 lbs. of marijuana on her Gulfstream jet, is lying about being an heiress to their fortune. Hollywood acquaintances say she's been calling herself one for years.

Almost 24 years later, rampaging college professor Amy Bishop has been indicted for shooting her brother in the chest with a shotgun. The killing was originally declared accidental, after Bishop claimed she was trying to unload the shotgun. [Boston Globe]

No one knows if Perez Hilton will go to jail for tweeting pictures of underage Miley Cyrus'... "Hannah Montana." But he is losing advertisers: The View has pulled their banner ads because of "the morality of the issue." [MSNBC]

Lisette Lee arrived in Ohio from Beverly Hills on a chartered jet carrying $500,000 worth of marijuana. False eyelashes fluttering, she claimed to be an electronics heiress. But she used to use a different name and be an actress.

Does California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman's violent temper and bullying behavior run in the family? The billionaire ex-eBay CEO's son was charged with felony battery for breaking a woman's ankle after her friend said "Fuck you" and "Fuck your fraternity."

Last night, the internet recoiled at a cellphone video of a police officer punching a 17-year-old female jaywalker in the head in Seattle. Today, the president of the Seattle Police Officers Guild defended the cop.

Hondas are the most stolen cars in New York. This is nothing new. What is new? Car thieves are now using the "Internet" to get access to your sweet whip. Don't sell your car on Craigslist!

A woman from Surprise, Arizona was "sick of her children" and asked police to take them so she could "have fun and play." Wish granted: Her children are in protective custody, and she is in jail. [AP, via, photo]

Queens Republican John Haggerty, "One of Mayor Bloomberg's most trusted campaign aides," has been indicted for stealing $1.1 million from Bloomberg's Election Day fund. A million bucks to Bloomberg is like a nickel to you. He's a flinty bastard. [NYDN]

Albert Trummer, co-owner of the Chinatown bar Apotheke, was arrested by fire marshals Sunday for setting liquor aflame on his bar. Flaming bars outlawed in New York? If only there were some humor to be found here. [NYT. Pic via]

A stupid psychic from Idaho stupidly tipped off the police that he believed vanished Oregon second-grader Kyron Horman was in Yreka, California. This spurred an increased focus on the town. Surprise! He wasn't there. He's been missing for nine days.

Mad Men star January Jones' hit-and-run may have involved alcohol... and Bobby Flay.