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Crystal Mangum is now sitting in the Durham County Jail under a $1 million bond. She has been charged with attempted murder after assaulting her boyfriend, setting his clothes on fire in a bathtub and then trying to stab him.

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About a week or so ago a friend brought up the Duke lacrosse case during a conversation, talking about how those players were innocent but even so the notoriety of the case would always hang over them. And he didn’t shy away from expressing his disgust about how Crystal Mangum got away unpunished. “Don’t worry,” I told him. “I saw it happen with O.J. Simpson and too many others. Maybe in ways we’ll never even see, she’ll get hers eventually.”

Nothing else needs to be said…...

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…then you really oughtta should check them out anew. I first wrote about this place a few months ago. Well, they’re at the same location – 3215 Old Chapel Hill Road in Durham, North Carolina – but since then the store has expanded in size! There’s now about twice the space as before, all of it devoted to more games, comic books, action figures and other collectibles. There’s also a massive game room to meet and greet your fellow players in.

But don’t take my word for how awesome a place Sci-Fi Genre is. Look who else thinks so too:

Yup, Robin Williams himself, who word on the street has it is not only an avid Warhammer 40,000 player but that he also collects and plays a wicked kewl Eldar army! Maybe someday he’ll show up again and I can play him with my Orks (and I’ve heard Will ...

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Nestled away on a tree-lined side street in Durham, North Carolina is one of the most rollickin’ fun discoveries that I have made in recent months. And if you didn’t know that it was there or were searching it out already, you could easily overlook it. But that seems to be such with so many good things in life, like a hole-in-the-wall restaurant or small bookstore.

I first heard about Sci-Fi Genre late this past fall, mostly by word-of-mouth over the Internet. At the time I was getting back into playing BattleTech and was looking for someplace nearby that sold more of the miniatures. And more than a few times, Sci-Fi Genre kept coming up as a place that I should check out. So one Saturday afternoon I headed out east on I-40 and started seeking out this joint.

I have to admit: my first glimpse of the place was ...

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