Teen kills mom, AP blames video game


	Teen kills mom, AP blames video game

Kelika

6-17-2009 1:49 PM

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6-17-2009 2:39 PM

jmatts78

Because it's never the fault of the person who commits the crime.. nope.

6-30-2009 9:25 PM

tricky11

Should I be scared 'coz I allowed my kid to play world of warcraft? Of course no, even if he's killing monsters and grinds warcraft gold as often as he can, there's nothing to worry because he knows his limitations and me and his mom is here to guide him all through out. Actually there's a lot of positive effects to his study. I just don't know what happened to this teen, possible he lacks friends and parental guidance as well.

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