More than half a dozen artworks made by a notorious cult killer at the Dorchester Penitentiary in New Brunswick have been added to the collection of "murderabilia" offered for auction by a U. S. website. MurderAuction. com, is a novelty site that rounds up and sells personal effects, artworks, paintings, letters, and other knick knacks owned by, or associated with infamous criminals in recent history to a niche market of crime memorabilia collectors.

Three people are facing jail time after they put up a rope across a street to knock motorcycle riders off their vehicle; in an apparent move to keep the noise level down in their neighborhood. According to defense attorney Dennis Lempert, "Apparently the rope was supposed to slow people down. "

A pirate has played an offensive song after hijacking the airwaves of a local radio station. Officials at WBAB say a pirate played a "country-style song" during the "Roger and JP Show. "

Mary-Kate Olsen is leaving NYU, according to published reports. According to her publicist, Olsen is taking an approved leave of absence from New York University so she can concentrate on business matters. Olsen's twin sister Ashley, also co-president of their company Dualstar, will remain at NYU. Olsen's publicist tells People magazine that Mary-Kate's health is not a factor in her decision to leave school. The summer before classes began, Mary-Kate checked into the Cirque Lodge rehab facility in Sundance, Utah, for treatment of an eating disorder. The twins began attending NYU in September 2004. At the time, they purchased a $7. 3 million penthouse in the trendy West Village, but they never moved into the apartment. Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen are co-presidents of Dualstar Entertainment Group, a multimillion-dollar brand catering to young girls with home videos, CDs, books, apparel, fragrances and dolls. Fortune magazine last year estimated they were worth $137 million each.

U. S. space tourist Gregory Olsen has started training with a Russian cosmonaut and an American astronaut for their October 1 launch to the international space station from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Russian cosmonaut Valery Tokarev and U. S. astronaut William McArthur will spend six months at the station. Olsen will join them for a week long visit. He paid the Russian space agency $20-million for the space tour.