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ATLANTA (AP) - Investigators had not yet discovered the bodies of pro wrestler Chris Benoit, his wife and their 7-year-old son when someone altered Benoit's Wikipedia entry to mention his wife's death,

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papaya
Rumors: the one unimpeachable reliable source.
thekohser
There's a typo in the article:

QUOTE
before hanging himself on the cable of a weight-machine in his home


should read:

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before hanging himself on the cabal of a wiki-machine in his home


Mere coincidence that only 5 letters need be changed?

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Somey
Technically he didn't "hang" himself though - rather, he strangled himself by wrapping the tension cable around his neck, removing the pull bar so that it wouldn't act as a safety restraint, securing himself on the bench, and then letting go of the cable, dropping the weights down via the pulley mechanism. Which, of course, is much more logical.
Cedric
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blissyu2
Ah, so that's what all the Benoit thing is all about. Hmm.
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