AFFLECK CHARGE DROPPED
"Charges against Ben Affleck were dropped after New Hanover County officials said they found no evidence to support a woman's claims that the actor threatened to kill her. District Attorney John Carriker said Tuesday that repeated attempts by Kure Beach police to contact accuser Tara Ray were unsuccessful and he dismissed the warrant."
(AP, unearthed by Findlaw)

HAVING A BALL IN CUBA
It was an impromptu pickup game that transcended baseball, politics and ideologies. At those precious moments, it was as if time had stood still and the world was at peace.
(LOS ALTOS TOWN CRIER, unearthed by CubaNews Digest)

SUICIDE PROMO KILLED
The webcast of a concert by Florida band Hell On Earth that was supposed to occur this past Saturday night (October 4), and feature a live suicide, did not happen, according to the Associated Press. The show and suicide were both scheduled to be broadcast on the band's website from two separate, secret locations, but the site was brought down Saturday night by a flood of data from computers in Hong Kong.
The unidentified person who reportedly planned to commit suicide said that he or she would sue anyone who interfered.
(YAHOO)