There are so many games that people play when it comes to relationships. There's the cat 'n mouse of capturing your prey. The charade of being more cleanly than you actually are. There's the rouse that you genuinely care when in fact you just want them to shut up so you can go to sleep.

Earlier this year it was Disturbed unleashing its monkey-rock in the Toyota Center in Kennewick.

The Great Depression of the 1930s produced a new brand of criminal. Like the semi-media-popular James and Hole in the Wall gangs they robbed banks, trains and other businesses and shot up towns. They kidnapped people and held them for ransom. Weaponry and automobiles were the difference. They were violent, machine gun wielding slime balls that killed anyone that got in their way, especially law enforcement. Most were cowardly psychopaths whose getaways included grabbing hostages to use as shields during shootouts.

At heart, I think all of us want to be a criminal. If I'm just wrong and that's just me, then I amend my statement to say we all want to be cops--I don't even know what crimes are, let alone how one "commits" them--but there's got to be something to explain the enduring appeal of crime stories.

PRAGUE, The 44th International Film Festival opened Friday in the Czech Republic with a week of events planned, including an award for French actress Isabelle Huppert and a world premiere by Milos Forman.

LOS ANGELES The powerful sedative Diprivan was found in Michael Jackson's home, a law enforcement official said Friday as the city planned for a massive crowd at the singer's memorial service.