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By Bryan Le
"Chu" faces prison after spending millions of taxpayers' yuan on an online role-playing game. MORE
By Bryan Le
An Aussie gentleman finds a way to propose without having to put the game down. MORE
By Victoria Kim
New legislation could control the manufacture, distribution and sale of addictive online games. MORE
Kids with autism are playing video games far more than their peers, a study finds. MORE
By Bryan Le
After trying every other measure to get offline, a Chinese man asks to be locked up. MORE
Medical marijuana goes even more corporate, French bottled water contains prescription drugs, and Michael Bublé's muse is booze. MORE
By Liam Delaney
A frustrated dad turns to online "assassins" to knock his son out of video games. MORE
The gaming industry uses "pure Las Vegas" psychology to make their products more addictive. MORE
Excessive gamers develop "attentional bias," similar to people with heroin, alcohol and gambling problems, new research shows. MORE
By Nic Sheff
I drank and used to escape the pain I was in but my problems only magnified. As it turns out, the clichés are true: the only way to get over those feelings is to go through them. MORE
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A clumsy robber is busted two days later when cops see through his transparent ruse.
5:55pm
A pastor receives threats after alerting police to "drug addicted behavior" around his Upper East Side church.
4:44pm
"Chu" faces prison after spending millions of taxpayers' yuan on an online role-playing game.
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With the government turning a blind eye to a growing "national disaster," religious groups put aside their differences to help.
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A group of Beverly Hills moms say marijuana makes them better wives and parents.
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