A woman in Memphis killed her boyfriend by striking him with her iPod 40-80 times after he admitted to erasing the 2000 songs on teh device. Apparently he accused her of downloading music off the net illegally for months and the only copy of her tracks was on the iPod.

Of course, if she'd been buying her tracks off of the iTunes Music Store, she might be similarly mad because she'd have spent $2000 on the music, and Apple won't let you re-download.

Lessons to be learned:

• Don't kill people.
• Don't steal music.
• Backup early and often.

(yes, it's a spoof)