Murder suspect Magnotta accused of harassing PM

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Police believe Luka Rocco Magnotta is in Europe, possibly France, where it is alleged he fled after killing a Chinese student in Montreal last week. (Facebook)

The aspiring Montreal porn actor suspected of killing and dismembering a lover, then mailing some of the body parts to political parties in Ottawa, is officially accused of harassing Prime Minister Stephen Harper and other MPs.
An international manhunt is on for Luka Rocco Magnotta, who police say gruesomely killed a 33-year-old Concordia University student last week in Montreal.
But he’s not only wanted for first-degree murder. The arrest warrant for Magnotta, obtained by CBC News, shows the former escort is also suspected of four other crimes:

• Committing an indignity to a dead body.
• Publishing an obscene thing.
• Mailing obscene matter.
• Criminally harassing Harper and other members of Parliament.

On the harassment count, the warrant alleges that Magnotta, who grew up in the Toronto suburb of Scarborough under the birth name Eric Clinton Newman and later lived in Lindsay, Ont., “caus[ed] Stephen Harper and members of Parliament to reasonably fear for their safety or the safety of anyone known to them.”

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Canada police: Body parts victim a Chinese student

MONTREAL (AP) — The man killed in a videotaped attack that was discovered after body parts were mailed to Canada's top political parties was a Chinese student, police said Friday, as authorities in France searched for the suspect, a Canadian porn actor.

Montreal Police Cmdr. Ian Lafreniere identified the victim as Jun Lin, 33. Police have said he dated Luka Rocco Magnotta, who is now on Interpol's equivalent of its most-wanted list.

A senior French police official said he is sure Magnotta is in France and that Magnotta has been there in the past. Another French police official said Magnotta apparently flew to Paris from Montreal last weekend, before the case emerged.

Lafreniere said Jun Lin doesn't have family in Montreal, but a family member reported him missing on Tuesday. He had last been seen May 24. Lafreniere said the murder occurred the night of May 24-25, and the suspect left for Europe on May 26.

According to a missing person's notice on the website of the Chinese consulate in Montreal, the victim was from the city of Wuhan and arrived in Montreal in July 2011.

"He is a Chinese citizen who studied at a university here in Montreal and was here for a certain time," Lafreniere said. "Thanks to the Chinese embassy, we have been able to reach the family with the sad news of what happened."

Will Dark Chocolate a Day Keep the Doctor Away?

Study: Dark Chocolate May Lower Heart Disease and Stroke Risks

Should people at high risk of heart attack and stroke eat dark chocolate every day?

Maybe, according to a new study from Australia.

"Dark chocolate may be a pleasant and effective way of delivering important dietary components that can provide health benefits to the ever increasing numbers of people at increased risk of cardiovascular disease," says researcher Christopher M. Reid, PhD, professor of cardiovascular epidemiology and preventive medicine at Monash University in Australia.

Reid and his team constructed a mathematical model to predict the long-term health effects of eating dark chocolate daily in high-risk people. They did not study actual people eating actual chocolate.

The researchers also computed whether it would be cost-effective to spend money on a public education campaign about dark chocolate's benefits. They found it would be.

Several studies have found that dark chocolate, with its heart-healthy flavonols, can lower blood pressure and improve cholesterol.