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Top security officer quits after Mexican jailbreak

The top security chief of a central Mexican state has resigned after 53 inmates escaped from a prison with the alleged complicity of guards.

`Prison Break' to wrap after 4 seasons

It's inescapable: Fox TV is bringing "Prison Break" to an end after four seasons.

Prison Break news round-up, May 22

Prison Break News Round-Up (minor spoilers)

Prison Break Star Pregnant

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French prisoner snakes past guards in cardboard box
Source: Joystiq

The first time someone snuck out of a real-life prison by stuffing themselves inside a cardboard box, we found it amusing. The second time, though, we have to wonder how this keeps happening.

Critics Q&A with Kevin Reilly: 'Fringe,' 'Dollhouse,' 'Truth,' NBC, more
Source: thrfeed.com

On placing "Dollhouse" on Friday nights: "Joss Whedon does a certain kind of show. He's right in the zone again on that. It's the kind of show that we know has a core passionate audience. In some other scheduling scenarios there could be enormous pressure on it ...

'Prison Break' Stops Running
Source: Zap2it.com

FOX decides to end show, final episodes start in April. They've broken out, been the subject of a manhunt, been imprisoned and broken out again. Now the run for "Prison Break" is at an end.

German Inmate Mails Self Out Of Prison
Source: BBC News

A manhunt is under way in western Germany for a convicted drug dealer who escaped by mailing himself out of jail. The 42-year-old Turkish citizen - who was serving a seven-year sentence - had been making stationery with other prisoners destined for the shops.

Report: FOX May Break Up with 'Prison Break'
Source: Zap2it.com

Trade paper says a two-hour series finale may be shot. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the show's cast has been told that two additional episodes may be shot after production ends on the series' midseason finale.

Top 10 Most Pirated TV Shows on BitTorrent (hint, Heroes is number one somewhere)
Source: torrentfreak.com

TV shows are by far the most wanted files on BitTorrent, and according to some, it's becoming the modern day TiVo. But what are all those people downloading?

Holiday maker stunned to get £31,500 mobile phone bill
Source: Telegraph

A holiday-maker has received a £31,500 mobile phone bill after downloading an episode of his favourite television show, Prison Break, and some music tracks while abroad.

British special forces caught dressed as Arab 'terrorists'
Source: theinsider.org

British soldiers have been caught posing as Arabs and shooting Iraqis in the occupied city of Basra in southern Iraq. A group of them was caught yesterday by Iraqi police. They were driving an Iraqi car, wearing Arab clothing, and carrying weapons and explosives.

Lane garrison gets 3 years and 4 months in prison, but no 'prison break' this time.
Source: secondsthought.blogspot.com

Once called 'vanilla ice' in one of prison break scenes, i like this man. He can certainly act, no wonder if i'm going to see him taking on more serious role someday. But today, i realize it's not going to happen for another 3 years, because he was given 3 years and 4 months.

'Prison Break' Season Finale: A Few Answers & Many More Questions
Source: Starpulse.com

It's season finale time. It may have come a little abruptly this year, but like the fall and spring finales of the past, this installment of "Prison Break" effectively tied up several loose ends while setting up some intriguing plotlines for the future.

Fox Cashes in on Super Bowl Audience

Already on a ratings high during the writers strike with its schedule of reality TV programs, Fox spared no expense to promote itself during the Super Bowl.

watch out for prison break season 3
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Did you know that Wentworth Miller's father "is African-American, Jamaican,English, German and part Cherokee and Jewish ?

FOX Plots a 'Prison Break' Spinoff
Source: Zap2it.com

'Prison Break: Cherry Hill' would focus on a yet-to-be-introduced character named Molly. FOX is looking to spin "Prison Break" off into a new series that capitalizes on the eternal hunger for the women-behind-bars genre.

Prison Break Exclusive: The Real Story Behind Sara's Death -TVGuide.com
Source: TV Show Recaps

As Prison Break executive producer Matt Olmstead explains in this exclusive interview, the violent nature of Sara's death was the culmination of long and fruitless negotiations between the show and new-mom Sarah Wayne Callies.

Prison Break Death Sends the Show Into Jump the Shark Frenzy
Source: jumptheshark.com

People are pissed off about the way Dr.

Blackwater Accused of Engineering Prison Break
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f Erik Prince of Blackwater shows up at the House oversight committee's hearing into his company's activities in Iraq, expect him to get an earful. It's not just about the Mansour incident, or the murky legal status the private-security firm possesses.

More Than 100 'Great Escape' Tunnels Mapped by Radar in WWII Prison Camp
Source: Australian News Network

IN the classic film The Great Escape, Allied prisoners led by crawled on their bellies through two hand-dug tunnels in one of the most daring prison breaks of World War II.

Race to beat time bandits to net
Source: Australian News Network

THE Seven network has unveiled a three-pronged strategy to win back viewers lost to the internet after two of its US hits emerged as the most popular illegally downloaded programs.

Ink That Makes You Think: A Curator's Selection of David Beckham's Tattoos

Ok, so I'm the curator, but after watching about six full episodes of those two reality shows that delve into the dermis art, I'm just as qualified as the next guy.

Fox renews Prison Break for third season
Source: hollywoodreporter.com

Fox has picked up the action drama "Prison Break" for a third season.

From '24' to the NFL, we love to watch pain and suffering
Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer

The weekly Monday-night heart attack known as 24 stars Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer, a man forever on the run and always out of breath. A chronic low talker, Jack speaks intensely, as if words were knives, which sometimes they are.

Prison Break star Dominic Purcell set for vampire thriller.
Source: tv.com

Dominic Purcell and Desperate Housewives' Jesse Metcalfe have signed up for Town Creek, a vampire thriller from Lost Boys director Joel Shumacher. The pair will play brothers who become locked in a battle with a vampire coven dating to Hitler's Third Reich.

Scales of justice weigh heavy for dieting escapee
Source: Yahoo! News

Do you think Ex-Lax will start marketing to convicts now?

MySpace Goes Prime Time
Source: TechCrunch

From the article: Fox is expanding it's Full Throttle offering of television shows (see Fox Streams More TV to Internet).

Prison Break's Top-Secret Website
Source: FOX TV Network

This is the website that Michael Scofield told to the other escapees on the show. He told them that if anything happened they would use it to communicate. This is a site hosted by FOX, so make sure you keep an eye on in the future if you are a fan of the show.

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