Officer shot, killed by fellow police in Calif.

SANTA MARIA, Calif.  — A police officer under investigation for sexual misconduct with a teenage minor was shot and killed while on duty by fellow officers Saturday as they tried to arrest him on California's central coast, authorities said.

The officer was manning a DUI checkpoint when the shooting occurred shortly after 1 a.m. He was declared dead after emergency surgery at Marian Medical Center, Santa Maria police Chief Danny Macagni said in a statement.

The officer, a four-year Santa Maria department veteran, had just learned of the internal investigation of an alleged sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl, and it became necessary to arrest him immediately, Macagni said.

Restaurant owner killed over $56 beer bill

KUALA LUMPUR, January 28, 2012 - A restaurant owner was brutally slashed to death by a group of customers who refused to pay the RM136 bill (S$56) for their drinks.

The incident occurred at about 12.45am yesterday at Taman Daya, Kepong, when Tan Ching Choon, 46, told the group of seven men that the shop was closing for the day.

However, it is learnt that the men refused to pay the bill for the beers and became rowdy before they used chairs and bottles to assault Tan.