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Cannibal Corpse guitarist charged with burglary, assault

TAMPA, Fla.

Authorities say the lead guitarist for the death-metal band Cannibal Corpse broke into a Florida house and tried to attack a deputy.

A Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office news release says 53-year-old Patrick O’Brien was arrested Monday and charged with aggravated assault and burglary.

Deputies say O’Brien broke into a home next to Tampa’s Northdale Golf & Tennis Club Monday evening and pushed a woman to the ground.

A responding deputy says O’Brien ran toward the deputy with a knife, and the deputy subdued O’Brien with a stun gun.

The release says O’Brien didn’t know any of the residents. Officials say O’Brien lives at a nearby home where a fire was reported Monday evening.

O’Brien was being held on $50,000 bail.

Cannibal Corpse is scheduled to play Covelli Centre in Youngstown on May 20 as an opening act for Slayer.

Some old shows are still popular

NEW YORK

Some of last week’s most popular television programs are much older than most of the people who watched them.

ABC’s showing of “A Charlie Brown Christmas” was the most-watched of a handful of holiday specials that aired in prime-time last week, reaching 5.3 million viewers, the Nielsen company said.

Two other old favorites, “Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer” and “Frosty the Snowman,” were both seen by more than 4 million people on CBS Saturday night.

Another venerable cartoon, Fox’s “The Simpsons,” impressively hit Nielsen’s top 20 last week with 7.5 million viewers.

Associated Press